EXTREME WEATHER: Sudden Blast Of Severe Storms Hit Pakistan As Magnetic Polar Migration Continues To Create Extreme Weather Anomalies Across The Planet - At Least 44 DEAD; Over 200 Injured; "It Was VERY UNUSUAL, TOOK PEOPLE BY SURPRISE"; Winds Reaching 75 MPH Uprooted Trees And Collapsed Buildings; Emergency Declared At ALL Local Hospitals!

Pakistani residents collect belongings at their home after it was damaged in heavy rain and winds in Peshawar on April 27, 2015. A severe storm in northwest Pakistan,
dubbed a "mini-cyclone", has killed 44 people and injured more than 200, officials said, raising their previous death toll.

April 27, 2015 - PAKISTAN - A severe storm in northwest Pakistan, dubbed a “mini-cyclone”, has killed 44 people and injured more than 200, officials said on Monday, raising their previous death toll.

Intense rain and strong winds buffeted the city of Peshawar and adjacent districts late on Sunday, felling trees, causing dozens of roofs and walls to collapse and blocking many roads.

The injured include nearly 100 children, according to officials, while farmers have seen their produce badly affected.

“At least 44 people have been killed and 202 wounded. The storm followed by heavy rain and hailstorm has severely damaged wheat crops and orchards,” Provincial Information Minister Mushtaq Gani told AFP.

Gani said that authorities were estimating the losses and expressed fear that hundreds of cattle have been killed.

Electricity was still suspended in Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and in parts of two nearby districts, Nowshera and Charsadda.

Gani said at least 29 people were killed in Peshawar, 10 in Charsadda and five in Nowshera.

Aamir Afaq, a senior official of the provincial disaster management authority, confirmed the death toll and told AFP that efforts were underway “to provide food, shelters and emergency medical services to the affectees”.

An AFP reporter in Peshawar said rescue workers were removing fallen trees to open roads while engineers from mobile phone companies were repairing the towers.

An injured man is rushed into an emergency ward to receive medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province. Photograph: Arshad Arbab/EPA

On Sunday evening, flood waters from the torrential rain reached a depth of a metre (three feet) in some parts of the city, which is home to more than three million people.

Initial estimates had put the death toll at 26 with 180 injured.

The military has been called in to boost rescue efforts, using ground-penetrating radars, concrete cutters and sniffer dogs, according to a tweet by the army spokesman.

Safety standards, particularly in construction, are very lax in nuclear-armed but economically underdeveloped Pakistan.

Many of the more than 200 killed in last year’s heavy monsoon rains died after roofs collapsed.

Poor construction was also blamed for the collapse of the Margalla Towers apartment block in Islamabad in a 2005 earthquake, killing 78 people. The city of Peshawar is also at the forefront of Pakistan’s battle against a home-grown Islamist insurgency that rose up in 2004 following the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and the migration of Al Qaida and Taliban militants to the country’s border tribal areas. - Gulf News.

MONUMENTAL GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: The Koslanda Tragedy - More Than 100 Believed Killed, At Least 300 Missing And 150 Houses Buried In Sri Lanka's Monster TWO MILES LONG Landslide As Major Transformation Continues Across The Planet! [VIDEOS]

October 29, 2014 - SRI LANKA - A landslide in hilly south-central Sri Lanka is believed to have killed more than 100 people on Wednesday as it buried scores of houses, a government minister said, and the toll is likely to rise.

The landslide hit a village in the tea-growing area of Sri Lanka after days of heavy monsoon rain, with more than 300 people listed as missing.

"More than 100 people are believed to have died," Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told Reuters from the disaster site in the village of Haldummulla, 190 km (120 miles) inland from the capital, Colombo.

"We have suspended the rescue operations because of darkness and inclement weather. There is also a threat of further landslides."

Children who left for school in the morning returned to find their clay and cement houses had been buried. Nearly 300 children were gathered at a nearby school as night fell amid further landslide threats.

The Disaster Management Center said 10 bodies had been found so far, at least 300 people were missing and 150 houses buried in the village, which lies south of a popular national park.

WATCH: Koslanda landslide in Sri Lanka.

Amaraweera said the landslide was at least 3 km (2 miles) long. Villagers had been advised in 2005 and 2012 to move away because of the threat of landslides, but many did not heed the warning, he said.

"I was under the rubble and some people took me out ... my mother and aunt have died," a woman who was being treated for injuries told media.

There have been a number of landslides since the start of heavy rains in mid-September resulting in damage to roads, but there had been no casualties until Wednesday.

Some roads in the central districts of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, and Badulla were blocked on Wednesday due to landslides, limiting public transport.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa tweeted that military heavy machinery had been deployed to speed up search and rescue operations.

The people living in the affected hilly area are mostly of Indian Tamil origin, descendants of workers brought to Sri Lanka from South India under British rule as cheap labor to work on tea, rubber and coffee plantations. - Reuters.

DELUGE: Death And Displacement Mount In Indonesia Floods And Landslides - Dozens Dead; Nearly 90,000 Refugees; Mass Evacuations And Infrastructure Damage; State Of Emergency In Many Districts!

January 23, 2014 - INDONESIA -  In the past two weeks, floods and landslides have hit parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan Islands, and continue to spread further, thereby claiming more lives as torrential rains continue to lash.

Death And Displacement Mount In Indonesia Floods.

Girl struggles through the flooded streets of Jakarta.

In Jakarta, the number of refugees has shown a steep rise from 30,784 people recorded on January 19, to 89,334 people on January 22, 2014. The death toll rose from seven to 12.

The floods that commenced on January 14, have affected 34 subdistricts, 100 urban villages, 444 neighborhoods, 672 families, and a total of 134,662 residents in the capital city, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) stated on January 21.

In the North Sulawesi Province, the death toll due to the floods and landslides has risen to 19: six in Manado, six in Tomohon, six in Minahasa, and one in North Minahasa. In Manado alone, 85,831 people or 23,204 families were affected and over 10 thousand houses were damaged.

Vice President Boediono and Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) M. Jusuf Kalla, former vice president, visited Manado on Tuesday (Jan. 21) to disburse relief aid and collect first-hand information about the damages inflicted by the natural disasters.

In the West Java Province, incessant torrential rains have triggered floods in seven districts such as Karawang, Bandung, Bekasi, Subang, Indramayu, and Depok City, thereby inundating thousands of houses.

