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Emergency warning issued for regions of Queensland, Australia as 'slow-moving' severe thunderstorms smash state - 3.2 inches of rain in an hour

Ryan Bourke and Blake Antrobus
News.com.au
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:57 UTC
One Kingaroy resident captured video of streets being inundated with floodwaters.
One Kingaroy resident captured video of streets being inundated with floodwaters.
A major emergency warning has been issued for parts of Queensland after a regional city was smashed by 82mm of rain in a single hour.

Kingaroy, in the South Burnett region of Queensland, was hit by the deluge on Monday night, with one resident capturing footage of the city's waterlogged streets.

"I haven't seen that since 2011," another person in the car is heard saying as the vehicle drives past torrents of water.

A woman is heard saying someone outside the local IGA is "stuck".

A whopping 82mm of rain was recorded earlier in the afternoon, while 68mm was recorded in Dalby, in the Western Downs region.

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Best of the Web: Three dead as massive waves 13 feet high slam Peru, Ecuador and Chile


Yahoo! News
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:24 UTC
The waves left many fishing boats and crews stranded at sea.
© Reuters: Instagram/@Pura_FintaThe waves left many fishing boats and crews stranded at sea.
Three deaths have been blamed on large waves up to 13 feet (four meters) pummeling Ecuador, Chile and Peru, where nearly 100 ports have been closed because of the rough conditions.

Ecuador's secretary for risk management, Jorge Carillo, told a media conference that an "extreme event" was occurring and warned that similar phenomena could be expected in the future.

He added that "unfortunately, we have two deaths, both recorded" in Ecuador's southwestern Manta region.

Another was recorded in Chile, the country's navy said, after a 30-year-old man was found dead at a beach.

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Five dead in flooding and landslides amid year-end holidays in Indonesia


The Star (Malaysia)
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:09 UTC
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Extreme weather conditions that continue to hit the country amid the year-end holidays have resulted in the deaths of at least five individuals and caused thousands of others to flee their homes for safety.

According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), three people including an 8-year-old boy died in landslides that hit Karang Anyar subdistrict in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, early on Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, heavy rain in Simalungun regency, North Sumatra, caused the Bah Sombu River to overflow and wash away a house with two people inside, both of whom died in the incident, which occurred around 8 a.m. on Christmas Day.

The BNPB also recorded flooding in Situbondo, East Java, and Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra, several days ago, leaving 134 houses inundated in Situbondo and 80 people affected in Mandailing Natal.

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Flooding in Havana, Cuba after heavy rains - 8 inches in 24 hours for the island


en.cibercuba.com
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:26 UTC
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The heavy rains that fell in Havana on Friday caused severe flooding in several municipalities.

Images and videos circulating on social media reveal the extent to which the waters have risen in the lowest areas of the city.

The meteorologist Raydel Ruisanchez shared photos and videos on Facebook taken on Libertad Street in the Santos Suárez neighborhood, Diez de Octubre municipality.

"As we had anticipated, the rains became heavy in areas of the west," emphasized the expert.


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In the last 24 hours, heavy and locally intense rains have occurred towards areas of the northern coast of Las Tunas in eastern Cuba with accumulations that have exceeded 100 and 200 mm.

For the rest of the day, both the GFS weather model, and the mesoescale model WRF show significant accumulation towards areas of the center of the country, which come to be to lesser measure for the western region and concentrated towards the north coast, these rains may come to be again strong and intense.

The situation continues to be related to the transport of low clouds coming from the sea and abundant moisture content in the different layers of the troposphere.

By tomorrow these unstable conditions will move further west over the western region.


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Greece hit by Storm Elena: Torrential rainfall causes flooding


Lastly.com
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:07 UTC
The heavy rains flooded many roads in northern Evia.
© Greek ReporterThe heavy rains flooded many roads in northern Evia.
Greece has been in the grip of a wet weather front named Elena since Christmas, causing traffic disruptions and flooding across the country, authorities said Thursday.

In Athens, many northern and southern suburbs residents woke up on Thursday to heavy rainfall, which flooded dozens of houses and swept away cars. The Fire Brigade received at least 40 telephone calls to pump out water and remove fallen trees from roads.

Elena delivered the heaviest rainfall in Attica's mountainous areas of Vilia and Penteli, far from the severe flooding experienced in the southern suburbs. The worst-hit areas included the port region of Piraeus and nearby Alimos.

