Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:14:09 +0000
Indian authorities have moved around a million people into emergency camps in recent days as the death toll from monsoon floods jumped Monday to at least 184.
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Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:33:31 +0000
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration provides update on Tropical Storm Hanna as of 11 p.m. Sunday, August 5.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:45:19 +0000
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The federal government is warning Americans to brace for a “floodier” future.Government scientists predict 40 places in the U.S. will experience higher than normal rates of so-called sunny day flooding this year because of rising sea levels and an abnormal El Nino weather system.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:35:05 +0000
KIDAPAWAN CITY –– Hundreds of elementary and high school students in Barangay Alibayon, Magpet, Cotabato were stranded for more than two hours on Friday afternoon following a heavy downpour that caused the river crossing the village to swell, a school official said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:07:03 +0000
JAKARTA, Indonesia- Floods and landslides from torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 31 people and displaced thousands in the past few days, the country’s disaster agency said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:03:17 +0000
Over 6,500 people were told to quickly leave their homes near Montreal after floodwaters breached a dike in rain-soaked eastern Canada.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:50:31 +0000
The Canadian city of Montreal on Friday declared a state of emergency over the threat of flooding following a similar decision by Ottawa
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Credit to Author: VICE Staff| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:28:52 +0000
You wouldn’t believe what they did next.
Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:26:25 +0000
Farmer Jeff Jorgenson looks out over 750 acres of cropland submerged beneath the swollen Missouri River, and he knows he probably won’t plant this year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 22:41:10 +0000
Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees, putting them in a situation similar to hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska who have been displaced by the late-winter flood.
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