NEWS ON 21 DECEMBER 2010 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

NEWS ON 21 DECEMBER 2010 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

Danish DR1 and TV2 News, Swedish SVT and German ZDFtext:

 

SEVERAL PEOPLE - BETWEEN 4 AND 9 - DIED DURING A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH-EASTERN IRAN

 

Iranian authorities measured the earthquake at magnitude 6.5 on the Richter scale, whereas US Geological Surveys measured it at magnitude 6.3.

 

The epicentre is in or close to the town of Hosseinabad / Hossein Abad in the KERMAN province.

 

Earlier it has been reported that 9 people had died, but later the death toll was lowered to 4 dead. More than 30 people are injured. The damage has been substantial. 3 villages are destroyed in the mountaineous part of the KERMAN province. Hundreds are trapped in the rubble / debris according to a local official.

 

The communication lines are down according to news agency Irna citing the authorities.

 

During a very powerful earthquake in 2003 in BAM in southern IRAN, 31,000 people lost their lives.

 

 

Danish DR1 + TV2 News and Swedish SVT:

 

TSUNAMI ALERT AFTER A MAGNITUDE 7.4 EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN

 

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Japan in a depth of 14.9 km has triggered a tsunami warning.

 

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS) the epicentre was south of the BONIN islands.

 

An overall devastating tsunami is not expected, but a local tsunami tsunami is likely in connection with earthquakes of this magnitude. The local tsunami can be destructive in the coastal areas within 100 km of the earthquake's epicentre.

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 23 + 23.12.10

 

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 22 AND 23.12.10

 

 

Swedish SVT: MAGNITUDE 6.3 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THE BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN on Wednesday evening. It occurred at sea about 15 miles east of Chichijina. No reports of damage.

 

 

German ZDFtext and Swedish SVT: 2,600 HAITIANS HAVE SO FAR DIED DUE TO CHOLERA IN HAITI SINCE OCTOBER AND MORE THAN 121,000 HAVE BEEN

TREATED

 

A total of 2,591 Haitians have died due to the cholera outbreak. 121,518 have been treated for cholera according to the authorities. AFP reports that the cholera infection probably has come from abroad. Recently 50 died each day due to cholera compared to between 60 and 80 each day in November. The cholera outbreak caused protests against UN soldiers because they might have brought the disease to Haiti. The United Nations investigates the source of the cholera outbreak.

 

 

Danish DR1 + TV2 news and Swedish SVT: 40 people lynched following the cholera epidemic in HAITI

 

Haitian gangs lynched at least 40 people in 2 weeks after an election characterized by irregularities and after the cholera outbreak. The musician Michel Martelly has allegedly been beaten by Jude Celestin - the current president Préval's candidate - after election fraud. Mirlande Manigat and Jude Celestin are the candidates in the second round of the election.

 

 

Swedish SVT: Fear of floods in California following bad weather.

 

 

German ZDFtext: EARTHQUAKE (magnitude 3.5 Richter) IN MAINZ AND WIESBADEN IN GERMANY

 

No reports of casualties or damage. The earthquake occurred at 2:36am, and there was an aftershock at 6:52. The epicentre of the quake was in Mainz.

 

6 months ago there was another earthquake in the Rhine - Main area.

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 24.12.10

 

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 24.12.10

 

IN COLOMBIA 13 DIED DUE TO A LANDSLIDE

 

At least 13 people died yesterday when a landslide swept through a community in south-east Colombia close to the Ecuador border.

 

13 died and 27 were injured and hospitalized. 3 are missing according to Alexander Realpe who is the mayor of La Cruz.

 

Rescuers are digging through the masses and mud and debris/rubble in San Gerardo trying to find survivors.

 

A long period of heavy rain triggered the landslide.

NEWS ON 25.12.10 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

NEWS ON 25.12.10 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

German ZDFtext: 13 DIED IN COLOMBIA AFTER LANDSLIDE

 

In south-east Colombia, at least 13 were killed and 27 other people injured due to a landslide. After heavy rains, an avalance of mud swept over 5 residential houses and a bar in the village San Gerardo according to the mayor. According to the regional authorities 400 families had been warned before the landslide and asked to leave their houses.

 

COLOMBIA is having its WORST RAINY SEASOn for 40 years.

 

 

 

BREAKING NEWS: Just heard on Danish TV2 News, live about a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in FIJI and that area. Tsunami alert issued.

 

At the beginning of December almost 100 died by a landslide.

 

 

 

More than half Venice / Venezia / Venedig - including the famous St. Mark's Square - is flooded after heavy rains for hours in the night between 23 and 24 December 2010.

