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Huge sinkhole forces hundreds to evacuate in Seoul, South Korea

Kim Hyun-bin
The Korea Times
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:56 UTC
A large sinkhole was detected early Friday in Geumcheon-gu, southern Seoul, forcing 200 nearby residents to evacuate.
© YonhapA large sinkhole was detected early Friday in Geumcheon-gu, southern Seoul, forcing 200 nearby residents to evacuate.
A large sinkhole was detected early Friday at a parking lot of a Seoul apartment complex, forcing 200 residents to evacuate.

According to fire authorities, land is collapsing in a section 30 meters wide, 10 meters long with a depth of six meters in Geumcheon-gu, southwestern Seoul. Next to the apartment complex is a construction site.

Two hundred residents at the two apartment buildings near the site have been evacuated, while two people were escorted to the hospital citing psychological trauma.

"There was a large collapse sound last night," said Kim, a 58-year-old apartment resident. "I couldn't sleep and came outside and found the ground has collapsed."

The sinkhole occurred next to a construction site for a 30-story studio apartment. However, no workers were on site at the time.

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Flood kills 6 in northern Laos

Liangyu
Xinhua
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:18 UTC
Floodwaters inundate Nambak district in northern Laos' Luang Prabang province, Aug. 29, 2018.
Floodwaters inundate Nambak district in northern Laos' Luang Prabang province, Aug. 29, 2018.
Six people were declared dead with a total of 916 households and 58 villages in five districts suffering damage from flooding in southern Laos, local daily Vientiane Times reported Friday.

Lao authorities have just updated the assessment of losses and damages after many parts of the country have been ravaged by flooding following recent torrential rain.

This latest report was given by provincial authorities at a meeting on Wednesday in Luang Prabang province, some 220 km north of Lao capital Vientiane, attended by Lao Minister of Labor and Social Welfare Khampheng Saysompheng and disaster prevention and control committee officials.

Authorities have delivered drinking water, household essentials and emergency supplies to assist those affected by the flooding.

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12 dead, 3,000 displaced and 360 locations cut off by floods in Nagaland, India - 4 inches of rain in one hour recorded

Kaushik Deka
India Today
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:56 UTC
Twelve people have died and 3,000 have been displaced in incessant rain.
Twelve people have died and 3,000 have been displaced in incessant rain.
NDRF teams have landed today in Nagaland for rescue and relief operations in the state, which has seen the worst floods in its history. Twelve people have died and 3,000 have been displaced in incessant rain, which has caused landslides and floods in around 400 villages of Nagaland in the past one month.

The flooding has primarily been caused because of rain in upper reaches of Nagaland leading to water level rising at the Doyang Hydro electric project in Wokha District. The release of additional water from the dam twice has resulted in flooding in the downstream areas including Golaghat district of Assam.

Kiphere, a district on the border with Myanmar is the worst affected. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio visited this district on August 28, a day after he had appealed for help and shared bank details of the CM Relief Fund on Twitter.

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Dam breach in Bago region of Myanmar forces 50,000 to evacuate

Robert Davies
FloodList
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:05 UTC
Rescues and evacuations in Bago Region after a dam breach, August 2018.
© Myanmar Fire ServiceRescues and evacuations in Bago Region after a dam breach, August 2018.
Monsoon rains have caused a dam in Myanmar to overflow, inundating the nearby township of Swar and surrounding villages in Bago region.

At least 50,000 people are thought to have evacuated their homes after the Swar irrigation dam was breached during the early hours of 29 August, 2018, according to Reuters.

Images on social media show teams from fire services and military helping to evacuate people from flooded areas. Myanmar Fire Service said they were using boats to carry out search and rescue operations. Some unconfirmed reports suggested that there have been some fatalities.

The dam break also caused flooding on the Yangon - Mandalay highway after a bridge was severely damaged.

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Floods kill 3 in Nasarawa, Nigeria


Vanguard (Nigeria)
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:15 UTC
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Three persons were reportedly killed in Mararaba area of Karu local government of Nasarawa state following the heavy rain that ravaged the area Wednesday night.

Several houses and property estimated at several millions of naira were destroyed following the flooding that wreaked havoc in the community.

Residents, motorcyclists and other commuters in the area who blamed the incident on the neglect by both the state and local governments have however called on Governor Tanko Almakura to urgently commence repair work on rural roads, collapse bridges to remove the untold hardship being encountered in the area.

The residents and motorists, who lamented the hardship facing them following the poor state of the roads, regretted the death of the victims who lost their lives as a result of the flood that hits the area.


