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1 missing after 6 hours of torrential rain in Accra, Ghana

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:02 UTC

Wide areas of Accra, Ghana, are under water after a period of heavy rain that began 09 June 2016. Residents of the city are fearing a repeat of last year's flood and fire disaster which left over 150 people dead. Ghana Meteorological Agency say that more rain can be expected in the coming days.

The country's National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has asked residents of flood prone areas to move to higher ground. They have also asked for residents' co-operation in reporting floods around the city.

The Odaw River has overflown and drainage channels including the Onyasia, Odaw and Nima are full. Local media say that flooded areas of greater Accra include Kwame Nkrumah Circle, parts of Teshie, Airport Residential, Dzorwulu, Achimota and Tse Addo.

Personnel from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Ghana Police Service (GPS), the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Services (GNFRS), are working in the flooded areas. Earlier today, President Mahama thanked them for their efforts.

London flooding: Cars submerged as flash floods strike Sutton, Croydon and Mitcham

Laura Proto
Evening Standard
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:27 UTC

Three people were trapped in their cars after being submerged in flash floods in south-east London

Flash floods left cars submerged as torrential rain hit south London today.

Emergency services were called to Mitcham, Croydon and Wallington as thunderstorms brought heavy downpours to parts of the capital.

Three cars were almost completely submerged under flood water near Wallington station with one person having to be rescued by firefighters.

One man was rescued by a stranger who threw a brick to smash the window of his Mercedes after it became trapped in the flood water.

A London Fire Brigade (LFB) spokesman said: "We were called at 2.21pm to three cars under water two metres deep.

Submerged: a car after flash floods in south London

Comment: Flash floods and lightning strikes caused chaos across the UK on Tuesday as a month's worth of rain fell in just an hour.

'We're swimming in our car!' Flash floods strike Russia's Black Sea coast

RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:43 UTC

Several hours of downpours was enough to immerse the heart of the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk in fast-moving, waist-high currents, leaving bystanders to record small acts of heroism and collect the fish that washed up once the waters receded.

In one video, a preternaturally unperturbed girl sings "We are swimming!" as her father's car floats through the splashing water. She is similarly blasé when the vehicle then comes upon a group of panicked citizens who are worried that a cyclist knocked unconscious by the drift is trapped in the flood.

"Is he at least alive?" asks the girl, once the lycra-clad man is extracted and given first aid. "Come on man, don't die." Local media later reported that the cyclist did, indeed, make it out alive.

Severe Flash Floods Hit Belgian Town of Dison

Sott.net
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:19 UTC

Severe flooding has hit the Eastern Belgian town of Dison. Flood waters coursed through the streets of the town, carrying away cars, household items and even a shipping container. The floods come on the back of major flooding in Paris and northern France, Germany, Ukraine and Romania. Simultaneous severe flooding has occurred in the USA in Texas, Australia, Russia, Mexico and China.

Sydney storm - Government bans unauthorized sandbags

JoNova
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:10 UTC

Massive storm across Australia's East Coast — 3 dead, 3 missing. Nearly half a meter of rain fell on Wooli (469mm) in 24 hours. Record rain and flooding occurred in NSW, Victoria, and Tasmania. Sympathies to victims and their families.

There is a lot we could say, but for the moment, marvel at the government brain that bans unauthorized sandbags, but taxes people to stop the storms.

The Big-gov solution — fine residents a quarter of a million dollars if they use sandbags.

Families whose multi-million-dollar Sydney homes were last night beginning to break away in another king tide could have faced fines of up to $250,000 if they even used sand bags to try to protect their properties.

Houses at Collaroy have been under threat since at least 1974 but the council has failed to build a sea wall or pump sand on to the beach because of environmental concerns and a belief that it was spending public money for the benefit of private landholders.

Or make that a million dollar fine:

Planning Minister Rob Stokes is proposing to increase fines to $1 million for residents who use sandbags to try to protect their properties as part of a new coastal management bill before parliament.

The council has been considering the issue of sea walls since at least 1992. A proposal in 2002 to build a sea wall was shelved after thousands of residents in the area protested. One concern was that sea walls could cause loss of sand.

Northern Tasmania faces worst flooding in decades

Melissa Davey
The Guardian
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:49 UTC

Police fear for safety of two people missing in rising waters, while hundreds of people are evacuated in Devonport, Launceston, Wynyard and Deloraine

Northern Tasmania is grappling with the most devastating flooding it has experienced in decades after a severe weather system that devastated Queensland and New South Wales hit the state on Monday.

As night fell, police held grave concerns for two elderly people reported missing in the Tasmanian floodwaters, which continue to rise.

By Monday night more than 100 people in Latrobe in Tasmania had been evacuated by helicopter and boat, including a family of three rescued from the roof of their car. Residents in St Leonards, in Launceston, had also been evacuated.

Evacuation centres have been established in Devonport, Launceston, Wynyard and Deloraine, with 3,500 homes without power and significant livestock losses at dairy farms along the Mersey river.

One 81-year-old farmer near the river was swept away by flood waters as he went to check on his livestock, and was reported missing by his wife on Monday afternoon. Police are still searching for him, along with one other elderly person also missing.

