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Japan issues evacuation orders for 365,000 people on Kyushu amid heavy rainfall - 13 inches of rain in just 12 hours

goachronicle.com
Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:23 UTC

Evacuation orders have been issued for 365,000 people in three of Japan's prefectures amid heavy rains in the country's south-west, the NHK broadcaster reports.

NHK said on Saturday that over 90,000 households in Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto prefectures received evacuation orders and 236,000 people got the highest (level five), "beyond evacuation" warning.

Another 128,500 people on the island of Kyushu got urgent (level four) evacuation orders.

According to the latest forecasts, up to 200 mm of rainfall are expected on Kyushu in the coming 24 hours. Around 330 mm of rainfall were recorded in Kagoshima prefecture in the past 12 hours.

Reports of landslides and river flooding have started to come in. The NHK broadcaster cancelled all of its morning programs in order to report on the situation in the country's south-west.

Giant waterspout filmed off Singapore

Fang Yiyang
The Straits Times
Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:35 UTC

Sightings of a waterspout off East Coast Park were reported by several people on social media on Saturday morning (July 10).

Ms Carrie Koh, a reader of The Straits Times, said that she saw the waterspout from her apartment in Bedok at around 7am, in the direction of Bedok Jetty, and posted a picture on social media. The waterspout lasted around 10 to 15 minutes.

Facebook user Anj Arcega Subion spotted the waterspout from her home at Riviera Residences near Upper East Coast Road at 7.03am.

M5.9 quake kills 5 & destroys dozens of homes in Tajikistan

Al Jazeera
Sat, 10 Jul 2021 10:11 UTC

The magnitude 5.9 quake struck 27km (17 miles) east of Rasht district, authorities say.

At least five people have died after an earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan, according to authorities in the mountainous country.

The magnitude 5.9 quake hit 27km (17 miles) east of Rasht district on Saturday morning.

M6.1 earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

Pragativadi News
Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:51 UTC

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island Saturday, said the United States Geological Survey.

As per reports, the strong quake hit 258 kilometres (160 miles) northeast of the city of Manado in North Sulawesi at a depth of 68 kilometres.

Indonesia experiences frequent quakes due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

Earlier, in January, more than 100 people were killed while thousands left homeless by a 6.2-magnitude quake that struck Sulawesi.

Flood situation in India's Bihar worsens, causing deaths, migration and property damage as heavy monsoon season arrived earlier than usual

Radhika Parashar
Sputnik
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:51 UTC

This year, the monsoon season arrived slightly earlier than usual in some parts of India. While urban regions like Mumbai that are situated near water bodies are facing power cuts and road blockages due to rising water, rural Indians living near rivers are losing their lives, livelihoods, and homes.

Several villages in India's Bihar state have been flooded due to heavy monsoons, disrupting the normal lives of local people. At least 21 people have lost their lives in the rain and flood-related situation, including lightning strikes, media reported.

So far, Bihar's administration has not set up relief camps for villagers who have been compelled to leave their homes, residents have told local media.

Talking to Sputnik, police officer Rajiv Rajak of Bihar's Lauriya district said that while the flooding of river-side regions in the state is not uncommon during monsoons, this year the rains arrived early and people were unprepared.

Reports of flooding, mudslides as another cold front hits Cape Town, South Africa

Marvin Charles
News 24
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:27 UTC

The rain is certainly bucketing down in Cape Town!

Disaster services in Cape Town have been responding to reports of mudslides, flooding and uprooted trees as residents battened down the hatches in the face of another cold front, which hit on Thursday.

The City of Cape Town's disaster risk agencies were on high alert as more gale force winds and heavy rain lashed the city.

Disaster Risk Management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said all agencies were ready to deal with any impact brought on by the adverse weather conditions.

"We appeal to residents to help reduce flood risk by clearing out drainage systems, raising the floor level of a structure so that it is higher than the natural ground level, making sandbags and digging trenches around the house to divert water away."

Torrential rains continue to batter parts of China, triggering floods and mudslides

Avery Choi
South China Morning Post
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:36 UTC

Multiple parts of China have been hit by floods and mudslides after a round of torrential rains hit the country in early July 2021.

In southwestern Sichuan province, a major mudslide damaged homes and killed livestock, sparking the evacuation of more than 1,000 residents.

China has been on high alert since severe floodings hit the region in 2020, with flood-response and rescue drills carried out ahead of the May rainy season.

Comment: View in addition this report from July 1st: Floods hit 27 provinces and regions in China - 7 million affected

Major storm brings flash flooding to Perth, Western Australia

10 News First
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:20 UTC

WA braces for more wild weather as strongest cold front of the season set to hit state

A major storm hitting Perth has caused widespread flash floods with cars and buildings caught in the chaos. The Bureau of Meteorology warns of worse to come.

Remnants of Tropical Storm Elsa bring severe flooding to New York City area

Reuters
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:12 UTC

Severe weather and flooding hit the New York City area as remnants of Tropical Storm Elsa threatened to pummel tri-state areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

M6.0 earthquake & dozens of aftershocks rattle northern California

RT
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 03:09 UTC

© Twitter / @brettdurrant / screenshot
The aftermath of an earthquake is seen on California's Highway 395 in images shared to social media, including large boulders that landed on the road after they were dislodged by the the tremor.

A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake and dozens of aftershocks have struck the California-Nevada border area, triggering a rockslide in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and reports of shaking from San Francisco to Carson City.

The most powerful jolt, eventually upgraded by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to magnitude 6.0, happened at 3:49pm local time on Thursday, some 150 miles east of Sacramento. Within the next two hours, the area was rattled by over 50 aftershocks ranging between 2.5 and 4.6 on the Richter scale.

The quake was the "result of normal faulting in the shallow crust of the North America plate," USGS said, noting however that there is a small chance this was a foreshock of a larger earthquake, according to CBS Sacramento.

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Earth Changes

Japan issues evacuation orders for 365,000 people on Kyushu amid heavy rainfall - 13 inches of rain in just 12 hours

Giant waterspout filmed off Singapore

M5.9 quake kills 5 & destroys dozens of homes in Tajikistan

M6.1 earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

Flood situation in India's Bihar worsens, causing deaths, migration and property damage as heavy monsoon season arrived earlier than usual

Reports of flooding, mudslides as another cold front hits Cape Town, South Africa

Torrential rains continue to batter parts of China, triggering floods and mudslides

Major storm brings flash flooding to Perth, Western Australia

Remnants of Tropical Storm Elsa bring severe flooding to New York City area

M6.0 earthquake & dozens of aftershocks rattle northern California

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