Most of the floods in those districts were caused by the rivers overflowing their banks or by the breaking down of dikes.

Thousands of houses in the Bandung Selatan district were inundated when the Citraum River overflew its banks in Baleendah.

"Floods waters continued to expand and inundated more areas since Saturday," noted Suherman, a resident of Cieunteung Baleendah.

In Karawang, the worst-affected district in West Java, the local administration has declared a state of emergency as 28 out of the 30 subdistricts have been flooded in the past few days.

In Karawang, tens of thousands of houses in 173 villages have been inundated over the past few days, after a number of rivers overflowed their banks due to the heavy rains.

"Karawang has declared a state of emergency for the next 14 days, effective January 19," Karawang District Head Ade Swara remarked in a press statement released on January 20.

On January 21, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono visited Kerawang and took time to meet the evacuees and examined the on-site facilities. He also extended relief aid to the evacuees.

Parts of the Indramayu District, also in the West Java Province, have been isolated as a result of the incessant rainfall. Flood waters, reaching a height of 1.5 meters, submerged farming areas, while the flood victims are in desperate need of clean drinking water and electricity.

In the Bekasi District, in the same province, four elementary school students were found dead on January 20, after being swept away by the flood waters in South Tambun, two days earlier.

The West Javas Subang District suffered material losses amounting to US$2.6 million or Rp32 billion due to the floods since last Friday (Jan. 17).

Photo document of residents evacuated joint team with rubber boat in housing Total Persada,
Pot, Tangerang, Banten, on Monday (Januari 20, 2014). (ANTARA/Lucky R.)

Desperate residents cling to their belongings as they try to escape the rising waters.

"We have set up several temporary relief shelters for the people who were forced to abandon their homes due to the flooding. Each shelter is equipped with a kitchen and health service center," reported Abdul Rahman, a spokesman of the Subang District administration.

The 13 subdistricts inundated by the floods include Pamanukan, Pusaka Jaya, Compreng, Blanakan, Tambakdahan, Sukasari, Legon Kulon, Pabuaran, Ciasem, Pusakanagara, Patok Beusi, Pagaden, and Binong.

In Central Java Province, the floods have submerged hundreds of homes in the Kudus and Pakalongan Districts, following incessant heavy rains that caused some rivers to overflow.

A landslide killed 12 residents from Duku Kembangan, Menawan village, Gebog subdistrict, and Kudus, on Tuesday evening (Jan. 21). The landslide completely buried five houses and damaged three others.

Of the 12 casualties, however, only one body was retrieved, while the rest are believed to be buried under the mud and debris, reported Suroso, head of the social affairs office of the Menawan village.

In Pekalongan, the heavy rains that triggered a landslide and floods over the past few days displaced around seven thousand people, stated Susiyanto, a spokesman of the Pekalongan district administration on Monday (Jan. 20).

West Nusa Tenggara was also struck by flash floods, forcing at least 917 people in the district of Sambelia, Lombok Timur, to flee to safer grounds.

"They have chosen to evacuate due to the floods that struck yesterday, and they have now been accommodated in three shelters," the provinces head of public relations, Tri Budiprayitno, noted on Wednesday (Jan. 22).

The Obol-Obol, Tandongan, and Batusela rivers, located at the foot of Mount Rinjani, overflowed after incessant rains triggered flooding.

Four bridges and a prayer house have been wrecked, while three kilometers of roads have been eroded and around 80 hectares of rice and corn fields have been inundated by the floods.

On the Sumatra Island, several provinces including South Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Jambi, have also been inundated due to high rainfall.

In the Tangerang District, Banten Province, at least 11 thousand houses were flooded.

To help the victims of natural disasters such as floods, landslides, and volcanic eruption, the National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) have asked their officers to be on vigil to handle the calamity.

Jakarta flooded.

Motorists brave the flooded streets of the capital.

Some 3.5 thousand policemen from the Police Headquarters and Mobile Brigade will be soon deployed in the disaster-affected areas, Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti, the head of the Police Headquarters Security and Maintenance Department remarked in Jakarta, on Wednesday (Jan. 22).

They will support the local police officers in their efforts to assist the natural disaster victims till March, the police officer noted.

Meanwhile, some 19,357 military officers have been deployed to help the victims of natural disasters, which have currently struck parts of Indonesia.

TNI Chief General Moeldoko has instructed all the military officers across Indonesia to be on high alert during the ongoing rainy season, as the country has received excess rainfall, TNI spokesman Colonel Bernardus claimed in Jakarta, on Tuesday (Jan. 21).

Among other things, the TNI has set up flood mitigation command posts in Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Sumatra, and Manado.

During 2013, Indonesia was hit by 693 natural disasters, of which, there were 262 landslides, 95 flash floods, one volcano eruption, 94 whirlwinds, and 171 categorized as other disasters. - Antara News.

Flood, Landslide In Central Java, Indonesia Kill 13.

Widespread floods and landslide caused by consecutive days of heavy downpours have wreaked havoc on Kudus district of Central Java, leaving 13 people dead and forcing 4,000 residents to evacuate, a local official said on Wednesday.

Five rivers have been bloated by torrential rain since Sunday and burst their banks, hence swamping several spots at the district, said P. Jumadi, head of the disaster agency of the district.

On Wednesday, some of the residents were still wading through 1. 5-meter deep water to evacuation centers, many of which are placed in village administration offices, said Jumadi.

The downpours also incurred landslides in Menawan village of Gebog sub-district, seriously damaging two houses, said Jumadi.

"As many as 4,025 people are taking shelters in 20 evacuation centers," he told Xinhua over phone from the district.

"The rain also triggered landslides. Piles of soils slid off from a hill and slammed two houses at the downside at midnight on Monday. All 12 people were killed in one of the houses and another person in the other house," said Jumadi.

On Wednesday, soldiers and villagers were still trying to retrieve the corpses from the wreckage of the crumpled houses, he said.

"So far they have retrieved two bodies and with bare hands they dig the soil to find out the others," said Jumadi.

Elsewhere in Karawang of West Java, floods have receded and more than 10,000 evacuees have returned homes, and in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, some of the displaced persons have started returning homes to clean their houses as the floods recede, but they are still reluctant to return at night, according to officials.

