A nor’easter with hurricane-force wind gusts battered much of the East Coast on Saturday, flinging heavy snow that made travel treacherous or impossible, flooding coastlines, and threatening to leave bitter cold in its wake.
The storm thrashed parts of 10 states, with blizzard warnings that stretched from Virginia to Maine. Philadelphia and New York saw plenty of wind and snow, but Boston was in the crosshairs. The city could get more than 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow by the time it moves out early Sunday.
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7/17/21
GLOBAL WARMIMG - Recent N European floods: Expert Says Warming Link To Europe Floods Plausible
With extreme weather killing more than 150 people in Europe and searing heat across parts of North America, the debate around climate change has grown more fierce in recent weeks.
But can global warming really be blamed for these very different, isolated events in different parts of the world?
According to Jean Jouzel, a climatologist and former vice-president of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is a "plausible" link, though it has not been proven yet.
"Unfortunately, we are in the early stages of global warming, and what lies ahead will be even worse," he told AFP.
Read more at: Expert Says Warming Link To Europe Floods Plausible
But can global warming really be blamed for these very different, isolated events in different parts of the world?
According to Jean Jouzel, a climatologist and former vice-president of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is a "plausible" link, though it has not been proven yet.
"Unfortunately, we are in the early stages of global warming, and what lies ahead will be even worse," he told AFP.
Read more at: Expert Says Warming Link To Europe Floods Plausible
7/16/21
EU Floods: Germany, Belgium floods: More than 100 dead with dozens still missing
The death toll in floods in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has increased to 43, officials said, pushing the total number of fatalities in Germany and Belgium above 100.
A total of 118 people have now been declared dead in the floods that have ravaged Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium over the past several days.
All of Western Europe is inundated with floodwaters, with rescue crews combing devastated areas in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Read more at: Germany, Belgium floods: More than 100 dead with dozens still missing
A total of 118 people have now been declared dead in the floods that have ravaged Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium over the past several days.
All of Western Europe is inundated with floodwaters, with rescue crews combing devastated areas in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Read more at: Germany, Belgium floods: More than 100 dead with dozens still missing
7/15/21
EU _Floods: At least 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods cause havoc across western Europe
More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned deadly. Great damage was also done in the Netherlans and Switzerland
Recent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn’t absorb any more water.
Read more at: At least 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods cause havoc across western Europe - National | Globalnews.ca
Recent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn’t absorb any more water.
Read more at: At least 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods cause havoc across western Europe - National | Globalnews.ca
6/27/21
USA: Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can't humans see the writing on the wall?
Humans tend to respond to immediate threats and financial consequences – and coastal real estate, especially in Florida, may be on the cusp of delivering that harsh wake-up call. The peninsula has outsized exposure: nearly 2 million people live in coastal cities. On the list of the 20 urban areas in America that will suffer the most from rising seas, Florida has five: St Petersburg, Tampa, Miami, Miami Beach and Panama City. In 2016, Zillow predicted that one out of eight homes in Florida would be underwater by 2100, a loss of $413bn in property.
Read more at: Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can't humans see the writing on the wall? | Environment | The Guardian
Read more at: Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can't humans see the writing on the wall? | Environment | The Guardian
11/14/19
Italy: Venice floods: Italy to declare state of emergency over damage
The damage from the 1.87m (6ft) high waters is a "blow to the heart of our country", PM Conte says.
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8/18/19
TURKEY - WEATHER: Heavy rain floods Istanbul Grand Bazaar
Watch: Heavy rain floods Istanbul's Grand Bazaar
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11/3/17
The Treat Of Climate Change: Trump administration releases report detailing the growing threats of climate change - by C.Mooney, J. Eilperin and B.Dennis
The Trump administration released a dire scientific report
Friday detailing the growing threats of climate change. The report
stands in stark contrast to the administration’s efforts to downplay
humans’ role in global warming, withdraw from an international climate
accord and reverse Obama-era policies aimed at curbing U.S.
greenhouse-gas output.