The Peace and Friendship Stadium in the southern seaside area of the Greek capital near Piraeus Port was also flooded, and authorities are still assessing the damage, Xinhua news agency reported.

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Flooding kills at least 13 in Haiti, 15 injured


uniindia.com
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:40 UTC
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© Kervenson Martial / The Haitian TimesResidents navigate flooded streets in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, on Dec. 23, 2024. A vehicle is partially submerged after heavy rains triggered flooding and deadly landslides in the region.
At least 13 people have died and 15 more have been injured as a result of flooding in four departments in Haiti, the AlterPresse news agency has reported, citing the country's Civil Defence Commission.

Over the course of several days, the flood has destroyed over 500 houses in the Haitian departments of Nord, Nord-Ouest, Grand'Anse, and Nippes, the agency said on Thursday, adding that about 100 houses have been damaged and more than 16,500 remain flooded.

One person has been declared missing.

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime has announced the creation of a special interagency unit for coordination of a swift and effective response to the downpour and flooding.

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44 villages hit by floods in Bicol, Philippines - 2 people dead

Ma. April Mier-Manjares
Inquirer.net
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53 UTC
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Heavy rains brought by the shear line on Christmas Day caused floods in at least 44 villages in Camarines Sur and left two dead in separate incidents in the province and in nearby Camarines Norte.

In a report on Thursday, the Camarines Sur police said Jeffrey Lamitao, 41, was found dead in an irrigation canal at Barangay Lourdes Young in Nabua town around 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

Police said Lamitao was last seen walking near the irrigation at 6 a.m. that day.

In Camarines Norte, a resident of Lupi town in Camarines Sur, who was not identified in the police report, was also found dead in Basud town at 11:45 a.m. after he was reported missing on Christmas Eve.

An initial police report said the victim was swept away by floodwaters while riding a carabao and crossing the spillway at Barangay San Vicente in Lupi at 9 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Flash flooding in Fiji, with more rain expected after 5 inches of rainfall in 24 hours


RNZ
Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:11 UTC
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Fiji police say those living in flood-prone areas in the Western Division should move to higher ground due to flooding.

The police put the statement on social media just after 4pm, local time.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations Livai Driu said continuous rain from morning has seen flooding in some areas.

"For precautionary measures, we are urging people to move to higher ground now or to an evacuation centre," he said.

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Year-end floods submerge several areas in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia


Indonesiaexpat.id
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:25 UTC
Year-End Floods Submerge Several Areas in Kuta, Bali.
© JPNNYear-End Floods Submerge Several Areas in Kuta, Bali.
A number of highways and residents' houses in the Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali, were submerged in floodwaters due to high rainfall on Sunday, the 22nd of December.

Denpasar Police Public Relations Chief, AKP I Ketut Sukadi, said the flooding and waterlogging in the Kuta area were caused by high rainfall over a long duration from the previous Saturday to the following Sunday. The water channels were unable to accommodate the rainwater.

"The cause [of the floods] is very high rainfall with a long duration evenly distributed in the Bali area," said Sukadi to the press on Sunday afternoon.

Sukadi further explained that on Sunday morning, around 07:30 local time, monitoring and data collection had been carried out regarding the natural disaster caused by heavy rain throughout the day in the Kuta area. Government officials have deployed water pumps to remove the floodwaters and have also regulated traffic flow.

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Two people die as others rescued from vehicles trapped in floodwaters in Tshwane, South Africa


Times Live
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:43 UTC
: Floods wreaked havoc in Centurion, south of Tshwane.
Floods wreaked havoc in Centurion, south of Tshwane.
A motorcyclist and a motorist died after being swept into a river and firefighters had to rescue several other motorists and injured people from low-lying flooded areas in Tshwane on Friday.

The City of Tshwane's emergency services responded to various incidents in flooded areas in Centurion and Irene, south of the capital.

Spokesperson Lindsay Zwelithini Mnguni said the first incident was reported to the emergency communication centre (ECC) before 10pm involving a vehicle sinking in Centurion.

"The ECC immediately dispatched firefighting resources from Centurion fire station to the scene. These included a fire engine and a district commander's unit. Other resources were dispatched from Central and Innesdale fire stations as backup," Mnguni said.

He said they also dispatched their swiftwater rescue unit, a video unit and an additional district commander's unit.

"On arrival, the firefighters found that a car was stuck in the river with two occupants," he said.

The occupants, who were unharmed, were successfully rescued from the vehicle.

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