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


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


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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
flooded banks of the Seine
© Pierre Terdjman for The New York TimesThe banks of the Seine on Friday. The river reached its highest level since 1982.
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.
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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
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© Christian Hartmann / ReutersFrench firefighters evacuate residents from a flooded area after heavy rainfall in Nemours, France, on June 1, 2016.
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."

Comment: El Nino is a climatological phenomenon that has been recorded for centuries. To attribute these disasters to "anthropogenic (man-made) global warming" is ridiculous. Planet Earth has its own cycles and rhythms. However, there may be a connection between man and natural earth events, but not as most people would think.

Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection

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


Strange Sounds
Fri, 03 Jun 2016 08:07 UTC
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© EPARoads in the town of Simbach in Southern Germany have turned to rivers, with cars covered by the rising water......devastating scenes which are being observed all around the world.
The current flooding mayhem isn't just happening in Europe - it's also hitting countries worldwide. Here's a compilation of the worst floodings from around the world: the US, Mexico, Russia, China, France, Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, and Romania.

Just think, the worst is probably yet to come!

Let's start with the 'biblical' floods currently sweeping across western and eastern Europe. Days of downpours have caused ten deaths in Germany, two in France and Romania and one in Belgium. The River Seine in Paris is six meters higher than normal.

Germany

In Germany, 10 people have been killed, including four in Baden-Wuerttemberg in flooding that hit Sunday and Monday.

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River Seine overflows causing the Louvre to close down, thousands flee homes amid state of emergency


RT
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:09 UTC
Flooded river Seine
© Kenzo Tribouillard / AFPA picture taken on June 2, 2016 shows the river Seine bursting its banks next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Torrential rains and severe flooding across France have forced thousands of people to flee their homes amid a state of emergency. Paris' iconic Louvre museum will stay closed on Friday to be ready to remove artworks if the River Seine rises too high.

French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency on Thursday due to the flooding, which has been caused by the Loire and Seine rivers bursting their banks following heavy downpours. The leader promised money to help local authorities deal with the damage.

Comment: UPDATE: Paris ready for 6m peak flood
Flood waters now predicted to reach 6.2m as red alert is lifted in last department, Seine-et-Marne

AS FLOODS started to ease in towns and villages upstream of Paris the capital is preparing for midday, when the waters should reach their highest at about 6metres.

That is about 10cm higher than had been expected and will further impact commuter transport with the RER C line that runs along the bank of the Seine already closed in the inner city plus the strategic St Michel Metro at the bottom of Boulevard St Michel, which was under water.

Already this morning there were reports of 240km of traffic jams on the roads into Paris instead of the 150km 'normally'.

The floods have claimed three victims - a 74-year-old horseman who was swept away in Grégy-en-Yerre, a three-year-old boy who was found drowned in the basement of his house at Sens and an 86-year-old woman found dead in her home at Souppes-sur-Loing - and Environment Minister Ségolène Royal fears more will be found as waters recede.

Yesterday morning flood levels on the Seine were at 4.88m above normal level at 10.00 and last night it had reached 5.37m at 21.00. This morning at 10.00 it was at 5.64m - that is nearly two storeys high - and the rising water had already started floods further downstream with Seine-Saint-Denis to the north-east and Essonne to the south-west also affected.

So far the water is below the last severe flood, in 1982 when it reached 6.18m and still two metres below the 100-year-flood of 1910, which was 8.62m.


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Thunderstorms cause widespread flooding in the Netherlands

Janene Pieters
nltimes.nl
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:45 UTC
Flooded streets in Asten, Brabant, 1 June 2016
© @dennisvdkolk/TwitterFlooded streets in Asten, Brabant, 1 June 2016
Meteorological institute KNMI issued a code yellow warning for thunderstorms in the Netherlands for the sixth day in a row on Thursday. The storms are expected to hit the eastern parts of the country during the afternoon and evening.

The code yellow warning applies to the provinces Noord-Brabant, Limburg, Gelderland, Drenthe, Groningen and Overijssel. It'll be in effect between 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

According to the KNMI, the storms will be accompanied by strong wind and heavy rains, between 30 and 40 mm/hour. There is also chance of lightning strikes. "Avoid open waters and open areas, do not take shelter under trees. Follow weather reports and warnings", the institute writes.

The A74 highway from Germany in the direction of Venlo will be closed all Thursday due toe flooding, according to traffic service VID.

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Torrential rain delivers flooding from Paris to Prague

euronews
You Tube
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:03 UTC
Floodwater
Northern Europe has continued to be lashed by torrential rain, bringing extensive flooding to Belgium, Germany and France.

Paris has never experienced so much rain in May since records began in 1873.

The scenes of flooding along the River Seine have been known in winter - though the fact it has been happening in June has caused surprise.

The A10 near Orleans resembled less a motorway on Wednesday than a river or a canal.

Hundreds of motorists became stranded. The army intervened to take them to emergency centres in nearby towns. Some cars later became totally immersed in water.

In northern France, fire crews have been called out hundreds of times, having no other option but to travel by boat to rescue people from their homes.

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Rainstorm and flooding hits central China, thousands evacuated


Xinhua
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:42 UTC
Heavy rainfall hits central China's Wuhan in Hubei province on June 1, 2016, resulting in serious flooding in the downtown area.
© Chinanews.comHeavy rainfall hits central China's Wuhan in Hubei province on June 1, 2016, resulting in serious flooding in the downtown area.
Torrential rain battered central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday, trapping people and inundating cities, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said.

As of Wednesday evening, more than 100 trapped people had been rescued and more than 1,000 evacuated to safer places, officials with the headquarters said.

Red alerts for rain were issued on Wednesday in several cities across the province including the capital Wuhan.

Floods China
© Chinanews.com
Many parts of the city were flooded and precipitation in downtown Wuhan reached 115 millimeters. Public transportation had also been disrupted, the city government said.

On Wednesday afternoon, 79 people trapped in Jiangjiamiao village in Yichang City, including 39 students, were rescued. More than 40 people who had been trapped in the middle of a road in Wuhan were also rescued.


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Parts of Central and Northern France see worst flooding since records began


Euronews
Tue, 31 May 2016 18:23 UTC
River Seine flooding
© AFPThe River Seine in Paris burst its banks
Scenes in parts of France looked like something straight out of a Jules Verne novel, with cars and houses under water after a deluge of rain.

Parts of Central and Northern France have been drenched by the downpour with water levels rising to over one and a half metres in some areas, in what is reported as the most rainfall for this time of year since records began.

A total of seven departments across the country had issued severe weather warnings, with the Loiret, one of the worst affected areas, being placed under red alert, an extremely rare event.

Firefighters and rescue services were only able to make patrols by boat, looking out for those stranded by the muddy water.

In other parts of the country, traffic was disrupted, coming to a complete standstill in some areas and large stretches of motorway have been closed in others.


Comment: Elsewhere in Europe this week torrential rain has caused devastating flash flooding to parts of Germany and Italy.

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