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US Colorado Monsoon Floods Denver-area


The Washington Post/ Associated Press
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00 UTC
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© CBS Denver
Doug Clark took this photo of a car that either plunged into or was swept into a swollen viaduct on July 7 after heavy rain
Denver - A fast moving storm has dumped heavy rain in the Denver area, causing minor street flooding and trapping some people in their cars in high water.

Denver fire officials tell KUSA-TV that some people were rescued from submerged cars in north Denver Thursday afternoon. Tornado sirens went off, but it wasn't clear if a funnel cloud was spotted. The National Weather Service said up to 2 inches fell in less than an hour in the northeast Denver area.

South of Denver, lightning knocked out power for about an hour to 240 utility customers in Colorado Springs. The Gazette reports lightning also ignited a small fire at a house in Fountain in El Paso County.

There were no immediate reports of injuries. Heavy rains were also reported in southern Colorado.
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US Baltimore: Heavy rains Cause Hazardous Conditions

Jessica Anderson
The Baltimore Sun
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00 UTC
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A series of heavy storms that formed over the Mason Dixon line Thursday night caused numerous hazards and power outages, mainly in Baltimore city and county.

A roof was blown off a Dundalk apartment building; a driver had to be rescued from an SUV, and non-working traffic signals and downed trees and wires were reported during the storms, Baltimore County police said.

The roof was torn from an apartment building in the 3100 block of Four Seasons Court just before 7 p.m., while another roof was ripped from a house in the 900 block of Catawba Court in Halethorpe in the southwestern part of the county, police said. In the 1900 block of Halethorpe Avenue, fire crews had to rescue a driver from an SUV around 8:30 p.m., police said.
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Australia: Commuters Face Day of Chaos as Wind Blasts State

Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00 UTC
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© Rachel Murdolo
Passengers injured ... a tree causes huge damage to a train at Medlow Bath, in the Blue Mountains, last night. Three people needed to be treated at the scene.
Sydneysiders are preparing for more extreme weather after 33,000 people were left without power and three people were injured when two trains were hit by falling trees last night.

Gales of up to 140km/h brought down trees, power lines and traffic lights, caused commuter chaos and delayed domestic arrivals at Sydney Airport.

At Medlow Bath in the Blue Mountains, paramedics were called to treat three people when a train reportedly carrying 20 passengers had its front carriage crushed by a falling tree.
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Global warming? Chile's Atacama Desert hit with record snowfall


Huffington Post
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:54 UTC
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One of the driest places on the planet has just experienced its heaviest snowfall in almost two decades.

As the BBC is reporting, the Atacama desert region in Chile was virtually buried with an estimated 31.5 inches of snow after a cold front brought subzero temperatures to much of South America, including Argentina and Uruguay.

Officials from Chile's Directorate of Meteorology said the area had not seen this amount of snow in close to 20 years. Local media reports said authorities rescued a total of 36 people who had been caught in the storm, the Associated Press reports.
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Storm shuts down nuclear reactor in central Russia


RIA Novosti
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:12 UTC
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© Viktor Chernov
Radiation levels around the NPP remain unchanged and the work of the fourth reactor will resume after the repairs on two damaged power lines have been done.
A powerful thunderstorm forced the shutdown of one of the reactors at the Balakovskaya nuclear power plant (NPP) in central Russia, the plant's press service said on Friday.

"A thunderstorm on the border of the Saratov and the Samara regions in the late evening of July 7 damaged two power supply lines serving the fourth reactor at the Balakovskaya nuclear power plant, causing an automatic safety shutdown," the plant's press service said in a statement.
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32 inches of snow falls in driest place on Earth!

Mark Dunphy
Irish Weather Online
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:14 UTC
Atacama snow

Emergency services were forced to rescue stranded motorists following heavy snowfall
One of the driest spots on earth has experienced its heaviest snowfall in almost two decades, according to the Chilean Directorate of Meteorology (DMC).

A cold front brought up to 80 centimetres (31.5 inches) of snow to the Atacama desert region of South America forcing emergency services to close local roads and rescue dozens of motorists from their vehicles. The temperature in the Chilean capital, Santiago, dropped below minus 8c on Wednesday. Neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay are also experiencing subzero temperatures.
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Landslide Kills At Least 12 People in Bangladesh


Mercury News
Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:25 UTC
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© AP Photo/Shinku Dhar
Volunteers and firefighters look for bodies at the site of a landslide in Chittagong, 216 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 1, 2011.
A landslide triggered by days of incessant rain killed at least 12 people Friday in southeastern Bangladesh, a fire official said.

