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At least 14 people dead as flash floods wreak havoc in northeastern states of India


The Indian Express
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:39 UTC
Children on a makeshift raft make their way through a flood waterlogged road in Guwahati.
© APChildren on a makeshift raft make their way through a flood waterlogged road in Guwahati.
At least 14 people are feared dead and several others reportedly missing as heavy rainfall continues to lash northeastern states of Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Assam for the third day in a row. Incessant rain in the last 48 hours has triggered flash floods in many places along river banks in Manipur. The torrential rain has resulted in submerging of many low-lying areas in the Imphal valley, including Chief Minister Biren Singh's constituency Heingang.

At present, water levels in Imphal river and Nambuk river are dangerously high and are overflowing. Several houses in Kangpokpi district were vacated because of the flood-like situation according to Assam Tribune. The villages in Senapati district also lost connectivity after the roads were washed away in floods.

Water has also flooded some portions of the National Highway that connect Nagaland and Manipur to Assam. Vehicular movement has been stopped on the highway as of now. Rain has also destroyed standing crops in many places. As a result, prices of basic commodities like food and water have seen a surge.

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Evacuations, flooding and roads washed away as France lashed by storms


RT
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:25 UTC
France storms
© Philippe Desmazes / AFP
Some 160 people have been evacuated as violent storms batter the southeast of France, causing widespread damage to roads and bridges. One person is missing and authorities have issued a series of alerts over the severe weather.

A 27-year-old man is missing after being swept away by floodwaters near the village of Brignon, in the Haute-Loire area. The area was severely hit by the powerful storms that landed on Tuesday night.

The farmer was reportedly leading rescue workers to a remote house to help a trapped woman when his vehicle was engulfed by the rushing waters.
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12 dead as torrential rain wreaks havoc across northeast India

Rahul Karmakar
Hindustan Times
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:29 UTC
Guwahati floods
© PTIVehicles wade through water logging National Highway in Guwahati after heavy showers on Tuesday.

Flash floods swept away ten people in Mizoram while two persons were electrocuted in a flooded street in Guwahati

Heavy, non-stop rain lashed large swathes of the Northeast leaving at least 12 people dead on Tuesday. The weather condition also forced Union home minister Rajnath Singh, who was on a two-day visit to Mizoram, to cancel his scheduled trip to the India-Myanmar border areas.

Flash floods claimed 10 lives in Mizoram's Lunglei district bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar while two people, including a minor, were electrocuted on a flooded road in Guwahati.

Officials in Mizoram said heavy rainfall since Sunday morning caused flash flood in Lunglei district where river Karnafulu and its tributaries were flowing above the danger mark. Thairungkai village in the district bore the brunt of the sudden rush of water that swept away the 10 people along with some houses.

With weather hampering rescue operations, only four bodies could be recovered so far.

"Apart from Lunglei, Aizawl and Serchhip districts have been affected with almost 450 houses either submerged or damaged by floods and landslides," Mizoram's health minister Lal Thanzara said.


Comment: It is reported that the heavy rains and thundershowers in Mizoram have caused the largest recorded flooding of the Tlawng river in the last 50 years. See also:

Landslides triggered by incessant rain kill at least 101 in Bangladesh

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Deadly floods in Choluteca, Honduras after 190 mm rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:40 UTC
flood relief
© COPECO HONDURAS
Two people have died and over 250 forced from their homes after flooding in Choluteca Department, southern Honduras.

A yellow level alert for heavy rain was issued on 10 June for the southern and western departments of Choluteca, Valle, Lempira, La Paz, Intibucá, Santa Bárbara, Copán and Ocotepeque.

National Permanent Commission of Emergencies (COPECO) says ravines flooded and rivers overflowed in the city of Choluteca on Saturday 10 June.

The city recorded 83.2 mm of rain in 24 hours to 10 June, with 68.0 mm falling in just 6 hours. During a 24 hour period between 10 and 11 June, Choluteca recorded 190.6 mm of rain.

Over 100 houses have been damaged and 10 totally destroyed. As many as 253 people have been displaced and 554 have been affected by heavy rain and floods in the 9 neighbourhoods of the city.

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14 killed by raging rivers across America's West due to record snowmelt


Daily Mail
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:52 UTC
In this photo taken May 25, 2017, the water in Bridalveil Creek rushes through boulders at Yosemite National Park, Calif.
In this photo taken May 25, 2017, the water in Bridalveil Creek rushes through boulders at Yosemite National Park, Calif.
Massive waterfalls in Yosemite National Park and rivers raging in mountains throughout the western United States are thundering with greater force than they have for years - and proving deadly as warm weather melts the deepest mountain snowpack in recent memory.

Record snowfall on towering Western peaks this winter virtually eliminated California's five-year drought and it is now melting rapidly.

But it has contributed to at least 14 river deaths and prompted officials to close sections of rivers popular with swimmers, rafters and fishing enthusiasts.