Seasonal downpours have often incurred floods in Indonesia, a chain of 17,500 islands where millions of people live in vulnerable flood plains that are near to rivers. - CNTV.

DELUGE: Massive Floods And Landslides Ravage Jakarta, Indonesia - 23 Killed; Over 43,000 Displaced; Government Allocates 3.3 BILLION In Aid For Flood Victims!

January 19, 2014 - INDONESIA - The death toll in days of floods and landslides in Indonesia has climbed to 23, an official said Saturday, as torrential rain pounded the capital.

Vehicles drive on a flooded road in Jakarta on January 17, 2014 (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)

Families in Jakarta neighbourhoods waded through murky chest-high flood waters, clutching their belongings, while others were ferried to safety in rubber dinghies, local TV stations showed.

"Five people have died in Jakarta so far from drowning or electrocution in the floods," National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nurgoho told AFP.

More than 4,300 people in the capital have been displaced by the floods, which also worsened the city's notorious traffic jams.

Meanwhile the death toll rose to 18 late Friday in the northern part of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, which has suffered flash floods and landslides. Two people there are still missing, Nugroho said.


WATCH: Jakarta floods worsen as further downpours arrive.

The Sulawesi deluge, which ripped more than 100 homes from their foundations, is receding as the downpour there eases, Nugroho said, adding that three-quarters of the 40,000 people initially displaced there have returned to their homes.

Indonesia is regularly hit with deadly floods and landslides during its wet season, which lasts for around six months.

Environmentalists blame logging and a failure to reforest denuded land for exacerbating the floods. - Yahoo.

Government Allocates 3.3 BILLION In Aid For Flood Victims.

Residents wade through a flooded area in  Jakarta on January 13, 2014 (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) handed Rp 3.3 billion (US$272,344.71) to the North Sulawesi administration to help speed up disaster relief efforts after massive flash floods and landslides hit several regions in the province, killing at least 16 people and temporarily displacing about 40,000.

“The financial aid has been given directly to North Sulawesi’s governor [Sinyo Harry Sarundajang],” BNPB head Syamsul Maarif said at the State Palace on Thursday.

As of Thursday, the number of fatalities stood at 16, but the number could rise as search and rescue efforts had been being intensified, he added. A search for two villagers was still being carried out, Syamsul said.

Torrential rain over the past several days triggered massive landslides and flash floods on Wednesday, affecting six regencies and municipalities almost simultaneously, according to the BNPB.

More than 1,000 houses were flooded by overflowing rivers, forcing thousands to flee to shelters.

As the weather had improved, about 60 percent of displaced persons returned to their homes on Thursday, Syamsul said.

“Some areas were still isolated because landslides have blocked some vital roads. As a result, the distribution of logistics was hampered,” he said.

Children (right) in a flooded street in their neighborhood in downtown Jakarta on January 18, 2014
(AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the BNPB, as well as the local administration to boost efforts to help mitigate the disaster. “The current weather has been predicted to last four months, so I hope we can be better-prepared. Anytime disaster strikes, we should be able to respond quickly and precisely,” he told a Cabinet meeting.

Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said the bad weather could contribute to an inflation rise. “The government has been assessing the situation in order to determine necessary efforts to maintain the stability of staple food prices,” he said.

In Jakarta, flooding has receded and most evacuees have returned home, according to Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) management control head Basuki Rahmat.

Flooding in the capital has claimed four lives and temporarily displaced 5,547 people since Monday.

However, some evacuees have opted to remain at the shelters as their homes still need to be cleaned. As many as 1,135 residents affected by floods in Pengadegan, South Jakarta, for example, will remain at a number of shelters as they wait for floodwater to totally subside.

Rumors about a possible flash flood in Jakarta early on Thursday that circulated through text message and social media networks alerted many residents. The information turned out to be false, but Basuki reminded coastal area residents to be prepared for possible flooding in the coming days.

“The Meterology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predict that there will be high tide during the full moon,” he said.

The Public Works Ministry will close part of Jl. TB Simatupang in South Jakarta to repair a part of the road that collapsed during flooding.

Ministry spokesperson Danis H Sumadilaga said in a press release that the ministry would replace drainage culverts and elevate the road by 1- meter to avoid runoff.

The ministry had earmarked Rp 2.5 billion for the roadwork, which would start by rebuilding the road’s foundation. “The work is estimated to be completed in 17 days,” he said.

During construction, traffic will be diverted to Jl. Jatipadang and turn into Jl. Ragunan Raya, which heads to the Pasar Minggu area. - Jakarta Post.

DISASTER IMPACT: Brazil Earmarks US$1.4 BILLION In Flood Control Relief And Espirito Santo To Invest US$225 MILLION In Reconstruction - 48 Dead; Over 10,000 Homeless; Widespread Damage To Roads And Infrastructure!

January 06, 2014 - BRAZIL - Following the deaths of at least 48 people in southeast Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff has destined 3.2bn reais (US$1.36bn) in federal funding to combat heavy rains and flooding in the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.

In early December, a storm also left 16 people dead and flattened more than 200 houses in the
city of Lajedinho in the northeastern state of Bahia. Reuters

The president made the announcement during her visit to the city of Governador Valadares in Minas Gerais on Friday (Dec 27), according to the federal government's blog.

Rousseff met with governor Antonio Anastasia to assess damage which affected municipalities in the eastern region of the state such as Virgolândia, Aimorés, Conselheiro Pena, Mantena and Governador Valadares.

Besides leaving more than 10,000 homeless, at least 21 people have died from the storms in Minas Gerais, government news service Agência Brasil reported.


WATCH: Dozens killed by landslides in Brazil floods.

Another 24 lives have been taken in the state of Espírito Santo since December 19 and another three were killed in Rio de Janeiro just a few days before.

With the new funding, the government has earmarked a total of 21.6bn reais for works such as flood control, urban drainage and other disaster prevention works throughout the country.

While 13.6bn reais equates to grants coming directly from the federal budget, the remaining 7.7bn reais is being financed through 20-year loans which have a four-year grace period and an interest rate of 6%, the blog said

An aerial picture showing the overflooded Doce River in the Brazilian state of
Espirito Santo on December 26, 2013. Reuters

Meanwhile, Brazil's Espírito Santo state plans to invest 540mn reais (US$225mn) in rebuilding bridges, roads, schools and homes after storms caused severe damage in the southeast of the country, governor Renato Casagrande said.