News on 25 and 26 December 2010 in relation to natural disasters

 

News on 25 and 26 December 2010 in relation to natural disasters

 

 

Danish DR1 and German ZDFtext on 25.12.10: TSUNAMI ALERT IN THE PACIFIC LIFTED

 

A tsunami alert for VANUATU, NEW CALEDONIA and the FIJI Islands - issued Saturday after a powerful earthquake in the Pacific - has been lifted.

 

Measurements of the sea level confirmed that a tsunami was triggered - so the Pacific tsunami warning centre on Hawaii reported. The rise of the sea level was only 15cm, and the tsunami warning centre lifted the alert again. The quake was measured at 7.6 on the Richter scale according to the US Geological Survey.

 

The epicentre was 24 km below the sea surface, about 135km west of the island of Tanna in Vanuatu and 200km north of New Caledonia.

 

In December 2004, 250,000 were killed by a flood triggered by an earthquake - including several thousands of tourists.

 

 

Swedish SVT: SEVERAL AFTERSHOCKS IN NEW ZEALAND0

 

Christchurch in New Zealand was shaken by several aftershocks after the big earthquake in September.

 

One of the tremors was measured at 4.9. 40,000 households were without electricity / power for some time.

 

Several buildings were damaged, and people were forced to leave their homes. The centre of the city was evacuated, but there were no reports of casualties (deaths / injured people).

 

The tremors were in a depth of up to 12km. Being around 12 km below the sea surface the damage could be extensive.

 

 

JORDAN: SHORTAGE of WATER in JORDAN forces the authorities to declare a state of emergency. The shortage of water is due to the warmer climate, the increase in the population and an inefficient agriculture. Jordan's population has increased drastically. The flow in the Jordan river has fallen by 80% due to dam construction(s) upstreams and due to large-scale irrigation.

 

 

Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response: 2010 - A YEAR OF UNPRECEDENTED NATURAL DISASTERS

 

She estimated 2010's costs in relation to natural disasters at more than 180 billion EURO against / compared to between 70 and 80 billion Euro in previous years.

 

More than 300,000 have died in the world in 2010 as a consequence of natural

disasters. She expects the number of disasters to rise in the years to come due to CLIMATE CHANGE and due to the INCREASE in the WORLD POPULATION.

News in relation to natural disasters on 27.12.10

 

News in relation to natural disasters on 27.12.10

 

27.12.10: UN ORGANIZATION WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) STOPS DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD IN BAJAUR in north-western Pakistan where a female suicide bomber killed 40 (including herself) on 25.12.10.

 

More than 300,000 people who are dependent on food aid are affected by this decision.

 

WFP: Food distribution will not be resumed until the security situation has been reviewed.

News on 28 December 2010 in relation to HAITI

 

News on 28 December 2010 in relation to natural disasters

 

The death toll in HAITI has risen to more than 2,700 - German ZDFtext

 

In the 10 weeks since the cholera outbreak, more than 2,700 Haitians have died, and almost 130,000 people were infected according to Haiti's Health Ministry. 40 people die each day due to cholera. International health experts think that up to 400,000 people could be infected in the coming 12 months.

 

HAITI is still suffering from the consequences of the earthquake on 12.1.10. when at least 250,000 died and 1.5 million Haitians were made homeless.

 

On 27.12.10 I posted REVIEW 2010 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS.

 

Link: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74684

 

 

German ZDFtext: EVACUATIONS IN AUSTRALIA AFTER FLOODS

 

Torrential rain in north-western Australia flooded important main roads and forced people to leave their homes. After days of rain many areas are flooded. The town of Theodore is submerged / fully flooded. The 350 inhabitants will be brought to a safer place during the day by helicopter.

 

The rain has caused damage to the agriculture at the equivalent of 300 million Euro according to Brent Finaly, President of the farmer lobby group AgForce.

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

Danish DR1 + TV2 news + Swedish SVT: MASSIVE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA / STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN 38 COMMUNITIES

 

Floods in the Australian state of Queensland were caused by many days of rain. It has rained since the 18 December. Some areas got more than 30cm of rain.

1,000 people were evacuated. In the community of Theodore the population has been evacuated to a crisis centre in nearby Moura. 350 homes are under water.

 

A STATE OF EMERGENCY has been DECLARED IN 38 COMMUNITIES. Some villages are cut off as both power and telephone systems are down.

 

Theodore and 2 other communities have been declared zones of catastrophe by Australia's government.

 

The rain is not quite as heavy as earlier, but according to the weather forecasts, the flood situation has not yet reached its peak. So the BBC.

