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Floods in Alcácer do Sal
In statements to the Lusa news agency, António Grilo, councilor responsible for Civil Protection in the Alcácer do Sal City Council, in the Setúbal district, said that the Sado River "ended up overflowing the retaining wall" on the riverfront and "putting some water on the public road," without "causing any kind of damage."
"Also on 'Avenida dos Aviadores' we continue to have the same volume of water and the expectation is that it will remain so for many hours," he added.
In addition to the rain that has fallen in recent days and the rising tide of the Sado River, "the dams upstream continue to release a lot of water and, at the moment, we are unable to change the situation," he reported.
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A violent frontal system that hit the Metropolitan Region this Saturday left serious consequences in Maipú and other communes of the capital, turning Camino Melipilla into a veritable urban river.
The most critical situation is recorded between the intersection of Camino Melipilla and Pajaritos, in front of GoodYear, and Ciudad Satélite, where at least one of the roads remains completely flooded due to the intense rain that fell in just one hour.
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The authorities give compensation to a shepherd in the Solan area on Sunday.
The mishap occured when the shepherds were pitching their tents for the night.
The Solan SDM informed that 54 goats and sheep had died in the incident, adding that an interim relief of Rs 50,000 had been disbursed by the Tehsildar.
Veterinary doctors were requisitioned for the examination of surviving goats in the area, besides conducting post-mortem of the deceased cattle.
The SDM informed that shepherds from Kinnaur were camping in the said area when lightning stuck.
© AFPThis videograb shows Rubaya mine in DR Congo's North Kivu province.
The mine, located some 60km (37 miles) northwest of Goma city, the provincial capital of North Kivu province, collapsed on Wednesday, and the precise number of casualties was still unclear as of Friday evening, Reuters reports.
"More than 200 people were victims of this landslide, including miners, children and market women. Some people were rescued just in time and have serious injuries," Muyisa told Reuters, adding that about 20 injured people were being treated in health facilities.
"We are in the rainy season. The ground is fragile. It was the ground that gave way while the victims were in the hole," he said.
Eraston Bahati Musanga, the governor of North Kivu province appointed by the M23 rebel group, told the AFP news agency on Friday that "some bodies have been recovered", without giving a specific figure of the number of those killed and injured, but suggesting a potentially high death toll.
After the warnings from the General Directorate of Meteorology, heavy rainfall that was effective in Adana and Mersin in the morning hours caused flooding. Due to the flood, which negatively affected daily life, cemeteries were submerged, streams overflowed, roads turned into lakes, and homes and workplaces were flooded.
The tragedy raises to 14 the number of victims of the rains in the state of São Paulo since the beginning of December. Of this total, six deaths occurred in similar situations involving flash floods.
The storm, which lasted about 40 minutes and recorded more than 50 millimeters of precipitation, caused flooding in neighborhoods in the central region of the city. The force of the water even ripped up the asphalt on one of the main avenues of Piracicaba, which has approximately 425,000 inhabitants and is located in the central region of the state.
In the last 12 hours, the city accumulated more than 80 millimeters of rain, according to data from the Integrated Hydrographic Basin System (SIBH), of SP Águas. Measuring stations in the municipality indicated rapid increases in the level of the Piracicaba River, which runs through the city center.
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© Alexander NEMENOV / AFPThe record snowfall was caused by deep and extensive cyclones
AFP images from the city of around 13 million people showed residents struggling to make their way through heavy piles of snow on the streets in its central district.
Commuter trains in the Moscow area were delayed, AFP reporters witnessed, and cars were stuck in long traffic jams on Thursday evening.
"January was a cold and unusually snowy month in Moscow," the university said on social media.
"By January 29, the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory had recorded almost 92 mm of precipitation, which is already the highest value in the last 203 years," it added.
The provincial director of Equipment and Water in Larache, Azzedine Aittalab, told Morocco's news agency today that teams are currently installing temporary barriers to prevent the river's waters from reaching at-risk areas.
He said the efforts are part of broader preventive measures aimed at safeguarding citizens, protecting property, and ensuring people's safety, recalling a task force and a vigilance committee chaired by Larache province governor Bouassam El Alamine that have been operational since Tuesday to closely follow developments after the weather alerts.
He said the committee conducted inspections to assess conditions along the river, focusing on several sensitive points.
Comment: Moscow thus joins Toronto in experiencing both its all-time highest snowfall for January, and its snowiest January overall in the modern era.