The state will invest 65mn reais in revamping 750km of rural roads, and plans to raise 44.8mn reais to build and repair bridges.

It will spend a further 150mn reais on highways, 120mn reais on paving urban areas and 34mn reais on cleaning canals and dredging operations.

"The plan is comprehensive given the need to assist almost the entire state, as more than 50 of our 78 municipalities have been affected," Casagrande said.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff reacts as she flies over a region affected by heavy rains in
Espirito Santo state December 24, 2013. Reuters

Espírito Santo will also distribute 15mn reais to low income families, with up to 2,500 reais of credit to buy appliances or building materials.

At least 48 people died and 10,000 were left homeless in southeast Brazil following severe floods late December.

President Dilma Rousseff has assigned 3.2bn reais in federal funding to combat heavy rains and flooding in Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states. - BNAmericas.

DELUGE: Deadly Floods And Landslides Hit Vietnam - Over 30 Killed; 11 Missing; 80,000 Displaced; Over 100,000 Houses Damaged!

November 17, 2013 - VIETNAM - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in central Vietnam have killed at least 34 people, left 11 others missing and displaced more than 80,000 from their homes, disaster officials said.

Television footage on Sunday showed inundated houses and streets in the town of Hoi An and the former imperial city of Hue, both classed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, where hundreds of tourists have been evacuated over recent days.

More than 100,000 homes were inundated by the floods, according to Vietnamese officials. [AFP]

At least 34 people have been killed over several days of flooding which were the most destructive since 1999, a regional official told the AFP news agency.

"Eleven other people are missing. More than 100,000 houses have been flooded and transport by road, air and rail has been severely affected across the region," said Nguyen Quang Trung, an official in the coastal city of Danang, adding several central provinces had been hit.

"Rain continued to fall on Sunday morning in the coastal provinces of Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh - where at least 20 people were killed," Trung said, adding damage is initially estimated at around $65 million.

The National Flood and Storm Control Agency said in a statement on Sunday that the loss of life ocurred in five central provinces, where the 11 people were also missing. The death toll was cumulative since the floods began on Friday.

It said the floods had affected 98,000 houses in central Vietnam. But disaster officials said that the flood waters have started to recede in some areas, allowing residents to return and begin digging out their homes.

The worst-hit province was Binh Dinh, where the floods killed 12 people, officials said.

A scene of flood water caused by a tropical depression in central Vietnam on November 15, 2013.
[AFP]

In Quang Ngai province, where nine were killed and four people are missing, flood waters rose above a previous peak measured in 1999, submerging many houses, the official Thanh Nien newspaper reported on Sunday.

Flood waters rose quickly after 15 hydropower plants in the central region opened their sluice gates to release water in reservoir protection, the newspaper reported.

Regular floods

Roads have been closed due to floods and some national train services cancelled.

The central region, incorporating the Central Highlands coffee belt, often suffers from floods and storms between July and October.

Rain since Friday disrupted the coffee harvest and bean drying in central highland provinces, thus delaying the bean flow to sea ports. Vietnam is the world's top robusta coffee bean producer, accounting for around 17 percent of the world's output.

More rain was forecast in the coffee-growing region on Sunday, state forecasters said. - Al Jazeera.

DELUGE: Sudden Flooding And Severe Ice Jams Western Alaska - Homes Damaged In Several Communities, Displacing Many Families! [PHOTOS]

November 12, 2013 - ALASKA - Sudden flooding and severe ice jams in the village of Kotlik -- a coastal Yukon River Delta town of about 630 people south of Norton Sound -- damaged sewage systems, closed the community's school, displaced families and cut off the community’s access to any running water over the weekend. And the village is bracing for another wave of nasty winter weather expected to bring more flooding.

ce buildup from coastal flooding in the Western Alaska community of Kotlik. Nov. 11, 2013

Patricia Okitkun photo

Other communities in the region, from Scammon Bay to Unalakleet, also suffered damage as a result of severe weather that accompanied a Bering Sea storm sweeping through the area late last week.

"The town was actually a part of the ocean," Kotlik Mayor Thomas Sinka said Monday. "I mean everything was underwater, and our rescue teams were trying to get to all of these people, but the flooding happened so fast we just couldn't."

He added that sea ice was pushed into the town and surrounding rivers, making it more challenging to perform search and rescue operations.

Sinka said the water from Pastol Bay came rushing into the Yup’ik village on Saturday. He said more than 100 people, families and their pets headed to the local school for shelter.

Although the worst seems to be over, Sinka said, it has left the town with immense damage.

He said the townspeople are just now able to survey the damage, but the list of needed repairs is already long. Damage at the fueling station caused diesel to spill into the village, he said. Sewage pipes floated away and the sewage water was in the streets. The playground equipment at the school was taken away with the current, and the school had no heat or running water. People have lost their homes. And multiple people posted on the Kotlik Facebook page claiming that much of the Alaska Native subsistence food that was hunted and gathered over the summer has been destroyed.

Alaska Department of Homeland Security spokesman Jeremy Zidek confirmed that the community’s water system had been knocked out and the water plant damaged.

“They have about 2 weeks of water within their water tanks,” Zidek said. “It can’t be distributed (by the system), but they can haul it.” He added that Kotlik would have to resort to using honeybuckets for their sewage needs, at least for the time being.

No Homeland Security officials were on scene Monday, but the agency was monitoring the still-developing situation. Sinka said Monday evening that the community had been talking with a number of state and federal agencies, including FEMA.

 Ice buildup from flooding in the community of Kotlik. Nov. 11, 2013.
Patricia Okitkun photo

Flooding in the community of Kotlik, Alaska, November 2013.
Velvet McCambridge photo

Bethel residents have been trickling to the town to help out, said Sinka, but fixing a majority of the damage will be challenging because of the ice jams that built up throughout the community. The village of Kotlik will meet Monday afternoon to further discuss the amount of damage.

Sinka said the two things they need most right now is fresh water, and honey buckets to help while the sewage system remains offline.

"It is just heartbreaking to see this happening," said Sinka. "But we are lucky no one was hurt."