The White House did not seek to prevent the release of the government’s National Climate Assessment, which is mandated by law, despite the fact that its findings sharply contradict the administration’s policies. The report affirms that climate change is driven almost entirely by human action, warns of potential sea-level rise as high as eight feet by the year 2100, and enumerates climate-related damage across the United States that is already occurring as a result of 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit of global warming since 1900.
“It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century,” the document reports. “For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence.”
The report’s release underscores the extent to which the machinery of the federal scientific establishment, operating in multiple agencies across the government, continues to grind on even as top administration officials have minimized or disparaged its findings. Federal scientists have continued to author papers and issue reports on climate change, for example, even as political appointees have altered the wording of news releases or blocked civil servants from speaking about their conclusions in public forums. The climate assessment process is dictated by a 1990 law that Democratic and Republican administrations have followed.
The report comes as Trump and members of his Cabinet are working to promote U.S. fossil-fuel production and repeal several federal rules aimed at curbing the nation’s carbon output, including ones limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants, oil and gas operations on federal land and carbon emissions from cars and trucks. Trump has also announced he will exit the Paris climate agreement, under which the United States has pledged to cut its overall greenhouse-gas emissions between 26 percent and 28 percent compared with 2005 levels by 2025.
With high levels of warming, coastal property damage in 2090 could total $120 billion annually, and deaths from temperature extremes could reach 9,300 per year, or in monetized terms, $140 billion annually in damage. Additional tens of billions annually could occur in the form of damage to roads, rail lines and electrical infrastructure, the report finds.
This could all be lessened considerably, the report notes, if warming is held to lower levels.
Read more: Trump administration releases report finding ‘no convincing alternative explanation’ for climate change - The Washington Post
The White House did not seek to prevent the release of the government’s National Climate Assessment, which is mandated by law, despite the fact that its findings sharply contradict the administration’s policies. The report affirms that climate change is driven almost entirely by human action, warns of potential sea-level rise as high as eight feet by the year 2100, and enumerates climate-related damage across the United States that is already occurring as a result of 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit of global warming since 1900.
“It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century,” the document reports. “For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence.”
The report’s release underscores the extent to which the machinery of the federal scientific establishment, operating in multiple agencies across the government, continues to grind on even as top administration officials have minimized or disparaged its findings. Federal scientists have continued to author papers and issue reports on climate change, for example, even as political appointees have altered the wording of news releases or blocked civil servants from speaking about their conclusions in public forums. The climate assessment process is dictated by a 1990 law that Democratic and Republican administrations have followed.
The report comes as Trump and members of his Cabinet are working to promote U.S. fossil-fuel production and repeal several federal rules aimed at curbing the nation’s carbon output, including ones limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants, oil and gas operations on federal land and carbon emissions from cars and trucks. Trump has also announced he will exit the Paris climate agreement, under which the United States has pledged to cut its overall greenhouse-gas emissions between 26 percent and 28 percent compared with 2005 levels by 2025.
With high levels of warming, coastal property damage in 2090 could total $120 billion annually, and deaths from temperature extremes could reach 9,300 per year, or in monetized terms, $140 billion annually in damage. Additional tens of billions annually could occur in the form of damage to roads, rail lines and electrical infrastructure, the report finds.
This could all be lessened considerably, the report notes, if warming is held to lower levels.
Read more: Trump administration releases report finding ‘no convincing alternative explanation’ for climate change - The Washington Post
7/13/17
Antarctica Iceberg Will Not Be Last Glacier to Go - by Justin Worland
The
stunning visual of an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Delaware breaking
off into the ocean has struck wonder and worry in those all across the
world who have the seen image.
Scientists mostly attribute the occurrence to cleaving, the process in which a large portion of ice separates from the larger shelf, but disagree about the extent to which climate change contributedScientists say Larsen C will not directly contribute much to devastating sea-level rise — the ice shelf was already floating, so when it melts, waters will not rise significantly — but nonetheless the image of a trillion-ton iceberg floating away from Antarctica has raised new concerns over climate change. And rightfully so. If the entire Antarctic ice sheet melted, sea levels would rise by 200 feet globally, according to National Snow and Ice Data Center data.
