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Floods in Pakistan kill 69; nearly 300,000 affected


Deccan Herald
Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:05 UTC
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Floodwater in Pakistan
At least 69 people have been killed and nearly three lakh others displaced across Pakistan in the devastating floods triggered by torrental rains, officials said today.

At least 34 people were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 15 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, eight in Punjab, seven in Balochistan and five in Gilgit-Baltistian, bringing the overall toll to 69, said Ahmad Kamal, an official with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

About 36 people sustained injuries in the rain and flood related accidents. At least 294,844 people were affected by the floods. About 1,855 houses have been destroyed and crops on 2,05,366 acres of land have been damaged.

NDMA along with army and civil authorities have taken measures to help the people displaced by the deluge.


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Younger Dryas climate episode due to cosmic impact say researchers


Phys Org
Mon, 27 Jul 2015 23:36 UTC
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At the end of the Pleistocene period, approximately 12,800 years ago—give or take a few centuries—a cosmic impact triggered an abrupt cooling episode that earth scientists refer to as the Younger Dryas.

New research by UC Santa Barbara geologist James Kennett and an international group of investigators has narrowed the date to a 100-year range, sometime between 12,835 and 12,735 years ago. The team's findings appear today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The researchers used Bayesian statistical analyses of 354 dates taken from 30 sites on more than four continents. By using Bayesian analysis, the researchers were able to calculate more robust age models through multiple, progressive statistical iterations that consider all related age data.

"This range overlaps with that of a platinum peak recorded in the Greenland ice sheet and of the onset of the Younger Dryas climate episode in six independent key records," explained Kennett, professor emeritus in UCSB's Department of Earth Science. "This suggests a causal connection between the impact event and the Younger Dryas cooling."
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Floods wreaking havoc across China

Kirstie McCrum
Daily Mirror, UK
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:40 UTC
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© SplashBike ride: Alternative transport methods thrive where cars fear to drive
The downpours hitting the country this week have caused chaos, and the economic costs are still going up for many

China has been beaten by unbelievable rainstorms for the last three days - and these flood images show the shocking aftermath of all of that precipitation.

But although there has been destruction and shocking downpours, these images show that people are, for the most part, getting in with real life in the best way they can.

The continuous rainstorms have affected 360,700 people in 14 counties, districts and cities in central China's Hubei province since Wednesday, the provincial civil affairs department said.

In Wuhan, capital of Hubei, more than 10cm fell on Thursday, while outside of the city, as about 36,950 hectares of cropland had been damaged and 145 houses had collapsed.

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© SplashStep by step: People wading through the heavy rain in Wuhan city
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6 killed by floods in South China


youtube.com
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:22 UTC
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© Xinhua/Jiang KehongPhoto taken on July 23, 2015 shows a footbridge full of garbage after flood in Liancheng County, southeast China's Fujian Province. A heavy rain hit Liancheng County on Wednesday early morning. Up to 9 p.m. Wednesday, four people were killed and five people went missing.
Rainstorms continued to wreak havoc in China Thursday, leaving six people dead and four others missing after rain-triggered floods in the eastern Fujian Province.

Continuous downpours that started on Sunday battered the western and central parts of Fujian, affecting 420,000 people and forcing more than 171,000 to evacuate.


Source: New China TV
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One thousand evacuated after glacial lake overflows in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:55 UTC
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© Kazakhstan Ministry of Internal AffairsFloods and mudflow in Almaty region of Kazakhstan, 23 July 2015.
Around 1,000 people were evacuated from areas around the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, after floods and mudflow swept through residential streets on 23 July 2015.

According to the committee of emergency situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, high temperatures over the last few days have melted snow and caused a glacial lake to overflow, which in turn forced the Kargalinka River to overflow and sent mud and flood water racing downstream towards Almaty. Local media report that a dam on the Kargalinka River partially stopped the mudslide.

