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| Topic Started: Jun 22 2010, 04:13 PM (2,103 Views) | |
| Earendel | Jun 22 2010, 04:13 PM Post #1 |
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There sure has been a lot of flooding lately...a true sign of the pending judgement of God. RECORD FLOODS IN NASHVILLE ~~~~~ Flash Floods Kill at Least 16 at Arkansas Campground  This image made from television courtesy of KATV shows a folding chair at The Albert Pike Recreation Area Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour tore through a campground packed with vacationing families early Friday, carrying away tents and overturning RVs as campers slept. At least 16 people were killed, and dozens more missing and feared dead. read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10886911 Floods in China and Burma kill over 250 The deadliest and most destructive weather-related disaster on the planet so far this year is occurring in southern China and northern Burma, where a week of heavy rains has caused flooding that has claimed over 250 lives. The heavy rains and floods ravaging 10 southern Chinese provinces had killed 199 and left 123 missing as of 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, a Ministry of Civil Affairs statement said. Damage is estimated at $6.2 billion. Floods and landslides in neighboring areas of Myanmar (Burma) have claimed at least 63 lives in the past week.  Figure 2. Paramilitary policemen help evacuate residents from Wanjia village of Fuzhou City, East China's Jiangxi province, June 22, 2010. Days of heavy rain burst the Changkai Dike of Fu River on June 21, threatening the lives of 145,000 local people. Local authorities have ordered immediate evacuation, and the army and paramilitary police have begun conducting rescue operations. Image credit: Xinhua. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1514 Heavy rain floods southern Alberta Unprecedented weather Hundreds evacuated from rural towns, city centres, state of emergency declared - Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit southern Alberta yesterday, prompting fears of further damage to roads, bridges and homes. The river and tributaries that run through Medicine Hat, Alta., had begun to recede on the weekend, officials said. But with another 20 to 40 millimetres of rain expected to fall through yesterday, city officials said they would not lift the state of emergency. "This is an unprecedented event in this area," said Jack Hayden, the minister of agriculture. "No one's ever seen it." Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Heavy+rain+floods+southern+Alberta/3184932/story.html#ixzz0rce93VVt Brazil floods kill 41, leave 120,000 homeless, destroy villages in states of Alagoas, Pernambuco BY MEENA HARTENSTEIN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, June 22nd 2010, 5:45 PM  A flooded area in Jacuipe, Brazil, where severe rains have decimated homes in the northeastern state of Alagoas. Severe flooding in Brazil has decimated towns in the Northeast, killing at least 41 people and leaving more than 120,000 homeless, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The torrential rains, which started last week, dumped a month's worth of water on the states of Alagoas and neighboring Pernambuco, destroying small villages. "I lost everything from one hour to the next," Nelito Sousa, a 32-year-old bricklayer, told the O Jornal newspaper. "The water came quickly and knocked down house after house." Local officials estimate that 600 people are still missing from the storms, though that number may change as the chaos subsides, the AP reported. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/06/22/2010-06-22_brazil_floods_kill_41_leave_120000_homeless_destroy_villages_in_states_of_alagoa.html#ixzz0rcfD69YD More than a million evacuated in China over flood threat  BEIJING (AFP) – More than a million people living along rivers in China's south have been evacuated with water rising to dangerous levels, state media said Saturday, as torrential rains left at least 88 dead. The government said more than 1.4 million residents living on river banks and in low-lying areas had had to move, according to the official China Daily. Zhang Zhitong, deputy director of the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, said China's second-largest waterway, the Pearl River, which crosses the south, had breached warning marks on Thursday. