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Dec
2011
Dar es Salaam December 22, 2011: At least 13 people have died in floods after unusually heavy rains hit Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam.The Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) has warned that the downpours are set to continue and has told those living in the city's valleys to move.The BBC's Aboubakar Famau in Dar es Salaam says the city's business activities have come to a standstill.Several main roads that link the centre to the suburbs are flooded and some bridges have been destroyed.According to TMA, these are the heaviest rains Tanzania has experienced since independence in 1961. Hundreds of people living in the city's valleys have been left homeless.Taabu Kibwa said her whole house was covered by water.""We have lost all our properties, in fact we are left with empty hands. Everything in the house has been lost including television sets and refrigerators,"" she told the BBC.""I have three children, one of whom I don't even know where he is.""Another resident, Shaaban Ramadhan Hussein, said he worked and lived in his home which was now under water.""Everywhere is flooded, people are on top of their house roofs, no rescue has come so far. We are not happy, it is like the government doesn't care about us,"" he said. The government has set up centres to temporarily accommodate people made homeless. Our correspondent says the floods seem to have caught many by surprise, yet it was only a few days ago that the Tanzania Meteorological Agency warned of possible devastation by heavy rains.The police commander for Dar es Salaam, Suleiman Kova, has urged people to leave the valleys, but he said some residents were refusing.""We went [to] rescue some and they then refused to vacate saying they are keeping an eye on their properties,"" he said.Our correspondent says the government has set up centres to temporarily accommodate people displaced by the floods. There is little chance of them relocating to their home villages or regions before the festive season because the weather agency has cautioned that the rains are not going away, he says.""We have been having heavy rainfall the day before yesterday, yesterday and today - we will therefore have more floods,"" said Agness Kijazi, TMA's director."" "
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Dec
2011
Wonosobo regency of Central Java Province December 20, 2011: JAKARTA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from flashflood and landslide in Indonesia's Wonosobo regency of Central Java province increased to 10 as 5 more bodies were found on Tuesday evening.""With the latest finding, a total 9 fatalities were found due to flashflood and landslide in Tieng Village of Wonosobo regency on Sunday,"" Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of the Center of Data Information and Public Relation at the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), said in a press statement.Nugroho added that the SAR team, the Regional Agency for Disaster Management, police, volunteers and local people stopped searching for victims due to heavy rainfall.""The mission will continue tomorrow starting at 0700 local time (0000 GMT),"" he said.He said that 554 people are taking refuge. ."" "
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Dec
2011
Low-lying lands of Ki'linochchi District December 22, 2011: No infrastructure to take care of floods displaced genocide victims of Vanni [TamilNet, Thursday, 22 December 2011, 06:47 GMT] 11,000 people belonging to 2,556 families have been displaced from the low-lying lands of Ki'linochchi district this week following heavy rain and floods, according to District Secretariat officials in Ki'linochchi. Of these, only 1,443 persons of 349 families have been provided refuge by the SL administration. The remaining families have been struggling to find space with their relatives and friends elsewhere. Most of the �re-settled� victims of genocide were living in temporary huts in the low-lying lands. But, the floods have taken away even their huts while destroying their agricultural produce, the livelihood for which the people had to borrow money from the SL banks. Despite the claims by the SL government that people have been resettled and their infrastructure restored, the district remains roofless to accommodate people affected by the floods, even after two years of the war."" "
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Dec
2011
Kluang, Johor December 20, 2011: KLUANG: The number of flood victims evacuated in Johor increased to 3,265 as of 8pm Tuesday, albeit fears of rising water levels.The increase was due to precautionary measures taken by the authorities to avoid any mishap to those living in high risk flood prone areas.A flood victim from Kampung Sungai Linai, Simpang Renggam, Siti Zubaidah Basiron, 46, said she and her family had to evacuate and take shelter at SK Sungai Linau due to heavy rain for the past two days.""Though the flood situation is not very bad compared to previous years, we decided to shift as a safety measure,"" said Siti.According to the National Security Council portal's 8pm report, 41 relief centres were opened in Kluang (23), Segamat (5), Kulaijaya (3), Batu Pahat (4), Pontian (4) and one each in Kota Tinggi and Johor Baru.."" "