 

 

Swedish SVT and Danish DR1 and TV2 News: LACK OF WATER IN NORTHERN IRELAND DUE TO FROZEN WATER PIPES IN THE COLD WINTER WEATHER / BELFAST WORST HIT

 

40,000 people are without drinking water as a result. Ten thousands of homes and working places are affected. Worst affected is BELFAST where the population has been without fresh water for 8 days.

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

 

Swedish SVT: THE PHILIPPINES: MUDSLIDES and FLASH-FLOODS in connection with heavy monsoon rain have forced 4,000 people to flee their homes south-east of the capital, MANILA.

 

2 people heading for an evacuation camp were swept away by the water masses.

 

 

 

Swedish SVT: HAITI: ALMOST 3,000 DEAD AS A RESULT OF CHOLERA

 

2,901 have died due to cholera according to Haiti's health ministry.

 

The number of deaths per day is now the highest since the cholera outbreak in mid-October.

 

On 19.12.10 100 died. The highest number of deaths in one day in November was 80.

 

150,000 have been infected.

 

 

 

Danish TV2 news and German ZDFtext: AUSTRALIA's FLOOD CONTINUES / AUSTRALIA CONTINUES ITS FIGHT AGAINST FLOODS

 

Despite the fact that the rain is no longer so heavy, the water level of rivers in north-east Australia continues to rise.

 

Massive floods after days of heavy rain force the inhabitants in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland to leave their houses. In some regions it is the worst floods in 50 years. Floods alerts have been issued for 11 rivers by Queensland's meteorologists.

 

The water masses made the streets impassible and destroyed farms and crops, flooded houses, communities and towns / cities.

 

It has rained in the region since Christmas. Areas attracting tourists have not been affected.

 

More than 1,000 are evacuated in Queensland and have been brought to evacuation camps.

News on 31.12.10 in relation to natural disasters

 

NEWS on 31.12.10 in relation to natural disasters

 

Swedish SVT: EVACUATIONS IN AUSTRALIA /German ZDFtext: FLOOD COVERS AN AREA CORRESPONDING TO GERMANY & FRANCE

 

People living in low-lying areas in Rockhampton in the state of Queensland have been evacuated as water masses are approaching the town.

 

About 4,000 households are threatened. The watermasses are covering an area as big as Germany and France.

 

"3 major river systems are flooded", says Queensland's Prime Minister Anna Bligh, and she continues: "The floods - triggered by heavy rains in the past two weeks - have submerged or cut off 22 towns in the north-eastern part of Australia".

 

The floods are expected to culminate some time within the next couple of days.

 

About 200,000 are affected by the worst floods in 50 years. "The catastrophe is by far not over", Bligh warned.

 

 

German ZDFtext: ALREADY MORE THAN 3,300 CHOLERA DEATHS IN HAITI

 

The cholera death toll in HAITI has risen rapidly. Up to 26.12.10 as many as 3,333 cholera deaths have been recorded according to Haiti's Health Ministry. Almost 150,000 have been infected since the cholera outbreak. Each day more than 30 people die due to cholera according to information given.

 

Cholera broke out in central Haiti in mid-October - and that was for the first time in more than 100 years. Despite massive information campaigns, many Haitians in the countryside do not know how to act in the case of infection.

NEWS on 1. January 2011 in relation to Natural Disasters

 

NEWS on 1. January 2011 in relation to Natural Disasters

 

31 December 2010 Last updated at 22:20 GMT /

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12100240

 

TORNADO OUTBREAK KILLS SIX IN SOUTH AND MID-WESTERN US

 

A series of tornadoes in the south and mid-western US have killed six people, injured several others and caused power failures for thousands in the region. Three residents of the small town of Cincinnati in Arkansas were killed by a twister early on Friday morning.

 

Tornadoes were later spotted near St Louis, Missouri and were blamed for the death of three people in the southern part of the state, authorities said.

At least two people in Arkansas and six in Missouri have been injured.

 

The tornado in Cincinnati caused damage near a local highway in the town's centre and points west of Washington County in Arkansas, county dispatcher Josh Howerton said, adding that there were "lots of injuries".

 

"It sucked me out of my house and carried me across the road and dropped me," Chris Sizemore, a resident of Cincinnati, told the Associated Press news agency.

The tornado hit the town, located about 20 miles (32km) west of the city of Fayetteville, around 0610 local time (1210GMT) on Friday, said Joe Sellers, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oklahoma.

 

Tornado warnings were issued by the weather service for north-west Arkansas roughly 10 minutes before the storm struck.

 

Emergency responders were experiencing difficulties early on Friday in reaching damaged areas in the region because of power lines that had been knocked down, Rick Johnson, the deputy emergency manager for Washington County, said.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management said that power was out throughout Washington County.

 

A local airport cancelled flights due to debris on its runway in Benton County, a region near the Arkansas state lines with Oklahoma and Missouri, Matt Garrity, the county's manager of emergency services, told the CNN news network.

