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Second Yangtze river warning issued on flooding peak in China; 10,000 homes destroyed with at least 186 killed and over 6 million affected


china.org.cn
Mon, 04 Jul 2016 20:10 UTC
Residents are moved to safety on Sunday in Tongling, Anhui province, as flooding continued to affect the city and other regions in central and eastern China.
© Zhan Jun/China DailyResidents are moved to safety on Sunday in Tongling, Anhui province, as flooding continued to affect the city and other regions in central and eastern China.
Authorities warned on Sunday of a second flood peak for the Yangtze River and its tributaries, with new rainstorms forecast after floods left scores of people dead and eight missing in central and eastern areas.

Flooding resulting from rainstorms that began on Thursday left 14 people dead and eight missing in Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang, Henan and Jiangsu provinces, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said in a statement.

The floods affected 6.87 million people and destroyed 10,000 homes, the headquarters added.

The National Meteorological Center said rainstorms were expected to continue to wreak havoc in these areas until Monday, with some parts of Hubei and Hunan expected to receive total precipitation of more than 200 millimeters.




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At least 30 dead as floods hit Uttarakhand, India

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 01 Jul 2016 20:30 UTC
Houses washed away in flash flood after cloudburst in Chamoli
© India Today Houses washed away in flash flood after cloudburst in Chamoli
A period of heavy rain in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, has left at least 30 people dead and several houses destroyed or washed away, according to local media reports.

The affected areas are currently the districts of Chamoli and Pithoragarh. River levels have increased dramatically and local media report that the Alaknanda River and a tributary, the Mandakini, have both overflowed.

Indian Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, said that he had spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat regarding the situation and that central government is providing all possible assistance. He added that "National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been rushed to the areas affected by cloud burst in Uttarakhand. Additional teams of NDRF are also put on alert."



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Flash floods kill 30 people in northern Pakistan


The Hindu
Sun, 03 Jul 2016 06:42 UTC
flash floods in Chitral, Pakistan

Pakistani officials say flash floods overnight have killed 30 people in northern Pakistan, near the Afghan border.

Maghfirat Shah, the mayor of Chitral district, says heavy monsoon rains and flash floods overnight washed away a mosque and several houses in Arsun, an area of Chitral.

A spokesman for the disaster management authority, Yousuf Zia, says search crews have recovered the bodies of seven worshippers swept away when the mosque was struck by floods.

Chitral is in the far north of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan's Badakhshan province.

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Intense thunderstorms slam Las Vegas with golf ball-sized hail, winds, lightning and flash flooding


Las Vegas Sun
Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:26 UTC
Las Vegas floods June 2016

Intense thunderstorms pounded the Las Vegas area on Thursday with golf ball-sized hail, gusty winds, destructive lightning and sheets of rain that swamped busy intersections and left at least one person hospitalized after she was plucked from a flooded wash, authorities said.

The woman was believed to have suffered a heart attack while she and two other people were rescued from rushing water near the Hard Rock Casino Hotel east of the Las Vegas Strip, Deputy Clark County Fire Chief Jeff Buchanan said.

Firefighters reached two other people and their dogs in another wash near Boulder Highway, about 5 miles east of the Strip, and rescued another two people at another site shortly after 6 p.m., Buchanan said.

At least 21 airline flights were diverted from busy McCarran International Airport, where the National Weather Service said wind gusts were clocked at 56 mph during the height of the storm.

Several vehicles stalled with water up to their headlights in one flooded intersection in nearby Henderson.

"People don't realize just a few inches of rain can really cause some damage," said Kim Becker, a Henderson city spokeswoman.

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Rostov downpour: Flash flooding devastates southern Russian city


RT
Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:49 UTC
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© EMERCOM / Sputnik
Torrential rain streaming in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don caused havoc on the streets, killing one person and leaving about a dozen others injured. Hundreds of cars and businesses were destroyed in the deluge.

"One person, a 14-year-old girl, died after being dragged underneath a car by the torrent," TASS cited an official as saying.

Four people out of the 11 who sought medical attention remain in hospital in a satisfactory condition, the official said. Among them is a 16-year-old who was struck by a broken high-voltage electricity cable.

The thunderstorm in Rostov-on-Don started on Thursday evening, accompanied by storm winds of up to 90kph.

The downpour flooded the streets of Rostov-on-Don, a city of well over a million inhabitants.

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Last 10 months have been the worst period for floods and fires in U.S. history

Michael Snyder
End of the American dream
Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:13 UTC
Erskine fire
© KBAK via CNN)Flames from the Erskine fire tear through a house in the Lake Isabella area.
As you read this article, the state of California is being ravaged by gigantic wildfires that are raging wildly out of control, and West Virginia is dealing with a "500 year flood". Since last September, the U.S. has been hit by a series of 11 historic floods. Never before in American history have we seen so many major floods within such a compressed space of time.

And just as the Shemitah year ended last September, massive wildfires began erupting all over the country. Thanks to that unprecedented outbreak of large fires, 2015 ended up being the worst year for wildfires in all of U.S. history. And since 2016 began, things have continued to get worse. As far as the total number of acres burned is concerned, we are more than a million acres ahead of the pace that was set last year. So why in the world is all of this happening?