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Dec
2011
Mindaneo; Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, other cities. December 20, 2011: KLUANG: The number of flood victims evacuated in Johor increased to 3,265 as of 8pm Tuesday, albeit fears of rising water levels.The increase was due to precautionary measures taken by the authorities to avoid any mishap to those living in high risk flood prone areas.A flood victim from Kampung Sungai Linai, Simpang Renggam, Siti Zubaidah Basiron, 46, said she and her family had to evacuate and take shelter at SK Sungai Linau due to heavy rain for the past two days.""Though the flood situation is not very bad compared to previous years, we decided to shift as a safety measure,"" said Siti.According to the National Security Council portal's 8pm report, 41 relief centres were opened in Kluang (23), Segamat (5), Kulaijaya (3), Batu Pahat (4), Pontian (4) and one each in Kota Tinggi and Johor Baru.."" "
13
Dec
2011
Nelson, northen South Island December 15, 2011: Nelson and Tasman face a massive clean-up bill from the destructive torrential downpour.More than 100 people were evacuated from their homes and Collingwood will be cut off for up to three days after a large chunk of State Highway 60 was washed away by the one-in-100-year rainfall event, which saw nearly three months' worth of rain in just 24 hours.About 400-500mm of rain fell in the hills, while nearly 200mm of rain fell at Nelson Airport between Tuesday and Wednesday.The damage was widespread and in some cases spectacular, as walls of water and mud smashed through some houses and across roads, rendering them impassable.A 77-year-old man was washed from his house and into a paddock by a flash flood at Pohara, suffering just a broken finger, TVNZ reported.Tasman mayor Richard Kempthorne said it was staggering no-one was badly hurt."" "
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Nov
2011
Donggala, Central Sulawesi December 14, 2011: Palu (ANTARA News) - A flood damaged around ten houses, including two which were swept away, and tens of others were inundated in Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Tuesday evening. The natural disaster also affected clean water facility, bridge, electricity poles, irrigation infrastructure and rice fields at three villages in Tanantovea sub district, Donggala, Yalamin Yakalana, the Wombo Kalonggo village head, said here on Wednesday. Until now 42 residents have fled to safer areas due to the flood which has been triggered by incessant heavy rains. ""The flood has started since around five pm local time. The local inhabitants (of Wombo Kalonggo) have begun to take refuge to higher ground,"" Yalamin said.The flood also damaged a 30-km long road which was newly constructed.The Wombo river has overflowed and damaged two rural irrigation facilities, one clean water supply facility, a concrete bridge, and flooded tens of hectares of rice fields. The road connecting Palu city and Donggala District was cut off due to the damage of the bridge ."" "
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Nov
2011
Northwestern New South Wales, Moree and Wee Waa November 29, 2011: Easing weather conditions have allowed river levels in northwestern NSW to fall slightly, providing some respite for residents and tired State Emergency Service (SES) personnel.But hundreds of farms and rural properties remain isolated and relief efforts are set to continue for several days as the full scale of flooding around Moree and Wee Waa emerges.Entire parts of the two townships remained under water on Monday, with more than 2000 people isolated after days of heavy rain caused rivers to burst their banks.Levels on the Mehi River, which snakes through Moree, had fallen slightly by Monday night, as had levels on the Namoi River at Wee Waa.A fleet of helicopters will continue making vital supply runs to Moree until at least the end of the week, the SES said.""The SES in Moree are in full resupply mission, so we've got aircraft working in that area doing food resupplies, medical drops and medical assists,"" SES acting commissioner Steve Pearce told Macquarie Radio Network on Monday.Residents in parts of north Moree, near Broadwater Creek, are still being encouraged to evacuate their homes.Residents are also facing road closures.Bureau of Meteorology forecasts show rain holding off for much of the state's northwest on Tuesday but the possibility of more showers on Wednesday and Thursday.""SYDNEY, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The riverine flooding around Australia's Northwestern New South Wales (NSW) is being closely monitored, as rising flood levels in some of the affected areas around Moree and Gunnedah are continuing to rise, the State Emergency Service (SES) said on Monday.The SES said an evacuation order for Moree residents was issued on Sunday night and an evacuation center was established at the local Town Hall to support evacuated residents with accommodation arrangements. About 60 residents stayed in the center overnight under the care of the Community Services.""A number of communities remain isolated