 

DESTRUCTION IN MISSOURI

 

The storm system that caused the tornado moved north-east into Missouri and was, as of Friday afternoon, maintaining its strength, which is unusual, Mr Sellers said.

 

Emergency Management Coordinator Brad Nash said two people died in Dent county in Missouri due to a violent storm. A third woman died when her home north of Rolla county was destroyed.

 

Six people were also reported injured - one critically - in Rolla, where power lines have been downed, hundreds of trees uprooted and at least 20 homes destroyed.

A storm destroyed three mobile homes and damaged other properties in Dent county, the National Weather Service said.

 

Storms were said to have damaged parts of nearby Pulaski County.

 

"There were several houses with half of them gone, roofs missing, power lines down, trees snapped off," paramedic Penny Cash told AP, referring to the destruction in Pulaski County.

 

A combination of warm, wet air in the region and colder air moving in from the west created the conditions necessary for the tornado, Mr Sellers said.

 

"Anytime you have a significant change in air mass there is going to be unsettled weather marking the two different air masses," he added.

 

 

THE DEATHS IN CINCINNATI AND MISSOURI PUSHED THIS YEAR's COUNT OF TORNADO-RELATED FATALITIES IN THE US TO 41.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12101895 /

1 January 2011 Last updated at 03:09 GMT Help

 

TORNADOES LEAVE TRAIL OF WRECKAGE IN US

 

A series of tornadoes in the south and mid-western US have killed six people and injured several others.

 

Three residents of Cincinnati in Arkansas were killed by a twister early on Friday morning.

 

Tornadoes were later spotted near St Louis, Missouri and were blamed for the death of three people in the southern part of the state, authorities said.

 

One resident of Robertson, Missouri said his neighbour's house was destroyed.

 

 

Text-TV on Danish DR1/TV2 News plus Swedish SVT mentioned the fatal tornadoes in the USA.

 

 

Winter storms sweep through the western US, bringing snow, rain and high winds to as many as 15 states.

 

 

German ZDFtext: POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE SHOOK RURAL AREA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF ARGENTINA

 

A powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake shook the northern part of ARGENTINA early on New Year’s Day. It occurred in a mainly rural region 150 km north-east of the city of Santiago des Estero in a depth of about 560 km according to the US Geological Survey. No reports of damage.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12102126 /

1 January 2011 Last updated at 11:58 GMT

 

AUSTRALIA's QUEENSLAND FACES 'BIBLICAL' FLOOD

 

A senior official has described the flooding in Queensland, Australia, as a disaster of "biblical proportions".

 

State Treasurer Andrew Fraser said the economic impact would be severe, with huge costs compounded by lost income from mining, farming and tourism.

 

ROCKHAMPTON, where 77,000 people live, is the latest city bracing for impact, amid warnings of 30ft (9m) floodwaters.

 

More than 20 other towns have already been left cut off or flooded across an area larger than France and Germany.

 

The crisis has been triggered by Australia's wettest spring on record. At least six river systems across Queensland have broken their banks. The floods have affected about 200,000 people, and many have been evacuated.

 

"We're still directly battling floodwaters, we haven't seen the peak of the flood yet at centres like Rockhampton," said Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who toured the stricken areas.

 

'HUGE COST'

 

There are concerns that damage could cost billions of Australian dollars to repair.

Mr Fraser has had to delay a fiscal and economic review in order to account for the costs of the floods.

 

"In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions," he told journalists in the flood-hit town of Bundaberg.

 

"The cost to the state will be huge - both in direct costs such as rebuilding roads, and other damaged infrastructure and providing relief payments to families - but also in lost income, while the mining, agriculture and tourism sectors recover," he said.

 

"Royalty forecasts are likely to be hit with freight lines cut and reports that many mines may not reach full production again for two to three months."

 

In some areas the waters have been receding, but around Rockhampton they are still rising.

 

Rockhampton Mayor Brad Carter said about 40% of the city could be affected when the Fitzroy River reaches its expected peak next week.

 

"We know we have prepared as best we can - most people who are expecting water to inundate their houses have evacuated," he said.

 

He said others who needed to evacuate would be advised to leave their homes, and those who refused could be forced to leave.

 

The town's airport was closed to commercial flights, and Mr Carter said the area was likely to be cut off for 10 days.

 

"The community is still expecting to have significant amounts of flood waters at the height of about 8.5m into the middle of January," he said.

 

Among the areas already hit by the flooding are Emerald - a town of some 11,000 people - and two smaller towns, Theodore and Condamine, which have been completely evacuated.

 

In some areas, helicopters were used to deliver supplies and food to cut-off householders.

