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Record rainfall causes flooding in Melborne, Florida

J.D. Gallop and Chris Bonanno
Florida Today
Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:18 UTC
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© Tim Shortt/Florida TodayCars parked across from Melbourne High near Percepta and Old School Pizza, were affected by record rainfall Thursday afternoon and flooding.
An afternoon deluge in Melbourne shattered rainfall records and brought particular headaches to employees of a Babcock Street office building when they discovered their parked cars underwater.

In about 45 minutes, the previous daily rainfall record of 1.48 inches was eclipsed. By 4 p.m., 2.26 inches had come down, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne. More is likely today.

Employees at Percepta, a customer service center on South Babcock Street in Melbourne, emerged to find their parking lot flooded.

Josephine Miller said her car, along with five others she saw, had standing water in them.

"It rains and the parking lot floods every once in a while," said Miller. "Nothing like we've seen today, though."

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UK storms: Flooding after month's rain falls in nine hours


Sky News
Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:59 UTC
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A shopping centre is evacuated, firefighters are called to a home struck by lightning and roads across the South are flooded.

Torrential rain and thunderstorms are lashing the UK - with parts of southern England enduring more rain in nine hours than the average for the whole of August.

The Met Office has issued 13 flood alerts - eight in southern and central England and five in Scotland - as the downpours are expected to continue into Friday.

One of the worst-affected areas on Thursday was Eastbourne, where 60mm of rainfall was reported by the afternoon.

At one point, the town's shopping centre had to be evacuated after drains on the roof began to overflow, but it later reopened.

In nearby Hailsham, three fire crews were needed to extinguish a blaze after a house was struck by lightning.
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Cars washed away by floodwater in Rossano, Italy after violent storms sweep across region


Daily Mirror, UK
Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:18 UTC
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Torrent: Cars are swept away by the flash floods
The authorities in Calabria, southern Italy, are declaring a state of emergency after the extreme weather left transport cut off and buildings evacuated

Violent storms have swept across Calabria, southern Italy, sparking powerful flash floods.

Mario Oliviero, governor of the region, is to call a state of emergency and ask for national assistance after the disaster.

The authorities are now trying to determine the extent of the damage, with the historic town of Rossano especially hard hit.

Torrents swept through the coastal tourist town, home to 40,000 people, bringing a chilling demonstration of nature at its most destructive.

Cars were swept away and piled in a heap in on the seafront and hundreds of holidaymakers had to be evacuated as floodwaters threatened a campsite.


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Cars dragged down street after severe flash flood hits Colorado Springs; 2 inches of rain in 45 minutes

Ashley Collman
Daily Mail, UK
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:32 UTC
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Dragged downstream: The floods were so strong that they uplifted parked cars and dragged the vehicles down the street
Dramatic video shows the awe-inspiring moment four parked cars were uplifted by a raging flash flood that overtook a residential street in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Severe thunderstorms in central Colorado caused nearly two inches of rain and hail to fall in just a 45-minute time span, Monday afternoon, and the sudden influx of water caused rivers to overflow and run off course.

One of these impromptu springs popped up in a neighborhood in Colorado Springs, where residents didn't even have enough time to move their cars by the time their block was overtaken by water.

In a video shared with Fox 31 Denver, a resident tapes the scene outside their home where several cars are uplifted and dragged down the street by the strong current.

A blue car even crashes into another larger SUV, no doubt causing serious damage to both vehicles.

Similar videos were taken in nearby Manitou Springs, where the flash floods led to the emergency evacuation of the Alpine Autism Center.

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Chaos: Above, chaos on a street in Colorado Springs as cars are pulled downstream in a flash flood

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Five missing after flash flood in Morocco


emirates247.com
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:11 UTC
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Flash flood in Morocco
Five people have gone missing after torrential rain hit Morocco's central region of Azilal, the authorities said.

"Three women and two little girls were reported missing Monday following the floods... caused by torrential rain and storm winds," official news agency MAP quoted the authorities as saying.

The victims had been inside one of three houses swept away by a flash flood in a valley known as Wadi Alfet.

Residents and authorities are still looking for missing persons.

Flash floods are common in Morocco's valleys, and storms have hit several locations around the country in recent days, in some cases causing material damage.

The country witnessed record rain levels twice in 2014. Some areas, including southern coastal city Agadir, recorded more than a year's worth of rain in just 10 days.

The heavy downpour killed some 50 people and affected thousands of others in the regions of Agadir, Guelmin and Ouarzazate.


Source: AFP
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Argentina's 2015-16 wheat crop threatened by flooding


The Western Producer
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:53 UTC
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Floods in several of Argentina's key wheat-growing areas threaten to damage recently planted crops and could reduce the 2015-16 harvest, crop and weather experts said on Tuesday.

