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Northern Germany hit with flooding after severe storm


The Local (Germany)
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:47 UTC
A man wading through the flooding in Lübeck.
© DPAA man wading through the flooding in Lübeck.
A clean-up is underway on Thursday after severe storms in the northern part of the country.

Water levels rose significantly in coastal areas of Germany due to storms and severe rain on Wednesday.

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, flooding reached its peak on Wednesday evening. It brought water levels to almost 1.40 metres above normal, said meteorologist Stefan Kreibohm from the weather station at Hiddensee.

In Schleswig-Holstein, the Trave river in Lübeck and the district of Travemünde rose to around 6.26 metres. This resulted in flooding at the Obertrave in the old town of Lübeck and parts of the promenade in Travemünde. According to the Waterways and Shipping Office, the normal water level is five metres.

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3 die in flash floods in Cebu City, Philippines


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Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:31 UTC
Search and rescue teams after floods in Cebu City, Philippines, 13 to 14 October 2020.
© Cebu City GovernmentSearch and rescue teams after floods in Cebu City, Philippines, 13 to 14 October 2020.
A tropical depression brought heavy rain caused to parts of the Philippines from 13 to 14 October 2020.

Disaster officials reported at least 2 people died and another was reported missing following floods in Cebu City and surrounding areas. The body of the missing person was found on 15 October. Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) said:

"After 2 days of searching, our responders have finally retrieved the body of the 16 year old boy when he was taken away from the flash flood last October 13."

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Best of the Web: Cars swept away, 9 dead as heavy rain hits Hyderabad, India - 7.5 inches in 24 hours, highest in Oct since 1903


Scroll.in
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:10 UTC
Vehicles lie partially submerged in floodwater following heavy rains, at Falaknuma, in Hyderabad.
© PTIVehicles lie partially submerged in floodwater following heavy rains, at Falaknuma, in Hyderabad.
In the city's Barkas area, a man was washed away by the turbulent floodwater.

Heavy rain disrupted life in Hyderabad on Wednesday, causing severe waterlogging in several areas and submerging low-lying places. Traffic was also disrupted in several parts of the city.

At least nine people, including children, were killed in Hyderabad late on Tuesday after a wall collapsed due to the rain. The city has been receiving incessant downpour over the last three days. Hyderabad recorded 191.8 millimetres of rain in 24 hours till 8:30 am on Wednesday, according to The Indian Express. This is the highest rainfall that the city has received in month of October since 1903.

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Heavy rains cause flooding in Naples, Italy

PAINFUL EARTH
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Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:07 UTC
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Heavy rains cause flooding in Italy, Naples.

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Heavy rain triggers floods and landslides in 8 provinces of Indonesia


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Tue, 13 Oct 2020 18:41 UTC
Floods in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, October 2020.
© BPBD Parigi MoutongFloods in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, October 2020.
Floods and landslides have affected wide areas of Indonesia since 07 October, 2020. At least 3 people have lost their lives. Homes have been damaged or destroyed and hundreds of people displaced.

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West Java

Flooding since 11 October 2020 has affected around 1,000 households in 6 districts of Garut Regency in West Java Province. The affected districts are Pameungpeuk, Cikelet, Cibalong, Peundeuy, Singajaya and Banjarwangi.

Indonesia's National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said heavy rain caused an overflow of the Cipalebuh and Cikaso rivers. Around 60 homes were damaged, including 7 severely damaged. Sixty families were displaced in Pendopo Pamengpeuk District.

Homes were also damaged after floods and landslides occurred in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province on 12 October.

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Southeast Asia flood deaths near 40 as new storm Nangka approaches

Khanh Vu, Prak Chan Thul
Reuters
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 18:28 UTC
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Nearly 40 people have died in Vietnam and Cambodia and scores more were missing, including rescuers, due to prolonged heavy rain and flash flooding as tropical storm Nangka edged towards the Vietnamese coast on Tuesday.

Heavy rains since early October have caused deadly floods and landslides in several provinces in central Vietnam and displaced thousands of people in western Cambodia, officials and state media said.

The floods are expected to worsen over the coming days, with tropical storm Nangka forecast to dump more rain as it makes landfall in Vietnam on Wednesday.

Nangka, packing wind speeds of up to 100 km per hour (62 miles per hour) will trigger heavy rain of up to 400 millimetres in parts of northern and central Vietnam from Wednesday through Friday, its weather agency said.