The wildfires that are ripping through many parts of California right now are making headlines all over the world. In particular, the extremely quick moving Erskine fire in Kern County has already destroyed more than 200 homes and authorities are picking through the rubble hoping that they won't discover too many bodies...
The charred remains of two people were found inside a burned down mobile home which went up in flames as the fire tore through the South Lake area of Sierra Nevada, officials said.

The bodies were so horrifically burned that a forensic investigation is required to determine whether they belonged to a human or animal, said Kern County Sheriff spokesman Ray Pruitt.

Officials warned that more residents may be forced to flee the advancing flames as the fire has already scorched more than 30,000 acres.

Comment: For more coverage on the extreme weather affecting the planet, check out the monthly SOTT Earth Changes Summaries. Last month:

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - May 2016: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Update: 23 dead in West Virginia as more 'historic' flooding sweeps the U.S.


RT
Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:23 UTC
West Virginia floods
© CBS News West Virginia State Trooper C.S. Hartman uses a boat to navigate the flooded streets of Rainelle, W. Va., on Saturday, June 25, 2016.
A state of emergency has been declared in 44 of 55 counties in West Virginia in the wake of storms and floods that hit the state on Thursday night. Nearly two dozen people have died, while hundreds were trapped inside a shopping mall cut off by the flooding.

The death toll from the floods has climbed to 23, a spokesperson for West Virginia's Homeland Security and Emergency Management said Friday night, noting that the hardest hit area is in Greenbrier County in the southeastern part of the state, where at least 15 people have died.

About 500 people became stranded inside a shopping mall in the town of Elkview, some 12 miles (19km) from the state's capital, Charleston, on Thursday. Employees and customers became trapped inside Crossings Mall after a bridge that connected the center to a main road collapsed.


Comment: Governor declares state of emergency in 44 counties following floods in West Virginia; 7 inches of rain in 3 hours

In recent months the United States has experienced some extreme rainfall related weather events including: "once-in-a-thousand-year" flash flooding in South Carolina; more 'historic' flooding in the southern states, massive flooding and mudslides in southern California and record rainfall in Texas.

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Governor declares state of emergency in 44 counties following floods in West Virginia; 7 inches of rain in 3 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:00 UTC
Flooded cars
Severe flooding in parts of West Virginia has prompted Governor Early Ray Tomblin to declare a state of emergency for 44 counties in the state. Local media are reporting that 2 people have died in the floods and a young child is missing. The flooding has damaged buildings, roads and bridges. Evacuations have been carried out in some areas, and emergency service have carried out dozens of flood rescues.

A view of a home in Clendenin from I-79
© Spencer DailyA view of a home in Clendenin from I-79
Initially the worst affected counties were Greenbrier and Nicholas, where Governor Tomblin declared the state of emergency on 23 June. A statement from the Governor's office said that the "severe storm event has caused rockslides, mudslides, and flooding and has damaged home, businesses, roads and bridges. Certain portions of Nichols and Greenbrier have been rendered inaccessible because of public infrastructure damage."

Later the state of emergency was expanded to include 44 counties in total. All but the counties in the Northern and Eastern Panhandles in West Virginia have been severely affected and are now under a state of emergency.




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London flooding: Flash floods cause chaos in the capital

Ross Lydall, Ben Morgan and David Churchill
Evening Standard
Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:52 UTC
Rescue bid: The firebrigade rescues a family from a flooded street in Romford
© Paul WoodRescue bid: The firebrigade rescues a family from a flooded street in Romford
Firefighters used rescue boats to free Londoners trapped in their homes as torrential rain brought chaos to the Tube, road and rail network.

London Fire Brigade attended more than 400 incidents after receiving 550 calls - almost two days' worth of 999 calls - in a couple of hours as extraordinary thunderstorms deluged the capital overnight.

Emergency services asked people only to dial 999 if life was at risk.

Fire crews helped residents to get to work or to polling stations to vote in the EU referendum after 60 homes in Romford were flooded when the River Rom burst its banks.


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Streets flood in Bangkok, Thailand after 7 inches of rain; highest rainfall for 25 years

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:12 UTC
A factory worker in Bang Pu Industrial Estate in Samut Prakarn province is ferried to safety in a large bucket yesterday after the area is inundated in up to 60 centimetres of water.
A factory worker in Bang Pu Industrial Estate in Samut Prakarn province is ferried to safety in a large bucket yesterday after the area is inundated in up to 60 centimetres of water.
Wide areas of Bangkok, Thailand, were flooded on 21 June after a period of heavy rain across the city.

The flooding brought traffic to a standstill forced some schools and businesses to close. Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Director-General Chatchai Promlert said that heavy rains during the evening of 20 June caused flooding in 36 areas of Bangkok, leaving streets under 60cm of water in some areas.

Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra said that although the rain was short lived, the rainfall was as much as 200 mm and the highest for over 25 years.

Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) had reported that a low pressure area over northern Vietnam and Cambodia would result in heavy rainfall in Thailand's northeastern, central and southern regions on 21 June 2016.

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