 

Queen Elizabeth II has sent her "sincere sympathies" to people caught up in the flooding.

 

 

QUEENSLAND

 

• North-eastern Australian state

• Largely tropical climate

• Area: 1.73 million sq km (668,000 sq mile)

• Coastal regions, including Great Barrier Reef, designated World Heritage Site

• Mining and cattle ranching important inland

 

 

German ZDFtext: AFTER FLOODS ALSO CYCLONE WARNING IN AUSTRALIA

 

Powerful stormy winds off the coast in western part of Australia are affecting the oil production which is postponed due to the cyclone warning according to the oil groups Woodside Petroleum, Apache Energy and Chevron Australia.

 

 

The flood in Australia is mentioned on text-TV of Danish DR1 + TV2 News plus German ZDFtext .

NEWS ON 2.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

NEWS ON 2.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

 

German ZDFtext: DEATH TOLL AFTER TORNADOES IN THE US RISEN TO 7

 

Victim no. 7 died on Saturday, 1.1.11. Worst hit by the tornadoes were the states of ARKANSAS and MISSOURI. Dozens were injured.

 

 

Danish DR1 + TV2 news and Swedish SVT + German ZDFtext:

 

AUSTRALIAN WOMAN DROWNED IN HER CAR / FLOODS SO FAR COST AT LEAST 2 HUMAN LIVES

 

The massive floods in the north-eastern Australian state of QUEENSLAND have killed one 41-year-old woman whose car had been carried away by the water masses in the Gulf of Carpentia region.

 

The woman had tried to cross a flooded road. The police managed to rescue another adult and 3 children out of another car before that car was carried away by the water masses.

 

Queensland's Finance Minister Andrew Fraser talked about a "flood catastrophe of biblical dimensions".

 

 

ALMOST 250,000 PEOPLE HAVE STRANDED AND AT LEAST 2 ARE REPORTED DEAD.

 

ABOUT 4,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN ROCKHAMPTON ARE DEEMED THREATENED BY THE WATER MASSES.

 

People living in the low-lying areas have been evacuated.

News on 2.1.11 in relation to natural disasters - SUNDAY evening / Post II

 

News on 2.1.11 in relation to natural disasters - SUNDAY evening / Post II

 

 

Danish and Swedish text-TV: CHILE HIT BY MAGNITUDE 7.1 EARTHQUAKE - magnitude later downgraded to 6.5

 

A very powerful earthquake measured at magnitude 7.1 shook CENTRAL CHILE according to US Geological Survey.

 

The epicentre of the earthquake was at sea almost 96km (SVT: 10 miles) north-west of Temuco in a depth of 12km (SVT: 3 miles).

 

No tsumani expected according to the tsunami warning centre in Hawaii and no reports of casualties.

 

Last year's earthquake on 27.2.10 was measured at 8.8 on the Richter scale and cost 500 human lives. 500,000 houses were destroyed and there was substantial material damage.

 

 

Latest from TV2 News / live at 11pm:

 

US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY / USGS DOWNGRADED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHILE EARTHQUAKE FROM MORE THAN 7 TO 6.5. IT OCCURRED 700 KM FROM THE CAPITAL SANTIAGO.

 

 

 

 

German zDFtext: 8 DEAD IN CONNECTION WITH THE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA

 

8 dead according to the COURIER MAIL's online service.

 

ROCKHAMPTON on the east coast and with 75,000 inhabitants was cut off from the outside world on Sunday.

 

The affected areas must prepare for more bad weather and floods. The catastrophe damage is estimated at more than 1 billion Australian Dollar or 765 million Euro.

 

Around 200,000 are affected of which most had to leave their houses and seek refuge at friends' houses.

NEWS ON 3.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

NEWS ON 3.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

 

Danish TV2 News / Swedish SVT / German ZDFtext: NO ONE INJURED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE

 

The epicentre of the quake was at sea about 70km north-west of the town of Temuca in Central Chile. The quake was initially measured at 7.1 on the Richter scale, but later downgraded to 6.5.

 

No tsunami was triggered by the quake.

 

Only some telephone lines were down in the Araucania region close to the epicentre of the quake.

 

According to the news on German ZDF, the heavy rain was forecast to continue.

 

On 27 February 2010 Chile was hit by a gigantic quake destroying 500,000 houses and killing hundreds of people (more than 500 died).

 

 

Danish DR1 + TV2 News / Swedish SVT : MASSIVE FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA HAS NOW COST 10 LIVES

 

The torrential rain in north-east Australia has caused massive flooding that has resulted in widespread chaos. The flooding has so far cost 10 lives since 30 November 2010 and it has not yet culminated.