Read more: Antarctica Iceberg Will Not Be Last Glacier to Go | Time.com
Scientists mostly attribute the occurrence to cleaving, the process in which a large portion of ice separates from the larger shelf, but disagree about the extent to which climate change contributedScientists say Larsen C will not directly contribute much to devastating sea-level rise — the ice shelf was already floating, so when it melts, waters will not rise significantly — but nonetheless the image of a trillion-ton iceberg floating away from Antarctica has raised new concerns over climate change. And rightfully so. If the entire Antarctic ice sheet melted, sea levels would rise by 200 feet globally, according to National Snow and Ice Data Center data.
Read more: Antarctica Iceberg Will Not Be Last Glacier to Go | Time.com
7/8/13
Europe floods caused €4.5bn of damage, says Swiss Re
The devastating floods that hit central and Eastern Europe last month caused up to $4.5bn (£3bn) in losses for the insurance industry, said re-insurance group Swiss Re.
Swiss Re meanwhile welcomed the fact that local flood prevention measures had spared many regions from large losses, as in Prague, where mobile flood barriers saved most of the city from significant flooding.
Read more: Europe floods caused €4.5bn of damage, says Swiss Re - Telegraph
Swiss Re meanwhile welcomed the fact that local flood prevention measures had spared many regions from large losses, as in Prague, where mobile flood barriers saved most of the city from significant flooding.
Read more: Europe floods caused €4.5bn of damage, says Swiss Re - Telegraph
6/9/13
Central Europe Floods Are Most Dramatic In A Decade
More than 80,000 emergency personnel including firefighters and soldiers were on duty Saturday, working aggressively to contain the most dramatic floods in Germany in a decade. Thousands of residents were still unable to return to their homes, and bridges and streets were impassable in many regions of eastern and southern Germany.
Twenty people reportedly have already died in the floods across central Europe after several days of heavy rains. Thousands have been put up in emergency shelters waiting for the waters to recede so they can get back to their homes.
German news agency dpa said people in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt were anxiously waiting downstream as the crest of the Elbe river approached Saturday. Authorities evacuated a nursing home and turned off electricity in several parts of the city. Where the Saale river meets the Elbe, about 3,000 people had to leave their homes.
Read more: Central Europe Floods Are Most Dramatic In A Decade
Twenty people reportedly have already died in the floods across central Europe after several days of heavy rains. Thousands have been put up in emergency shelters waiting for the waters to recede so they can get back to their homes.
German news agency dpa said people in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt were anxiously waiting downstream as the crest of the Elbe river approached Saturday. Authorities evacuated a nursing home and turned off electricity in several parts of the city. Where the Saale river meets the Elbe, about 3,000 people had to leave their homes.
Read more: Central Europe Floods Are Most Dramatic In A Decade
6/7/13
Germany: Water finally stops rising in flood-hit Germany
Water levels in southern Germany have largely stabilized following massive flooding as the crest of swollen rivers has moved north, but many communities remain under water.
The military said Friday it now has 11,300 soldiers helping in seven German states, building sandbag barriers and flying helicopters over floodzones to ensure levees and dams are holding. A 74-year-old man died after he was hit by a vehicle carrying sandbags in the German city of Wittenberg.
Five other flood-related deaths have been recorded in Germany, eight in the Czech Republic, two in Austria and one in Slovakia.
Read more: Water stops rising in flood-hit Germany
The military said Friday it now has 11,300 soldiers helping in seven German states, building sandbag barriers and flying helicopters over floodzones to ensure levees and dams are holding. A 74-year-old man died after he was hit by a vehicle carrying sandbags in the German city of Wittenberg.
Five other flood-related deaths have been recorded in Germany, eight in the Czech Republic, two in Austria and one in Slovakia.
Read more: Water stops rising in flood-hit Germany
6/6/13
Floods - Germany: Dresden hit as 100,000 people across Germany fight floods
The river Elbe flooded on Thursday in the eastern German city of Dresden, sparing the historic centre but engulfing wide areas of the Saxony capital.
