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Deadly floods strike south Thailand for second time in a month; foot of rainfall in a day

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:26 UTC

Tourists wear flotation devices and moped riders pause before crossing a flooded roadway on Ko Samui, Thailand Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

Flooding has affected at least 8 provinces in the south of Thailand. Thousands have been affected and at least 6 people have died.

The rains - unusually heavy for this time of year - have been falling since around 31 December, 2016. Nakhon Si Thammarat recorded more than 300 mm in one day. Forecasts say that more rain is expected over the coming 48 hours.

This is the second deadly flood event within a month in south Thailand. At least 11 people died and 350,000 were affected after flooding struck southern provinces in December 2016.

Thailand's The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) is preparing to provide assistance to the thousands of victims currently affected by flooding in the southern provinces.

100 year floods hit Denmark

The Local Denmark
Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:31 UTC

Water levels in parts of Denmark reached up to 177cm above normal on Thursday morning after a predicted winter storm swept through the nation. The water rose so high in areas in southern Denmark that the Danish Meteorology Institute (DMI) said that levels reached heights that statistically only come once a century.

"We had 100-year floods in Sønderborg, Bagenkop, Aabenraa, Rødbyhavn, Hesnæs, Rødvig and Køge," DMI spokesman Frank Nielsen told broadcaster DR early on Thursday.

The highest recorded levels were in southern Lolland and Jutland, where water topped out at 177 centimetres above normal. In Copenhagen, water rose 87cm while just south of the city in Dragør the water level was 139cm above normal.

DMI said that the waters wouldn't recede until late morning on Thursday.

Despite the so-called 100-year flooding, the storm's arrival was so well warned in advance that emergency preparations were able to avert major damage.

2016 saw highest natural disaster losses in four years at $175 billion

Merrit Kennedy
NPR
Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:33 UTC

Hurricane Matthew. The earthquake in Japan. Flooding in the Deep South, China and Europe. Wildfires in Canada.

Last year sometimes felt like one natural catastrophe after another. Now, new figures from reinsurer Munich Re suggest that it was indeed a particularly bad year.

Natural catastrophes caused the highest losses worldwide in the last four years, at $175 billion, Munich Re said. It recorded some 750 events globally, including "earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts and heatwaves." The reinsurer added that about 30 percent of those losses were insured.

North America "experienced 160 loss events in 2016, the most since 1980," the reinsurer added.

Globally, the costliest single event was the devastating earthquake on the Japanese island of Kyushu, at $31 billion. Here's the breakdown of the five most costly disasters worldwide:

U.S. had more floods in 2016 than any year since records began in 1980

Doyle Rice
AZCentral
Wed, 04 Jan 2017 20:16 UTC

2016 really was the year of the flood in the U.S.: In total, 19 separate floods swamped the nation last year, the most in one single year since records began in 1980.

This is according to an analysis by Munich Re, a global reinsurance firm.

The worst flood was in August in Louisiana. At least 13 people were killed and roughly 60,000 buildings were destroyed. The disaster cost $10 billion, Munich Re reported, which noted it was the worst natural catastrophe in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

"We had a lot of severe flash floods in heavily developed areas," said meteorologist Mark Bove of Munich Re.

Other major flood disasters in 2016 included those in West Virginia in June, Houston in April and Maryland in July. "We did get very unlucky" last year, Bove said.

6 killed as storms, tornadoes & floods sweep southeast US leaving trail of destruction (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

RT
Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:41 UTC

At least six people have been killed after powerful storms, spawning several tornadoes, battered parts of the southeast United States, leaving a trail of destruction.

Four people were killed in Rehobeth, Alabama on Monday evening after a tree fell through their mobile home.

Last winter's floods in the UK worst in 100 years confirms NERC centre report

NERC
Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:04 UTC

A NERC centre's scientific review of the winter floods of 2015-2016 confirms that the event was one of the most extreme and severe hydrological events of the last century.

The study, carried out by scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) in collaboration with the British Hydrological Society (BHS), recognises that the episode ranks alongside the floods of 1947 as one of the two largest flood events of the last 100 years at least.

The new hydrological appraisal - 'The Winter Floods of 2015-16 in the UK', published on the first anniversary of Storm Desmond (5 December) - brings together both river flow and meteorological data in an analysis of the events that led to extensive river flooding in northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of Wales over a three month period.

Storm Desmond alone caused an estimated insurance bill of more than £1·3bn when it struck on 5-6 December 2015.