along the impacted reviver systems in the North West of the state including the township of Wee Waa which has 1800 people isolated from the rising Namoi River,"" the SES said in a flood update on Monday.""The village of Garah north of Moree is also isolated and there are between 200 and 300 rural properties isolated across the north west inland of the State.""The SES is continuing to deliver supplies to these isolated townships by helicopter.The floods have so far killed one person, a three-year-old boy who drowned in a storm-water drain at Bingara, west of Inverell, on Saturday afternoon, according to local media reports.Three men have been rescued after they tried to drive through flood waters at Gunnedah in north-western NSW overnight, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Monday.The SES said additional volunteer crews have been sent to the affected areas to assist the local communities."" "
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Nov
2011
Durban and Pietermaritzburg November 28, 2011: A violent storm killed six people in Durban and Pietermaritzburg on Sunday night and destroyed several of homes. The extreme weather, which struck hours before the opening of the UN climate change conference in Durban, caused flooding and widespread damage. The Sunday night deaths brought the number of people killed by floods in KwaZulul-Natal to 13 in less than two weeks. Last week, five people died in the province due to heavy rains. KwaZulu-Natal cooperative governance department spokesman, Mthatheni Mabaso said seven people were killed in Umlazi and Clermont townships, south and west of the city, on Sunday night. �We have been told they died when their houses collapsed. We have also been told that about 100 homes were flooded and damaged in Isipingo,� he said on Monday. According to paramedics another man, aged 44, was found under the rubble of his house in Quarry Heights, Durban early on Monday morning. The house collapsed on Sunday night, Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said."" "
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Nov
2011
Ng'ambo location, Isiolo district, Budalangi December 13, 2011: Floods have killed at least 24 people and displaced 98,000, in several parts of the country a humanitarian agency has said.The Kenya Red Cross Society said most of the new cases have been recorded in Budalang'i, Busia County where raging floods has so far displaced more than 75,000 people and led to massive destruction of infrastructure.""We are estimating that 24 people have been killed as of Sunday. We have also estimated that 98,000 people have been displaced across the country,"" the society's Public Relations and Communications Manager Fredrick Gori told Xinhua by telephone.""Most of the people are still living in camps because they fear returning to their homes despite rains subsiding in some parts of the country,"" Mr Gori said on Monday.The flooding is the result of torrential rains that have eased Kenya's long drought but is making life miserable for people who live near rivers and in flood-prone areas.Mr Gori said the most affected regions are in western Kenya where heavy rains washed away bridges and rendered many roads impassable, making difficult efforts to reach thousands of homeless people.He said the humanitarian agency was undertaking an assessment countrywide to establish the magnitude of the problem and identify the most vulnerable of those affected.In Upper Eastern region, more than 15,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains .Eastern PC Clare Omollo said those affected are from the Merti, Galbatura and Sololo districts where there has been heavy flooding.""The development of the road to Ethiopia has also .""...""December 7, 2011: ""Twenty-one people have been marooned for five days between streams in Isiolo, 10 kilometres from Merti town, after Ewaso Nyiro river burst its bank following heavy rains upstream.The Isiolo farmers were on their way back home from their shambas when they were trapped between streams.Kenya Red Cross Society officials led by regional coordinator Daniel Damocha and the district disaster committee are making frantic efforts to rescue the victims who are now starving.Damocha said the farmers were trapped last week. He said district disaster committee and the Red Cross were working out how to rescue the group including by use of chopper or boat. ""These people have not had food for the last five days and they could not get back to their farms or homes due to rising water levels following heavy rains experienced in the Abedare region,"" said the coordinator.He said more than 3,000 families are in dire need of help after their houses were submerged and property washed away in Merti, Iresaboru, Gafarsa, Muchuro, Kombolla, Iresaboru and Bassa areas. He said he disease outbreak was feared after rainwater flooded latrines and carried away human waste into the town and other environs.""