Mukesh Singh Sengar NDTV Sun, 19 Jul 2020 09:04 UTC
As heavy rains whipped several parts of Delhi and nearby areas this morning, houses at a slum in Delhi's upscale ITO area collapsed when a canal running through the slum overflowed.
Dramatic visuals, shared on social media, show water gushing into the basement of a building under construction from the overflowing sewage drain.
As houses topple over and get washed away by the rushing water, residents can be heard screaming in the background. No one was present in the building at the time of the incident, officials told NDTV.
Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) and fire engines are present at the spot.
Rising water levels of the Yangtze river in Jiujiang, in China's central Jiangxi province
China's longest river has risen more than 50ft (15m) above flood level, as the country struggles with some of the most severe flooding in years.
At least 14 people have died and tens of thousands of others evacuated as central and southern parts of China are ravaged by floods caused by torrential rain.
Communities along the Yangtze, which flows from west to east, have been the worst affected by the annual monsoon season.
Three floodgates of the Three Gorges Dam that spans the Yangtze were opened as the water level behind the massive structure rose more than 15m above flood level, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
A once-in-500-year storm has slammed Northland, flooding shops and forcing residents to evacuate homes.
Fire crews rushed out to 212 emergency callouts as the storm dumped 220mm on Whangārei.
The heavy falls caused slips and landslides that closed roads and limited water supplies.
Whangārei residents were this morning being asked to conserve water after the city's water treatment plants were "struggling to cope with the intense rainfall", Whangārei District Council said.
Residents in Onerahi and Whangārei Heads were advised not to drink or use tap water except in emergencies after a burst water main on Riverside Dr drained local supplies.
Comment: Earlier this year the army was deployed to Northland as it experienced its 'worst drought on record'.
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Flooding in Rostov-on-Don, Russia: July 17, 2020.
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Flooding in India's northeastern state of Assam has affected over 3.9 million people, officials said Friday.
The floods have hit 27 districts in the state.
According to officials at Assam Disaster Management Authority, the ongoing flooding has affected 3,218 villages and damaged cropland spreading over 13 million hectares, besides affecting over 3.3 million animals.
On Thursday, the floods claimed five lives, which took the death toll to 71.
Altogether 25 unions in Sadar, Nagarpur, Delduar, Bhuapur, Kalihati and Gopalpur upazilas were flooded
About 1,320 hectares of fresh farmland have once again been inundated amid the ongoing flooding situation, triggered for a second time by incessant rains and water level rise of the major rivers in Tangail.
Previously, during the first phase that ended a few days ago, around 27,000 farmers incurred losses as crops on 3,839 hectares were inundated, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Tangail.
On Tuesday morning, the Jamuna, Jhinai and Dhaleshwari was flowing 35cm, 19cm and 67cm respectively above the danger mark at three different points in Tangail, according to Deputy Assistant Engineer Rezaul Karim of the Water Development Board (WDB) in Tangail.
The flash flood death toll in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province's district of Luwu Utara rose to 24 and 69 others were missing in the natural disaster, district head Indah Putri Indriani said Thursday.
At present there are 39 centers for the displaced people including those located in mountainous areas which can only be reached by two-wheeled vehicles to deliver logistics, Indriani was quoted by Detik.com website as saying.
"There are some points that can only be reached by two-wheeled vehicles, such as those in mountainous areas in Masamba city where the access is cut off, " she said, adding as bridges in the areas are broken down, the rescuers are trying to find alternative roads through other mountainous areas.
Firefighters in the Italian city of Palermo have worked through the night searching for people thought to have been trapped in a car in a flooded underpass after the most "violent" rainstorm in memory, according to local officials.
The rain, which reportedly fell intensely for several hours, caused widespread flooding in Palermo on Wednesday and resulted in the hospitalisation of two small children for hypothermia, Italian news agency ANSA said.
As the underpass search continued, police said they had received no report of people missing.
Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo on the island of Sicily, described the downpour as "the most violent rain in the history of the city since at least 1790, equal to that which falls in a year".
Comment: Another report by EuroWeekly states that 2 people died trapped inside a car.
China continues to be hit with 100 year floods and with flood gates wide open all along the Yangtze River, the only option to prevent over topping dams is to push water into vast swaths of farmland countryside. This is a reason in addition to the HK Dollar un-peg that the central government has bought the 2nd largest quantity of corn on record in a single purchase. China also unveiling 5G hydrogen driverless farm equipment line. Comet NeoWise in the skies.
Wide areas of Colombia have seen heavy rainfall since the start of July. According to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), the rain has caused over 80 incidents of flooding or landslides in 19 departments of the country, with over 5,000 families affected.
Meta, Putumayo and Antioquia Departments
Flooding in Meta Department affected the municipalities of El Castillo, Lejanías, El Dorado, Guamal, Cubarral, Granada, Acacias and Villavicencio. The departmental government reported on 06 July that 1,245 families were affected and 131 families evacuated. Twenty-four homes, several bridges and over 1,000 hectares of crops have been damaged. The Meta government said the Ariari, Guape, Guamal, Guayuriba, Urichare, Cumaral and La Cal rivers all overflowed after heavy rain in early July.
Hundreds of homes were damaged by flooding in Sibundoy and Mocoa municipalities of Putumayo Department on 04 July, 2020. Media report over 2,000 families were affected.
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Comment: Earlier this year the army was deployed to Northland as it experienced its 'worst drought on record'.