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Prolonged rainfall of 10 inches over just 2 days exceeded monthly average in Singapore

Christie Chiu
The Straits Times
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:06 UTC
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Singapore received more than its average monthly rainfall for January over just two days - on Jan 10 and 11.

Changi recorded the highest total amount of rainfall at 255.2mm across the two days, exceeding Singapore's monthly average rainfall of 222.4mm in January, national water agency PUB said in a statement on Jan 12.

PUB said the prolonged rainy weather caused by the ongoing monsoon surge is expected to persist until Jan 13.

The agency issued several flood risk warnings on Jan 10 and 11 in locations such as Jalan Seaview, which is off Tanjong Katong Road, the junction of Mountbatten Road and Tanjong Katong Road South, as well as Jalan Pokok Serunai.

Heavy rain in these areas resulted in high water levels in drains and canals.

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Male' in the Maldives islands records highest rainfall of 5 inches in 24 hours, flooding roads


avas.mv
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:39 UTC
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Male' experienced the highest amount of rainfall over the last 24 hours, Maldives Meteorological Service (MET Office) has reported.

According to MET Office, between 8:00 am on Friday to 8:00 am on Saturday, Male' recorded 130.7 millimeters of rain. While airport island, Hulhule' recorded 79.5 millimeters, AA. Thoddoo island experienced 70.3 millimeters.

Roads of Male' were flooded due to the heavy rainfall. The Maldives National Defence Force are actively pumping floodwaters to clear the roads.

The MET office has said heavy rain and flooding are also expected in some islands today.

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Heavy rains causing deadly floods and mudslides kill 16 in Bolivia


uniindia.com
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:21 UTC
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Rainy season downpours have claimed at least 16 lives and impacted more than 16,000 families in Bolivia since last November, authorities said on Wednesday.

Heavy rains from November through the first week of January have wreaked havoc in the South American nation, sparking deadly floods and mudslides, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, Bolivia's deputy civil defense minister, said at a press conference.

According to the official, some 36 municipalities have seen substantial damage. In the municipalities of Apolo, La Asunta and Luribay, all in western La Paz department, authorities have declared a "state of disaster" to deal with the aftermath.

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2 dead, 27,000 displaced as Bicol, Philippines remains flooded


Inquirer.net
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:35 UTC
Rescuers place in a body bag the remains of an unidentified man found near Bilog Falls at Barangay Cabotonan in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, on Friday amid heavy rains that triggered widespread flooding and landslides in the Bicol
Rescuers place in a body bag the remains of an unidentified man found near Bilog Falls at Barangay Cabotonan in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, on Friday amid heavy rains that triggered widespread flooding and landslides in the Bicol region.
Amid relentless heavy rains brought by a shear line in the Bicol region, an unidentified man believed to have drowned was found in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, while a 53-year-old farmer died after being swept away by floodwater in Irosin town in Sorsogon province on Friday.

The Lagonoy Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) reported that the body of the elderly man, estimated to be 60 years old, was discovered near Bilog Falls in Barangay Cabotonan around 10 a.m.

The other fatality was identified as Florentino Echane, a resident of Barangay (village) Batang in Irosin, whose body was recovered some 6.5 kilometers away in Barangay Macawayan around 8 a.m., said Police Staff Sergeant Joemel Alama of the Irosin police in a phone interview.

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Tsunami

Saudi Arabia's holiest city of Mecca flooded after being hit by extreme rain

Gergana Krasteva
Metro (UK)
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:56 UTC
Commuters make their way through a flooded road after heavy rains in Mecca on January 6, 2025 (Picture: AFP)
© AFPCommuters make their way through a flooded road after heavy rains in Mecca on January 6, 2025
Saudi Arabia's Mecca, the holiest city according to Islam, has been hit by extreme weather.

Footage circulating on social media shows entire neighbourhoods partially submerged amid the heavy rainfall.

Men were seen forming human chains to rescue children who had become trapped in the flooding in the Al-Awali neighbourhood, southeast of Mecca.

In another video, a man was seen rushing to the aid of a delivery driver who was toppled off his bike by floodwaters and was struggling to get up.

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Best of the Web: Fatal landslides in 2024 exceptional, correlated with very high intensity rainfall events

Dave Petley
The Landslide Blog
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:09 UTC
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The extraordinary landslide year of 2024 is now complete, so I'm able to provide my initial analysis of the fatal events that have occurred. Remember that this is an analysis only of fatal events- there have been literally hundreds of thousands of non-fatal landslides too, but at present we have no mechanism to collate these reliably.