In Utah and Wyoming, some rivers gorged by heavy winter snowfall have overflown their banks and rivers in Utah are expected to remain dangerously swollen with icy mountain runoff for several more weeks.

The sheer beauty of the rivers is their draw - and represents a big danger to people who decide to risk selfies near the water or beat the heat by swimming or rafting with little awareness of the risks posed by the raging water.
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More than 100-year rainfall record broken in Palm Beach County, Florida

Kimberly Miller
My Palm Beach Post (blog)
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:29 UTC
record rainfall in Florida
© South Florida Water Management District24-hour rain totals through 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Tuesday's deluge broke rainfall records across South Florida including in West Palm Beach where a more than century-old record was dashed.

At Palm Beach International Airport, 4.18 inches of rain was measured Tuesday, a whopping 1.18 inches higher than the previous record of 3 inches set in 1904.

The cloudy skies also helped break a temperature record. The daytime high only reached 77 degrees at the airport, which breaks the record low maximum temperature of 81 degrees set in 1938.

Fort Lauderdale rainfall topped out at 4.78 inches, breaking a 1926 record of 1.96. In Naples, 3.37 inches fell Tuesday, breaking a 1992 record of 2.40 inches.

The big winner through Wednesday was Boca Raton. One South Florida Water Management District gauge measured a whopping 10.78 inches.

Comment: Powerful storm heading for South Florida days after torrential rains cause flooding

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Powerful storm heading for South Florida days after torrential rains cause flooding


NBC 6 South Florida
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:42 UTC
florida floods
© Luis Felipe Lopez/El Nuevo HeraldWater in the streets of the Savanna community in Weston was up to 18 inches, prompting at least one person to venture out in a kayak to navigate the road.
After three days of serious rain and flooding across the area, South Florida will get a slight break on Thursday but an increased risk of storms as the day goes on continues.

There were no flood watches or warnings in effect Thursday but that could change by the afternoon.

Heavy flooding was reported Wednesday throughout Broward, including the parking lot of the Sawgrass Mills mall, which had to close Wednesday and remained closed Thursday due to the flooding.

In Davie, heavy flooding was reported on some streets, including in the area of Southwest 130th Avenue and 7th Court. One resident said he was going to Home Depot to get sandbags for himself and his neighbors to protect from flooding.

"I'm trying to help out my neighbors, I'm a caring person. I lived in the neighborhood a long time, I see people's homes are getting in bad shape," Mitch Gerber said.

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Massive Kaua'i Sinkhole Reveals Source of 1586 Tsunami


Maui Now
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:08 UTC
maui sinkhole
© R. Butler (L), Gerard Fryer (R), GoogleMapsMakauwahi sinkhole
Research of coral deposits at a massive sinkhole/cave on the island of Kauaʻi has revealed the origin of a tsunami that hit Sanriku, Japan in 1586.

The study determined that the Japan event was caused by a mega-earthquake measuring greater than a magnitude 9.5 from the Aleutian Islands that broadly impacted the north Pacific. A team of researchers led by Dr. Rhett Butler, geophysicist at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, re-examined historical evidence around the Pacific including coral fragments deposited into the Makauwahi Cave on Kauaʻi.

The Makauwahi geological feature is situated in a hardened sand dune about 100 meters from the ocean in the Māhāʻulepū area, and is the "only well-documented paleotsunami deposit in Hawaiʻi from the 16th century." An earlier study estimated the probability of a 9+ Magnitude earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, and its power to create a mega-tsunami in Hawai'i.
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1 dead, 2 missing as Taiwan fights floods; nearly 2 feet of rain in under 11 hours


Channel News Asia
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:37 UTC
Taiwan's forecasters have predicted further heavy rain into the weekend.
© AFP/SAM YEHTaiwan's forecasters have predicted further heavy rain into the weekend.
Roads turned into rivers in northern Taiwan Friday (Jun 2) as rain lashed the island, killing one woman and leaving two others missing.

State power company Taipower said a transmission pylon on a hill in New Taipei city toppled during torrential downpours, causing a reactor at a nuclear plant there to cut out.

A second reactor automatically shut down as safety measures were activated and neither were damaged, it added.

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Massive landslide engulfing California Highway 1 added 13 acres to the coastline


Los Angeles Times
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 05:45 UTC
big sur landslide
A massive landslide that engulfed Central California's Highway 1 has added 13 acres to the coastline.

Based on new aerial photographs, the May 20 slide in Big Sur created a bulge of land the size of 10 football fields, the East Bay Times reported Wednesday.

After a series of winter storms, more than 1 million tons of rock and earth slipped down a saturated slope in the Mud Creek area.

A quarter-mile of Highway 1 was covered by as much as 80 feet of stone and soil at its deepest point, Jonathan Warrick said. He is a U.S. Geological Survey research geologist who is leading a project to photograph the coast.

Comment: See also: Massive landslide buries California's iconic coastal Highway 1 under 40 feet of rock and dirt

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