 

One man drowned as his car landed in a torrent. The dead body of a man who was washed overboard from a little sinking boat has been recovered. The latest death involves a man who was washed into a violent, rushing brook as he drove across a dam.

 

An area larger than France and Germany combined is flooded. More than 200,000 people are affected by floods, and 22 villages are submerged.

 

In the town, BATHURST 17 km west of Sydney 36 people were slightly injured in Metro Cinema, so New South Wales' police. The roof of the building collapsed due to the heavy rain.

 

The mayor of ROCKHAMPTON warned against poisonous worms and crocodiles that were carried away by the water. Houses and other dry places are being invaded by snakes fleeing the water masses.

 

 

German ZDFtext: RISK OF AUSTRALIAN TOWN OF ROCKHAMPTON SUBMERGING

 

Rockhampton with 77,000 inhabitants in the state of Queensland could only be reached by boat by the authority in charge of disasters. The flood of the century in Australia has cut off harbours/ports and roads and affected the coal exports negatively as well as destroyed agricultural areas. So far the damage amounts to more than 1 billion Australian dollar (~ 765 million Euro). More than 200,000 had to leave their homes. So far 10 have died.

News on 4.1.11 in relation to natural disasters

 

German ZDFtext: ROCKHAMPTON THREATENED BY A NEW FLOOD

 

An increasing number of Australians are fleeing the devastating flooding in Australia.

 

Some towns in Queensland have been evacuated. In many areas the inhabitants try to save their houses by means of sandbags. There is also risk of poisonous snakes and crocodiles in the flood water.

 

Rockhampton is cut off from the outside world and could be totally flooded. It continues to rain in the north according to ZDF reporter Roland Strumpf. "The rivers moving towards the East coast carry enormous amounts of water". A new flood is threatening.

NEWS on 5.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 5.1.11

 

 

Updated Number of Cholera deaths in Haiti as on 29.12.10: 3,481 according to the Haitian Health Ministry and the number of infected was 157,300 since the cholera outbreak 10 weeks ago.

 

Each day more than 22 die due to cholera which is less than earlier when the number of cholera deaths per day was 60. Experts think that far more Haitians have died and are infected than stated by the Haitian authorities.

 

Despite extensive campaigns many Haitians do not know what to do if infected.

 

 

Swedish SVT: 16 INJURED IN IRANIAN MAGNITUDE-5.3 EARTHQUAKE

 

At least 16 were injured when an earthquake shook southern Iran. The quake occurred close to the town Ardakan in the southern province Fars.

 

According to Teheran University's seismological centre the quake was measured at magnitude 5.3.

 

17 towns in the area were damaged due to the quake according to a local official.

 

 

Swedish SVT and German ZDFtext: WATER LEVEL STABILIZED IN ROCKHAMPTON at a lower level than feared

 

The water level in the Fitzroy river flowing through Rockhampton stabilized at 9.2m, i.e. at a lower level than feared. There are warnings against heavy rain in central Queensland according to newspaper The Morning Bulletin in Rockhampton.

 

The massive flooding has now hit 40 towns. Less than 12,000 houses have substantial flood damage. The most recent estimate of loss & damage and failed crops is 6.8 billion Euro.

 

 

Danish DR1: GREAT BARRIER REEF THREATENED BY FLOODING

 

The massive flooding transports harmful and damaging rubble, waste, litter and garbage and sediment into the sea. The full consequences this might have on Great Barrier Reef are unknown. The water masses and rubble will put the colourful corals under stress according to Michelle Devlin who is a researcher at the James Cook University in the northern part of Queensland.

 

 

German ZDFtext: FLOOD AND DROUGHT IN WARMER CLIMATE IN AUSTRALIA

 

The record-high amount of rain will continue for 3 months.

 

At the end of 2010 Australia experienced the warmest summer ever recorded. The change to heat happened this time very fast according to the annual report 2010. The bigger the difference in temperature between the eastern and western part of the Pacific, the more rain will fall on the Australian east coast.

 

 

 

Danish DR1: FLOODING CLOSES COAL MINES

 

The massive flooding has caused disastrous damage to the infrastructure in Queensland and forced 75% of the coal mines - that are producing fuel to Asia's steel industry - to discontinue / suspend production.

 

The flooding has transformed towns into islands in a muddy lake, destroyed crops, closed main roads connecting coal mines with the ports of shipment, slowed down exports and caused increase in the world market prices of coal.

NEWS on 6.1.11 in relation to natural disasters

 

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

Danish TV2 TTV + LIVE: THOUSANDS RAPED IN HAITI

 

 

Rape has become an increasing problem in HAITI since the earthquake on 12.1.10. This appears from an AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL report.

