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One dead, 100 rescued after flooding causes 'tremendous devastation' in Maryland

Phil Helsel, Elisha Fieldstadt and Matthew Johnson
NBC News
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 15:21 UTC
One person drowned and more than 100 others had to be rescued after heavy rains caused "severe" damage in Maryland this weekend.

Six inches of rain fell in Ellicott City in three hours — causing "tremendous devastation," Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said Sunday morning. He said in a statement that 120 people had to be rescued during the flooding.

But one woman in the city was killed when she was swept away by the flood waters, said Howard County press secretary Andy Barth. It's unclear whether she was in a car at the time.



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Pakistan: 27 dead as flash flood hit bus carrying wedding party

Abuzar Afridi
The Express Tribune
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 04:25 UTC
Pakistan wedding party flash flood
© AFP The fateful pickup van which was swept away in a flash flood, killing the wedding guests.
A flash flood triggered by monsoon rains swept away a pick-up truck carrying 30 wedding guests in Khyber Agency on Saturday, killing all but three of them.

Twenty-one among the dead were females with 18 of them children. Three more women and two other men died in the accident. All the victims were closely related, most of them from the same family. It was unclear whether the bride and groom were also travelling in the same wagon.

The bodies of the victims were retrieved from the stream by locals and rescuers and shifted to the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Landi Kotal. The vehicle was also recovered.

Khyber Agency Political Agent Khalid Mehmood told The Express Tribune the accident took place at around 6:30am in the Sra Shaga area of Zakakhel Bazaar, Landi Kotal.

The pickup truck was travelling on a path along a rainwater stream when a surge of water hit the vehicle. The wagon slipped into the stream and was washed away in the flash flood. "There were no warning signs as most of these nullah's have been dormant for long," Mehmood said.
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Yangtze river floods in China as seen from space

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:49 UTC
Yangtze River basin, China, 28 July 2016.
© NASAYangtze River basin, China, 28 July 2016.
NASA has released striking images showing China's Yangtze River basin floods from space.

High levels of rainfall began in June this year. By July 5, flooding and associated mudslides had affected 11 provinces, destroyed 40,000 homes, ruined more than 1.5 million hectares of crops, and killed 128 people.

Another burst of heavy rain arrived from the southeast when cyclone Nepartak made landfall in Fuijan province in mid-July. The storm destroyed tens of thousands of homes and forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. Meanwhile, weather systems arriving from the west continued to march across the Yangtze River Basin extending and exacerbating the flooding. By the end of July, provinces in northeastern China had been hit with widespread and destructive flooding.

Yangtze River basin, China, 27 March 2016.
© NASAYangtze River basin, China, 27 March 2016.
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Record-breaking rainfall prompts flood warnings for Tri-State counties


WCPO
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:00 UTC
Tri-State floods
© YouTube/Josh Purnell (screen capture)

Flood watch lasts until 8 a.m. Friday

By 9 a.m. Thursday, a 101-year-old weather record had fallen in the Queen City. The official weather station for the city at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport recorded a total of 1.46 inches of rain, breaking the previous record of 1.43 inches from 1915.

Heavier amounts fell north and east of Cincinnati, with 3.47 inches reported at Lunken Airport and 4.49 inches in Anderson Township.

Flood warnings were in effect for most of Thursday morning for parts of the Tri-State as torrential downpours moved through the area Thursday morning.

Around 5:20 a.m., the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for northern Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky and northern Clermont and southeastern Hamilton counties in Ohio. That warning expired at 8:15 a.m., when NWS issued a flood warning for the same areas until 11 a.m. Thursday.

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Man hit by lightning as storm rips through Edmonton, Canada

Mack Lamoureux
cbc.ca
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:19 UTC
A car is stranded in a flooded part of the Whitemud on Wednesday afternoon.
© Nicole TeeuwsenA car is stranded in a flooded part of the Whitemud on Wednesday afternoon.
Flooding so severe in some areas that boats had to rescue commuters from vehicles

A man was struck by lightning Wednesday as a sudden and violent thunderstorm raged through Edmonton.

Alberta Health Services confirmed the man was struck in south Edmonton at about 2:30 p.m. and was taken to hospital in stable condition.

Early in the afternoon, Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Edmonton and the surrounding communities of Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Morinvillle, Big Lake and Villeneuve.

Those warnings have since been lifted.


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Update: Over 100 dead in South Asia flooding


BBC News
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:35 UTC
Nepal flooding
© AFP PHOTO / NEPAL ARMYNepalese army personnel rescue flood victims at Nawalparasi, around 200 km west of Kathmandu on July 26th
More than 100 people have been killed in monsoon floods in South Asia, as torrential rain caused chaos in several countries.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, with many rescued from rising waters and housed in shelters.