...December 5, 2011: ""The Kenya Red Cross says 14 people have been confirmed dead due to flooding.The Red Cross while appealing for humanitarian aid said 40,000 others have been displaced following the raging floods arising from the heavy short rains that have been experienced since October and are expected to last until the end of the year.Red Cross Deputy Secretary General Dr James Kisia who toured Isiolo district following the devastating floods said several homes have been marooned and described the humanitarian situation as dire. ""The situation is becoming dire as more people are displaced by the floods, we are putting in effort and working with the government to ameliorate suffering,"" said Dr Kisia.Isiolo South MP Abdullahi Bahari Ali called for help saying the area is at risk of water borne diseases and malaria.""The rains could come with the waterborne diseases including malaria, pray that this does not complicate an already bad situation,"" said Bahari.In Western Kenya, over 22,000 people in Budalangi have been marooned by floods after River Nzoia burst its banks after breaking two dykes.The resultant effect has seen crops, homes, schools, churches and business premises destroyed. The gauges on River Nzoia at Rwambwa were not spared either as the water rose 4.5 metres high. Already the Kenya Meteorological Department had warned that as the rains continue in the catchment areas, the River Nzoia would soon burst its banks as the water levels rose beyond the 3.5 meters flood warning level.Military officers and the police are currently assisting in evacuation of the victims to safer grounds. Western Provincial Commissioner Samuel Kilele who toured the area to assess the situation described the situation as a humanitarian crisis with 22,000 people already displaced in Budalang'i.In upper eastern, the regional Red Cross Co-ordinator Daniel Damocha said River Ewaso Nyiro had burst its banks displacing some 220 in Garfasa in Isiolo County, 21 people have been trapped by the river waters for almost five days while 613 houses were destroyed in Kalacha area of North Horr.In an interview with Channel One, the Kenya Meteorological Department said the short rains have been the heaviest in five decades.""The country only witnessed this kind of heavy rainfall in 1961 to 1962, in some areas like Wajir the rainfall has exceeded its long term mean by over eight times,"" said Peter Ambenje the Deputy Director of Meteorological Services."" December 1, 2011: ""More than 600 families have been left homeless in Ng'ambo location, Marigat District after rivers Perkerra and Molo burst their banks following a heavy downpour.Also affected are Sintaan, Ng'ambo, and Loropil primary schools and Ng'ambo Secondary School where classes have been submerged in flood waters.A local dispensary was not spared in the storm that destroyed drugs worth millions of shillings.Ng'ambo Ward councillor Wesley Lekakimon called on the government and other well-wishers to donate relief food to affected families who are now camping at the local secondary school. ""We fear an outbreak of waterborne diseases as most of the families are living in deplorable conditions,"" a youth leader, Mr Amos Olempaka said.Mr Olempaka said the crocodile-infested rivers were a threat to their livestock and human lives.Already, a seven-year-old boy is admitted to Kabarnet District Hospital after being attacked by a crocodile.Disaster preparedness teams have been dispatched to various areas susceptible to landslides in parts of the North Rift region as floods leave trails of destruction.More than 6,000 families living near River Kerio could be displaced and their property destroyed if the river bursts its banks due to the heavy rains.""Trucks carrying relief food find it difficult reaching needy families due to dilapidated roads,"" said Mr Joseph Kanyiri, Turkana South DC.He said the disaster management teams will help avert any disasters likely to be caused by flooding.Elsewhere, early warning by game wardens yesterday saved tourists and staff of lodges at the Samburu National Reserve when the Ewaso Nyiro River burst its banks on Thursday morning and submerged Larsens camp, Ashnil, Intrepid, Elephant bedroom and Samburu lodges.The tourists and workers were evacuated before the river broke the dykes, said the national reserve chief warden, Mr Simon Leirana.According to Ashnil lodge manager Mr Stephen Sikumi no major damage was reported.""It was worse in the morning but we are reconstructing the dykes to prevent more flooding if the water levels rise again,"" said Mr Sikumi.."" 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Nov
2011
Pawan Village, Rambah sub district, Rokan Hulu (Rohul) District, Riau Province November 28, 2011: Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA News) - A flash flood has inundated over a hundred houses at Pawan Village, Rambah sub district, Rokan Hulu (Rohul) District, Riau Province, following the overflowing of the Pawan River. ""More than 100 houses in two neighborhoods were inundated but this time the flood was not as bad as last year when the road to other regions was cut off,"" Pawan Village Head Ismed Daulay said here on Monday. Deforestation in the hilly upstream areas of the Pawan River m has worsened the flood triggered by incessant heavy rains over the past few days. ""The Pawan River upstream area has been deforested so the land could not hold the water flow when rain falls so it triggered the flood,"" he said. A number of local residents were forced