Residents and emergency crews had worked through the night to fight the floods in Dresden. The German military and national disaster team sent more support in a frantic effort to sandbag levees and riverbanks as floodwaters that have claimed 16 lives since last week surged north.
"Everybody's afraid but the people are simply fantastic and sticking together," said Dresden resident Silvia Fuhrmann, who had brought food and drinks to those building sandbag barriers.
The Elbe hit 8.76m around midday – well above its regular level of 2m. Still, that was not high enough to damage the city's famous opera, cathedral and other buildings in its historic centre, which was devastated in a flood in 2002.
Read more: Dresden hit as 100,000 people across Germany fight floods | World news | The Guardian
Residents and emergency crews had worked through the night to fight the floods in Dresden. The German military and national disaster team sent more support in a frantic effort to sandbag levees and riverbanks as floodwaters that have claimed 16 lives since last week surged north.
"Everybody's afraid but the people are simply fantastic and sticking together," said Dresden resident Silvia Fuhrmann, who had brought food and drinks to those building sandbag barriers.
The Elbe hit 8.76m around midday – well above its regular level of 2m. Still, that was not high enough to damage the city's famous opera, cathedral and other buildings in its historic centre, which was devastated in a flood in 2002.
Read more: Dresden hit as 100,000 people across Germany fight floods | World news | The Guardian
6/5/13
Europe's insurers seen escaping brunt of flood damage - by Chris Vellacott and Jonathan Gould
As insurers start counting the cost of devastating floods across central Europe, many of the region's businesses and households are not covered and will have to foot the bill themselves.
Nicolaus von Bomhard, chief executive of the world's largest reinsurer Munich Re, attributed under-insurance for flood risk in the worst affected areas to a legacy of insurers' past reluctance to offer services in the region.
While this has changed and insurers are now prepared to insure almost all the risk, under-insurance remains a problem in the region, he said.
"On the losses, I can't give any numbers, it's way too early, but the macroeconomic loss will be much bigger than the insured loss," he said at an insurance industry news conference on how insurers and governments could work to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
But while waters were still rising and thousands of Germans, Hungarians and Czechs were evacuating their homes, some industry specialists said they expect the insurance loss to fall short of the last big floods to hit the region in 2002
Read more: Europe's insurers seen escaping brunt of flood damage | Reuters
Nicolaus von Bomhard, chief executive of the world's largest reinsurer Munich Re, attributed under-insurance for flood risk in the worst affected areas to a legacy of insurers' past reluctance to offer services in the region.
While this has changed and insurers are now prepared to insure almost all the risk, under-insurance remains a problem in the region, he said.
"On the losses, I can't give any numbers, it's way too early, but the macroeconomic loss will be much bigger than the insured loss," he said at an insurance industry news conference on how insurers and governments could work to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
But while waters were still rising and thousands of Germans, Hungarians and Czechs were evacuating their homes, some industry specialists said they expect the insurance loss to fall short of the last big floods to hit the region in 2002
Read more: Europe's insurers seen escaping brunt of flood damage | Reuters
6/3/13
Weather: Floods cause havoc in Central Europe
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| Historic Prague threatened by floods |
Shops and schools were shut and road and rail transport were disrupted across the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany following torrential rains.
The flooding caused chaos at Prague Zoo where around 1 000 animals were moved to higher ground after the Vltava river burst its banks late on Sunday.
The Czech government declared a state of emergency Sunday, deploying 2 000 troops in its rescue drive as more than 7 000 people were evacuated from their homes, officials said.
A house collapse claimed two lives south of Prague, while an electrician was killed trying to switch off a transformer as a precaution, and three men drowned in rivers or drains around the country, police said.
Readmore: European floods cause havoc | News24
11/18/12
Flood Control: How Dutch innovations could prevent Sandy-type flooding in New York - by Jason Sheftell
How can we prevent this from happening again?
That’s the question on the lips of those from New York’s hardest-hit streets. City architects and officials have been trying to answer that question and consider ways to protect New York from another storm of Sandy’s magnitude since her waters receded.