Districts on the outskirts of Almaty city, including Algabas and Alatau, have been worst affected. Authorities say that 1,036 people were evacuated from affected areas and accommodated in local schools. Six people were hospitalized and 78 were given medical assistance, according to the Сommittee for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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7 die as floods sweep central Burma


The Irrawaddy
Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:05 UTC
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Overflowing water from the damaged Thit Kae Dam washes out a road in Sai Pyn village, Yin Marbin district, Sagaing Region.
Severe flooding in central Burma has killed seven rescue workers and displaced thousands of villagers as unusually heavy rains swept through the region over the weekend.

Inn Daw, Kawlin, Kantbalu, Kyun Hla and Butalin townships of Sagaing Division were thrashed by rains throughout the past week, as rains hit the low lying farmlands nonstop since last Tuesday.

"The water levels of the Mae Za and Mu rivers rose up and the floods worsened on Saturday as nearby dam [reservoirs] overflowed," an official from the Sagaing Division administrative office told The Irrawaddy, requesting not to be named.

According to the official, at least 150 villages across five townships were affected, displacing more than six thousand people and damaging as many as 30,000 farm plots. The total deaths have not yet been tallied, though seven rescue workers died while trying to retrieve trapped villagers, he said.
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Several towns devastated by flooded rivers in Pakistan


dunyanews.tv
Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:04 UTC
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At least fifty villages have been disconnected from Ghotki, over a hundred inundated in Layyah
The floods in Indus River and Chitral River have caused several villages and towns to inundate, Dunya News reported.

According to details, at least fifty villages have been disconnected from Ghotki while over a hundred villages have been inundated in Layyah.

Dozens of towns in Rahim Yar Khan and Dera Ghazi Khan have also been struck by the inundation while dozens of houses have also been affected in various areas including Kalash Valley.

According to details, the embankment at Rasulpur area of Rahim Yar Khan could not bear the pressure of the flood wave and broke down, causing several areas including Rasulpur, Kacha Mahazi, Kacha Chohan to inundate.

At least eight villages have also been flooded in Muzaffargarh area and the local administration has established as many as eighteen relief camps to deal with the emergency.
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Best of the Web: Signs of Change: Extreme weather and environmental upheaval in June and July 2015 (VIDEO)

Hawkkey Davis
YouTube
Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:20 UTC
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© HawkkeyDavisChannel/YouTubeA first? Wildfire torches moving vehicles on highway near Los Angeles, California
Video compilation of extreme weather events (and general environmental chaos) from the past month or so.

Record high temperatures in Germany were immediately followed by unusually strong storms and hail. Record rainfall in China was followed by a record heatwave there. In the US, there's been a record heatwave in the West, and record rainfall in the South. There's been record cold in Australia, and record heat in Pakistan. Volcanoes erupted in Indonesia, Japan and Mexico, while there was a strong earthquake in China and an earthquake swarm in Iceland... And in between all that; powerful storms and record rainfall.

Things be intensifying!

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Flash floods kill 4 and displace over 5,000 in Madhya Pradesh, India


ucanews.com
Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:24 UTC
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© ucanewsDevotees trying to save items from a flooded temple in Ujjain.
Four people were killed and more than 5,000 displaced July 19 following heavy rains in India's Madhya Pradesh state, authorities and Church sources said.

"Many people are marooned, waiting to be saved," said Bishop Sebastian Vadakel of Ujjain, the area worst hit in the state.

The July 19 rains brought floodwater more than a meter-deep in many places, making roads impassable, cutting off villages and sparking power outages.

More than 2,000 people are stranded in railway stations, the bishop said while thousands of others are taking temporary shelter in relief camps.

Authorities did not reveal how the four flood victims died.

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Four killed and thousands flee as floods hit northern Philippines


au.news.yahoo.com
Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:47 UTC
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Four dead, thousands flee as floods hit northern Philippines
Four people were killed and thousands forced to flee their homes as floods inundated large parts of the northern Philippines, the government said Sunday.

Heavy monsoon rains lashed the largely agricultural provinces for days, bringing floods that left roads impassable and led about 3,000 people to be evacuated, government civil defence officers said.

At least four people died as a result of the rains, including a six-month old boy who was buried by a landslide in the northern province of Pangasinan, the officers said.

Social welfare and relief agencies are delivering aid to affected areas while the public works department is preparing to repair damaged infrastructure, said President Benigno Aquino's spokesman Herminio Coloma.
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