Author Topic: World In Wash Cycle~ Devastating Floods in July 2011 (Read 1303 times)

Kudrat Kaur · « **on:** July 20, 2011, 07:37:00 PM »

1. (July 19, 2011) Torrential rains drenching the northeast Brazilian state of Pernambuco caused at least eight deaths, mostly people carried away in mudslides. An estimated 500 families were left homeless, and officials ordered evacuations in many areas.

2. (July 18, 2011) Flash flooding caused misery across Scotland yesterday. Homes were hit as streets turned into rivers after more than 24 hours of torrential rainfall and thunderstorms. And the rain is expected to continue to fall across the country throughout this week.

3. (July 17, 2011) Heavy monsoon rains have led the mighty Brahmaputra River to overflow its banks and submerge scores of villages in India’s remote northeastern state of Assam in India. More than 200,000 people continue to suffer even as the situation improved with the water levels in the rivers receding since Saturday. Shown here is file photo.

4. (July 16, 2011) Widespread flooding in the wake of a reported quarter metre of rainfall has destroyed over 10 thousand hectares of crops in eastern and central provinces of North Korea. The floods have washed away roads and destroyed countless houses.

5. (July 15, 2011) Flash flood kills at least 5 people in Mogadishu in Somali.

6. (July 10, 2011) Monsoon showers lashed large parts of north India, including the national capital, even as seven people were killed in different rain-related incidents.

7. (July 10, 2011) Heavy downpours drenched South Korea ‘s southern and central areas, leaving at least 12 people dead and four others missing.

8. (July 10, 2011) A flood warning has been issued for British Columbia (Canada)’s Central and Southern Peace Region as persistent rainfall causes the area’s rivers to rise steadily.

9. (July 10, 2011) Three persons including two women were killed and dozens others injured in rain related incidents in different localities of Balochistan in Pakistan. Rains adversely disrupted the power supply and communication links in several areas of the province.

Up to five million people in Pakistan are at risk from floods this year, partly due to poor reconstruction and the inadequate rehabilitation of survivors who are still reeling from last year’s epic deluge. The 2010 Monsoon season left one-fifth of the country – an area the size of Italy underwater. The lives of close to 20 million people were disrupted – early 2,000 Pakistanis were killed, 1.5 million houses were destroyed and over 11 million people displaced from their homes.

10. (July 8, 2011) Severe flooding has occurred in northern Alberta in Canada where the rain has been relentless.

11. (July 4, 2011) Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 18 people in various parts of Nepal. The rains have also damaged roads, obstructed travel, and inundated dozens of houses.

12. (July 4, 2011) Alert was sounded after two persons died as the overall flood situation aggravated on Monday in Bihar’s Gopalganj, Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts in India with rivers maintaining rising trends. Swirling flood waters have inundated several villages under Bagha sub-division in the district.

13. July 3, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark

14. (July 2, 2011) Barely had residents in Davao City in the Philippines recovered from flash floods that killed at least 30 people when heavy rain triggered a landslide that threatened at least 20 families.

Author Topic: World In Wash Cycle~ Devastating Floods in July 2011 (Read 1303 times)

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