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Heavy rain followed by flash flood hit several villages in Tala-o-Barfak district late Saturday, besides killing four people also washing away several houses and badly damaging farmlands, the official said.
According to the official, rescue operation is underway to find the bodies of the killed persons.
© BPBD BandungFloods in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, May 2020.
Recent heavy rainfall triggered flooding on 30 April, affecting the 5 sub-districts of Dayeuhkolot, Baleendah, Arjasari, Bojongsoang, and Banjaran.
Flood water was up to 2 metres deep in some areas. As of 02 May, 21,888 homes had been submerged, affecting 81,088 residents (24,898 families). Schools, places of worship and other public buildings have also been flooded.
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.33°N / 128.77°E (Japan)
Nearest volcano: Kuroshima (128 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 6.3*10^13 J (17.5 GWh / 15080 tons of TNT / 0.9 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]
One more body was found on Saturday, as the search entered day two, raising the total to six since Friday evening.
Twelve officers of the Anti-Stock Theft Unit were returning to their camp in Chemoe, from a security meeting in Kabarnet, when their truck was swept away by raging floodwaters.
Seven officers were swept downstream while five managed to jump to safety.
© MINEMAFloods in Rwanda after heavy rainfall from 01 May 2020.
As of 03 May 8 people had died, 5 were injured, more than 100 houses had collapsed and roads were closed.
According to Meteo Rwanda, more heavy rain is expected in Kigali city, Northern Province and Rubavu, Nyabihu, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Muhanga and Ruhango districts over the next 7 days, increasing the risk of further floods and landslides. MINEMA urged people to take necessary precautions.
Today wind speed was :- 16-20 Kmph
Part of the area destroyed by landslide
Mr Elly Maate, the police spokesperson for Kigezi region, said Everist Ahimbisibwe, 9, and Cleo Amanya, 4, both children of Mr Julius Atwine, a resident of Karengyere village, Muko Sub County in Rubanda District, were swept away by running water amid heavy down pour.
Mr Maate, said that the two female juveniles were braving a heavy downpour to return home.
The floods resulted from a heavy downpour that started on Saturday morning at around 2.00am and lasted for over 10 hours.
© Getty
The officers were called to a pond on Kiawah Island around 5 p.m. and saw the animal attack, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office said. The woman was already dead.
A sheriff's deputy shot and killed the alligator and then retrieved its carcass to help in the ongoing investigation.
Some 70,000 people have been evacuated from eastern Uzbekistan as hundreds of houses were submerged under waters from a collapsed dam, said government officials on Saturday.
Agricultural lands and some residential areas in the region were flooded, hundreds of houses were damaged, and 56 people were injured in the Sirdaryo region after the Sardoba Dam partially collapsed due to heavy rain, according to Murod Sadikov, spokesperson of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Rescue efforts in the region continue, and the water flow was redirected to local rivers.
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