Comment: Yet more flooding continues around the world. See also:

Floods around the world: USA, Mexico, Russia, China, France, Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, Romania

More than half of Texas has been under flood watches or warnings during past week

Phys.org
Sat, 04 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC

© AP Photo/David J. PhillipHomes surrounded by floodwaters are shown in this aerial view, Saturday, June 4, 2016, in Rosharon, Texas. Parts of Texas have been inundated with rain in the last week, and more than half of the state has been under flood watches or warnings.

The heavy rain that's been hovering over parts of Southeast and Central Texas and caused deadly flooding began to lift Saturday, but officials said the flooding emergency near the Gulf Coast was worsening and Army officials kept up their investigation of a training exercise that turned deadly at Fort Hood.

Only the wheels of an Army transport truck were visible after swift floodwaters washed the 2½-ton vehicle from a low-water crossing on Thursday, killing nine soldiers, Coryell County emergency medical services chief Jeff Mincy told the Killeen Daily Herald. Mincy said he arrived at the scene about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, and that firefighters had already pulled the three surviving soldiers from the rushing waters of usually dry Owl Creek.

"I can't estimate how fast it was flowing, but it was faster than I would have felt comfortable putting anything into the water," Mincy said. "When we did find the vehicle, we could see the tires sticking up out of the water, so in that position where the vehicle settled, it had to have been about 8 feet deep."

The bodies of five soldiers from the Central Texas post were recovered Thursday and four were found Friday, while the three surviving soldiers were discharged Friday from Fort Hood's hospital and returned to duty.

Two dead, five injured as violent storms and floods hit east coast of Australia

Sinead Maclaughlin & David Jeans
Daily Mail, UK
Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:24 UTC

Two cars are pictured being swept down in the floods at Toombul shopping centre near Brisbane. Australia's east coast is being battered by gale-force winds, strong rains and floods

Two people are dead and five injured as violent storms lashed Australia's east coast on Saturday, causing widespread damage and flash flooding to New South Wales and Queensland during the first weekend of winter.

The eastern states woke to horrendous storms on Saturday morning with gale-force winds and heavy rain forcing the Bureau of Meteorology to issue severe weather warnings, including a flood-watch for the entire New South Wales coast - the first in 30 years.

The extreme system is being blamed as a possible cause of a horror smash near Ipswich, west of Brisbane, that claimed the life of a man and woman on Saturday morning when an out of control truck jack-knifed and ploughed into a mini-van.

The driver of the van died at the scene on the Warrego Highway while his female passenger died in hospital later in the afternoon. The truck driver escaped serious injury and was taken to hospital.

The storms wreaked havoc across Sydney on Saturday, bringing down several trees in Napier Street, Paddington - resulting in thousands of dollars damage to parked cars

River Seine in Paris rises to highest level seen since 1982

Lilia Bliase and Benoit Morenne
New York Times
Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC

Heavy rains in France lifted the Seine on Friday to its highest levels since 1982, threatening Paris's cultural institutions and soaking the French countryside east of the capital.

The Seine has continued to swell since the river burst its banks on Wednesday, raising alarms throughout the city. As of 10 p.m. on Friday, its waters had reached 20 feet. The river was expected to crest on Saturday morning at up to 21.3 feet, and to remain at high levels throughout the weekend, the French Environment Ministry said in a statement.

Floods kill dozens in Europe and Texas, thousands more forced out of homes

Ryan Grenoble
The Huffington Post
Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:35 UTC

Climate-change related flooding is projected to double in Europe by 2050.

Flooding across Western Europe this week has killed at least 15 people and displaced tens of thousands. That figure includes 10 dead in southern Germany, two in France, two in Romania, and one in Belgium, with more rain expected this weekend, the BBC reports.

The storms have also hit Austria, the Netherlands and Poland, with officials saying climate change is likely to blame. A study released in March 2014 predicts climate-change related flooding in Europe will double by 2050, with costly damage that spans borders.

In Texas, floods have killed at least 12 people, including seven who died late last week and five soldiers from Fort Hood who died Thursday when their Army truck overturned in a flooded creek. Four other service members are still missing.

CNN notes this is the second year in a row for 500-year floodsto hit the state.

"It just so happens that parts of Texas have seen them now in back-to-back years, and maybe even twice this year," CNN Senior Meteorologist Brandon Miller told the network. "The odds of that happening are infinitesimally small."

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1 missing after 6 hours of torrential rain in Accra, Ghana

London flooding: Cars submerged as flash floods strike Sutton, Croydon and Mitcham

'We're swimming in our car!' Flash floods strike Russia's Black Sea coast

Severe Flash Floods Hit Belgian Town of Dison

Sydney storm - Government bans unauthorized sandbags

Northern Tasmania faces worst flooding in decades

More than half of Texas has been under flood watches or warnings during past week

Two dead, five injured as violent storms and floods hit east coast of Australia

River Seine in Paris rises to highest level seen since 1982

Floods kill dozens in Europe and Texas, thousands more forced out of homes

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