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100619/wl_afp/chinaweatherdisaster Rescuers search for missing from floods in southern France (AFP) DRAGUIGNAN, France — Rescuers in southern France on Friday cleared animal carcasses and searched for 13 people still missing, three days after flash floods killed 25 people. Emergency teams cleared hundreds of carcasses of sheep and horses that drowned in the floodwaters, working quickly to avoid water contamination, a state official said. "There is an intense mobilisation in these operations. We are tackling the carcasses lying in water as a priority," said Simon Babre, a deputy to the state prefect. President Nicolas Sarkozy announced he will travel to the devastated Var region, off the Mediterranean coast, on Monday for a first-hand look at the disaster. Authorities in the Var, a popular holiday region, put the death toll at 25 on Thursday after the floodwaters engulfed streets in torrents of mud and drove people onto the roofs of their homes. Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6SrLIbyo_UmmpcUqx3WHA3b8ghg Storms pelt Midwest, cause flooding in Indiana (AP) – 6 hours ago AVON, Ind. — Another round of potentially severe weather is firing up in Illinois and Indiana, as officials deal with the aftermath of storms that crashed through the Midwest overnight. Flash flood warnings are posted in central Indiana following two days of heavy thunderstorms. Water from a retention lake has overflowed an earthen dam west of Indianapolis. Firefighters have rescued at least three people trapped by rising water. In southern Wisconsin, an apparent tornado damaged or destroyed dozens of homes in Eagle, where the fire chief is warning people to stay away because of live wires on the ground. Officials say all residents are accounted for after a warning siren failed before the storm hit. In central Illinois, heavy rains created flash floods while witnesses reported tornadoes near the Indiana border. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hP4Ms7EkAI5UtMVI3-49mTCPaKmQD9GGDC1G0 Romania issues flood alert Bucharest - Romanian authorities on Monday issued a flooding red alert for several towns along the Danube, which has risen to a record level, threatening to cause further damage in the hard-hit country. "This week we will be facing dangerous meteorological and hydrological events," Prime Minister Emil Boc said after an emergency meeting of the government. The Danube has topped its record level in three eastern Romanian cities - Fetesti, Braila and Galati - which run major flooding risks in the coming days, the national water authority said... http://www.news24.com/World/News/Romania-issues-flood-alert-20100705 Maple Creek flood 2010 Trans Canada Highway disappears |
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| Earendel | Mar 22 2011, 10:22 PM Post #31 |
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Tsunami waves have submerged many parts of northeastern Japan. A massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale hits the northeastern part of the island nation of Japan, triggering a tsunami and massive flooding. Mississippi River nears highest level since '37 VICKSBURG, Miss. — The National Weather Service has forecast that the Mississippi River will crest at 52.5 feet in Vicksburg on May 13, the highest level since 1937. “We’ve got water coming down on top of heavy rain,” Marty Pope, senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, told the Vicksburg Post. “It’s looking pretty bad right now. We have lots of rain to come, too.”... Read more: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/apr/25/mississippi-river-nears-highest-level-37/ |
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| Earendel | Jun 7 2011, 12:08 AM Post #32 |
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Floods hit southern China BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Heavy rainfall in southern part of China has alleviated the drought in the region. But it's brought new problems. Many parts of Guizhou, Jiangxi and Hunan have suffered flooding since Saturday... ...The flooding has been a disaster for local agriculture. "The heavy rain drowned all my just planted seedlings. They are all gone." "Water with sand poured onto my lands. There is nothing left there." The region had been hit by drought earlier. Villagers were happy when the rain began falling on Friday. But overnight they realized the extent of the damage. The flooding will cause great losses for local people... Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-06/07/c_13915053.htm Fatal floods hit southern China after prolonged drought  Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in central and southern China after continuous downpours caused heavy flooding At least 14 people have been killed in raging flood waters that have swept through south-western Guizhou province. Scores of people are missing, and tens of thousands have left their homes ahead of more flooding. Roads, bridges and hundreds of homes and cars have been destroyed in the onslaught. The floods toll, reported by the state news agency Xinhua, comes after months of crop-destroying drought in the centre and north of the country... Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13677860 |
