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Rain-triggered landslide tears down buildings, school in Dayao County, China

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A rain-triggered landslide occurred on Thursday night in a village in Dayao County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Up to 10:00 Friday, the landslide has torn down the buildings of the village committee, a village clinic, a primary school and 44 other residences. The road surface of a highway sank more than eight meters and the traffic has been blocked.

Thanks to timely evacuation, all the 158 villagers from the 44 families and 59 teachers and students from the primary school have been guided to safety and properly settled.

The local government immediately sent rescue teams and relief supplies to the site for disaster-relief work. The landslide mass is under 24-hour monitoring while geologists are working at the site.

A medical team has arrived at the shelters for medical treatment and epidemic prevention. Construction workers are busy repairing damaged road at present.


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Town in New South Wales, Australia evacuated ahead of 'once in a generation' flood

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An aerial view of the Lachlan River in and around Forbes.

Rising floodwaters expected to inundate two rural NSW towns may cause problems with power and sewage for several days, despite lower and later-than-predicted peaks.

Residents at Forbes are being advised to evacuate as the Lachlan River swells to an estimated peak of 10.7m by midnight Sunday following 17mm of rain overnight Saturday.

The ADF, NSWFRS, RFS and SES are at nearby Condobolin, building barricades with sandbags as they wait for the water to arrive, and it's likely authorities will be busy in the area for another few weeks, SES spokeswoman Sue Pritchard said.

"It's slow to rise and slow to fall," she said on Sunday evening.

Since the rain began on August 30, the SES has received 2343 calls for assistance and has performed 96 flood rescues.

No people needed rescuing on Sunday but volunteers were kept busy saving horses, cattle and sheep at properties expected to be impacted.



Comment: Earlier this month flooding affected Victoria and South Australia following record rainfall.


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Roads turn into rivers, parking lots submerged after heavy rain in Andhra Pradesh, India

Flooded streets near Mahboob Mansion Market Malakpet in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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Flooded streets near Mahboob Mansion Market Malakpet in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Heavy rains wreaked havoc in parts of Hyderabad and its suburbs for the fourth consecutive day as water entered residential areas, submerged parking lots in commercial complexes and flooded the streets.

Storm water drains overflowed and water entered residential colonies in Nizampet, Balanagar and Alwal on Wednesday.

Parking lots in several commercial complexes had submerged while roads turned into rivers with three to four feet water.

An Indian man speaks on his mobile phone outside his flooded home, following heavy rain in Nijampet a low lying area on the outskirts of Hyderabad on September 21, 2016.
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An Indian man speaks on his mobile phone outside his flooded home, following heavy rain in Nijampet a low lying area on the outskirts of Hyderabad on September 21, 2016.
People were confined to apartments in some flooded areas like Bhandari Layout in Nizampet.

Vendors were seen throwing drinking water and milk packets to those on first floor on Wednesday.




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Deadly flash floods and landslide hit West Java, Indonesia

Landslide in Sumedang
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Landslide in Sumedang
Indonesia's National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB) have reported that the death toll from devastating floods and landslides in West Java province, Indonesia has now risen to 26. At least 19 people are still missing.

The flood water in Garut has receded revealing the extent of the destruction. Photos showed houses reduced to rubble and upturned cars strewn across streets covered in mud and flood debris. At least 23 people have died in the Garut floods, with 18 still missing. The search continues for the missing.

Over 400 people remain homeless in Garut as a result of the floods
and temporary shelter has been provided by BNPD.

Three people died and one is missing after the landslide in Sumedang regency.




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2 dead following floods and landslides in Trabzon and Giresun Provinces, Turkey; over 10 inches of rain in a day

Flooding in Beşikdüzü, Turkey
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Flooding in Beşikdüzü, Turkey
Two people died yesterday, 21 September, after torrential rain triggered a landslide in the Beşikdüzü district of the Black Sea province of Trabzon in Turkey.

Turkish State Meteorological Service reported that over 26cm (10.24 inches) of rain fell in one day in Beşikdüzü.

Wide areas of the district have been flooded as a result. Rescues were required for numerous people trapped in homes, vehicles and schools.

Flooding also affected parts of the neighbouring province of Giresun. Local media report that three bridges were destroyed by the flooding in Giresun's Eynesil district.

In a statement made late yesterday, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said that roads and buildings have been severely damaged in Beşikdüzü. AFAD have sent search and rescue teams to the area and said "work is underway to take control of the situation."

