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Posts Tagged ‘flash floods’
Climate Change, Health, Oct 5th, 2010,
Floods are taking the world by storm lately–literally. We have them in the US, they’re happening over in Asia and Europe, and all of them are claiming lives. This latest report focuses on the area of West Papua, Indonesia, where at least 56 people were killed by flooding. Dozens of others are still missing and over 60 people were injured, many with broken bones and most needing to be life-flighted (transported via helicopter) to medical services. In addition to the dead and wounded, hundreds of homes were destroyed, 30 of which were completely flattened by the storm. Schools, hospitals and…
Tags: 56 dead, breaking news, damaged homes, flash floods, flooding, Indonesia, mudslides, power outages, West Papua, wounded
Natural disasters, Wildlife & Flora, May 30th, 2010,
Hurricane season is officially here: 16 people in Central America were killed by tropical storm Agatha. The storm hit land between Guatemala and Mexico, with wind speeds up to 45 mph (75 kph). Although the storm weakened to a tropical depression, it was still enough to trigger deadly landslides. One in Guatemala City killed 4 people and left 11 others missing; another killed 4 children in Santa Catarina Pinula, and in Quetzaltenango a loose boulder crushed a home–killing the 2 children and 2 adults trapped inside. On top of that, an additional 10 to 20 inches of rain was expected…
Tags: Agatha, Central America, dead, El Salvador, flash floods, Guatemala, Guatemala City, homeless, landslides, Mexico, missing, mudslides, Pacaya volcano, tropical depression, tropical storm, volcano eruption
