Archive for ‘flood’
Flood threat lessens
November 12th, 2007
Fears of flooding recede as tidal flood lessens.
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Shortages Plague Mexican Flood Victims
November 6th, 2007
At least 20,000 people in southern Mexico remained trapped Monday on the rooftops of homes as hungry and dehydrated victims scrambled for government packages of food and medicine.
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Vietnam braces for new tropical storm as flood toll rises to 49
November 5th, 2007
Flood-ravaged central Vietnam was bracing for Tropical Storm Peipah, forecast to make landfall this week, even as the country copes with floods that have killed at least 49 people in two weeks, officials said Monday. By Monday morning, the floods had cut off a main north-south railway in central Binh Dinh province and more than 100,000 houses were …
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Thousands of victims in Mexico face flooding, looting
November 5th, 2007
Flooding continued to cause chaos and despair Sunday in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Some 80,000 people in 17 towns remained isolated by the floods. Most of them were out of reach for rescue teams and would have to wait for help until the water level falls, the Mexican Navy said.
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Tropical depression threatens more floods in Vietnam
November 3rd, 2007
Vietnam is bracing for more floods as a newly formed tropical depression is forecast to trigger rains in central provinces where floods have killed at least 25 people since last week, according to the national weather bureau.
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100,000 people trapped by flooding in Mexico’s Tabasco state
November 3rd, 2007
Civil defence authorities in the south-eastern Mexican state of Tabasco said that 100,000 people were trapped overnight Friday by flooding in the provincial capital of Villahermosa.
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Tabasco, Mexico is 70% underwater; Red Cross accepting donations
November 2nd, 2007
This is the worst flooding that region has seen in the last fifty years. Over 500 people have lost their homes.
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Floods in Mexico strand thousands
November 2nd, 2007
Rescuers in boats and helicopters worked early Friday to evacuate people stranded by a flood the president called “one of the worst natural disasters” to hit Mexico. A week of heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, leaving 70 percent of the Gulf state of Tabasco underwater, and forcing thousands of people to cling to rooftops or flee to shelters. …
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Thousands await rescue in Mexico floods
November 1st, 2007
Thousands of people clung to rooftops, huddled inside waterlogged homes or hunkered down in shelters Thursday in an attempt to survive the worst flooding the low-lying Gulf state of Tabasco has seen in 50 years
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New Orleans dries out after flooding
October 23rd, 2007
With a shake of the head, Richie Stevens looked at the brownish, oil-streaked water surrounding his property Tuesday and wondered how so much of the city could be swamped by a rainfall not even associated with a hurricane. “This was a little rain flood,” Stevens said. “What happens if we get a big storm?”
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Flood Waters Rise in New Orleans
October 23rd, 2007
Heavy rain is leading to high water in parts of New Orleans where residents are finally recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
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Flooding leads to closing of N.O. canal
October 22nd, 2007
The Army Corps of Engineers closed a gate on a suburban canal as heavy rains lashed the flood-prone city, raising fears that climbing waters threatened to top the walls holding them back. After more than 8 inches of rain fell on parts of New Orleans by late afternoon, Mayor Ray Nagin shut City Hall early, and schools also closed. People …
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Disease fears as Africa floods
September 19th, 2007
Scores have died in more than a dozen countries. They’re usually ravaged by droughts but now they’re inundated by torrential downpours destroying settlements and sweeping away crops and livestock.
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