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Despite Floods, US Restarts Drone Attacks in Pakistan

Good will could go 'down the drain,' officials warn

(Newser) - Pakistan is in the midst of a massive humanitarian crisis, with floods submerging a sixth of the country, leaving six million people homeless. But that hasn’t stopped the US from resuming its unmanned aerial assaults, MSNBC reports. Drone missions were briefly grounded by the monsoon, but now have fully...

Floods Force N. Korea, China to Evacuate Thousands

Displaced 'at the crossroads of life and death'

(Newser) - Torrential rain has flooded the Yalu River that lies along the China/North Korea border, forcing thousands to evacuate, the LA Times reports. In North Korea, Kim Jong-Il deployed air force and navy units to aid in the evacuation of roughly 5,000 people, as flash-floods submerged houses, farms, and roads....

Pakistan Confirms Cholera Case
 Pakistan Confirms Cholera Case 
FLOOD AFTERMATH
Aug 14, 2010 6:59 AM CDT

Pakistan Confirms Cholera Case

UN fears the outbreak of many more

(Newser) - Queue the locusts: Pakistan has confirmed its first case of deadly waterborne cholera, and officials in the devastated northwest region fear there will be more in wake of flooding that has killed an estimated 1500. And the bad news got worse for Pakistan, reports the AP, with fresh flooding hitting...

Toll in China Landslide Hits 337

More rain expected tomorrow; 1100 still missing

(Newser) - Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage today searching for more than 1,100 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China and killed 337, one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more. Vehicles carrying aid supplies choked the...

More Rain Lashes Drenched Pakistan

Gov't says 13M people affected by relentless monsoons

(Newser) - More rain soaked flood-ravaged Pakistan today and even heavier downpours were forecast for coming days, deepening a crisis in which hardline Islamists have rushed to fill gaps in the government's patchy response. Pakistani officials estimate as many as 13 million people have been affected by the rising waters. About 1,...

Pakistan Flood Toll Hits 1,100
 Pakistan Flood Toll Hits 1,100 
UPDATED
Aug 1, 2010 6:30 AM CDT

Pakistan Flood Toll Hits 1,100

Receding waters show massive devastation

(Newser) - A Pakistani official says the death toll from massive floods in the northwest has risen to 1,100 people. Disaster management official Adnan Khan said today that the death toll could rise even higher since there are areas in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province that rescue workers have not been able to access....

Hundreds Missing After Brazil Floods

Entire villages washed away in country's northeast

(Newser) - Dozens of people are dead and at least 600 are missing after heavy rains triggered floods and mudslides in northeastern Brazil. The floods have washed away entire villages in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco, leaving around 100,000 people homeless, the BBC reports. "We are praying for the...

Tennessee Flooding Inspires Stunning YouTube Video
 Artsy Video Captures 
 Tennessee Flood 
Viral Video
May 3, 2010 3:55 PM CDT

Artsy Video Captures Tennessee Flood

High-quality disaster shots stun YouTube

(Newser) - Today's YouTube sensation doesn't feature funny animals, drug-addled kids, or any of the other usual viral video tomfoolery. It's actually kind of a downer. But photographer Michael Deppisch's moving montage of the flooding in Nashville is worth watching anyway. After all, as Mashable points out, amateur disaster videos tend to...

Philippine Toll at 140, Gov't Tarred for Aid Delay

Death toll and 140 and counting

(Newser) - Anger is mounting in the Philippines over what is widely seen as a slow and inadequate relief effort from the government. The death toll from the flash floods has jumped to 140, and is expected to continue rising as people look for missing relatives. At least 450,000 have been...

Vagrants Find 'Home' in Tunnels Under Vegas Casinos

Tunnel dwellers trade danger of drowning for a little comfort

(Newser) - Flood tunnels beneath the casinos of Las Vegas seem an unlikely place to call home. But that’s exactly what they are to an estimated 700, including some who’ve built surprisingly elaborate makeshift dwellings in the 350-plus miles under the city. The Sun describes the “home” of couple...

