At least 35 killed by floods, landslides in India’s Kerala state

Search and rescue operations continue on Monday as thousands remain stranded in parts of the coastal area.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/18/at-least-27-people-killed-by-heavy-rain-in-indias-kerala-state
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Flooding in China forces 120,000 to flee homes amid record rainfall

Floods in Shanxi province destroy homes, force suspension of mines and wash away railway bridges

More than 120,000 people have been forced to leave their homes after severe flooding in China’s northern Shanxi province that has affected about 1.75 million people in total, authorities said.

The floods – caused by heavy rainfall that reached levels almost four times the usual monthly average – destroyed 17,000 homes, forced the suspension of operations of hundreds of mines, and damaged 190,000 hectares of farmland.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/flooding-in-china-forces-120000-to-flee-homes-amid-record-rainfall
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New York City’s historic floods send deadly climate change lesson

The remnants of Hurricane Ida brought a tropical deluge of unprecedented proportions to the New York City metro area on Wednesday night into Thursday.

Driving the news: The flooding that resulted from the heavy rainfall shut down Newark Airport, and turned city and country roads in all five boroughs and surrounding areas of New Jersey and Pennsylvania into rivers.

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Why it matters: The historic deluge clearly demonstrates that climate change is winning the battle between a rapidly shifting climate and outdated infrastructure.

• This event may now become the prime example for U.S. efforts to better adapt to climate change.
• Studies have shown that warming air and ocean temperatures are increasing the odds and severity of heavy precipitation events, and leading to changes in hurricanes that are making them more powerful and damaging.
• For every 1°C (1.8°F) increase in temperatures, the atmosphere can hold 7% more moisture, which helps fuel storms like Hurricane Ida.

State of play: A state of emergency is in effect for New York City, as at least eight fatalities have been reported in the city and New Jersey, per the New York Times.

Threat level: The National Weather Service forecast office in New York City issued its first ever “flash flood emergencies” during this event: one for northern New Jersey and a one in New York City itself, as phenomenal rainfall rates overwhelmed drainage systems.

• This is the agency’s most severe type of flood warning, reserved for cases of ongoing, catastrophic flooding with potential loss of life.

A Flash Flood Emergency has been issued for Metro New York City. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! pic.twitter.com/yexMyBLa76

— National Weather Service (@NWS) September 2, 2021

By the numbers: All-time rainfall records were shattered, with the city crushing a milestone it set just over a week ago by receiving 3.15 inches of rain in one hour at Central Park, and 5.20 inches in three hours.

• Newark Airport recorded half an inch of rain in six minutes Wednesday evening. Within 23 minutes, 1.53 inches had fallen, according to an NWS meteorologist. In one hour, 3.24 inches of rain accumulated.
• The three-hour rainfall total in Central Park qualifies as a 500-year rainfall event — though the past is an increasingly poor guide to both the present and the future, as climate change is making such rare events more frequent and likely to occur, studies show.

Details: The rainfall shut down the New York subway system, which is notoriously susceptible to flash flooding, with closures continuing as of Thursday morning.

• Closures were also reported on regional rail networks, the busiest in the nation, and some Amtrak routes.
• In the subway, footage of the flooding resembled waterfalls as water spilled into stations. Streets, including Queens Boulevard, were more fit for kayaks than city buses by late Wednesday night.

The intrigue: Two days in advance, the National Weather Service had explicitly forecast a dangerous flash flood scenario would unfold. However, pinpointing the exact zones of heaviest rains remains tricky, and some New York City residents may have been unaware of the scale of the flood threat.

The bottom line: The epic deluge will stand, perhaps not for long, as the most severe flash flood event in New York City history. The question now is how the local, state and federal governments will respond to this to prevent the next one from being so damaging and deadly.

Source: https://www.axios.com/new-york-deadly-floods-climate-change-ida-ba3e843f-a25b-4f62-90b9-23260fd533ac.html
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Tennessee floods sweep away homes and leave many missing – in pictures

A record-breaking deluge in Tennessee Saturday caused flash flooding that swept away houses, shattered lives and left at least 22 people dead. In Waverly, one of the hardest hit towns, about 60 miles west of Nashville, the local department of public safety posted a list of 25 people still missing

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2021/aug/23/tennessee-floods-missing-people-waverly-in-pictures
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At least 22 dead after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee

WAVERLY, Tenn. — At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.

Saturday’s flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the unprecedented deluge. Emergency workers were searching door to door, said Kristi Brown, a coordinator for health and safety supervisor with Humphreys County Schools.

Many of the missing live in the neighborhoods where the water rose the fastest, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said. Their names were on a board in the county’s emergency center and listed on a city department’s Facebook page.

