Floods

Winter rainfall record smashed in Portland, Oregon

Rosemarie Stein
OregonLive
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:53 UTC

Portland International Airport set a rainfall record for December through February (the meteorological winter) at 25.27 inches, the National Weather Service reports.

Normal rainfall for the airport during the same period is 14.14 inches. Records have been kept at the airport since 1940.

That's a lot of rain. And February's not over yet, so the number will climb.

Other near-record-setting areas (where records have been kept since the 1890s) include:

Vancouver with its second wettest winter (25.77 inches)

Downtown Portland's third wettest winter (31.06 inches)

and Hillsboro with its fourth wettest winter (24.74 inches).

The ranking is for the period of Dec. 1 1 through Feb. 28-29.

And the Portland area's rainy season is far from over. Keep those rain boots and umbrellas handy.

Comment: Heavy rains saturate Portland, northwest Oregon, causing flooding, landslides, sewer overflow

Flood emergency declared in 6 key farming provinces in Argentina

Hugh Bronstein
Yahoo News
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:27 UTC

The resolution, announced in the government's morning gazette, covers the provinces of Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Chaco, La Rioja and Corrientes. Argentina's top grains producing province of Buenos Aires was not included in the emergency, but floods were reported there as well.

Six of Argentina's main farm provinces were declared flood emergency areas by the government on Friday, making special credit lines and tax breaks available to affected growers in the soy and corn exporting powerhouse.

The resolution, announced in the government's morning gazette, covers the provinces of Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Chaco, La Rioja and Corrientes. Argentina's top grains producing province of Buenos Aires was not included in the emergency, but floods were reported there as well.

This year's El Niño weather pattern, which causes global climate extremes, has worsened floods in some parts of South America, including Argentina. In other areas, such as Colombia, it has brought drought.

Ice jam causes flooding in downtown Augusta, Maine

wmtw.com
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:08 UTC

Unseasonably warm temperatures earlier this week caused an early breakup of ice on the Kennebec River, causing minor flooding in low-lying areas

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Kennebec River in Augusta due to an ice jam.

The flood warning is in effect until 3:30 p.m.

At 10:23 a.m. Wednesday an ice jam formed quickly on the river, causing it to rise to 13.2 feet.

The river was at 14 feet as of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and was expected to fall slowly.

At 5:30 a.m. Thursday the river was at 12.25 ft in Augusta, prompting the National Weather Service to extend the flood warning into the afternoon. Flood stage is 12 ft.

Rain, hail, floods and fog; images of wild weather in the United Arab Emirates

The National (UAE)
Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:23 UTC

A man wades through a flooded street in Fujairah.

Workers pump away floodwater after the rainstorm in Qirfa, Fujairah.

Men look out towards a flooded street in Qirfa.

Cars parked outside a villa in Fujairah.

Flooding hits Cordoba, Argentina

Alessandro Masoero
Floodlist
Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:12 UTC

The night of 15 February 2016 saw an intense rainstorm over the city of Córdoba, Argentina, causing 4 causalities. At least two of the deaths were a result of flooding.

Storm - 70 mm of rain, 140 km/h winds

According to the Observatory of Cordoba of the Argentinian National Meteorological Service (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional - Observatorio de Córdoba, SMN), more than 70 mm of rain was recorded in Córdoba during the torrential storm which started at 20.10 and lasted a few hours. Moreover, the city was affected by hail and strong winds as high as 110 km/h, and gusts up to 140 km/h.

Cordoba Province, especially Sierras Chicas 30 km North-West of Córdoba, was affected by a similar intense event a year ago, 15 February 2015. More than 1,000 people were displaced from their houses, and 9 causalities were reported after the storm last year.

Several provinces of Argentina, including Entre Ríos, Chaco, Corrientes and Formosa, are still recovering from floods caused by overflowing rivers that began in late December 2015 and continued into January 2016.

Several dead in Papua New Guinea due to flooding and landslides

fbc.com.fj
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:58 UTC

At least six people in Papua New Guinea are reported to have died as a result of landslides and flooding caused by heavy rains in recent weeks.

The Post Courier newspaper has reported deaths in Chimbu and the Western Highlands.