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| Earendel | Jun 21 2011, 11:02 PM Post #33 |
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‘It’s a sad day’ — Crest could be 10 feet higher than June 1 June 21, 2011 By KIM FUNDINGSLAND - Staff Writer (kfundingsland@minotdailynews.com) , Minot Daily News Disastrous. Unstoppable. Historic. Unprecedented. All words used to describe what city, county and state officials warn is an imminent assault on all residents of the Souris River Valley. The highest flows ever recorded on the Souris are approaching a city whose defenses are destined to be over run. Can the city hold? Dikes currently in place, recently improved greatly to combat high flows, are now expected to disappear under the traveling torrent. The amount of water flowing with a vengeance down the Souris River Valley is forecast to inundate Minot to a level seven to eight feet higher than the catastrophic and benchmark flood of 1969. Saddened with that horrific knowledge, officials announced during a late afternoon press conference Monday that very little can be done to stop the powerful onslaught. Massive secondary dikes that were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to save much of the town from the previous high on the Souris this year fall far short of defending against the impending and rapid rise of the Souris.  Kim Fundingsland/MDN • Here we go again. Minoter Dawn Mattern loads a bag into the back of a pickup truck. Much of Minot was ordered out of their homes Monday in advance of an expected historic rise of the Souris River. Those ordered to leave must be out by 10 p.m. Wednesday ...Mandatory evacuations were ordered Monday for all evacuation zones within Minot... Read more: http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/555952/-It-s-a-sad-day----Crest-could-be-10-feet-higher-than-June-1.html?nav=5010 Massive China Floods Kill 175, Affect 36 Million People Floods caused by torrential rains in southern and eastern China since the beginning of the month have left at least 175 people dead and another 86 missing, the Civil Affairs Ministry said Monday. Heavy bouts of rain since June 3 have affected over 36 million people and left 1.6 million displaced in the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chongqing Municipality, the ministry said in a statement. In Zhejiang province alone, about 8,400 houses collapsed and many highways were closed, Xinhua news agency reported... Read more: http://www.christianpost.com/news/massive-china-floods-kill-175-affect-36-million-people-51380/ |
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| Earendel | Sep 8 2011, 09:22 AM Post #34 |
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1-in-100 year rains cause extreme flooding in NY, PA Posted by: JeffMasters, 2:37 PM GMT on September 08, 2011 An extreme rainfall event unprecedented in recorded history has hit the Binghamton, New York area, where 7.49" fell yesterday. This is the second year in a row Binghamton has recorded a 1-in-100 year rain event; their previous all-time record was set last September, when 4.68" fell on Sep 30 - Oct. 1, 2010. Records go back to 1890 in the city. The skies have now cleared in Binghamton, with this morning's rain bringing the city's total rainfall for the 40-hour event to 9.02". However, another large region of rain lies just to the south in Pennsylvania...  Radar-observed rainfall from the Binghamton, NY radar. Read more: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1921 Flooding Leads to Evacuations in Northeastern Pennsylvania  URGENT: Pennsylvania officials order the mandatory evacuations of 100,000 people as the Susquehanna River continues to rise and threatens to breach the levee system.  Derry St. resident Greg Williams is taken to safety on a boat by members of Swatara Twp. Fire Company due to flooding on the street from Spring Creekin Swatara Township, Pa. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2011/09/08/remnants-lee-bring-fresh-flood-worries-to-east/ Thousands evacuated, 3 reported dead as Lee's remnants cross Northeast By the CNN Wire Staff September 8, 2011 10:42 a.m. EDT  (CNN) -- Thousands of people were told to evacuate their homes Thursday as the remnants of former Tropical Storm Lee moved across already-sodden portions of the Northeast, triggering near-historic flooding and leaving at least three people dead. Central Pennsylvania was hit hard. In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 100,000 to 125,000 people were ordered to leave their homes as the Susquehanna River rose above flood stage... Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/08/weather.lee/index.html |
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