to evacuate to higher grounds. There was no report of casualties in the flood disaster. ""The floodwaters reached a height of a half meter to one meter, and local inhabitants choose to move to their relatives` houses not affected by flood,"" he said.Meanwhile, flash floods swept away tens of houses in Aur Kuning and Batu Sangkar villages, Kampar Kiri sub district, Kampar District, Riau Province after the overflowing of the Kampar River.Aur Kuning Village Chief Sabirin said on Friday he did not have the exact figures on the number of houses destroyed by the floods. ""For sure, the latest information from many local residents said that more than ten houses have been swept away and completely flattened,"" he said.Thousands of hectares of plantations were also flooded in Kampar Kiri sub district."" "
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Nov
2011
Wajir Town November 14, 2011: MORE than three hundred families were rendered homeless and scores of livestock swept away in flash floods in Bute town, Wajir North district, Wajir county in North-Eastern region on Saturday night. The rains that pounded the area for about six hours swept away desks and books in schools and beds and other equipment at the district hospital.Bute ward councillor Mohamed Ibrahim said the rains displaced families after sweeping through low-lying Uran settlement and the old town. Bute town is located beneath mountains. The civic leader said the floods submerged or swept away the traditional houses.Majority of those displaced by the flash floods are now living with relatives as they wait for their houses to dry or get alternative areas to relocate to. Ibrahim said majority of the displaced families were dispossessed by the raging floods of everything they owned including household items.He added that rains of a similar magnitude were experienced last in the area in 1974. He said: ""The displaced families are now spending nights in the cold without any form of shelter at night and the scorching sun during the day."" He added that there had not been any form of intervention so far from the government or the aid agencies.Said Ibrahim, ""Although we haven't conclusively tallied the total number of animals killed in the flash floods we have reports that more than a hundred of livestock mainly goats and sheep were swept by the running water.""North-Eastern Provincial Commissioner James ole Serian appealed to the residents in the region to follow advice given by the weathermen of the anticipated heavy rains in the area which has recently experienced raging drought that claimed lives. The PC said people should move out of low-lying areas which are susceptible to floods and move to higher grounds.""More than 10,000 people in three districts of the Rift Valley are to moved to save them from floods and landslides that killed three of the residents last week. The flush floods in Pokot, Marakwet and Baringo have also destroyed roads, bridges and more than 200 houses. ""The floods and landslides have already killed four people in Kolowa area and those still in the risky areas will be moved to safer areas,"" said Baringo district commissioner Amos Omariba.Officials from the Red Cross Society said they had sent their staff to the areas to help the affected families. Already, 5,000 families have been relocated to higher grounds in Kerio Valley and Rift Valley deputy PC Wanyama Musiambo and assistant Minister Linah Kilimo have visited the areas to assess the situation.""Some of these areas are prone to mudslides and landslides and that is why we have asked chiefs and other government officials to help those in the risky areas to move away until the floods subside,"" said Musiambo. Kilimo said many of the families in parts of Kerio Valley were residing areas already declared unsafe by geologists.In Lodwar residents in Turkana County held demonstration after the main Lowdar-Lokichogia road was cut off by heavy rains pounding the region. Carrying twigs and placards, the over 200 demonstrators matched to the Kawaraze lagga where the road had been cut off."" "
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Nov
2011
Sere District November 11, 2011: Felix OsujoA total of 3000 families in Serere district have fled their homes after continuous torrential rains caused flooding of majority homes.With pit latrines water-logged, people have now been compelled to defecate in water, causing a horrible smell, and most of their grass-thatched houses and semi permanent homes have collapsed due to the increasing pressure of the water.Most of the gardens have been submerged and some of the highway murram roads are flooded.In Owiny parish Agule village in Kateta sub-county, the worst hit in the district of Serere, most of the affected families are still enduring the conditions despite their homes being flooded.Families have appealed to government to assist them with tapelines for drying food,tents for providing emergency accommodations ,mosquitoe nets,water purification,posho and beans to help them through the natural disaster.""The devastation of water-logging has affected all the villages in the subcounties. Roughly 3000 families, most of them taking refuge in the trading centers with over 200 pit latrines destroyed