Jackson Heights-based architect Haiko Cornelissen grew up below sea level in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He took note as his country employed flood-prevention measures in harbors, along the coastline and in various housing styles constructed specifically to survive water disasters.
Acting fast after Sandy, Cornelissen has set up the website NL4US.com, which offers safe and sustainable solutions for rebuilding in flood-prone areas in the United States.
Concepts including amphibious houses and anti-flood systems around bridges are described in detail. Speaking to engineers in his home country, the architect considered cost, time, building codes and location before lending his thoughts.
The Dutch government took a bold step in the 1950s to preserve the Netherlands’ southern end with an unprecedented flood protecting infrastructure called Delta Works.
Based on the Dutch example, the Storm Surge Research Group at Stony Brook recommended in 2004 to use a similar solution with movable barriers around the New York Harbor, including under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
“Thinking along these lines, I combined the Verrazano with the Maeslantkering, a barrier that protects Rotterdam, the busiest harbor of Europe," Cornelissen says. “The Maeslantkering completed the Delta Works after four decades of building the complete flood-protection infrastructure. The area has not flooded since.
“While the Bloomberg administration has aggressively promoted waterfront development in the city, the New York waterfronts are now the areas hit hardest by the recent storms,” says the architect.
“Therefore one alternative to promote waterfront development is to use floating houses as seen in new parts of Amsterdam.”
Read more: How Dutch innovations could prevent Sandy-type flooding in New York - NY Daily News
That’s the question on the lips of those from New York’s hardest-hit streets. City architects and officials have been trying to answer that question and consider ways to protect New York from another storm of Sandy’s magnitude since her waters receded.
Jackson Heights-based architect Haiko Cornelissen grew up below sea level in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He took note as his country employed flood-prevention measures in harbors, along the coastline and in various housing styles constructed specifically to survive water disasters.
Acting fast after Sandy, Cornelissen has set up the website NL4US.com, which offers safe and sustainable solutions for rebuilding in flood-prone areas in the United States.
Concepts including amphibious houses and anti-flood systems around bridges are described in detail. Speaking to engineers in his home country, the architect considered cost, time, building codes and location before lending his thoughts.
The Dutch government took a bold step in the 1950s to preserve the Netherlands’ southern end with an unprecedented flood protecting infrastructure called Delta Works.
Based on the Dutch example, the Storm Surge Research Group at Stony Brook recommended in 2004 to use a similar solution with movable barriers around the New York Harbor, including under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
“Thinking along these lines, I combined the Verrazano with the Maeslantkering, a barrier that protects Rotterdam, the busiest harbor of Europe," Cornelissen says. “The Maeslantkering completed the Delta Works after four decades of building the complete flood-protection infrastructure. The area has not flooded since.
“While the Bloomberg administration has aggressively promoted waterfront development in the city, the New York waterfronts are now the areas hit hardest by the recent storms,” says the architect.
“Therefore one alternative to promote waterfront development is to use floating houses as seen in new parts of Amsterdam.”
Read more: How Dutch innovations could prevent Sandy-type flooding in New York - NY Daily News
11/12/12
Italy - Flooding in Venice: Tourists swap gondolas for wellington boots as heavy rain hits
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| Venice under water |
But tourists refused to let the weather dampen their spirits and many donned wellington boots and swimming costumes to make the most of the city's historic waterlogged squares.
Read more: Flooding in Venice: Tourists swap gondolas for wellington boots as heavy rain hits | Mail Online
8/20/10
EU boosts flood aid to Pakistan to €70 million
The European Union nearly doubled its aid to flood-stricken Pakistan to 70 million euros on Wednesday and announced a trip by its top aid official after calls for Brussels to do more to help.
European humanitarian aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva announced that she would travel to the affected areas of Pakistan on Monday to meet with authorities, relief experts and victims of the floods.
"We are facing a humanitarian disaster in Pakistan of massive proportions," Georgieva told a news conference, adding that the need for international assistance was "massive."
