Showing posts with label floods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label floods. Show all posts

Friday, November 02, 2007

Worst Flooding in Mexico's History

Mexico is currently in the midst of some of the greatest flooding that nation has ever seen. 300,000 people are stranded, and a million others will be affected by this disaster.

Some people say it's the result of global warming, while others contend it's because of over population. Whatever the reason, monumental catastrophic events like these have been predicted for thousands of years. We've been told that in the last days, they'd increase with alarming speed. And, we've been warned to prepare for even more perilous times ahead.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Europe Has Summer of Extreme Weather

Flooding, fires and droughts have left Europe reeling over the past several months as weather-related calamities have uprooted one country after another.
Thousands of tourists and residents were forced to flee ahead of raging wildfires that have engulfed parts of the Canary Islands since the weekend, the latest in a string of bizarre, weather-related calamities to hit Europe this summer.

Local officials said that at least 13,000 people evacuated homes, hotels, campgrounds and other areas of the seven Canaries, Spanish territory in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of southern Morocco. More than 86,000 acres have been burned or otherwise affected by the fires since Friday, mostly on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, according to a spokeswoman for the islands' government who was not allowed to be quoted by name.

Monday, July 23, 2007

England Sees Worst Flooding in Modern History

In was has amounted to the heaviest flooding in modern history, England prepares for even more rain over the next 24 hours. Additionally, 350,000 homes lost access to running water that could create one of the largest humanitarian disasters the nation has ever seen. The storm is next expected to impact London.

Also, HERE is another big reason why we have been warned to maintain adequate food storage. These poor people are driving over 15 miles to find clean water.

SKY News reports:
Submerged areas are bracing themselves for further chaos with water levels not expected to peak until tomorrow morning.

Gloucestershire is likely to be hit by yet more flooding as the River Severn is expected to rise once again in the early hours.

Severn Trent Water confirmed "at least" 350,000 homes in the county will be without water by this evening.

The peak level of the Thames is expected to travel through Oxford at about 2.45am and Abingdon at about 6.45am.

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has told MPs the flooding emergency is "far from over".

West London and the Thames Valley could be the next parts of Britain to go underwater as the floods spread east.

Hundreds of homes could be flooded when torrential rain hits the capital in the next 24 hours.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Kansas Continues to Struggle

More record floods in the US as Kansas struggles to pump itself out of some of the worst flooding they've seen in generations.

UPDATE: Oil spill adds insult to injury.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Major Flooding in the Midwest Could Rival "Great Flood of 1993"

Five levees along the Missouri River have burst sending thousands scrambling for shelter as the water levels continue to rise. A state of emergency has been declared in Missouri, and throughout several counties in Kansas.
AGENCY, Mo. (AP) - Five burst levees along the Missouri River sent a deluge of water that submerged the tiny town of Big Lake on Tuesday, as thousands in the region fled their homes amid warnings that the flooding could near the devastation of 1993.

The levees broke Monday south of Big Lake and the rush of river water immersed the town on Tuesday, said Mark Sitherwood, presiding commissioner of Holt County. Many of the buildings in town had several feet of water inside, said Holt County Clerk Kathy Kunkel.
Read more HERE.