A big chunk of earth from a hill buried the victims' thatched huts as they slept in Chittagong city's Tigerpass area, fire official Farid Ahmed said. A concrete wall built to prevent landslides collapsed, he said.

Ahmed said rescuers recovered 12 bodies and two survivors from the rubble and were searching for others believed to be trapped. According to residents, at least 15 people lived in the huts, he said.

He said many other families are living in the area despite warnings. They mainly work as day laborers or housemaids.

Manjurul Alam, mayor of Chittagong city, visited the area and ordered the immediate evacuation of the remaining residents to avoid further casualties.
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Rain-Triggered Landslide Covers Building, Killing 18 in China


China Daily
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:57 UTC
More than 400 rescuers battled to find people among debris

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© Zhang Hongzhong/China Daily
Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide in Lueyang, Shaanxi province, on Tuesday.
Xi'an - Eighteen people were confirmed dead and four were injured when a rain-triggered landslide hit Lueyang county in northwestern Shaanxi province on Tuesday, local authorities said on Wednesday.

Torrential rain pounded Lueyang from 3 am to midday on Tuesday, triggering the 5,000-cubic-meter landslide that engulfed a two-story building in the county seat at 11:15 am, the government of Hanzhong city, which administers Lueyang, said in a statement.

The local government sent more than 400 people to the site to carry out rescue operations.

The teams reached 22 trapped people but 17 were already dead. One died after treatment failed. The four who were injured were treated in hospital.

Also in Lueyang, 80-year-old villager Sun Guiying remains missing after she was swept away while crossing a fast-moving river on Tuesday.
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India: Landslides Kill Six Personnel, Injure Seven


E-Pao
Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00 UTC
In a tragic incident of nature taking toll on human, a massive landslides along NH 53 today killed six personnel of Indian Reserved Battalion (IRB) and Manipur Rifles even as seven personnel were critically injured.

According to police report, the convoy led by AC 2nd IRB S Ingo was heading to Jiribam district headquarters to escort loaded freight trucks and oil tankers.

They had just reach Sinam Khul near Kotlen about 25 km from Imphal when the landslide struck them hit the bus in which they were travelling.

The bus was travelling with five commando teams and some personnel on other vehicles as Road Opening Party (ROP) .

The six ill fated personnel who were killed in the tragic accident were Havildar Yaima of 5th IRB, rifleman Diamond of 5th MR, rifleman Surchandra of 5th MR, rifleman Maradona of 6th IRB, rifleman Lakshman of 8th MR and rifleman Nasir Khan of 2nd MR.The injured personnel were 1st MR rifleman T Sandang Maring (31), 3rd IRB personnel Takhellambam Sushil (23) of Thoubal Athokpam Mayai Leikai, 2nd MR rifleman Ningrei (42) of Nunghu, 3rd IRB rifleman Thaimei (27) of Khoupum, 6th IRB rifleman Sapam Inao of Waikhong, 1st IRB rifleman Ambang (37) of Tumnoupokpi and 6th MR rifleman Athokpam James (30) of Kongba Laishram Leikai.
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Colorado, US: Flood Damages Buildings in Vail

Scott N. Miller
Vail Daily
Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00 UTC
Mud, water create big cleanup job, do minimal damage

A combination of rainfall, snowmelt and crumbling debris dams pushed Middle Creek in Vail out of its banks Tuesday, causing minor flooding at two lodges and two town buildings.

The Vail Library was closed Wednesday so crews could clean mud and water from the floors. Town crews were also cleaning mud from the entryway and the ice sheet at Dobson Ice Arena.

Meanwhile, maintenance crews were cleaning the pool and some of the conference rooms at the Evergreen Lodge, as well as the parking garages at the Lodge at Lionshead.

While none of the condos were damaged, guests at the Lodge at Lionshead spent a mostly-sleepless night Tuesday.

"We asked a couple of people to move out of their units, and the cars were moved out of the underground parking garages," Joy Dunham, of the Lodge at Lionshead, said. "As water continued to flow into the garages, one had water almost knee-deep before the flooding started to subside around midnight."
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