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Posts Tagged ‘flooding’
Natural disasters, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 8th, 2012,
The worst flooding to hit the Philippines in 3 years has left much of the capital city Manila underwater. At least 19 people have died (9 family members in a single landslide in Quezon City) and a total of 1.2 residents of metro Manila were affected by the monsoon rains. After 12 days of rain, sun was forecast for Thursday with cleanup and rescue efforts underway as of Wednesday. From the Associated Press: Manila was drenched with more than half of a month’s worth of rain in just 24 hours. A storm off eastern China that intensified the southwest monsoon…
Tags: flooding, manila
Animals, Natural disasters, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Jul 10th, 2012,
A couple of weeks ago severe storms ravaged parts of the United States. The UK experienced the wettest June on record and July has been just as wet. Flash floods and freak weather have plagued the nation and more flooding is on the way. Over in Russia recent flooding in the south of the country has produced very grim results: at least 171 people have died and thousands left homeless due to flash floods. It’s not just humans that are suffering the effects of extreme weather and flooding. In northeast India severe flooding has killed around 600 animals in the…
Tags: flood, flooding, Kaziranga, rhinos
Nature, Sep 21st, 2011,
As powerful Typhoon Roke approaches Japan’s mainland authorities are appealing to 1,3 million residents to evacuate their homes and move to higher ground. 5 people are already believed to be dead from heavy rains, flooding and strong winds, which are set to increase as the typhoon makes landfall in central Japan. From AFP: In Nagoya, in central Japan’s Aichi prefecture, officials have advised about one million residents to leave their homes because of fears that rivers might burst their banks. The storm is expected to move northwards up the coast to Tokyo. So far over 200 domestic flights have been…
Tags: dead, flooding, japan, Nagoya, Typhoon Roke
Climate Change, Nature, Science & Technology, Jan 4th, 2011,
2010 was a record-breaking year for natural disasters. According to Insurance ERM, a website dedicated to enterprise risk management, this makes 2010 the second-highest year of natural catastrophes since 1980. With a current yearly average of 785 natural catastrophes, 2010 saw in increase of more than 20% in occurrences of natural disasters. Furthermore, the high number of weather related natural disasters like storms and floods, about 90% of all reported catastrophes in 2010, is a further indication of advancing climate change. Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture…
Tags: 2010, 950 natural disasters in 2010, Climate change, earthquake, flooding, global warming, great natural catastrophes, hurricanes, insurance ERM, natural catastrophes, natural disasters
Climate Change, Health, Dec 1st, 2010,
For the past couple of days Venezuela has been dealing with torrential rain showers and massive flooding claiming at least 30 lives and leaving more than 5000 people homeless. Amongst the victims are City Council President Miguel Zavala and a police inspector. Many of the death were killed after being swept away by strong water currents or died when their houses collapsed on top of them. The state of alarm that was issued for the state of Vargas in the northern part of Venezuela has now been expanded to three states. Airports and oil refineries where closed, roads where blocked…
Tags: Climate change, flooding, heavy rain, natural disaster, Venezuela
Climate Change, Nature, Nov 17th, 2010,
Last weekend we reported that parts of Belgium and The Netherlands were flooded due to torrential rains. In the meantime, the situation in those countries is slowly returning to normal. But it seems the rain showers are not over yet. After heavy rainfall its now Southwest England that is battling floods. Police and military are working together to get people into safety, evacuating them by helicopter from their cars or houses. The towns of St Austell and St Blazey are the worst off. A Mudslide near Lostwithiel made train transport to Cornwall impossible while the town of Mevagissey, completely surrounded…
Tags: england under water, flooding, floods, natural disaster, southwest england, torrential rains
Climate Change, Wildlife & Flora, Nov 11th, 2010,
Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo was hit by heavy rainshowers today. As a result, an extensive part of the city and surroundings are flooded. According to city officials, this is the heaviest rainfall in over 18 years. Schools are closed, power supply is disturbed and even the parliament was evacuated. Meteorologists expect the heavy rain showers are not over yet.