For more: EU boosts flood aid to Pakistan to €70 million - Pakistan - World - The Times of India
European humanitarian aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva announced that she would travel to the affected areas of Pakistan on Monday to meet with authorities, relief experts and victims of the floods.
"We are facing a humanitarian disaster in Pakistan of massive proportions," Georgieva told a news conference, adding that the need for international assistance was "massive."
For more: EU boosts flood aid to Pakistan to €70 million - Pakistan - World - The Times of India
Why is the world not responding as Pakistan drowns?
Scant international donations to flooded Pakistan are being driven by a multitude of factors ranging from the financial crisis, donor fatigue, a low death toll and scepticism that the government can translate the contributions into effective aid, say relief workers and analysts.
The disaster, which has killed up to 1,600 people and affected around 20 million, is one of the biggest humanitarian crises in recent years - bigger than the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 or the earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, according to the United Nations. While some donations in cash and kind have been provided bilaterally or channeled via smaller appeals, only around 50% of the USD 459 million of the main U.N. appeal has been met by international donors - far less than in other recent disasters.
"It's pretty much fair to say that there has been a lot less money generated for the Pakistan floods than the other major disasters that it has been compared to, like Haiti and Kashmir earthquakes or the tsunami," said Jan Kellett, leader of Global Humanitarian Assistance, a programme that monitors trends in humanitarian financing run by British-based Development Initiatives. "For example, on day 16 after the tsunami, commitments of aid were more than USD 1.4 billion, whereas the Pakistan flooding has received USD 200 million over the same period. So there is a huge difference."
Stretching from the far north of the country to the deep south - an area the size of England, Pakistan's floods have overwhelmed aid workers and authorities since they began almost three weeks ago. Highways and bridges have been washed away, marooning hundreds of villages. Millions are now in danger of contracting diseases carried through contaminated water and insects such as diarrhoea, cholera and malaria. Aid workers say the lack of funds has meant that only a tiny fraction of the 8 million people in need of urgent assistance have received food rations, clean drinking water and shelter.
For more: Why is the world not responding as Pakistan drowns? - Reuters -
The disaster, which has killed up to 1,600 people and affected around 20 million, is one of the biggest humanitarian crises in recent years - bigger than the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 or the earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, according to the United Nations. While some donations in cash and kind have been provided bilaterally or channeled via smaller appeals, only around 50% of the USD 459 million of the main U.N. appeal has been met by international donors - far less than in other recent disasters.
"It's pretty much fair to say that there has been a lot less money generated for the Pakistan floods than the other major disasters that it has been compared to, like Haiti and Kashmir earthquakes or the tsunami," said Jan Kellett, leader of Global Humanitarian Assistance, a programme that monitors trends in humanitarian financing run by British-based Development Initiatives. "For example, on day 16 after the tsunami, commitments of aid were more than USD 1.4 billion, whereas the Pakistan flooding has received USD 200 million over the same period. So there is a huge difference."
Stretching from the far north of the country to the deep south - an area the size of England, Pakistan's floods have overwhelmed aid workers and authorities since they began almost three weeks ago. Highways and bridges have been washed away, marooning hundreds of villages. Millions are now in danger of contracting diseases carried through contaminated water and insects such as diarrhoea, cholera and malaria. Aid workers say the lack of funds has meant that only a tiny fraction of the 8 million people in need of urgent assistance have received food rations, clean drinking water and shelter.
For more: Why is the world not responding as Pakistan drowns? - Reuters -
9/9/09
CBCNews: Flash flooding kills 14 in Istanbul
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Flash flooding kills 14 in Istanbul
Flash floods gushed across an Istanbul arterial road on Wednesday, killing 14 people and stranding dozens of vehicles, local media reports said. As waters rose more than a metre high in the city's Ikitelli district, motorists climbed on roofs of their vehicles waiting to be rescued. The floods occurred in the early hours as people began making their way to work, washing over a main road linking the city to an industrial area, an airport and a highway to Greece.
CNN-Turk television said seven other bodies were recovered at a gas station in Halkali.
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