I will seek to publish this data in a journal in the coming months, so the analysis presented here is provisional.

The methodology and background analysis is outlined in Froude and Petley (2018), which is an open access paper. There are also reflections on these analyses in Fidan et al. (2024), which is also open access.

As I have been describing through the year, 2024 was exceptional in every way in terms of fatal landslides. In total, I recorded 708 fatal landslides (excluding those triggered by an earthquake), costing 4,492 lives. In terms of the number of fatal landslides, this is the highest annual total that I have ever recorded, breaking the previous record by over 100 events.

Comment: Some of the global reports of deadly landslides due to heavy rainfall in just the last 2 months of 2024:

More reports from 2024 and prior years can be found here.

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Serious flooding in Rhodes, Greece


tovima.com
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 13:49 UTC
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© dimokratiki.grSerious problems from bad weather in Rhodes all night
Rhodes saw severe weather again on Saturday evening, with streets filling with water and mud.

The emergency 112 number sent out an alert at 2am Sunday calling on residents to limit their movements.

The bad weather hit the areas of Faliraki and Kalythia, and then spread to southern Rhodes and the city of Rhodes. Houses were also flooded in the Pylona area, while the streets were filled with water, mud and stones.

According to local news two people were evacuated from a trapped car on a flooded road in the Afantou area. Both have been transported to a safe location.

Civil Protection forces are in full mobilization. Crews from the South Aegean region and the municipality of Rhodes, as well as volunteer groups, are on standby to deal with any problems.

Rhodes was also hit with severe flooding in early December. Areas in the island were declared in a state of emergency by the Civil Protection Agency following severe flooding due to the Bora storm.

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Cloud Precipitation

Cars abandoned as flooding strikes north-west England


The Times
Wed, 01 Jan 2025 19:27 UTC
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Hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes after heavy rain and floods battered large parts of north-west England, leaving cars abandoned and cancelling trains.

Greater Manchester Police declared a major incident after torrential downpours across Stockport, Bolton, Didsbury, Harpurhey, Stalybridge and Wigan - with large parts of Lancashire and Cheshire also hit on New Year's Day.

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Singapore records heaviest rainfall leading to flash floods - 5.2 inches of rain in just over 2 hours - 41% of December rains

Samhati Bhattacharjya
International Business Times
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:57 UTC
The heaviest rainfall in Sunday's (Dec 29) deluge was 134.6mm, recorded in central Singapore from 3.15pm to 5.25pm.
© Lianhe ZaobaoThe heaviest rainfall in Sunday's (Dec 29) deluge was 134.6mm, recorded in central Singapore from 3.15pm to 5.25pm.
Due to heavy rain on Sunday there were reports of flash flooding in the Bukit Timah neighborhood.

According to the national water agency PUB, many parts of Singapore experienced heavy rainfall on Sunday afternoon. Due to high water levels in the adjacent drains and Bukit Timah Canal, flash floods started to occur around 5 pm along Dunearn Road and Bukit Timah Road near King Albert Park.

In a Sunday afternoon Facebook post, the agency stated, "PUB's Quick Response Teams were deployed ahead of the rain and later closed off affected lanes, directing traffic away from floodwaters." It was 20 minutes until the flash floods stopped.

The Bukit Timah area is prone to floods, according to PUB, and within the previous 10 years, drainage enhancement projects have been completed along the Bukit Timah Canal and Bukit Timah First Diversion Canal.

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Floods sweep through Bujarar area in eastern Libya

Abdulkader Assad
The Libya Observer
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:35 UTC
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Bujarar area in the municipality of Tokra in eastern Libya witnessed floods on Friday evening and Saturday morning, which caused damage to about 30 homes, without recording any injuries among citizens, according to what was reported by the Director of the Media Office of the Red Crescent, Tokra Branch, Mohammed Al-Dinali.

Al-Dinali has explained that the weather conditions are currently stable, while the Red Crescent teams continue to work to remove the effects of the floods, including opening the coastal road that was flooded by rainwater and securing the needs of the affected families.

On Thursday, the main emergency room in the Red Crescent's branch sent ambulance and emergency teams to the area after receiving reports of rising water levels.

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