Meanwhile, other communities have also seen damage from the storm. Zidek said that coastal erosion had been reported in Golovin and Shaktoolik. Unalakleet, meanwhile, was in much the same state as Kotlik, with the main water line offline, and about two weeks of water available in that coastal community of about 700.

Despite the damage, the communities had mostly weathered the flooding relatively well, Zidek said.

The power is on, and we’ve been in communication with (the affected communities),” Zidek said. “We haven’t had any critical requests for life safety needs, medical emergencies, communications, or power at this time.”

Planning ahead

But more storms appear to be on the way. The National Weather Service reported Monday that rough weather was expected to continue for much of the week.

“A series of storms developing over the Bering and Chukchi Seas will sweep across Northern Alaska Tuesday night through Thursday. Although there is some uncertainty in the forecast details ... another round of stormy weather is likely across much of Western Alaska,” the NWS wrote.

The storm systems were expected to bring high winds that could cause more coastal flooding, the agency reported.

Flooding in the community of Kotlik, Alaska, November 2013.
Velvet McCambridge photo.

Flooding in the community of Kotlik, Alaska, November 2013.
Velvet McCambridge photo

Sinka reported Monday evening that the community had been able to clear its runway and a boardwalk, enabling people to move around in the ice-clogged village. He said they were focused on getting some people who live across the river from Kotlik onto the other side and into the main community, where they might be better able to ride out the upcoming bout of bad weather.

Kotlik held a town meeting on Monday, and some people were surprised to find out that there could be more flooding on the way. Sinka said that some people only had VHF radio and hadn't heard about the new storm systems headed toward Western Alaska. He said that the recent flooding will hopefully make the community better prepared for such an event in the future. A new warning system was discussed at Monday's meeting.

"We talked about a siren for the whole community, like if there’s a storm warning, there’d be a siren we could set off," Sinka said.

Such a plan is for the future. For now, the community will likely have to hunker down as best it can until the next storm passes -- and then begin to rebuild. - Alaska Dispatch.

DELUGE: Texas Floods Prompt Dozens Of Rescues - Up To 14 Inches Of Rain; Two Men Killed!

November 01, 2013 - UNITED STATES -  Two men were killed as heavy rains across Central Texas swelled rivers and creeks and triggered flash flooding Thursday, prompting dozens of rescues across a region that's been dealing with a long, punishing drought.

AP/The Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner

About 10 miles south of Austin, one frightening rescue involved a couple whose SUV was swept away by floodwaters. They were forced to cling to trees for hours until a helicopter rescued them on Halloween morning.

In all, the National Weather Service said, more than a foot of rain fell across Texas' midsection, including up to 14 inches in Wimberley, southwest of the state capital.

The storm system stretched across much of the nation, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, and carried heavy rain and strong winds. In South Texas, Houston motorists were slowed during morning rush hour because of downpours and sporadic flooding.

Austin police reported that the body of a man 50 to 60 years old was found Thursday in the city's flooded Onion Creek. The body was found in a pile of flood-strewn debris Thursday afternoon, according to a police report.

Earlier, the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV reported that the Caldwell County sheriff's office said a man died Thursday after driving on a low-lying portion of road overtaken by flooding. The victim was swept out of his vehicle in Dale, south of Austin.

No identities have been released for either man.

Emergency crews in and around Austin responded to more than 100 rescue calls, often with boats and life rafts, but few were more harrowing than one in the town of Buda.

Around 4 a.m., rescuers near Little Bear Creek spotted a man and his girlfriend in trees about 200 yards from the roadway.

Fire Capt. Craig Odell said rescuers encouraged the pair to "hang on" until the helicopter arrived. The man and woman, whose names were not released, estimated they were in the water about four hours before they were hoisted to safety, Odell said.

"They're definitely very lucky," Odell said. Both victims suffered lacerations and were treated for hypothermia; the man broke his nose.

By Thursday afternoon, the skies had cleared in much of the state and a warm sun was shining, meaning most youngsters didn't have to rethink trick-or-treating. Their parents might, however.

The Texas Department of Public Safety warned those out for Halloween fun "to be prepared for continued rising water and flooding."

First Independent Baptist Church in south Austin had hoped to attract 2,500 students Thursday night to a fall festival featuring booths and music on the church grounds.

"I think people will be here tonight, working," pastor Daniel Trinidad said of his church, where head-high floodwaters washed away an outdoor baptismal deck and reduced the vestibule to a soggy mess of water-logged pews and mud.

Community members were sweeping water out of the building and trying to dry framed artwork and church documents.

"They want to help out, not do Halloween," Trinidad said.

Elsewhere, Austin's Onion Creek overflowed, trapping Sabrina Loyless' neighbors atop their car. Loyless was awakened around 5 a.m. by their screams for help, and the 30-year-old tried to wade across the street — but ended up clinging to tree branches.

"When I got about halfway across the road, I realized how bad an idea it was," said Loyless, who hours after her rescue was wrapped in a firefighters' blanket and waiting for the water to recede so she could get back into her home.

Mike Brown, 54, was still barefoot as he waited for permission to return to his trailer, which he thinks will be a total loss. The auto-salvage yard employee said he awoke to water all around him — even seeping into his bed.

"My possessions were floating around," he said. "I opened my door and swam out."

The Red Cross deployed two relief trucks from Fort Worth to Austin to aid flood victims with cleanup.

On a front lawn near Brown, landscaper Lee Dufrene was keeping watch over three small horses from a local ranch. He and others led another 15 larger horses to high ground, but when floodwaters crested, the animals were gone.

"I woke up at 3:30 to the sound of horses plunging through the water," said Dufrene, who choked back tears when he talked of his missing 1-year-old horse, Sunny.

The horses might have run away and then been rescued by emergency crews, but he didn't know.

"I've still got hope," Dufrene said. - Huffington Post.

DISASTER IMPACT: The Death Toll From Mexican Hurricanes Surpasses 100 As Search For Missing Continues - 110 Dead, More Than ONE MILLION Affected; 50,000 Evacuated; Over 22,000 Homes Damaged In The State of Guerrero Alone!

September 23, 2013 - MEXICO - Emergency crews in Mexico continued to search for victims of Hurricanes Manuel and Ingrid on Sunday after the death toll from the storms that battered the coast of Mexico this week rose to at least 110.