Turkey's Black Sea Region is extremely vulnerable to flash flooding and landslides, with coastal towns and cities surrounded by steep mountains.


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Floods kill 18 and destroy 6,000 houses in Nigeria

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At least 18 people have been killed and more than 6,637 houses destroyed by flood which ravaged 19 local government areas of Jigawa state.

Alhaji Yusif Sani, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) confirmed on Tuesday in Dutse that the incidents occurred during the current rainy season.

The deaths, he said, were recorded in Gwaram, Dutse, Jahun, Gumel and Ringim local governments.

Some of deaths were as a result of building collapse and it caused three persons to sustained injuries.

Flood destroyed 141 houses in Dutse; 419 in Jahun; 525 in Hadejia, 417 in Babura; 525 in Ringim; 822 in Gumel; 529 in Malammadori and 126 in Birninkudu local government areas.

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Flash flooding in Minnesota after record night of rainfall

Minnesota flash flooding
© Mark Vancleave – Star Tribune
Flash flooding caught a motorist unaware near the intersection of University and 73rd Aves. NE in Fridley.

A stationary line of storms dropped heavy rain, with as much as 8 to 10 inches in some areas, paralyzing traffic and sending some cars floating down streets.


Record-setting heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding across the Twin Cities on Wednesday night — and there's more wet weather to come.

Up to 6 inches of rain fell in some northern suburbs in the space of about two hours Wednesday evening, and a flash-flood warning remained in effect for a narrow swath of the Twin Cities — from Greenfield to Hugo and south to Brooklyn Park, Blaine and Crystal — until 4 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.

One observer reported 9.67 inches of rain on the night recorded by a backyard weather station in Maple Grove. And in Waseca, 8.2 inches of rain fell in six hours, the Weather Service said, leading to a flash-flood warning there and in Owatonna until 6 a.m.

Among the roads closed early Thursday by water, Interstate 90 was shut down between Exit 175 and Exit 179 near Austin, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.

A flash-flood watch covered a broad area from north of the metro area southeast to the Iowa border and eastward into Wisconsin.


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Dahanu, India receives 529mm rainfall in 24 hours, breaking 58-year record

Dahanu record rainfall
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It's likely to be an above average year for rainfall across the country, but in the coastal town of Dahanu in neighbouring Palghar district, it may well be an extraordinary monsoon.

On Wednesday, Dahanu received 529mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending 8am, breaking a nearly 60-year record by a long way. Dahanu's previous 24-hour record for September was 481 mm in 1958. A met official said the reason for "vigorous rains" was the fact that weather systems over both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal were active.

The downpour hit normal life as roads got flooded and power and phone lines snapped. School and colleges declared a holiday. Tribals in Vadvan Tigrepada said their homes were inundated and foodgrains damaged. The Gholvad-Dahanu belt was the worst affected. Railway tracks were flooded and services delayed by two to three hours. Power supply and phone lines were restored by Wednesday evening after rain subsided.

Mumbai received 142.6mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending 8am on Wednesday. This is the highest rainfall recorded in a single day in September in the city in the last four years and the second highest since 2010. Weathermen have predicted intermittent rain or showers with heavy rain in one of two places on Thursday.

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10 dead after flash flood and landslides hit West Java, Indonesia

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At least 10 people have died and three are missing after a flash flood and landslides struck Garut and Sumedang in West Java in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The flash flood struck Bayongbong, Karangpawitan, in Garut regency, at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning after heavy rainfall covered the area from Tuesday evening. The rainfall caused the Cimanuk and Cikamuri rivers to overflow, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Wednesday.

The flashflood in Garut resulted in the deaths of eight people. Many others are injured and hundreds of people have had to leave their homes, Sutopo said, citing data from the Garut Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).

The flood reached up to two meters in height after just three hours of rainfall.


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Record heavy rain floods south Ukraine

Heavy rain floods south Ukraine September 20th 2016
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Heavy rain floods south Ukraine September 20th 2016
The city received record rainfall.

Because of strong storm winds and showers, more than two thousand homes remained without electricity in Odessa. This was at the briefing said the assistant Chairman of the Board Odessaoblenergo Boris Trazolan, reports UNIAN.

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According to him, Odessa disabled 51 transformer substation, which serve 2040 private houses and 62 flats. "If a natural phenomenon will not happen again, we plan tomorrow to connect all of the disconnected homes to electricity. Priority house high-rise buildings," said Tradevan.