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18 die, 17 hurt as landslide hits bus in Mizoram, Northeastern India

Linda Chhakchhuak
The Telegraph, India
Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:16 UTC
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Mizoram orders probe to ascertain cause of accident

At least 18 persons died and 17 were injured when a landslide from a roadside quarry hit a night bus at Keifang village in Champhai district of western Mizoram on the Indo-Myanmar border, about 100km from this capital town, last night.

The bus, run by a Champhai-based private transport agency KZ Travels, was travelling from Champhai town to Aizawl. It had almost reached the end of this quarry around 1am when the boulders came crashing down, hitting the rear of the bus and pushing it over the deep gorge, survivors said.

Travellers along this road have often complained about the quarry, fearing landslides, but the authorities have failed to take action.

As news spread, people from nearby villages gathered at the site and started rescue work. At least five persons, a family of four (Dengthuama, 24, his wife Malsawmtluangi, 24, and their children Zothanmawia, 4, and Zomuanpuii, 3) and a man, escaped unhurt.
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Flash flooding fears prompt state of emergency in British Columbia


CBC News
Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:53 UTC
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© CBCLast month, flash flooding near Sicamous, B.C., washed the highway, damaging several vehicles and cutting off road access and drinking water supplies to hundreds of residences.
Fears about the possibility of a flash flood have led a city in British Columbia's Cariboo region to declare a state of local emergency.

The City of Quesnel, located 114 kilometres south of Prince George, B.C., says specialists from Emergency Management BC have visited the site of a landslide on Baker Creek, near Pinnacles Provincial Park.

They say the slide may have taken place as early as June 28, creating a blockage and backing up water to a depth of three to 3.6 metres.
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Bus Falls into Deep Gorge During Landslide in India


Associated Press
Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:15 UTC
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© presstv.irPeople look at a bus that fell off a bridge in India’s northwestern state of Maharashtra on June 16, 2012.
A government official in India says 18 people are dead after a bus fell into a deep gorge after being hit by hurtling boulders during a landslide in the mountainous northeast. Another 17 people are injured.

Gauhati, India - A government official in India says 18 people are dead after a bus fell into a deep gorge after being hit by hurtling boulders during a landslide in the mountainous northeast. Another 17 people are injured.

Arunachal Pradesh state Transport Minister Zoram Sangliana says the bus plunged about 45 meters (150 feet) into the gorge early Saturday near Keifang, a village 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Aizawl, the state capital. Monsoon rains triggered the landslide in the region.
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Floods kill 2 in Philippines, halt traffic


Statesman.com
Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:15 UTC
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© AP Photo/Bullit Marquez Children play in floodwaters following heavy monsoon rains spawned by a tropical depression in Manila, Philippines, Saturday July 21, 2012. The heavy rains flooded most parts of metropolitan Manila Saturday forcing cancellation of classes, creating massive traffic jams and closure of some businesses.
Torrential monsoon rains have inundated large areas of the northern Philippines, leaving at least two people dead and six missing and halting traffic in parts of the capital for many hours.

The weather bureau says the rains early Saturday were aggravated by a passing tropical depression.

A civil defense report says the body of a man was recovered from floodwaters in Laguna province south of Manila and another person drowned in a swollen creek in northern La Union province.

Many roads in the sprawling capital area were underwater for hours, halting traffic.

Suburban Pasay City Mayor Antonio Calixto says some areas near Manila's airport had neck-deep floods, forcing vehicles to take other routes.
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China: 10 Dead, 30,000 Evacuated in Beijing Downpour

Yang Lina
Xinhua
Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:00 UTC
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© Xinhua/Li FangyuFirefighters pull a submerged car near Guangqumen Bridge in Beijing, capital of China, July 21, 2012.
The heaviest rain in six decades in the Chinese capital has left 10 people dead, Beijing authorities said Sunday.

As of 4 a.m. Sunday, more than 30,000 residents in districts of Fangshan, Huairou, Mentougou and Pinggu as well as Miyun and Yanqing counties were relocated, the city's floods control headquarters said at 9 a.m.