A man stands amidst the debris of a destroyed home in Cacahuatepec, on the outskirts of Acapulco, on Saturday.
Henry Romero / Reuters

The twin storms unleashed torrential rain that led to floods and mudslides starting last Sunday.  More than 1 million people have been affected across the country, and 50,000 have been evacuated from their homes.

The official death toll was increased to 101 at a news conference late Friday, but that number did not include crew members aboard a Federal Police helicopter that disappeared Thursday while aiding rescue efforts in La Pintada, in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.

At least three crew members aboard the aircraft  were found dead, a Mexican government spokesman said on Saturday, according to The Associated Press. On Sunday two more, likely rescue workers, were reported dead in the incident.


WATCH: There are scores of people missing and feared dead in towns around Acapulco Mexico, while the famed resort was mostly spared the worst of the flooding after tropical storms. NBC's Mark Potter reports.

Sixty-eight residents of La Pintada remained missing after a massive landslide, authorities said.

On Sunday, Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto said the death toll was at "110 or 115." He said Mexico's Congress would revise its budget in response to the storm.

Nieto called for a quick state-by-state evaluation of damage to be overseen by the country's interior minister that "will allow us to add resources beyond those already budgeted for contingency and disaster funds to rebuild infrastructure that has sadly been lost."

In the state of Guerrero alone, more than 22,000 homes have sustained damage in 59 principalities, Guerrero State Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero said according to Mexican newspaper El Sol de Acapulco. 

The extent of the damage in the region has left more than 20,000 people in shelters. - NBC News.

THE GREAT DELUGE: Precursors To A Global Coastal Event - At Least 97 Dead In Catastrophic Mexico Floods & Mudslides; Widespread Looting Hits Acapulco; 40,000 Tourists Stranded; Over ONE MILLION Affected; Over 50,000 Persons Evacuated!

September 19, 2013 - MEXICO - Tropical Storm Manuel lashed Mexico's northwest coast with heavy rains today, prompting evacuations and adding to flash floods that have unleashed chaos across Mexico and killed at least 97 people.

Rescued people are taken to safety by Mexican Federal Police officers on an inflatable
dinghy in a flooded street of Acapulco

Floodwaters have wreaked havoc in the Pacific port.

Storms have inundated vast areas of Mexico since late last week, wrecking roads, destroying bridges and triggering landslides that buried homes and their occupants.

Roads became raging rapids in the Pacific resort of Acapulco, stranding 40,000 tourists.

Emergency services said heavy rains were beating down on the north-western state of Sinaloa and that hundreds of people had been evacuated from coastal communities.

An aerial view of a flooded neighbourhood is seen in Acapulco September 17, 2013.
REUTERS/Stringer

An aerial view of a flooded neighbourhood is seen in Acapulco September 17, 2013.
REUTERS/Stringer

People carry looted goods as they walk through a flooded street in Acapulco September 18, 2013.
REUTERS/Jacobo Garcia

People carry looted goods as they walk through a flooded street in Acapulco September 18, 2013.
REUTERS/Jacobo Garcia

The US National Hurricane Center said an area of low pressure over the oil-producing southern Gulf of Mexico had a 60% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours and could dump heavy rains on already flooded areas in southern and eastern Mexico.

The fresh misery comes after tropical storms Ingrid and Manuel converged on Mexico from the Gulf and the Pacific over the weekend, triggering the flash floods.

Ingrid dissipated, but Manuel then strengthened and gained hurricane strength before it was downgraded again to a tropical storm.

More than a million people have been affected across the country, and 50,000 have been evacuated from their homes.


WATCH: Mexico storm turns into catastrophic hurricane.

Winds blew off the roofs of houses and 11 rivers in the state broke their banks. Residents waded through muddy, chest-high waters in some areas.

The flooded tourist resort of Acapulco further south, which was hit by looting, was still reeling.

Tens of thousands of people remained trapped in the city, awaiting evacuation as airlines and the armed forces worked to get them home.


 WATCH: Dozens missing after mudslide.

58 people were still missing after a mudslide in Atoyacde Alvarez, a municipality near Acapulco in Guerrero state, President Enrique Pena Nieto said last night.

The president said 288 people had already been rescued from the site. - RTE.

DELUGE: Precursors To A Global Coastal Event - East, West, South; Severe Weather Slaps Mexico On 3 Fronts; 57 Lives Lost; ONE MILLION PEOPLE Affected; Over 40,000 Stranded!

September 18, 2013 - MEXICO - Severe weather was hitting Mexico from nearly all sides Wednesday as Tropical Depression Manuel, the remnants of Tropical Storm Ingrid, and a new area of low pressure threatened most of the country with rain.

At least 57 lives had been lost due to the storms.

Two men wait for help in a flooded street in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, after heavy rains
hit the area on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pedro Pardo)

Residents attempt to flee from the flooded area in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, after heavy rains
hit the area on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pedro Pardo)

The hardest hit area was the Pacific state of Guerrero, where an estimated 40,000 tourists were stuck as dozens of roads were damaged and the airport in Acapulco temporarily suspended services.

Tropical Depression Manuel, which was off the west-central coast of Mexico, was responsible for the downpour on the Pacific coast. The storm could strengthen into a tropical storm on Wednesday as it takes a turn toward Baja California, the National Hurricane Center reported.

"The aid is flowing," Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto told reporters. "A large deployment (of resources) is being made specifically to the most affected areas."

View of the flooded area in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, after heavy rains hit the area on
September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pedro Pardo)

View of the flooded area in Puerto Marques in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, after heavy rains
hit the area on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pedro Pardo)

Residents attempt to leave the flooded area in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, after heavy
rains hit the area on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pedro Pardo)

Mexican soldiers and police look for victims of a landslide caused by heavy rains in Xaltepec
community, State of Veracruz, Mexico on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo)

Mexican soldiers and police look for victims of a landslide caused by heavy rains in Xaltepec
community, State of Veracruz, Mexico on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo)

Mexican Navy members secure a flooded area to prevent theft and robbery in Acapulco, Guerrero state,
Mexico, after heavy rains hit the area on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo)

The severe weather made it difficult for aid to be airlifted into the hardest-hit areas, but were scheduled to resume Wednesday, he said.

While Manuel cast a shadow over the Pacific coast, a low pressure area on the Gulf side -- the remnants of Ingrid -- continued to threaten the coastal states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz.

