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Natural disasters, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Jul 9th, 2012,
The latest death toll of the floods that have ravaged Russia’s southern Krasnodar region is at least 171, with over 25,000 having lost some or all of their possessions. Flash floods caused a 5 meter (16ft) wave to sweep through the town of Krymsk late Friday night leaving a path of muddy wreckage in its wake. Residents of the Krasnodar region say they were given no warning of the coming floods. Though both local and national governments claim they had no knowledge of any imminent danger, public and media opinion (both for and against the Putin regime) has been…
Tags: death, floods, Krasnodar, Krymsk, Putin
Climate Change, Science & Technology, Videos & Documentaries, Jul 4th, 2012,
The recent heat waves and extreme storms in the eastern United States, the numerous wildfires in Colorado and other Western states, flooding elsewhere in the country… Since 1988 climate scientists have associated these kinds of extreme weather events, though not specific weather events, to climate change or global warming. What we’ve been seeing in different parts of the US this summer is what scientists say will occur more frequently as the planet heats up. According to Princeton University geosciences and international affairs professor Michael Oppenheimer, droughts, floods, wildfires, extreme storms and other environmental disasters are “what global warming really…
Tags: Climate change, extreme weather, floods, global warming, scientists, storms, wildfires
Climate Change, Nature, Weird Stuff, Aug 9th, 2011,
Natural disasters are unpredictable and can traumatize any individual irrespective of their caste, creed, sex, age or gender. It has various forms like flood, lightening, earthquake, volcanic eruptions etc. It can damage or totally annihilate your immediate environment and its effects can be evident for a much long time after it passes away. A natural disaster can damage the whole community as well. The children who undergo these disasters experience their effects for a long time. It many a times causes relocations of the families and communities as well. Thus people living in more disaster prone areas should learn the…
Tags: Climate change, floods, global warming, Google Earth, hurricanes, natural disasters, wildfires
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, Health, Nature, Nov 14th, 2010,
Last night, floods in Belgium claimed their first two victims. A woman, who got stuck in her car due to high water levels on the street, was unable to escape on time and drowned. A man, who was walking home late last night, was surprised and dragged away by the strong water current. His lifeless body was found close to his home. It’s been raining in Belgium for a week now. And as torrential rain continues to fall over parts of the country, the lower parts see floodwaters rising by the hour. The past couple of days, some areas saw…
Tags: Belgium, flooding in Belgium, floods, rainfall, torrential rains
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 21st, 2010,
Here are two video reports on the dramatic effects of recent extreme weather events in China and Pakistan. From ITN News: ‘Train ripped apart on collapsed bridge in china’ Jaw dropping footage from when a passenger train split in half on a bridge which collapsed in the China floods. From Al Jazeera English: ‘Fortitude amid Pakistan disaster’ The floods that have ravaged Pakistan have forced millions of people to flee their homes and villages, but a small number stubbornly refused to leave their homes despite the risk posed by rising flood waters.
Tags: China, dramatic, extreme, floods, Pakistan, video, weather
Climate Change, Nature, Aug 18th, 2010,
Two months of extreme heat in Russia will end after today according to Russian meteorologists, with rains expected in nearly all regions of European Russia. The two-month long heat wave and resulting drought have caused thousands of deaths, severe pollution, thousands of wild fires and the loss of a third of the country’s wheat crop. From a Reuters article: Officials broke the silence over the effects of the heat and smoke on Aug. 9, when the head of Moscow’s health department, Andrei Seltsovsky, said deaths had doubled to 700 per day and heat was the main cause. Meanwhile in China…
Tags: China, deaths, extreme, floods, heat, landslide, Moscow, Pakistan, Russia, Smog, wave
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, 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
Health, Nature, Jun 25th, 2010,
Heavy rains continue to fall in southern China, raising the death toll to 377 and it’s not likely to stop there. At least 142 people are still missing and more rain is still expected. Thus far, the flooding has caused nearly $11 billion in damages, forced the evacuation of 4.4 million people, and collapsed 368,000 homes. Although floods happen yearly in China, this year’s have been particularly heavy, spanning across 10 provinces and regions in the southeast, and it all comes right after a terrible drought season. Rescue workers and soldiers are currently transporting stones and sandbags to block and…
Tags: China, damages, death toll, flooding, floods, heavy rain, landslides, Southeast, storms, torrential rain, update
Climate Change, Nature, Uncategorized, Videos & Documentaries, Jun 23rd, 2010,
Flooding and mudslides in the northeast of Brazil have resulted in the deaths of at least 44 people, with as many as 1,000 more missing. Torrents following heavy rains over the past three days have swept away some 40,000 homes in the region, displacing 180,000 people. From an Al Jazeera English report: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the president, has called a crisis cabinet meeting on Tuesday and said the government would make federal funds available to help the homeless. The death toll is feared to rise in the Brazil’s northeastern states of Alagoas and Pernambuco, where the flooding is most severe….
Tags: Alagoas, Brazil, death, displace, flooding, floods, northeast, report
Health, Nature, Jun 22nd, 2010,
Over the past 2 weeks, China has been slammed with rains, floods and landslides leaving a trail of at least 175 dead, 107 missing and 1.7 million people evacuated since it all began—and there is no indication of the rain stopping any time soon. At least 35 rivers have risen past their warning marks and pose a threat to surrounding cities and farmland. Many bridges and roads are washed out or blocked—including 11 major state highways, and hundreds of rescue boats are being used to help evacuate those stranded by the floods. Even soldiers and armed police have been sent…
Tags: China, damages, death toll, floods, increase, landslides, missing persons, update
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Earlier this month, floods swept through China and killed at least 53 people. Now, another series of massive floods have killed at least 132 people and forced the evacuation of 860,000 others. The Asian nation has been pounded by torrential rains since June 13th, causing major rivers to overflow and affecting over 10 million people. Many are injured, stranded, or have suffered property damages; plus an additional 86 people are missing, which means the death toll will most likely rise. In addition to the China flood, Bangladesh and Myanmar were also recently hit by landslides and flooding. Triggered by monsoon…
Tags: Bangladesh, China, damages, death toll, evacuation, floods, landslides, missing people, monsoon rains, Myanmar, torrential rains, wounded
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Jun 18th, 2010,
Southeast France is battling the worst flooding in 180 years as a result of Tuesday’s heavy rains. Continuing thunderstorms and blackouts have plagued the area and made rescue efforts difficult, but water levels have now begun to subside and today’s improved weather is a blessing for cleanup crews. From a report in the Irish Times: While rescue operations had wound down yesterday, the authorities did not exclude the possibility of further bodies being found as the muddy water receded. According to an article in the Telegraph, the French weather agency Meteo France issued warnings of further heavy rains from potential…
Tags: Draguignan, flooding, floods, France, French, rains, Riviera, Southeast