In Fangshan, where the maximum precipitation reached 460 mm in Hebei Township as of 6 a.m., road traffic in 12 townships was disrupted. Mobile telecommunication services and Internet access were cut off in six townships, the headquarters said.
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Tornado downed trees near Locustville, Virginia

Carol Vaughn
delmarvanow.com
Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:24 UTC
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Viewer photo of reported tornado from from WTKR.com.
The Accomack County Department of Public Safety said its investigation found signs of tornado damage after a tornado reportedly touched down near Locustville on Saturday afternoon.

Newly hired Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator Doug Jones told the Board of Supervisors DOS personnel found damage to trees in the area behind Accawmacke Elementary School as well as the wooded area off Nedab Lane.

One vehicle received minor damage from a fallen tree and numerous trees were downed and were found to be twisted off from the ground up.

Several roads also flooded during the storm, which reportedly dumped nearly 4 inches of rain in some spots near Locustville and up to 6 inches in Gargatha.

No injuries were reported and no structural damage was found besides downed electric wires and a pole.
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When the heavens opened over New York: Incredible pictures of torrential rain, lightning, and hail breaking the city's heatwave


Daily Mail
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:35 UTC
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© UnknownNew Yorkers were hit with a torrential rain storm that turned the air from a humid summer swelter to a soggy downpour in a New York minute Wednesday afternoon. While those on the ground watched in disbelief as a sunny day turned into a hailstorm with inch-wide ice chunks hurling down from the sky, the best view was from above.
Manhattanites were hit with a torrential rain storm that turned the air from a humid summer swelter to a soggy downpour in a New York minute. As pedestrians took cover, meteorologists looked for explanations. 'It went out with a bang,' National Weather Service meteorologist Joey Pica said of the triple-digit heat that suffocated the city for the past three days.

While those on the ground watched in disbelief as a sunny day turned into a hailstorm with inch-wide ice chunks hurling down from the sky, the best view was from above. Instagram and Twitter quickly filled with images of the storm from people flying around the city at the time of the late-afternoon storm.

Arguably the best image comes from former NFL player Dhani Jones, who captured a moment when all of the precipitation of the city swirled in one frightful column, harkening something out of a villainous fantasy film. At the time, Jones was flying out of LaGuardia airport, which is in Queens, and was able to see over Queens and into part of Manhattan.

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Flood warnings in Scotland as up to three inches of rain are forecast in the west

Alistair Grant
Daily Record
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:52 UTC
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Gloomy July is set to get gloomier - with more flood warnings in the Central Belt and the south of Scotland. The Met Office warned the west can expect up to three inches of rain, with half an inch in the east. Government forecasters said up to two inches' rain had already fallen yesterday in south-west Scotland. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency are expected to issue flood alerts.

Scotland's sunshine is down more than 50 per cent this month at just 34 hours - around two hours a day - on course to beat 1931's record low of 84 hours. Maximum temperatures average just 15.2C, down 1.7C on the usual - and on track for one of the top 10 coldest ever Julys and the coldest since 1993's 14.8C. Records began in 1910.

Rainfall is more than treble the usual in parts, with Midlothian on course for one of its wettest Julys after being soaked by 106mm of rain.
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Incredible moment a Canadian news crew narrowly escaped devastating landslide while investigating another earlier landslide

Kyle DeNuccio
GrindTV Outdoor
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:35 UTC
A Canadian news crew investigating a deadly landslide was caught off-guard when another large slide struck Johnsons Landing, British Columbia on Friday.

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Two feared dead in English landslide as worsening weather causes chaos

Steven Morris
The Guardian
Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:33 UTC
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© Jon Rowley/SWNS.comBeaminster tunnel: Dorset police said one body had been found in a car covered by a landslide and a second was thought to be concealed in the mud.
A man and woman are feared to have died in a mud-filled car found more than a week after it was buried under a landslide caused by torrential rain.

The car was discovered on Monday evening under hundreds of tonnes of mud, earth, bricks and vegetation at the entrance to the Beaminster tunnel in Dorset, which has been closed since a landslide on 7 July.

Avon and Somerset police had been searching for a man and woman who had been missing since the time of the landslide. However, nobody had any idea their car had been caught in the mud.

Dorset police, firefighters and engineers only began searching the landslip after detectives managed to work out from phone and credit card records that the couple had been in the Beaminster area.
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