Nepal has suffered the highest death toll with over 75 people killed this week in floods and landslides.

Hundreds die every year across the region during the monsoon season between June and September.

In Nepal the army has been evacuating hundreds of people from villages submerged by rising flood waters, with western parts of the country worst hit.

Interior ministry officials say they fear the death toll could rise as information comes in from remote areas.

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37 dead with 26 missing due to widespread floods and landslides in Nepal


My Republica
Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:24 UTC
Men, women and children at a squatter settlement in Gaidakot, Nawalparasi wade through floodwaters from the Narayani River that inundated their homes Tuesday. The water level in the river reached 10.24 meters in the evening.
© Ramesh Kumar Paudel/RepublicMen, women and children at a squatter settlement in Gaidakot, Nawalparasi wade through floodwaters from the Narayani River that inundated their homes Tuesday. The water level in the river reached 10.24 meters in the evening.
Floods and landslides have swept across various parts of the country, leaving at least 37 people dead in the last 24 hours. Twenty-six others have gone missing while more than 2,000 houses are inundated.

Landslides and floods triggered by incessant rainfall have left 15 dead in Pyuthan district, seven in Gulmi, four in Palpa, three in Makwanpur, two in Udaypur, three in Baglung, one in Banke and two in Rupandehi. Hundreds of families have been displaced in various parts of the country.

Monsoon-triggered floods and landslides in Pyuthan claimed at least 15 lives. And at least 23 others in the district have gone missing. Over 200 households are at high risk of being swept away by flooding and landslides.

Among the deceased, five are from Lung VDC, two from Puja, and two others from Khawang. Shova Rijal and Kali Pariyar of Lung-6 were buried in landslide. Prem Thapa, 11, Ranjana KC, 40, and Sushila KC, 12, of Bahane Bajar were buried by landslide and later pronounced dead.


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China floods update: Death toll from torrential rains hits 164 as fourth official suspended over flood response

Mimi Lau
South China Morning Post
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 05:03 UTC
China flood damage
© Xinhua/Wang XiaoA vehicle destroyed in floods is seen in Daxian Village of Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province, July 24, 2016.
The death toll from torrential rain that has battered 10 provinces and 62 cities stood at 164 on Monday, with another 125 people missing, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

One more official was also suspended for alleged poor flood control measures in Hebei, where the disaster killed at least 130 ­people.

The latest official to be disciplined over alleged mismanagement of flood control and disaster relief was Guo Tongheng, deputy Communist Party secretary of Xingtai's Wangkuai township, Xingtai authorities said.

The announcement came after four officials from Xingtai, Shijiazhuang and Jingxing in Hebei province were suspended over mismanaging the flood response, pending the outcome of further investigation.


Comment: Aside from the humanitarian and environmental toll, and growing public outrage over the official handling of this latest flooding in China, provincial authorities stated recently that direct economic losses amounted to 16.3 billion yuan (2.5 billion U.S. dollars).

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Floods kill seven with over 20,000 marooned in Assam, India


firstpost.com
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:01 UTC
Flood batters Assam
Flood batters Assam
The overall flood situation continued to be grim in Assam with over six lakh people affected across 14 districts till Sunday evening while one person died in Lakhimpur on Sunday taking flood-related death toll to seven this year.

An Assam Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) official said that the flood have inundated large areas in Tinsukia district on Sunday, besides Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Morigaon, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Sivsagar, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Dhubri, Dibrugarh and Chirang districts, which have remained flooded since last few days.

"As on today (Sunday), 6,41,043 people in 1,206 villages in the 14 districts remained affected due to the current flash of floods. The concerned district administrations have opened 81 relief camps in the flood hit districts housing 21,931 marooned people," an ASDMA official said.

One person died due to floods in Lakhimpur district on Sunday, the ASDMA officials said. Two deaths - one in Lakhimpur and another in Morigaon - due to floods were reported on Saturday.


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129 killed and more than 8.6 million people affected as extreme rains flood China


RT
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:02 UTC
China rain
© Darley Shen / ReutersA woman with a body of a dead pig at a flooded farm in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, China, July 22, 2016.

Some 8.6 million people have been affected by destructive floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in China, local media report. They add that at least 129 people have been killed and the death toll is likely to rise.

The worst-hit was Hebei province in northern China, Xinhua news agency reported. Some 52,000 homes collapsed in the area. Hebei has about 73 million residents.

At least 114 people have been killed and 111are still missing in the province, according to the People's Daily newspaper.

The city of Xingtai alone saw nine people killed, with 11 more unaccounted for.

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