And to the south, over the Yucatan Peninsula, another area of low pressure had a 70% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone within 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tourists wade through a flooded street in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, after heavy rains
hit the area on September 16, 2013 (AFP Photo)

Stranded tourists gather around a Mexican air force plane at the air base in Pie de la Cuesta, near Acapulco,
as they wait to be evacuated on Tuesday, September 17. An estimated 40,000 tourists were stranded in the
Pacific state of Guerrero as dozens of roads were damaged and Acapulco's airport temporarily
suspended services due to Tropical Depression Manuel.

More than 1 million residents across Mexico have been affected in some way by the storms, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong told reporters.

Acapulco airport operator Centro Norte Airport Group moved its ticketing process to a convention center because of flooding in the passenger terminals.


WATCH: Mexico battered by two tropical storms.

Several airlines were waiving fees and helping get passengers out as the airport began to operate again.

Some 2,000 people had been flown from Acapulco to Mexico City as of Tuesday night.

The Acapulco city government said some 40,000 tourists were stranded in the resort destination. The government set up special hotlines to help tourists, and businesses were offering special discounts for those who found themselves stuck. - CNN.

DELUGE: Precursors To A Global Coastal Event - Torrential Rainfall And Floods Kill 2 In Southern Ukraine; 4,000 Animals Drowned; 450 Houses Destroyed Or Severely Damaged; 21 MILLION DOLLARS IN LOSSES!

September 17, 2013 - UKRAINE - Two people were killed after heavy rains hit southern Ukraine's Odessa region over the weekend, a local official said Monday.

Large swathes of Ukraine, have been hit by heavy floods, plunging rural communities into vulnerability.

The ensuing floods drowned some 4,000 farm animals and poultry and destroyed or severely damaged more than 450 houses, causing an estimated loss of 21 million U.S. dollars, an official of the press service of Odessa regional administration told Xinhua.

Around 600 residents have been evacuated in central Odessa, the worst-hit region. - Xinhuanet.

GREAT DELUGE: Precursors To A Global Coastal Event - 2 Major Storms Lash Mexico As 41 Dead Amid "Historic" Floods; Landslides Completely Bury Homes; Roads Transformed Into Raging Rivers; Two Thirds Of The Country Affected!

September 16, 2013 - MEXICO - Two powerful storms pummeled Mexico as they converged from the Pacific and the Gulf on Monday, killing at least 41 people and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands amid some of the worst flooding in decades.

Soldiers stand on the remains of a bus after it was buried by a mountain landslide in Altotonga in
Veracruz state, along Mexico's Gulf coast, September 16, 2013.  REUTERS/Oscar Martinez

Tropical Depression Ingrid battered Mexico's northern Gulf coast, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel lashed the Pacific coast, inundating the popular beach resort of Acapulco, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Even as they weakened, the storms continued to unleash massive rains that have killed more than three dozen people in the states of Veracruz, Guerrero, Puebla, Hidalgo, Michoacan and Oaxaca, national emergency services said.

In the popular Pacific resort of Acapulco alone, at least 21 people were killed as buildings collapsed and roads were transformed into raging rivers, said Constantino Gonzalez, an official with Guerrero state emergency services.

"Unfortunately, the majority of the deaths have occurred here in Acapulco due to landslides that completely buried homes," said Gonzalez.

Officials said thousands of tourists were stranded due to canceled flights and closed highways.

State oil monopoly Pemex said it had evacuated three oil platforms and halted drilling at some wells on land due to the storms.

President Enrique Pena Nieto, who led Mexican independence day celebrations in Mexico City on Monday, was set to inspect storm damage in Guerrero state.

HISTORIC DESTRUCTION

"The storms have affected two-thirds of the entire national territory," the interior minister, Miguel Osorio Chong, said at a news conference in Mexico City.

Chong called the flooding "historic" and said the city of Acapulco had sustained major damage. The resort's international airport remained closed due to power failure, as were two major highways, in the wake of Manuel.

In Veracruz state, along Mexico's Gulf coast, 12 people died on Monday after their bus and two nearby homes were buried by a mountain landslide near the town of Xaltepec, Governor Javier Duarte told reporters.

Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean region are pictured in this September 16, 2013 NASA satellite
handout photo, which shows the remains of Tropical Storm Ingrid on the east coast of Mexico.
REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters

Across the state, 23,000 people were evacuated from their homes and 9,000 remained in emergency shelters, according to a post on Duarte's Twitter account.

Public school classes in Veracruz were canceled for Tuesday.

Ingrid, which weakened from a hurricane earlier on Monday, prompted Pemex to evacuate three platforms at its offshore Arenque field, operated by British oil services firm Petrofac, and close 24 wells in its onshore Ebano-Panuco field, a company official said.

On Pemex's Twitter page, the company said it had activated "emergency procedures" at its Francisco Madero refinery on the Gulf coast of northern Tamaulipas state, but did not provide details. The refinery has a processing capacity of 180,000 barrels per day, including crude from both the Arenque and Panuco fields.

Ingrid maintained maximum winds of 35 miles per hour and was expected to further weaken as it moved overland.


WATCH: Mexico hit by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel.

The tropical depression continued to dump heavy rains as it churned 6 miles per hour toward the west.

The NHC said isolated areas could see as much as 25 inches of rain, particularly in mountainous terrain, resulting in additional life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.

The Mexican government had discontinued all coastal warnings and watches by Monday afternoon.

Manuel's maximum sustained winds stood at 30 mph as it dissipated over west-central Mexico, although heavy rainfall is expected to continue along the country's southwestern coast. - Reuters.

DELUGE: Precursors To A Global Coastal Event - Dual Storm Fronts Of Tropical Storm Manuel And Hurricane Ingrid Batters Mexico; Heavy Rains And Landslides Cause At Least 15 Deaths; Thousands Evacuated!

September 16, 2013 - MEXICO - Tropical Storm Manuel edged onto Mexico's Pacific coast Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid swirled offshore on the other side of the country, as heavy rains and landslides caused at least 15 deaths and led authorities to evacuate thousands.

Stormy conditions led some communities in affected states to cancel Independence Day celebrations planned for Sunday and Monday.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Manuel began to weaken as soon as it made landfall near the port of Manzanillo during the afternoon, but remained a threat to produce flash floods and mudslides. It was predicted to dissipate by Monday.