Tags: Climate change, colombo, flooding, heavy rain, rainfall, Sri Lanka
Climate Change, Nov 6th, 2010,
“There is insufficient data to say what will happen to the Indus,” says David Grey, the World Bank’s senior water advisor in South Asia. “But we all have very nasty fears that the flows of the Indus couldbe severely, severely affected by glacier melt as a consequence of climate change,” and reduced byperhaps as much as 50 percent. “Now what does that mean to a population that lives in a desert[where], without the river, there would be no life? I don’t know the answer to that question,” he says.“But we need to be concerned about that. Deeply, deeply concerned.”
Tags: Climate change, climate change in Pakistan, flooding, Floods in Pakistan 2010, Global Climate Change, Pakistan
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
Climate Change, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 23rd, 2010,
The South Asian country of Bangladesh is one of the places in the world considered most vulnerable to climate change. It is also one of the poorest nations on Earth. In Bangladesh, reducing CO2 emissions and implementing cap and trade schemes are not the issue. Already used to catastrophic flooding compounded by intense poverty, Bangladeshis are in the business of climate change adaptation. This is climate change ground zero. As Himalayan glaciers melt and heavy rains perennially flood Bangladesh – a hot country of flood planes located on the Ganges River Delta – its people have no choice but to…
Tags: adaptation, Bangladesh, Climate change, floating, flood, flooding, schools
Climate Change, Health, Nature, Aug 17th, 2010,
About three weeks ago, Pakistan was hit by a natural catastrophe whose magnitude dwarfs the devastating 2005 earthquake in the country’s northern areas. In fact the number of people affected by these floods is estimated to be more than the number of people impacted by both the tsunami and the Haiti earthquake. Floods are a part of the history of India and Pakistan, and the Monsoon season in this region has always been heavy and unpredictable. However, most years, the clouds that rise from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal do follow somewhat of a pattern. The latter,…
Tags: Climate change, flooding, floods, help pakistan, natural disaster, Pakistan, rain showers, weather
Climate Change, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 15th, 2010,
Pakistan, China, Australia, Afghanistan, India, Colombia, Central Europe and the US state of Iowa have all recently experienced destructive, though greatly varied, levels of flooding. According to the prime minister of Pakistan, some 20 million people have already been affected by the floods there, while the UN puts the number at 14 million. The first case of cholera has also been confirmed. Independence Day in flood-hit Pakistan Over 2,000 people have been killed in China so far this year as a result of floods, which have triggered mudslides, buried villages and washed away homes. A further 600 people are still…
Tags: central, China, Colombia, dramatic, Europe, flash, flood, flooding, Iowa, Pakistan, report, video
Climate Change, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 14th, 2010,
From Australia to China to Pakistan to Russia and central Europe, this summer has so far been characterized by extreme weather events such as torrential rains, flooding, drought and wildfires. In the following video report by ITN News, climate scientist Thomas R. Karl explains how the current extreme weather events across the globe are linked and most likely connected to human activity. Karl is the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Services office in Washington DC. From an article by the Associated Press: Russia and central Asia this year happen to be the epicentres of very…
Tags: australia, China, climate, events, extreme, flood, flooding, Karl, Pakistan, Russia, scientist, summer, Thomas, weather, wildfires
Climate Change, Nature, Aug 13th, 2010,
While individual events like heat waves, cold snaps, floods and droughts cannot be attributed to man made climate change on an individual basis, scientists at the World Meteorological Association (WMO) say global warming exacerbates the intensity of recent extreme weather. The floods in China, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the heat wave and resultant wild fires in Russia and the intense rain in central Europe all point to the fact that extreme weather events have tripled since 1980. From an article by Reuters: Recent extremes include mudslides in China and heat records from Finland to Kuwait — adding to evidence of a changing…