Eight Dead in Southeast Floods
 Eight Dead in Southeast Floods 
Sep 22, 2009 10:34 AM CDT

Eight Dead in Southeast Floods

(Newser) - Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery today after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River. Authorities urged people who don't need to drive to stay home,...

Venice Struggles to Stay Afloat
 Venice Struggles to Stay Afloat 

Sep 20, 2009 4:26 PM CDT

Venice Struggles to Stay Afloat

Billion-dollar floodgates may fail to stave off rising tides

(Newser) - Not only is Venice sinking, but the $6-billion floodgates designed to protect it may not do the job, NPR reports. Critics say that the 78 half-built mobile gates, designed to block off seawater when it rises, may fail to fend off sea levels heightened by climate change. And even if...

Rains Hinder Aid in Flooded Brazil

32 dead, 200k homeless as rescue teams mobilize

(Newser) - Brazilian soldiers and civil defense authorities are using boats, trucks and helicopters to tote food and water to scores of areas isolated by floods that have killed at least 32 people and left nearly 200,000 homeless. Rain continues to fall and meteorologists predict the bad weather could last for...

186K Homeless in Deadly Brazil Floods

(Newser) - At least 19 people have been killed and close to 200,000 driven from their homes by floods and massive mudslides in northern Brazil, reports CNN. Over 1000 tons of emergency food are being delivered in six northern states as residents negotiate streets with boats amid roofs jutting from rivers...

5 Houston Kids Feared Dead in Flood

(Newser) - Five children are feared dead in Houston after the car they were in was swept away in a flash flood, the Houston Chronicle reports. After the driver of the Lincoln Town Car lost control of the vehicle, it ended up in a drainage ditch in 9 feet of water. Two...

More Levees Doomed: Fargo Mayor

(Newser) - The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early today, pouring water into a school campus in Fargo, ND. The mayor called it a "wakeup call" for a city that needs to be vigilant for weaknesses in levees that could give way at any time. "The campus is...

Thousands Flee Fargo Flooding
 Thousands Flee Fargo Flooding 
Mar 27, 2009 5:47 PM CDT

Thousands Flee Fargo Flooding

(Newser) - Thousands of shivering, tired Fargo residents got out while they could today, and others prayed that miles of sandbagged levees would hold as the surging Red River threatened to unleash the biggest flood North Dakota's largest city has ever seen. The crest is expected tomorrow evening, when the ice-laden river...

Fargo's Flood Forecast Worsens
 Fargo's Flood Forecast Worsens 
Mar 26, 2009 7:55 PM CDT

Fargo's Flood Forecast Worsens

(Newser) - The forecast in Fargo is actually getting worse. The Red River may crest at a potentially catastrophic 43 feet this weekend—2 feet higher than previous warnings, ABC News reports. "We're in uncharted territory," said the mayor, as volunteers raced to raise the levees in the North Dakota...

North Dakota Braces for Record Floods
 North Dakota Braces 
 for Record Floods 
UPDATED
Mar 26, 2009 2:28 AM CDT

North Dakota Braces for Record Floods

Fargo residents battle freezing weather to shore up wall of sandbags

(Newser) - North Dakota officials issued a plea for thousands more sandbaggers this morning as residents scrambled to prepare for record flooding expected this weekend, reports ABC News. Volunteers in Fargo are battling a blizzard to raise a wall of sandbags along the Red River, predicted to crest at a new high...

Fargo Scrambles to Prevent Flooding
Fargo Scrambles
to Prevent Flooding
Mar 23, 2009 4:54 PM CDT

Fargo Scrambles to Prevent Flooding

Red River could see record overflow

(Newser) - Minnesota and North Dakota work crews joined volunteers today to build levees and sandbag walls as a storm threatened to cause flooding, Inforum reports. Locals living along Red River are bracing for as much as 1 inch of rain tonight from a storm expected to last 2 days, causing river...

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