The dead included twin toddlers who were swept from their father’s arms, according to surviving family members, and a foreman at county music star Loretta Lynn’s ranch. The sheriff of the county of about 18,000 people some 60 miles west of Nashville said he lost one of his best friends.

Up to 17 inches of rain fell in Humphreys County in less than 24 hours Saturday, appearing to shatter the Tennessee record for one-day rainfall by more than 3 inches, the National Weather Service said.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee toured the area, stopping on Main Street in Waverly where some homes were washed off their foundations and people were sifting though their water-logged possessions. All around the county were debris from wrecked cars, demolished businesses and homes and a chaotic, tangled mix of the things inside.

Shirley Foster cried as the governor walked up. She said she just learned a friend from her church was dead.

“I thought I was over the shock of all this. I’m just tore up over my friend. My house is nothing, but my friend is gone,” Foster told the governor.

The hardest-hit areas saw double the rain that area of Middle Tennessee had in the previous worst-case scenario for flooding, meteorologists said. Lines of storms moved over the area for hours, wringing out a record amount of moisture — a scenario scientists have warned may be more common because of global warming.

The downpours rapidly turned the creeks that run behind backyards and through downtown Waverly into raging rapids. Business owner Kansas Klein stood on a bridge Saturday in the town of 4,500 people and saw two girls who were holding on to a puppy and clinging to a wooden board sweep past, the current too fast for anyone to grab them. He hadn’t found out what happened to them.

Not far from the bridge, Klein told The Associated Press by phone that dozens of buildings in a low-income housing area known as Brookside appeared to have borne the brunt of the flash flood from Trent Creek.

“It was devastating: buildings were knocked down, half of them were destroyed,” Klein said. “People were pulling out bodies of people who had drowned and didn’t make it out.”

The Humphreys County Sheriff Office Facebook page filled with people looking for missing friends and family. GoFundMe pages were made asking for help for funeral expenses for the dead, including 7-month-old twins yanked from their father’s arms as they tried to escape.

The foreman at Lynn’s ranch, Wayne Spears, died checking on animals, Davis said.

“He’s out at his barn and next thing you know, he goes from checking animals in the barn to hanging on in the barn to people seeing him floating down the creek. And that’s how fast it had come up,” the sheriff said.

A photo taken by someone at the ranch showed Spears in a cowboy hat clinging to a pillar in brown, churning water up to his chest.

“Wayne’s just one of those guys, he just does everything for everybody, if there’s a job to do,” said his friend Michael Pate, who met Spears at the ranch 15 years ago.

At the Cash Saver grocery in in Waverly, employees stood on desks, registers and a flower rack as the waters from the creek that’s usually 400 feet from the store rushed in after devastating the low income housing next door. At one point, they tried to break through the celling into the attic and couldn’t, store co-owner David Hensley said.

The flood waters stopped rising as fast just as the situation was getting dire and a rescue boat came by. “We told him that if there’s somebody else out there you can get, go get them, we think we’re OK,” Hensley said.

At the beginning of a news conference on Tropical Storm Henri’s impact on New England, President Joe Biden offered condolences to the people of Tennessee and directed federal disaster officials to talk with the governor and offer assistance.

Just to the east of Waverly, the town of McEwen was pummeled Saturday with 17.02 inches of rain, smashing the state’s 24-hour record of 13.6 inches from 1982, according to the National Weather Service in Nashville, though Saturday’s numbers would have to be confirmed.

A flash flood watch was issued for the area before the rain started, with forecasters saying 4 to 6 inches of rain was possible. The worst storm recorded in this area of Middle Tennessee only dropped 9 inches of rain, said Krissy Hurley, a weather service meteorologist in Nashville.

“Forecasting almost a record is something we don’t do very often,” Hurley said. “Double the amount we’ve ever seen was almost unfathomable.”

Recent scientific research has determined that extreme rain events will become more frequent because of man-made climate change. Hurley said it is impossible to know its exact role in Saturday’s flood, but noted in the past year her office dealt with floods that used to be expected maybe once every 100 years in September south of Nashville and in March closer to the city.

“We had an incredible amount of water in the atmosphere,” Hurley said of Saturday’s flooding. “Thunderstorms developed and moved across the same area over and over and over.”

The problem isn’t limited to Tennessee. A federal study found man-made climate change doubles the chances of the types of heavy downpours that in August 2016 dumped 26 inches (66 centimeters) of rain around Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Those floods killed at least 13 people and damaged 150,000 homes.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/22/tennessee-flood-killed-rain-506540
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Tennessee flooding leaves at least 10 dead and dozens missing as heavy rainfall lashes state

Heavy flooding striking parts of Tennessee left at least 10 people dead and 40 others missing, Humphreys County Sheriff’s office Chris Davis told the Tennessean Saturday.