In the southern coastal state of Guerrero, six people died when their SUV lost control on a rain-swept highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Landslides killed two people in Guerrero, and the collapse of a fence killed one person in Acapulco.

Manuel had maximum sustained winds of about 65 kph and was moving to the northwest at 15 kph late Sunday afternoon. Its center was about 60 kilometers northwest of Manzanillo.

Army soldiers and a civilian look out into a flooded street caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of
Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. (AP / Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Rains from Ingrid caused landslides that killed three people in the central state of Puebla, and a woman died when a landslide buried her house in Hidalgo state.

In the southern state of Oaxaca, which was affected by both storms, authorities said a child died after being swept away by a swollen river and a teenager was killed by a landslide.

The hurricane center said Ingrid, the second hurricane of the Atlantic storm season, could reach the Mexican mainland by Monday morning.

Army soldiers work to try to get their vehicle out of a flooded portion of a road caused by Tropical Storm
Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. (AP / Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Manuel was expected to dump 10 to 15 inches of rain over parts of Guerrero and Michoacan state, with maximums of 25 inches possible in some isolated areas. Authorities said those rains would present an especially dangerous threat in mountains, where flash floods and mudslides were possible.

Ingrid also was expected to dump very heavy rains. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) and was centered about 200 kilometers east-northeast of the port city of Tampico as it moved northwest at 6 kph. A hurricane warning was in effect from Cabo Rojo to La Pesca.

In Tamaulipas state to the north, where Ingrid was expected to come ashore, the government said in a statement that Independence Day festivities were cancelled in the cities of Tampico, Madero and Altamira. The Sept. 15 and 16 celebrations commemorate Mexico's battle of independence from Spain.

Rain water pours into the beach due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. (AP / Bernandino Hernandez)

Officials in the Gulf state of Veracruz began evacuating coastal residents Friday night, and civil protection authorities said that more than 6,600 people had been moved to shelters or the homes of family and friends.

More than 1,000 homes in Veracruz state had been affected by the storm to varying degrees, and 20 highways and 12 bridges had damage, the state's civil protection authority said.


WATCH: 15 dead as tropical storm and hurricane batter Mexico.

A bridge collapsed near the northern Veracruz city of Misantla on Friday, cutting off the area from the state capital, Xalapa.

A week ago, 13 people died in the state when a landslide buried their homes in heavy rains spawned by Tropical Depression Fernand. - CTV News.

EXTREME WEATHER: Hail Storm And Floods Kills 6, Injures 3 In Eastern China!

August 09, 2013 - CHINA - At least six people died as sudden gales and hail hit eastern China on Friday morning, while three others were injured.

"From 2 am to 4 am Friday, strong winds and hail battered Dangshan and Xiaoxian counties in Anhui, destroying houses, forcing road closures and disrupting the power supply," Anhui Provincial Civil Affairs Department told state-run Xinhua news agency.


WATCH: Rescuers evacuated more than 1000 people from heavily flooded areas in China.

Six people died after strong winds uprooted trees that fell onto their houses. Those injured were taken to a local hospital. - ZEE News.

GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: At Least Six Killed As Sierra Leone Bridge Collapses!

August 09, 2013 - SIERRA LEONE - At least six homeless people sleeping under a bridge in the heart of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown were crushed to death early on Friday when the bridge collapsed in a landslide caused by heavy rain, the country's police inspector general said.

The Jimmy Bridge, heavily used by both vehicles and pedestrians, collapsed between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. (0200 and 0300 GMT). Six bodies were recovered, all of them homeless people who had been sleeping under the structure.

Inspector General Francis Munu said more victims were believed to remain trapped under the wreckage and the death toll from the accident was likely to rise.

Rescue efforts continued throughout the day under a torrential downpour.

"We feel sorry for those who lost their lives and are investigating to make sure this does not happen again," he said.

The West African nation is now in the midst of its rainy season and landslides are commonplace in the hilly, seaside capital, where roads and infrastructure are often poorly maintained. - Reuters.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF: Thousands Of Dead Fish Found Floating In A River In Hangzhou, China?!

August 08, 2013 - CHINA - Hangzhou yesterday morning sunshine, on the surface it is a stench Tong, these dead fish are mainly concentrated in the streets of Long Tong Southview Community and Heinisch tree village junction segments waters.

Dead fish heads are similar, is 10 centimeters long small carp. At first glance, the white one river. Clean river boat cleaning staff, are network network kept the dead fish salvage ship. "We have recovered two days cleaning staff, an estimated five hundred pounds." Yuhang Center for Hu river cleaning happiness said.

The main cause hypoxia or high temperature

Residents living along the river, said on Saturday saw a lot of fish floating on the surface of the water, but did not particularly care. Unexpectedly Two days later, I saw large tracts of dead fish floating in the river, dead people rotting scent as their noses. Although there have been dead before, but only a few only, never seen such a large area.

What causes such a large area of ​​dead fish it? Reporters contacted the Yuhang District Fisheries fishery management station.

Yuhang District fishery department staff analysis, the first few weather down, heavy rain, causing the surface to hypoxia. "Underwater mud in heavy rain under the influence of organic matter on the turn, causing the riverbed silt fermentation, absorb large amounts of oxygen, making the original anoxic water oxygen less likely to cause fish kills. Another possible reason is that the weather too hot, reduce the water level, water quality is not as before. "

Whether the investigation is still in pollution-related

Now basically dead fish on the Tong River have been salvaged, and only a small part of the "slip" floated away with the water.

Hangzhou Yuhang now reach a large area on the pond of dead fish (video screenshot).

"We are also aware of the situation just this morning, and immediately contact the relevant departments, salvage of dead fish, avoid secondary pollution. Moreover, we also mansions day capital from the beginning to the long reach of the tree community in this investigation work carried out temporarily found no sewage pipes. "Environmental Monitoring Station of Yuhang Linping Zhang Fei, deputy director of environmental protection," said Tong on the situation looks pretty good, no smelly black water situation, but there are now a common problem rivers that water body fat Green, eutrophication few days later, we will continue the investigation. "

It is understood that the sampling Yuhang water environment monitoring station has been sent to the laboratory testing to determine whether water fish abnormalities lead to death, there will be about 5 working days after the results. - NB. [Translated]