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Besides the lone hippo, eight bears and wolves are also among the animals who fled from their enclosures as well as six tigers and six lions.
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Showing posts with label Floods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Floods. Show all posts
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Lions and wolves freely roam roads of Georgia's capital Tbilisi
Besides the lone hippo, eight bears and wolves are also among the animals who fled from their enclosures as well as six tigers and six lions.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Hundreds flee villages in Swat
It has been reported from Mingora, Swat that hundreds of people have started shifting to safer places after flood waters submerged several areas in Matta and Kabal tehsils of Swat district on Thursday.
The authorities had issued flood warnings last Tuesday after water-level in Swat river increased to an alarming level.The flood victims of both tehsils were being shifted to safer places through remote Shamozai Barikot road and Baghdheri road, respectively, as several key routes were closed down.
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| Picture by Reuters shows gushing water that devastated the Swat Valley in 2010 |
The floodwater entered Matta tehsil and affected 0.3 million people while 0.4 million residents of Kabal were forced to leave their homes due to flood.
The authorities had issued flood warnings last Tuesday after water-level in Swat river increased to an alarming level.The flood victims of both tehsils were being shifted to safer places through remote Shamozai Barikot road and Baghdheri road, respectively, as several key routes were closed down.
The Kanju Ayub Bridge was also closed down for vehicular traffic after it developed cracks due to flood.
It may be added floods a few years back the worst floods in the history of Pakistan hit the entire country, specially Swat valley where water swelled many feet higher than the normal flood limits and destroyed life and property and wild life.
It may be added floods a few years back the worst floods in the history of Pakistan hit the entire country, specially Swat valley where water swelled many feet higher than the normal flood limits and destroyed life and property and wild life.
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
The deadly floods and gales with 71mph fury hit England and Wales
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| Photos: Mail Online |
Days of heavy rain has caused chaos across much of England and Wales, but the country is braced for further flooding after forecasters predicted more rain to come.
Despite the drought and the hosepipe ban, the Met Office today confirmed this April has been the wettest on record, with 'well above' average rainfall across the UK, with 97mm recorded, or 140 per cent of the long-term monthly average.
The Environment Agency has 35 flooding warnings in place and 139 alerts - many of them in the southwest - after a weekend of downpours and winds up to 71mph.
A man died after his car became completely submerged in water as he tried to cross a ford. A woman was able to escape from the car but her companion was pronounced dead at the scene in Thornford Road, Compton Wood, Hampshire.
A Mother-of-three was feeding baby in bed when a 300-year-old beech tree fell against her house, leaving five holes in the roof above the bedroom.
Read detailed report: Mail Online
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
UNHCR: Jolie fame to highlight humanitarian crises
Film star Angelina Jolie will use her powerful box office fame to draw wider attention to some of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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| Jolie with flood victims of Pakistan in September 2010 |
Jolie, who has already served more than 10 years as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is taking on a new role as special envoy for large-scale crises that cause huge numbers of civilians to flee their homelands.
She is expected to deal with complex emergencies and protracted crises including Afghanistan and Somalia that have driven millions of refugees into neighboring countries where they remain for years due to the lack of a political solution.
"UNHCR is pleased to announce today that Angelina Jolie will take on a new and expanded role for the U.N. refugee agency as Special Envoy of High Commissioner Antonio Guterres," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing in Geneva.
Read more: ABS-CBN News
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Evacuation continues from flood-hit Australia Southeast
Hundreds more people were evacuated on Wednesday in Australia's flood-hit southeast, as residents of the city of Wagga Wagga breathed a sigh of relief after a levee on the Murrumbidgee River held firm.
About 600 people were ordered to leave their homes in Griffith, northwest of sodden Wagga Wagga, as floodwaters threatened the low-lying New South Wales town of 16,000 people.
State Emergency Services spokesman James McTavish told ABC radio it could become isolated.
Read more: Gulf News
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Deadly floods ravage Brazil
[ via BBC News Latin America & Caribbean ] 5 Jan
Floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in south-eastern Brazil have killed at least six people and forced thousands from their homes.
A total of 66 towns cities in Minas Gerais state have declared a state of emergency.
In the town of Ouro Preto two taxi drivers died when a bus station was destroyed by a landslide.
Floodwaters are also threatening hillside communities in Rio de Janeiro state that were devastated a year ago.
Read more: BBC News
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Tropical Storm Washi takes toll of 180 lives Saturday in Southern Philippines
[ via Bangkok Post ] 17 Dec
The flash floods that ravaged the Southern Philippines as a consequence to the tropical storm "Washi" that struck Saturday has left 180 dead with nearly 400 people.
Regional military spokesmen told reporters 97 bodies were recovered in Cagayan de Oro, a major port on Mindanao island, and 75 were found in Iligan, a nearby southern port, accounting for most of the deaths.
375 people are still reported to be missing from the two cities alone.
Read full story for details
Friday, December 9, 2011
Prince Charles in plea for Pakistan flood victims
[ Dawn News ] 9 Dec
Britain’s Prince Charles urged the world not to forget the victims of the Pakistan floods of more than three months ago, saying their suffering was being overlooked. Charles made the statement when he hosted a dinner Thursday night for the Pakistan Recovery Fund (PRF) at the Natural History Museum in London.
The prince said:
“Despite the scale of devastation, the level of suffering and the level of need, the story seems to vanish all too quickly from the headlines as the world’s attention turns to disaster and destruction elsewhere. Yet the suffering in Pakistan goes on.”
The Pakistan Humanitarian Forum, a network of the 41 largest international charities, says more than five million people were affected by the floods.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Spain donates to UNICEF Flood Relief Operation in Pakistan
Full Story: Express Tribune 11 November
Spain has donated $0.68 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) for its water, sanitation and hygiene emergency response to the 2011 floods.
UNICEF Pakistan Representative Dan Rohrmann said:
“This support comes at a very important juncture when funding for the floods response is limited for flood victims who are in temporary shelters."Read full story for details
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Pakistan faces acute floods-relief shortfall
Full Story: BBC News (Asia) 9 November 2011
Pakistan, which had not even recovered form massive floods that swept millions of houses in 2010, was hit again this year from massive monsoon rains, specially in its southerly Sind province. Now aid agencies warn of acute shortfall of relief goods and cash to rehabilitate the devastated flood affectees.
Officials in Sindh say that at least four of the province's 22 districts still remain under water., while about 70% of Sindh's crops in 13 districts have been destroyed.
BBC reports quoting Oxfam, Save the Children, Care and the French agency, Acted, that more than nine million people are at risk of disease and malnutrition. The relief groups warn they may have to curtail their relief operations unless donors provide more money soon.