and 1000 crops in the gardens submerged,"" the chairman LC5 of Serere district Opit said .Opit on November 11(this year) led a delegation of the district officials visiting the worst affected villages to ascertain the extent of destruction.He identified the most hit villages in Bugondo sub-county as Agule,Owii,Okokoma,in Labor sub-county as Obangin,Akworo,Aarapo,in Kyere sub-county as Kelim ,Kamurojo villages. In Kateta sub-county,LC3 , indentified the worst hit villages as Aisin,Acomia,Okulukulun,Nanang AB,Awoja,Pachoto,Owiny,Agule,Olagar and ChamulikiIn Katakwi ,RDC ,Joseph Arwata,identified the sub counties highly affected as Magoro,Palam, and Ngariam. He said water logging has impaired most of the people of movement and it has caused damage in gardens.In Ngora district, Chairman LC5 ,Ben Eumu,described the situation as the worst in the villages of Atapar,Omito in Kapir sub county,MoruKakise ,Asinge ,Apuai in Mukura subcounty,Agu and Odwarat in Ngora sub county. He said hundreds of crops in the gardens submerged and some of the huts in some villages have collapsed .In Bukedea, the vice chairman LC5,Charles Ojilong,identified the most hit places as ,Aminit Busano,Akakat,Okula,Kagoloto,Kamutur and Tajar in Malera sub county "
09
Nov
2011
Manizales, Caldes November 25, 2011: MORE than four million Colombians are caught up in the country�s worst flooding for 40 years, reports children�s charity Plan International. The official death toll has climbed to 486, with 43 still missing and a further 595 injured.Thousands of families have been left homeless as flooding and landslides wrecked 16,200 houses and damaged 550,000 more � with roads, schools and health centres also swamped.�During the second half of 2010 and the first half of 2011, Colombia suffered the strongest rainy season in the last 40 years,� says National Director Gabriela Bucher.�Ninety percent of the national population is living in risk prone areas. This is equivalent to a population of 39.6 million.�As the main affected Plan communities are in Bolivar, the organisation has concentrated its disaster response efforts within these areas, particularly in the city of Cartagena.�In Bayunca Poz�n the water levels have even reached the rooftops�, warns Ms Bucher.Plan�s aid workers are focusing on providing shelter, clean water and sanitation, as well as setting up safe spaces for children affected by the floods.�In partnership with the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare, 200 breakfasts were provided for children under five years old in the areas of Altos de la Cruz and Ceibal.�Protection workshops have also been carried out in shelters to provide support to families and ensure the safety of the vulnerable.�We discussed with parents the care and protection measures of children in emergencies and how Plan and others can contribute to these goals,� says Ms Bucher.�Plan continues to monitor the weather forecasts specifically in its areas of work, and the environmental and meteorological authorities will keep up their warning for new rains and floods until March 2012.�...""Colombian authorities recently announced that the death toll from floods that affect the country since September has increased to 108. In recent weeks, heavy downpours triggered landslides causing road closures in several parts of the country, affecting in particular the central and south-western states. Authorities issued a red alert for the departments of Antioquia, Choco, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Tolima, Quindio, Valle and Narino. On Sunday, November 20th, a main highway connecting the southeast with the central provinces of Colombia collapsed, blocking thousands of vehicles.Since late September, Colombia is severely affected by unusual heavy seasonal rains. Some 56,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed nationwide by flooding and landslides. According to forecasters, the weather phenomenon La Ni�a returned to Colombia and heavy downpours should..."" November 11, 2011: ""Colombia's rainy season continues with 55 evacuated in anticipation of floods in Manizales, Caldas.The Colombian sector of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinated the evacuation of 55 residents in the Castellana neighborhood of Manizales where a breakdown of the sewer systems was expected.Authorities assisted the evacuation while providing assistance to residents who had nowhere to go.The town of La Dorada, Caldas, similarly suffered sewer system failures, which lead to flooding that affected 5,000 people.Meanwhile, Manizales endured the loss of 48 residents in a devastating landslide on November 5. The government assured it would compensate the victims' families.Cesar Uruena, the head of the Colombian Red Cross, said that all necessary measures were to be taken to ensure the safety of Colombia's citizens."" "
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Nov
2011