 

Apart from the grief following the loss of family members and property / home, many women and girls in the camps go to sleep every night fearing sexual assaults.

 

The number of rape victims can be counted in thousands according to Amnesty International.

 

It was bad enough before the earthquake when 50 rapes where reported each day - but after the earthquake the number of rapes has exploded.

 

 

 

Swedish SVT: HAITI: According to OXFAM ONLY 5% of the debris has been removed - here almost one year after the devastating earthquake. The reason for this is hesitation and delays despite promises aid from the outside world!

 

 

Swedish SVT: FLOODS THREATENING CHORAL REEF

 

In AUSTRALIA more rain has made the on-going rescue operation following the massive floods difficult.

 

The Great Barrier Reef off Australia's east coast is threatened by the floods in the state of Queensland.

 

A mix of sediment and environmental poisons weakens the chorals and risks knocking out the entire choral reef.

 

The unclean river water flows into the sea - up to 40 km long is that flow that has reached the southern parts of the 260 mile long barrier reef.

 

 

German ZDFtext: AUSTRALIA: ROCKHAMPTON RELIEVED

The flood in the Australian seaside town Rockhampton (on the east coast) seems to have culminated. On Thursday several streets remained flooded, but the flood level remained below the feared 9.40m mark. Mayor Brad Carter: There are indications of receding water". Carter continued: "It might take a year for Rockhampton to return to normality". Thousands of houses and businesses have been damaged by the water. In St. George about 665km southwest (of Rockhampton), dams are threatening to breach.

News on 7 December 2011 in relation to natural disasters

 

News on 7 December 2011 in relation to natural disasters

 

 

Swedish SVT: UNICEF: HAITI's CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN CHAOS

 

After reports of stagnant rebuilding & reconstruction in quake-hit HAITI and sexual assaults in the tent camps, UNICEF (UN's organization for children) reports that Haiti's children are in a very difficult situation.

 

One year after the disaster, 380,000 children remain homeless.

 

Only one quarter of the lone children have been reunited with a parent or a relative.

 

More than half of the children do not go to school.

 

1.2 million children are to a high degree exposed to diseases and threats of (sexual) violence.

 

 

German ZDFtext: CLEAN-UP STARTED IN AUSTRALIAN FLOODED AREAS

 

The clean-up has started despite torrential rain in the Australian flooded areas.

 

The water levels fell in some regions despite more bad weather.

 

The authorities advised people NOT to return to their homes. In many areas the flood is expected to continue for at least one week.

 

The prime minister in the region / state of Queensland - Anna Bligh - estimated the rebuilding & reconstruction costs at up to 5 billion dollar.

 

The inhabitants in the flooded Australian seaside town Rockhampton must prepare for more heavy rain in the coming week-end. In other regions the water level fell slowly and the clean-up started.

 

 

German ZDFtext: FLOOD IN THE PHILIPPINES KILLING AT LEAST 26 PEOPLE

 

In the Philippines 500,000 people are affected by floods. 26 died in the floods. The army was active helping ten thousands of trapped people.

NEWS ON 8.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

NEWS ON 8.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

 

German ZDFtext: AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS FLOODED AREAS

 

Australia's Julia Gillard has visited the flooded areas in north-eastern Australia and promised more help & aid. She said that in the town of st. George about 4 million dollars have already been made available - but additional hundreds of millions of dollar would be needed for rebuilding / reconstruction.

 

In the state of Queensland, more than 200,000 are affected by the floods. More rain is forecast for the week-end. The authorities do not expect receding water for the coming week.

 

 

Swedish SVT: THE PHILIPPINES: At least 33 died in last week's cloudbursts. The rain resulted in floods and mudslides. The water has started to recede in some areas.

 

 

Swedish SVT: NEW EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHERN IRAN - magnitude 5.0 and 5.4 - 11 injured

 

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 occurred north of the town of Kazerun in northern Iran early last night. The quake caused damage in some towns where several buildings were damaged and some people injured.

 

Another quake occurred in Iran at 7 o'clock central European time. The new quake had a magnitude of 5.4 and occurred close to the previous one - in the town of Nourabad - and in the same area as a previous earthquake this week when 16 were injured in the Fars province. At least 11 were injured in the first quake of which 8 have left the hospital again with minor injuries according to the Iranian media.

 

 

German ZDFtext and Danish TV2 News, live: FLOODS in EUROPE: With temperatures over the freezing point - typically 2-5 degrees Celsius - the snow has begun to melt in Europe. And with continuous rain in Germany, some rivers have overflowed their banks, and others are threatening to do so. The water level in River Mosel is 6m above normal water level in the town of Zell. Worst hit are Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

NEWS ON 9.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

 

Swedish SVT: 7 DIED IN MUDSLIDE IN SRI LANKA

 

7 have died - of which 2 children - in mudslide in SRI LANKA after a long period of torrential rain. 750,000 were forced to leave their homes according to the authorities.