Tags: change, China, climate, events, extreme, fires, flooding, floods, global, heat, Pakistan, Russia, scientists, warming, wave, weather
Climate Change, Nature, Aug 10th, 2010,
On Saturday heavy rains fell on Gansu province in northern China, resulting in landslides which buried at least three villages. The death toll from the mudslides has now reached 702, according to Chinese officials, with more than 1,000 people still missing. China has been experiencing its most severe flooding in a decade – and more rain is forecast for later in the week. Rescue efforts are at their most intense in Zhouqu county, the area worst hit by the floods. From an AFP report: More than 7,000 soldiers and rescuers were hunting around-the-clock for survivors in Zhouqu, the county seat,…
Tags: China, dead, death, flooding, floods, mudslides, Pakistan, people, rain, worst, Zhouqu
Climate Change, Nature, Aug 9th, 2010,
Heavy rains have caused rivers to burst their banks in Germany, Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. A total of 14 have died so far from the flooding and more are missing. According to Australian broadsheet The Age the Neisse River, which forms part of the border between Germany and Poland before flowing into the Czech Republic, has swelled to a height of 7.07 meters, over three times its normal level ‘and the highest since records began in 1912’. More rivers are expected to soon burst their banks, such as the Spree in Germany. For more on the story see…
Tags: banks, burst, central, Czech Republic, Europe, flooding, floods, Germany, Poland, rain
Climate Change, Nature, Jul 31st, 2010,
The latest figures from Xinhua News put the death toll due to massive floods in Pakistan at 900. A further one million people are homeless as a result of the recent monsoon rains. The deluge has destroyed schools, homes, hospitals, roads, railroads and other infrastructure, causing billions of euros in damage. Rescue teams including the Pakistani military, along with civil government groups, are working around the clock to save the more than one million who remain stranded, but manpower and facilities are insufficient and international help is urgently needed. Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has requested United Nations and…
Tags: Afghanistan, flooding, floods, homeless, Pakistan
Nature, Jul 29th, 2010,
It was only three months ago that southern China was suffering from its worst drought in living memory. Now the heaviest rains in over a decade are causing floods, mudslides and other destruction there, as well as threatening the integrity of the massive Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in Hubei province. According to a BBC report, Chinese authorities have stated that the recent flooding left 823 people dead and 437 missing, the latest count including 37 deaths after a bridge collapsed in Henan province and a further 21 who are feared dead due to mudslides in Sichuan province….
Tags: China, dam, dead, death, flooding, floods, Gorges, Hubei, river, three, Yangtze
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Jul 18th, 2010,
Tropical storm Conson, aka typhoon Basyang, is currently battering southern China after heavy rains and flooding have already punished the country for weeks. The economic damage from China’s recent weather woes totals in billions of dollars, while evacuations in the affected areas have been widespread. From an Al Jazeera English report/video: Swollen rivers and landslides have already killed 135 people across the country since the start of July. More than 35 million people have had their lives disrupted by the floods and landslides, and more than a million people have been displaced. The Philippines also suffered heavy damage from Conson/Basyang,…
Tags: Asia, Basyang, China, Conson, damage, flooding, floods, Philippines, storm, tropical, typhoon
Nature, Jul 15th, 2010,
According to China’s Civil Affairs Ministry, rainstorms and floods have left at least 118 people dead and a further 47 missing in southern China this month. Damage from the flooding includes the destruction of some 101,000 houses, the relocation of 1.1 million people and an estimated financial toll of around $3.3bn (€2.6bn). From a xinhuanet.com report: By 4 p.m. Wednesday, more than 32.3 million people in 10 southern provinces and Chongqing Municipality had been affected by continuous rainstorms and floods, the ministry said. Euronews reports that Japan’s northern Kyushu and Chugoku regions have experienced severe flooding, resulting 85,000 evacuation orders….
Tags: Asia, China, dead, extreme, flooding, floods, japan, Philippines, rainstorms, storm, typhoon, weather