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Floods worsens as Tropical Storm Linfa makes landfall in Vietnam - 15 dead in 7 days


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Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:14 UTC
Track of Tropical Storm Linfa in Vietnam, October 2020.
© Vietnam National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological ForecastingTrack of Tropical Storm Linfa in Vietnam, October 2020.
Tropical Storm Linfa made landfall over Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces in Vietnam on 11 October 2020.

The storm brought further heavy rainfall to central provinces of Vietnam. Ta Long in Qang Tri province recorded 210 mm of rain, and Quang Dien and A Luoi in Thua Thien-Hue both saw 182mm in a 24 hour period to 12 October. Central Vietnam has been plagued by heavy rain since around 05 October, with many provinces seeing severe flooding and landslides.

15 dead after 7 days of floods

Some areas of central Vietnam have seen over 1.5 metres of rain in the last week. In a period from 05 to 11 October, Huong Linh in Qang Tri province recorded 1,520 mm of rain and A Luoi in Thua Thien-Hue 1,888 mm.

As of 12 October, Vietnam's Disaster Management Authority (DMA) reports that severe flooding and landslides in the central region have left at least 15 people dead, with a further 3 lives lost in shipping incidents. Floods and landslides have left 10 others missing since the start of the severe weather spell. Four people are still missing at sea.

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Landslide induced mega-tsunami 'could happen at anytime' at Alaska's Barry Glacier

Adam Voiland
NASA
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 21:04 UTC
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Barry glacier June 2019
While kayaking in Barry Arm fjord in June 2019, Valisa Higman, an artist-in-residence at Alaska's Chugach National Forest, noticed some odd fractures on a cliff overlooking the fjord. Curious if the slope might be in the process of collapsing, she emailed photos (see one of them below) to her brother, Bretwood Higman. "Hig" is a geologist with Ground Truth Alaska, and he has studied landslides and tsunami deposits for decades.

He was soon inspecting the area using Google Maps, zooming in to the maximum extent possible and searching for signs of slippage. He saw the cracks as well, but nothing about them struck him as strong evidence of a big landslide. "But it turns out I had made a geology 101 error," he said. "I hadn't zoomed out enough, and I missed the big picture." Still, he kept Barry Arm on a list of possible landslides to investigate more someday.

A few months later, Chunli Dai offered that chance. The Ohio State researcher was working on a NASA-funded project to develop new ways to automatically detect landslides in the Arctic, and she was looking for test sites to check how well the tool was working. Her project makes use of a high-resolution dataset called ArcticDEM and machine learning to automatically search for and flag landslides.

Comment: From giant fissures, gaping sinkholes, and epic landslides to methane deposit explosions, earth movements of all kinds appear to be on the increase: For insight into what may be driving this shift, SOTT radio reports:

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Flash floods cause traffic chaos in Accra, Ghana - roads turn into raging rivers up to 1 metre deep


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Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:52 UTC
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Flooding struck in Accra and surrounding areas in Ghana on 10 October after heavy rainfall.

Media reported a heavy downpour lasting several hours, early on 10 October, causing floods in areas of Accra and neighbouring Kasoa in Central Region. Just over 78 mm of rain was recorded at Kotoka International Airport in Accra in 24 hours to 10 October.

The floods caused traffic chaos, with some reports of vehicles being abandoned or swept away. Images shared on Social Media showed roads turned to rivers, with raging flood water up to 1 metre deep. Reports also suggest homes have also been damaged, although there are no reports of displacements or fatalities.

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Widespread flooding leaves at least 10 dead across Cambodia - 40,000 hectares of crops inundated


Floodlist
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:28 UTC
The heavy rains have caused flashfloods throughout Cambodia.
© Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology.The heavy rains have caused flashfloods throughout Cambodia.
Days of heavy rainfall in South East Asia have caused flooding in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. More severe weather is on its way as Tropical Storm "Linfa" approaches central Vietnam.

Cambodia

Flooding in parts of Cambodia over the last few days has left at least 10 people dead and thousands affected.

The first of the recent spate of flooding began in early October 2020 when around 150 people were evacuated from their homes in areas of Banteay Meanchey province, in particular Ou Chrov District close to the border with Thailand.

Several other provinces were also affected by heavy rain at the time, including Pursat, Battambang, Kampong Speu and Kampong Chhnang.

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