A series of storms, some dumping as much as 200 millimeters (four inches) of water, have lashed wheat fields in southern Santa Fe and northeast Buenos Aires provinces.

"All crops in this area are at risk due to excess moisture," said Germán Heinzenknecht, meteorologist with the Applied Climatology consultancy

"We are in a part of the year when it is not so easy to get rid of that water once it is on the ground. It is not going to evaporate quickly," Heinzenknecht added.

The government forecasts the 2015-16 wheat planting area at 11.9 million acres, but has warned that the heavy rains could yet reduce that forecast. Argentina is a major wheat exporter to neighbouring Brazil.
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Death toll rises from floods in Buenos Aires province, Argentina


Buenos Aires Herald
Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:35 UTC
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A man places his dogs in the car before leaving his flooded house in Lujan, Buenos Aires province.
At least three people killed by rising waters that have forced thousands to evacuate homes

Floodwaters continued to wreak havoc in north and northwest of Buenos Aires province yesterday with at least 10,000 evacuated from their homes despite a brief break in bad weather that has caused chaos since last week and has killed at least three people.

Yesterday's respite from the heavy rainfall and high winds failed to abate the widespread flooding affecting residents in Buenos Aires and Santa Fe provinces, with more winds and rain projected for the next few days.

The highest estimates of evacuees continued to rise throughout the day, reaching 10,000 by press time, although the numbers fluctuated as the water mark for rivers increased and decreased and some residents returned home. There were reports that as many as 20,000 people had been affected by the rising waters.

The National Meteorological Service (SNM) forecast strong winds from the south-east over the River Plate and Paraná Delta that will slow the process of floodwaters receding. In addition, another five to 50 millimetres of rainfall has been predicted to fall and tomorrow on the water-logged areas of the east and south-east of Buenos Aires province.

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Humanitarian crisis: Over 1,000 war refugees locked in stadium overnight on Greek island of Kos

Patrick Kingsley
The Guardian, UK
Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:50 UTC
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© Yorgos Karahalis/AP Police on Tuesday tried to disperse hundreds of migrants by spraying them with fire extinguishers during registration in the stadium.
Over a thousand refugees in Kos have been locked in a stadium, after riot police struggled to contain crowds of recent migrant arrivals who were rounded up in recent days from makeshift camps around the Greek island.

Several of the refugees, who are mostly Syrian and Afghan, fainted due to heatstroke, and one had an epileptic seizure, said the aid group MSF, which was providing medical care at the stadium. At one point the police used a sonic explosion to maintain order, and the MSF team withdrew for safety reasons.


Comment: Thanks to US and UK leading the obliteration of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, millions of desperate people are on the move. Greece can't handle the situation either because that country is also in the process of being obliterated by the empire. With Europeans already primed to hate these refugees because they're 'terrorists' and 'cockroaches', the next 'logical' solutions from European authorities involve building walls around their countries and setting up concentration camps. Onwards we go to the collapse of 'civilization'...

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Floods destroys homes; carries away grain and livestock in Burkina Faso


The Guardian
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:58 UTC
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© Brahima Ouedraogo/IRIN Houses destroyed by flooding on the outskirts of the capital, Ouagadougou.
Nearly 20,000 people were affected last week by heavy rains and flooding in and around Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou. More than 3,700 are now homeless, their houses reduced to piles of mud and debris.

Making matters worse, more than 64 tonnes of cereal harvests and livestock were carried away by the floods, local officials say. Many parts of Ouagadougou and Bama, a commune in the west of the country, remain under water, days after the rains have slowed.

"Everyone has lost their food reserves, their farms and are now in need of assistance," said Aboubacar Mlougou, a representative of the National Council for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation (Conasur). "Without aid, they will be forced to sell whatever items survived the floods, such as cars, ploughs and wheelbarrows, in order to survive."
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At least five killed following torrential rains, floods and mudslides in Chile


Buenos Aires Herald
Mon, 10 Aug 2015 18:45 UTC
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© AFP-JIJITowering waves pound the seacoast of Vina del Mar, on Saturday as a storm marked by strong winds and fierce downpours approaches from the Pacific Ocean hitting the Chilean coast.
A state of emergency has been declared by the Chilean government in the northern cities of Antofagasta and Tocopilla due to the strong winds and heavy rains.

At least five people have been killed in the torrential rains in Chile this weekend, officials said yesterday. Three people were reported killed in extreme northern Chile, which has been battered by powerful winds, torrential rains and mudslides. Two people died on Saturday in the cities of Valparaiso and Coquimbo.

Brigadier general Claudio Hernández Muñoz is in charge of coordinating the response to the storm, Interior Minister Jorge Burgos announced during a press conference at the National Emergency Management Office (Onemi) where he declared a Constitutional State of Exception — a measure that is designed to protect the stability and security of the country, or of a particular area, through the law, when exceptional situations occur.


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