It reported 200 homes have been destroyed, and bridges have been swept away in Oro and West New Britain provinces.

World Vision PNG response manager Bonie Belonio said disaster authorities and humanitarian organisations were scrambling to assess the extent of the damage so distribution of relief supplies could begin.

He said he believed the rains may have taken many people by surprise after the long drought.

Lake Tahoe was flooded with 6 billion gallons of water in 24 Hours

Evan Ssenoffsky
Esquire
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:50 UTC

More than 6 billion gallons of water have poured into Lake Tahoe in less than two days, helping the lake begin to recover from four years of crushing drought.

Since midnight Monday, the lake has gone up 1.92 inches, the equivalent of 6.39 billion gallons of water, according to the National Weather Service. The water comes as a winter storm slams the Sierra, bringing several feet of snow to higher elevations and rain at lake level, which sits at roughly 6,223 feet.

The lake—the second deepest in the United States behind Oregon's Crater Lake—was hit hard this year by the drought. Over the summer, the lake was shockingly low. Many boaters were unable to get their crafts into the lake after waters pulled back from most boat launches.

Floods hit Dominican Republic and Haiti following 8 inches of rain in 24 hours

Alessandro Masoero
Floodlist
Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:36 UTC

Flood in Haiti

Heavy rain affected the northern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola between 09 and 11 February 2016, resulting in flooding in parts of both Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Dominican Republic

After a long period of intense drought, Puerto Plata Province on the northern coast of Dominican Republic saw 216 mm of rain in 24 hours in Puerto Plata station, between 10 and 11 February 2016.

According to local media, the San Marcos River and the Camú River overflowed, causing flooding in the municipalities of Puerto Plata, Montellano and Villa Isabela. Several houses are reported to be affected by local inundations in La Sabana, Las Cruces de Martín Alonso, Tasajera, Estrecho Abajo, El Estrecho, Ranchito de los Vargas communities.

The country's Operational Centre for Emergencies (Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias - COE) declared, on 11 February, an alert for possible flash-floods and landslides in the Puerto Plata, Montecristi, Dajabon, Santiago Rodríguez and Valverde Provinces.

As many as 15,000 people were evacuated after severe floods struck in the Dominican Republic in February 2015.

Winter storm brings flooding to Ocean City, New Jersey

Nora Muchanic
6abc.com
Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:57 UTC

Floodwater

Down the shore it wasn't snow that people had to worry about - it was flooding.

Roads in Ocean City were flooded Tuesday. Many streets were impassable, but that's not a surprise to locals.

We found Bud Arcaini on 13th Street right on the bay checking on some houses to make sure they didn't get water inside.

Arcaini tells us, "New moon, high tide and the way the wind was blowing keeping everything in the bay. Water can't leave the bay with that wind coming out of the north, so this is what you get."

Lauren Perkins says, "This is higher than we get normally because there's a push from the northeast, but it's not uncommon to see this."

Not uncommon, but residents and business people say it's getting old.

Poor distribution of rainfall results in floods and droughts in Southern Africa

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:05 UTC

Drought and floods in southern Africa, February 2016.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that poor distribution of rainfall in southern Africa is leading to severe drought in some areas and flooding risks in other areas.

In Madagascar, 700,000 people are thought to be affected by the drought in the south, whereas in the north 30,000 people have been affected by heavy rain that has brought a high risk of flooding and landslides.

In Mozambique, over 40% of this season's crops in the south have been lost to drought. In the north, storms and heavy rains have left 45 dead and destroyed over 1,000 homes since the start of the rainy season in October 2015.

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Floods

Winter rainfall record smashed in Portland, Oregon

Flood emergency declared in 6 key farming provinces in Argentina

Ice jam causes flooding in downtown Augusta, Maine

Rain, hail, floods and fog; images of wild weather in the United Arab Emirates

Flooding hits Cordoba, Argentina

Several dead in Papua New Guinea due to flooding and landslides

Lake Tahoe was flooded with 6 billion gallons of water in 24 Hours

Floods hit Dominican Republic and Haiti following 8 inches of rain in 24 hours

Winter storm brings flooding to Ocean City, New Jersey

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