More than a dozen Philippine villages in Davao del Norte (southern Mindanao) November 11, 2011: 30,000 villagers flee floods in south Philippines Frinston L. LimPhilippine Daily Inquirer Publication Date : 11-11-2011Heavy rains since Tuesday turned more than a dozen Philippine villages in Davao del Norte (southern Mindanao) into virtual water worlds, officials said Thursday. In the rice-producing town of Carmen town alone, waist-deep water dumped by the swollen Lasang River drove about 30,000 people from 16 villages to safer grounds, Octavio Valle, municipal administrator, said.""Hectares of rice lands were also submerged,"" Valle said.He said the water level in some areas subsided as of Thursday but majority of the flooded villages remained under knee-deep water.""We were surprised by the severity of Tuesday�s flooding even if Carmen is considered a flood-prone area. In the last six years, this was the heaviest yet,"" Valle said.He said officials were thankful nobody died or was harmed in the flooding.Valle said the local government was preparing to declare the municipality under a state of calamity.This, he said, would facilitate the speedy release of needed funds for relief efforts.Sonio Sanchez, Davao del Norte disaster risk management officer, said in Braulio Dujali town, some 1,500 people were also driven from their homes by rising flood waters.Floods were also reported in some areas of Panabo City, Sanchez said. He said the amount of damage wrought by the floods has yet to be ascertained.The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said bad weather may last until the weekend and floods should be expected in low-lying areas of Southern Mindanao."" "
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Oct
2011
Cinque Terre, Liguria October 26, 2011: Rivers of muddy water poured into the narrow cobbled streets and piazzas of the five villages known as the Cinque Terre ('Five Lands'), on a spectacular stretch of the coast of Liguria, earlier this week. The tiny ports of Vernazza and Monterosso, which attract hundreds of thousands of tourists a year, were swamped by hundreds of tonnes of debris and mud. The flooding and mudslides, which killed seven people in Liguria and neighbouring Tuscany, were caused by 20 inches of torrential rain falling in just a few hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. But environmentalists said its impact was made much worse by unchecked construction along the coastline, which lies east of Genoa. ""Italian citizens are having to pay the price for ... overbuilding authorised in at-risk areas,"" the environmental group WWF Italia said. Related ArticlesStorms batter Italy's 'Cinque Terre' 26 Oct 2011 ..Prosecutors announced that they had opened investigations into allegations that the deaths and damage were the result of negligence by local authorities. During a cabinet meeting on Friday, the government in Rome declared a state of emergency for the region and released 65 million euros for the clean-up operation. Around 500 soldiers were drafted in to help with clearance efforts and to search for people still listed as missing, amid fears that the death toll could rise. The floods washed away roads and closed the railway line which connects the five villages, meaning they could only be reached by sea. Cars were piled on top of each other by the force of the water, locals and tourists had to be evacuated by sea, and villages were left without gas, electricity and water. Renata Briano, a local official, said Vernazza had been hit by ""a mountain of mud"". After flying over the area in a helicopter, Altero Mattioli, the infrastructure minister, said: ""When I was environment minister I saw many disasters, but nothing like this. The situation is very difficult."" Police divers located a car that had been swept into the sea but there was no word last night on whether there were bodies inside. "
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Oct
2011
Accra November 1, 2011: The death toll in the Accra floods last Wednesday has risen to 14, while 43,087 people were said to have been affected by the downpour, officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) have said.Out of the dead, eight were males and six were females. Of those who were affected, four sustained injuries and the rest had their properties destroyed.To ameliorate the suffering of those whose properties were destroyed, the NADMO on Monday continued to distribute relief items to the victims in areas such as Adenta, Tema, Ga East, Ga South, Ga West, Osu Klottey, Okaikoi North, Ashiedu Keteke, Ablekuma North and South.The items included blankets, mats, buckets, basins, cups, plates, mosquito nets and clothing""..Accra, Oct. 27, GNA - Eleven deaths have so far been recorded by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) following the floods that hit parts of Accra in the early hours of Wednesday, October 26.Three of the deaths were recorded at Adabraka Sahara, two each at Amanfrom on the Kasoa road, Anyaa Pala Town, Achimota and one each at Avenor and Insakanaa in Ga South District.Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday, Dr Kingsford Asamoah, Head of Research at NADMO National Secretariat said the Assessment and Relief Team, including members of the Technical Committee are seriously working on the ground assessing the impact and distributing relief items to the victims. Some of the affected areas visited by the team were Ablekuma North and South Constituencies, Asiedu Keteke, Okai Koi North and South Constituencies, Osu Korle-Clottey, Ledzokuku, Ga East, West and South Municipal Areas, Adenta and Tema Municipalities.Dr Asamoah hinted that NADMO intends to involve the communities in development projects from the conception through implementation to reduce the perennial floods in the country. He said NADMO would meet community members to find out their capacities to help reduce the risks facing them to curb the continuous floods.Dr Asamoah said over the years choked gutters and building on waterways had been the cause of floods and pledged the commitment of NADMO to intensify its educational programmes in the affected communities."" "