Threat of floods is shifting across the US: Risk increasing in the north, but dropping in the south

Stacy Liberatore
Daily Mail
Fri, 30 Dec 2016 23:02 UTC

With shifting rainfall patterns and amounts of water in the ground, the risk of flooding in the US is changing across the nation. Researcher says the north half of the country is at a greater risk of flooding, while the threat has declined in the West, South and Southwest regions.

With shifting rainfall patterns and ground water amounts, the risk of flooding in the US is changing across the nation.

Researcher are now warning the north half of the country is at a greater risk of flooding, while the threat has declined in the West, South and Southwest regions.

After analyzing data from streams and NASA satellites, the team discovered that the amount of ground water in the northern area of the US has increased.

The University of Iowa engineers Gabriele Villarini and Louise Slater made the discovery by comparing data from 2,042 streams with satellite information gathered over more than a dozen of years by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission showing 'basin wetness,' or the amount of water stored in the ground.

Worst flood in 30 years say residents of Terengganu, Malaysia

New Straits Times
Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:11 UTC

The floods in Malaysia's east coast, which some describe as the worst in 30 years, forcing the evacuation of thousands in Terengganu and Kelantan.

Floods sweeping the state constituency of Telemong have been described by residents as the worst in 30 years.

For Isa Kassim, 65, of Kampung Kuala Ping, the deluge reminded him of another major flood in 1986.

"At that time, my children were still young, ranging from one to four years. I waded through flood waters carrying my three children, while my wife had to struggle with flood waters up to her neck.

"At that time, my family and I evacuated at 9pm, as we did not expect the water to rise so fast. Only Allah knows how we fought the swift waters to save our children," he said when met by Bernama here yesterday.

Isa, who is a retired civil servant, said at that time, facilities were still lacking and many villagers had to seek shelter at the nearest neighbour's or relative's house.

"I moved to my uncle's house. We stayed and ate at his house, as there were no evacuation facilities then.

The floods in Terengganu worsens as more than 4,000 people are still seeking shelter at relief centres.

Floods leave 50 dead and thousands homeless in Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:28 UTC

flood damage in Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo, 27 December 2016.

A storm and torrential rain in the port city of Boma in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week caused severe flooding after the Kalamu river to burst its banks on Tuesday, 27 December 2016.

The government of Kongo Central province says that at least 50 people have died in the floods. Over 1,000 homes have been destroyed and many others damaged, leaving as many as 10,000 homeless.

Governor Jacques Mbadu Nsitu visited Boma on 27 December. He said that levels of the river rose dramatically to between 2 and 3 meters high within about two hours.

The Kongo Central provincial government said that the local and provincial government along with humanitarian organisations and NGOs have responded to the emergency, burying the dead and cleaning affected areas. Some of the victims are yet to be identified and full damage assessments are still to be carried out. Parts of the city are still covered in flood debris and mud which is up to a meter deep in some places. The governor said that there is a fear that more bodies may be buried in the mud and teams will continue to search affected areas.

Food insecurity scare hits Upper East Ghana after 2016 floods

Edward Adeti
Ghana/Starrfmonline
Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:51 UTC

Residents of the Upper East region have expressed fears 2017 may unleash a degree of food insecurity severe enough to push several households over the edge.

Public anxiety about the hunger ahead follows some natural disasters that left some farmlands with poor harvests in 2016. Acres of croplands, estimated in thousands, were washed away in more than a half of the region's 13 municipalities and districts.

The affected areas, where 1,467 children were among some 2,718 people displaced after no fewer than 450 houses, according to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), got submerged in tidal waves, included Bongo, Bolgatanga, Kassena-Nankana East, Builsa North, Kassena-Nankana West, Builsa South, Nabdam, Bawku West and Talensi. The livestock that got missing in the unstable belly of the blind floods were numberless.

"As I'm talking to you today, there are households that cannot even get their breakfast, not to talk about their three square meals a day. The year started with floods that [engulfed] the farms and when the farmers thought they could reorganise after the heavy rains, the [rain scarcity] came in. The aged are feeling the suffering more," a resident, Ayeoh-duko Akobulgo-zotipelba, told Starr News in Bolgatanga, the regional capital.

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Deadly floods strike south Thailand for second time in a month; foot of rainfall in a day

100 year floods hit Denmark

2016 saw highest natural disaster losses in four years at $175 billion

U.S. had more floods in 2016 than any year since records began in 1980

6 killed as storms, tornadoes & floods sweep southeast US leaving trail of destruction (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Last winter's floods in the UK worst in 100 years confirms NERC centre report

Threat of floods is shifting across the US: Risk increasing in the north, but dropping in the south

Worst flood in 30 years say residents of Terengganu, Malaysia

Floods leave 50 dead and thousands homeless in Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Food insecurity scare hits Upper East Ghana after 2016 floods

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