Comment: Parts of Africa have experienced some exceptional rainfall with consequent heavy flooding over the last 5 months (often more than once) as revealed by the following reports:

Major flooding strikes 2 states of Nigeria with 48 people dead

Flooding leaves 23 dead, over 70,000 affected in Sudan

Floods in Niger leave 19 dead and 65,000 affected

Flooding affects over 30,000 in Liberia

Floods leave 22 dead, 3,000 homes destroyed as 'extraordinary' rainfall continues in Niger

At least 5 killed by flooding in southern Algeria

Deadly floods in Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire

At least 10 killed by floods in Nigeria

"Adverse cyclonic conditions" bring flooding to the streets of Cape Town, South Africa

Dozens killed after dam break in Kenya, where record flooding continues

At least 15 people dead after severe flooding hits Ivory Coast

Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall kills 32 in Ethiopia - Update

Rare cyclone in Gulf of Aden brings flooding to Yemen, Somalia, Djibouti

Flooding in Somalia affects 500,000 people

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Flood death toll up to 30 in Cambodia

Voun Dara
Phnom Penh Post
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 20:30 UTC
A man crosses a flooded paddy field last year in the Kingdom’s Banteay Meanchey province. The National Committee for Disaster Management has confirmed that 30 lives have been lost in the country due to rising floodwaters.
A man crosses a flooded paddy field last year in the Kingdom’s Banteay Meanchey province. The National Committee for Disaster Management has confirmed that 30 lives have been lost in the country due to rising floodwaters.
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has said that 30 people have died so far in several provinces due to flooding triggered by heavy rainfall and the rising Mekong River.

The weather-related disaster has forced thousands of families to be relocated to higher ground, as the floods damaged farmland, killed husbandry and pushed local farmers into financial distress, officials announced.

The NCDM said eight provinces were affected by drought, while heavy rainfall inundated seven. The rising Mekong River ravaged five more provinces.

"This month, the floods caused by the rising Mekong River affected 99,685 families and killed 30 people. The waters inundated 41,344 hectares of farms, while 16,804 hectares of farmland were damaged," said NCDM spokesman Keo Vy.

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Seven dead due to landslide after heavy rain in Uttarakhand, India


The Indian Express
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:03 UTC
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Seven people were killed and one was injured after their house got completely damaged in Kot village in Uttarakhand's Tehri district on Wednesday morning due to a landslide resulting from heavy rains. The deceased, who got buried due to the landslide, include two women and a three-year-old girl.

The state disaster management department said people from the local administration, a police team and SDRF personnel were pressed into service to carry out rescue operations. However, the body of a 26-year-old woman is still missing.

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Landslide triggered by incessant rainfall kills 5 people in Nepal


The Free Press Journal
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:39 UTC
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Five members of a family were killed and one person was injured after the wall of their house collapsed due to landslide triggered by incessant rainfall at Setogurans in Bagachaur Municipality of Nepal's Salyan District, police said on Wednesday. A 40-year-old man, his wife, 35, his two daughters, 6 and 7 respectively, and a four-year-old son, were sleeping when the incident happened, Birendra Bahadur Shahi, police chief of Salyan, told Xinhua. One person was rescued, he said.

Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has issued a warning across the country to remain on high alert amid heavy rainfall. The flood forecasting division has also sounded a flood warning.

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Floods leave 7 dead, thousands displaced in Taiwan - 3 feet of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
FloodList
Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:19 UTC
Taiwan floods and 6,000 evacuated
Taiwan floods and 6,000 evacuated
A low-pressure system brought torrential rain and flooding to parts of central and southern Taiwan from 23 to 26 August, 2018.

Seven people have died as a result of the severe weather, including 3 people who died in the city of Kaohsiung when scaffolding fell from a building.

As many as 116 people were injured and around 6,000 people were evacuated. As of 26 August, around 600 of those displaced remained in shelters.

The Central Weather Bureau had issued a warning for 'extremely torrential rain' (500 mm or more in 24 hours) as the storm loomed. In the event, numerous locations recorded more than 700 mm of rain in 24 hours and some locations over 900 mm.

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Monsoon floods this year kill 993 people across 5 states of India

Pradeep Thakur
The Weather Channel
Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:59 UTC
Children from a village near Lucknow, UP, walk home from school on submerged roads
© V SunilChildren from a village near Lucknow, UP, walk home from school on submerged roads
Kerala may have hogged the country's attention with close to 400 deaths+ and widespread destruction in one of the worst floods in the state's history but nearly 600 lives were lost in four other states due to overflowing rivers, with the home ministry putting the total figure at 993.

More than 70 lakh people were affected and 17 lakh were living in relief camps, the disaster management division of the home ministry said. Apart from Kerala, the other flood-hit states are UP, West Bengal, Karnataka and Assam.

While Kerala reported the highest loss of lives due to floods, UP saw 204 deaths, West Bengal 195, Karnataka 161 and Assam 46. In Kerala, 54 lakh people were affected and 14.52 lakh people were living in relief camps. In Assam, 11.46 lakh people were affected and 2.45 lakh were in relief camps.
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