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45,000 people hit by flash floods in northern Sri Lanka - 14 inches of rainfall overnight


The Tribune (India)
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 13:48 UTC
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Over 45,000 people from nearly 14,000 families have been hit by flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Sri Lanka's Northern Province.

No deaths or disappearances have been reported so far, disaster management officials said on Sunday. The five affected districts are Mullaithivu, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Vavuniya and Jaffna.

Some areas in the affected districts received more than 350 mm of rainfall last night, causing flash floods.

The officials said over 8,500 people have been sheltered in 52 welfare camps.

The search and rescue teams have been mobilised together with boats.

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Havana hit by severe floods


Euronews
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 13:34 UTC
DOG IN WATER
Huge waves have broken through Havana's sea wall, flooding the streets of the Cuban capital in scenes unknown in living memory.

Lashed by heavy rains and winds in excess of 110 kph, residents of ground floor apartments have been moved upstairs, and many people deemed at risk have been evacuated.

The last comparable weather to hit Cuba was 2017's Hurricane Irma.

The weather has been brought by an extratropical low pushing through parts of the southeastern corner of the United States before ramming into Cuba. Flooding has already extended inland in parts.

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Record rainfall! North Carolina city hits 100 inches of rain for 2018

Gareth McGrath and Allison Ballard
The Fayetteville Observer
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:27 UTC
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It's a milestone the Port City probably didn't want to reach.

But Saturday morning, Wilmington surpassed 100 inches of rain for 2018.

"As of 9 a.m., Wilmington, NC, has measured 100″ of rain for 2018!" the National Weather Service's Wilmington office posted on its Facebook page Saturday morning.

The city, which measures its official rainfall at the Wilmington International Airport, averages 57.6 inches of rain a year -- a mark that was surpassed in August even before Hurricane Florence slammed into Southeastern North Carolina.

The previous record of 83.65 inches of rain that stood for over 140 years was broken on September 16th during Florence.

"It's a milestone not many cities in our area reach," said Victoria Olivia, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington. "It's staggering. And it's a record we hope stands for another 140 years."

This is the third time a Southeastern U.S. city has ever broached the 100-inch mark, according to a Weather Channel meteorologist. According to the Weather Channel's Mike Seidel, Tallahassee recorded 104.18 inches in 1964 and New Orleans reached 102.37 inches in 1991.
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Weekend deluges flood areas of south Thailand


Bangkok Post
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:54 UTC
Vehicles crawl through a flooded road in Surat
© Supapong ChaolanVehicles crawl through a flooded road in Surat Thani.
Some provinces in the South were affected Sunday by flooding triggered by torrential rain that erupted in the region over the weekend.

The Meteorological Department also warned of more torrential rain in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Trang and Satun today.

As of Sunday, Nakhon Si Thammarat, in particular, appeared to have suffered the worst of the downpours.

In Thung Song district of the southern province, run-off from the forest burst into the municipality areas where the flood levels reached between 30cm and 50cm, said a source.

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Flash floods cause havoc in Melbourne, Australia


The Guardian
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:31 UTC
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Flash floods have caused havoc for some in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, with flash flooding turning backyards, suburban streets and ponds into gushing rivers.

A Christmas party at a Pakenham housing estate in the city's outer southeast was called off Saturday afternoon when heavy rainfall halted celebrations.

Organiser Samantha Thorpe said a little pond nearby became "like a raging river".

"It has never happened like this before."

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Parts of Victoria in Australia hit with a month's worth of rain in a day as cyclone menaces north


The Guardian
Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:50 UTC
A pedestrian walks along a flooded street
© Julian Smith/EPAA pedestrian walks along a flooded street in the south of Melbourne on Thursday
Seventeen people have been rescued by helicopter and 100 people are stranded in their cars on a flooded Hume Highway in northeast Victoria.

With more than a month's worth of rain already fallen across parts of northeast Victoria as wild weather rages across the state, authorities say some people have not heeded warnings about driving into floodwaters.

"We've seen people that have had to be rescued from the roofs of their cars, 17 people in total, and 100 people have been stranded just to the south of Wangaratta," Victoria State Emergency Service chief officer Tim Wiebusch told reporters.
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Floods kill 13 in central Vietnam


The Straits Times
Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:03 UTC
Heavy rains submerge Phan Chu Trinh Road in
© VIET NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORKHeavy rains submerge Phan Chu Trinh Road in Tam Ky District, the central province of Quang Nam.
Floods caused by heavy downpours have killed 13 people in central Vietnam, officials said on Thursday (Dec 13), as farmers scrambled to save crops and livestock ahead of more bad weather forecast for this week.

Torrential rains have lashed six provinces in the centre of the country since last Saturday, killing thousands of cows and chickens and flooding several cities - including the coastal resort town of Danang.

More than 50cm of rain hit some areas, with more downpours expected in the coming days, the disaster management office said on Thursday.

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Flash floods hit Vancouver


Floodlist
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:50 UTC
Gilmore/Still Creek in Burnaby
© Sarah Godin ‏Gilmore/Still Creek in Burnaby
Flash flooding on 11 December, 2018, caused severe transport problems in parts of Vancouver, Canada.

Roads and highways were submerged. Local news reports said that emergency crews responded to at least 30 calls for vehicles in flood-related emergencies. The heavy rainfall also caused issues for transit services on the Expo Line (TransLink) service after tunnels were flooded.

Between 30 to 60 mm of rain fell in a few hours in parts of Vancouver. Port Mellon, situated around 35 km North West of Vancouver, recorded 77mm of rain in 24 hours to 11 December.

Environment Canada said that the heavy rain was brought by the first in a series of December storms that moved across coastal British Colombia. Weather warnings have been issued for wide areas of British Colombia over the coming days, in particular for heavy snow.

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Flash floods leave 2 dead, 4,000 homes damaged in Vietnam - up to 25 inches of rain in 24 hours


Floodlist
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:19 UTC
In Tam Ky city, Quang Ngai province
© VNAIn Tam Ky city, Quang Ngai province
Disaster officials in Vietnam say that at least 2 people have died in flash floods that have affected central parts of the country over the last few days.

The victims died in Quang Tri Province on 08 December after they were swept away by flash floods triggered by prolonged downpours, according to Vietnam's disaster agency, the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

The disaster agency also said that flooding had damaged around 4,000 houses, including 2,052 in Binh Dinh, 730 in Nghe An and 544 houses in Quang Tri. Around 400 families have evacuated their homes in Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh.


Comment: See in addition these recent reports from November: Tropical Storm Usagi hits southern Vietnam - Longest and heaviest ever recorded rainfall in Saigon history

Death toll from central Vietnam typhoon-triggered flood rises to 14

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4 killed in SW China landslide

Liangyu
Xinhua
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:56 UTC
Rescuers work at the site of landslide in Fenshui Town of Xuyong County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 9, 2018.
© Xinhua/Su ZhongguoRescuers work at the site of landslide in Fenshui Town of Xuyong County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 9, 2018.
Four people were killed after a landslide hit a county in southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday afternoon.

The landslide toppled a number of residential houses in Fenshui Town in Xuyong County in the city of Luzhou around 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, leaving 11 people buried and one missing.

As of 1 p.m. Monday, the 11 people had all been pulled from the debris and four of them were confirmed dead. Among the four deaths, one was found dead at the site while three others died in hospitals after emergency treatment failed, according to the local government.

The seven injured are being treated in local hospitals.

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