Driving the news: Heavy rainfall was pummeling much of the state. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said dangerous flash flooding closed a major local highway near McEwen, and the National Weather Service noted there was potentially record rainfall near fellow Humphreys County city McEwen.

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Crews from @TNHighwayPatrol are in Humphreys County helping local agencies with water rescues, aerial searches and more in wake of today’s flooding. pic.twitter.com/u0LxzIIkoz

— TN Dept. of Safety (@TNDeptofSafety) August 21, 2021

Of note: 17.02 inches of rain had fallen in McEwen from midnight to just before 10.30p.m. Saturday ET — meaning it “likely broke the all-time 24 hour rainfall record for the state,” the NWS tweeted.

What else is happening: A curfew was enacted for Humphreys County in the evening, Davis said to WSMV.

• Rob Edwards, the chief deputy of the Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office, told the New York Times there were “power outages all over the area” and that “loss of all cellphone coverage from the major carriers” was complicating issues.

Context: A UN IPCC report on climate science published earlier this month found that extreme precipitation events, including heavy downpours, are becoming more frequent and severe.

7:50 PM Update –

Heaviest rainfall continues to move south into our SW counties. Rainfall rates across the area have been around 2-3 additional inches.

If you are in this area, please do not go out tonight if you do not have to. Flooding is especially dangerous at night. pic.twitter.com/RrtsRh39hN

— NWS Nashville (@NWSNashville) August 22, 2021

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More than 30 unaccounted for in North Carolina after flooding from Fred

Unconfirmed tornados spawned by Fred already caused damage in places in Georgia and North Carolina.

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Thousands evacuate as North Korea floods damage homes and crops – video

More than 1,100 homes in North Korea were damaged, thousands of people evacuated and farms and roads washed away after days of heavy rains brought flooding, state media reported.

• North Korea floods damage more than 1,000 homes, state media reports

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/aug/06/thousands-evacuate-as-north-korea-floods-damage-homes-and-crops-video
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China floods death toll rises to 302 with 50 people still missing

Authorities in Henan province more than triple the confirmed number of people killed in disaster

Chinese authorities have raised the official death toll in last month’s devastating Henan floods to 302, with at least 50 still missing.

The announcement more than triples the confirmed number of people killed in the floods, which had sat at 99 since Thursday.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/02/china-floods-death-toll-rises-people-still-missing-henan-province
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Death toll in Afghanistan floods tops 100, dozens still missing

Another 110 people are missing and 34 wounded in Nuristan province’s Kamdesh district as rescue operations continue.

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Frantic search for survivors as India flooding toll rises

Heavy rains in western Maharashtra state triggered landslides and flooding, killing dozens of people.

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Drone Captures Historic Floods in Central China’s ‘iPhone City’

The BBC has aired drone footage of the devastation in Zhengzhou, a city in central China that has experienced deadly floods this week. At least 33 people have died in Henan province, with 376,000 more displaced by the historic flooding over the past seven days.

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Flood toll rises in central China, as tens of thousands evacuated

Storm alert in the north of Henan raised to the highest level as record-breaking rain triggers heavy floods.

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At least 25 dead in China as province deluged by heaviest rains in 1,000 years

Video on social media on Tuesday showed commuters chest-deep in murky floodwaters on a train in the dark and an underground station turned into a large, churning pool.

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How could this happen here? With rising deaths German floods force tough questions

“The German language hardly knows any words for the devastation that has been caused,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a visit to the disaster zone.

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More than 100 dead, as many as 1,500 missing after floods hit Europe

Chancellor Angela Merkel said the catastrophic flooding, which turned homes into death traps, affected hundreds of thousands of people.

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Landslides kill several in India’s Mumbai after monsoon rains

Deaths caused by mudslides and a wall collapse following heavy rain in the country’s most populous city, Mumbai.

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Flagstaff declares state of emergency as Arizona hit by devastating floods

Debris from areas burned by wildfires courses through city streets as one woman dies in flash flood on Colorado River

Parts of Arizona have been hit with devastating flooding, with the city of Flagstaff declaring a state of emergency after being inundated with torrents of water that turned streets into murky, fast-running streams.

In one widely shared video, a person shouting “Oh my God!” filmed as a Toyota Prius was shown being swiftly carried down a Flagstaff street by a raging swell of dark water. The city, located among the mountains of northern Arizona and considered a gateway to the Grand Canyon, has been pelted by several days of rain, prompting local officials to urge people to shelter in place.

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Germany, Belgium floods toll tops 100, with many missing: Live

Dozens of people remain missing as severe floods sweep through western Germany and other parts of Europe.

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Vehicles stuck on flooded Detroit freeways after torrential downpour

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for Wayne County because of the flooding.

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