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Oct
2011
Pacific coast of SW Mexico, Manzanillo, and Central America October 31, 2011: An estimated 300,000 people in El Salvador are in urgent need of help after heavy rains caused widespread flooding across Central America. Heavy rains in Central America, which began in mid-October as a result of low-pressure weather systems, have resulted in more than 120 deaths and have affected around 1.24 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica.According to the UN the widespread damage to agriculture and infrastructure has left El Salvador ""facing one of the greatest disasters in its history"". The amount of rain recorded was the highest in 50 years - even more than during Hurricane Mitch in 1998.In El Salvador, nearly 56,000 people have been evacuated and an estimated 20,000 homes have been flooded, as well as 1,200 water wells."" October 14, 2011: ""Two storm systems have left 29 people dead and forced tens of thousands from their homes along Central America and Mexico's Pacific coast.The storms triggered heavy flooding, blocked roads, and caused electricity outages and mudslides. Many homes were destroyed.Officials say 24 of the dead are in Central America, where nearly 60,000 people have also been made homeless.Guatemala - where 15 people died and more than 52,000 were forced from their homes - was the hardest hit.The heavy rains caused landslides on several major highways in the Central American country and Vice-president Rafael Espada urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel over the next 48 hours, with more rain expected.Elsewhere in Central America, rescuers recovered nine bodies in El Salvador and Nicaragua.Another five people died in Mexico, where at least 4,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.The storms battered Mexico just as thousands of athletes began arriving for the Pan American Games, which begin on Friday in Guadalajara, the Jalisco state capital more than 100 kms from the coast.Authorities have insisted that the games, one of the premier events on the global sports calendar, would not be affected, though some venues required last-minute repairs.""
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Oct
2011
Mediterranean and Aegean regions October 10, 2011: Three people died and five others were missing on Monday in Turkey's flood-hit Mediterranean and Aegean regions, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. A 60-year-old woman died when trying to save her cows from the shed in the Mediterranean province of Denizli, another was killed by rain-triggered landslide in Gordes district of Manisa province, which also injured three persons, meanwhile, one of the six people earlier reported missing were found dead in Haskiziloren village in Serik district of Antalya province. Rescue teams in Antalya, which has managed to save 25 lives so far, are continuing their search for the other five missing people. Deputy governor of Antalya Turan Eren said access to the region has been blocked, where three bridges were damaged and phone connections in some villages were cut off due to the floods. Western and southern Turkey were hit by strong winds and heavy rains since Saturday, hampering air and other forms of transportation. Schools in Antalya were closed on Monday due to the weather condition.A SKY airlines flight from the German city of Baden-Baden, carrying 156 passengers, had to make an emergency landing after one of the aircraft's tires exploded while attempting to touch down at a Antalya airport. No injuries were reported and according to authorities, the airport is functioning normally.""
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Oct
2011
El Bayadh, 700 km south of Algiers October 2, 2011: "ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) � Authorities in Algeria say torrential downpours have killed at least 10 people and ruined hundreds of homes. A mother and her infant daughter are also missing.The country's meteorological service had warned about strong thunderstorms across the country from Saturday into Sunday.The civil protection authority said in a statement that on Sunday it recovered eight bodies from one town, El Bayadh, 435 miles (700 kilometers) southwest of the capital. Rescuers are still looking for a woman and her 9-month-old baby there.Two other bodies were found in towns to the north of El Bayadh. Hundreds of families were affected when the waters either tore down or inundated their homes.Algeria often sees heavy rain and flooding in October."

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