 

 

Swedish SVT: MORE HEAVY RAIN IN FLOODED QUEENSLAND IN AUSTRALIA

 

As a result of more heavy rain, the water level is rising again - and fast.

 

Some places get 50mm rain per hour according to the weather service.

 

 

German ZDFtext: FLOODS AND HIGH WATER LEVEL IN GERMANY

 

The water level is high in Germany due to melting snow. In KOBLENZ some streets and cellars are flooded.

 

The water level rises by the rivers of RHINE (Rhein) and MOSEL. There is flooding between Trier and Koblenz. 30 municipalities are flooded.

 

By river ODER the water level is slightly falling.

 

FLOODING HAS CAUSED AT LEAST 2 DEATHS

 

The flooding has cost at least 2 human lives throughout Germany.

 

A 50-year-old man in a kayak /canoe drowned. The kayak / canoe capsized and the man fell out and could no longer reach the kayak / canoe due to the rushing stream / torrent which carried him away. His body was recovered, but rescuers' attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

 

The dead body of a 57-year-old man was found in a rushing brook in North-Rhine Westfalia.

 

And two men heard a voice calling "help me" from a river in Baden-Württemberg. 150 rescuers are searching for this man.

 

There are flooded quarters in Cologne (Köln) where the peak is expected on Tuesday. In preparation for the peak of the flood protective walls have been erected.

 

Worst affected areas are North-Rhine Westfalia, Hessen, Saxony-Anhalt, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria (Bayern).

NEWS on 10.1.11 in relation to natural disasters:

 

NEWS on 10.1.11 in relation to natural disasters:

 

 

German ZDFtext: ABOUT 1/4 OF EU's PLEDGED HAITI AID MADE AVAILABLE TO HAITI

 

Almost one year after the HAITI earthquake, the European Union and its member states have paid / made available 1/4 of the pledged aid - almost 332 million Euro out of the pledged 1.2 billion Euro until the end of 2010 according to the EU Commission in Brussels (Bruxelles).

 

1.5 million inhabitants became homeless due to the earthquake. In the reconstruction phase a cholera epidemic broke out. More than 3,600 Haitians have died from cholera.

 

 

German ZDFtext: FLASH FLOOD SWEPT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN TOWN OF TOOWOOMBA

 

5 people (2 women and 3 children) are missing after a 2m high flash flood (wall of water) swept through the Australian town of Toowoomba - a town of 90,000 inhabitants - after heavy rain. Several streets were flooded. A bridge was carried away and one building has collapsed. This info was given by the radio broadcaster ABC.

 

After the devastating floods and new cases of heavy rain the meteorologists had warned against such dangerous floods.

 

 

Swedish SVT: MORE FLOOD VICTIMS IN AUSTRALIA

 

Heavy rain in the flooded Australian state of Queensland swelled the rivers to new levels on Monday, and both roads and bridges are flooded. At least one woman died when powerful streams / torrents carried her and several other people away. The disaster has cost more than 12 human lives according to the news agency AFP.

 

The floods cover an area larger than France and Germany combined. The damage to Australia's economy is substantial (the equivalent of 40 billion Swedish kroner).

 

 

German ZDFtext: INDIA: COLD WAVE HAS COST ALMOST 100 HUMAN LIVES (MAINLY POOR AND HOMELESS) in the last 3 weeks.

 

In India's poorest Union state of UTTAR PRADESH, 13 additional people froze to death.

 

About 1/5 of Uttar Pradesh's 180 million inhabitants are homeless. The local government decreed that during the night almost 3,500 fires will be lit at major crossroads, train stations and bus stops in order to prevent additional deaths caused by the cold weather.

 

 

German ZDFtext: GERMANY: A 6 m deep crater / hole after a landslide in Saalfeld in the German state of Thüringen. The diameter of the crater is 3m, and the hole is situated close to a supermarket and a service station.

 

 

German ZDFtext: MORE RAIN IS FORECAST THROUGHOUT GERMANY FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY which could lead to higher water levels in the rivers and worsen the situation - according to the German weather service.

 

In rivers Mosel and Rhine, the water levels are falling, whereas the flood situation by the rivers Oder, Weser and the Elbe remains critical / serious. Worst is the situation in Hannoveran Münden where Werra and Fulda flow together to become Weser.

 

The Rhine flood by Koblenz has reached its peak. The water level was 7.51 km on Monday afternoon. In connection with the record-flood in 1993 the water level was more than 9m. The normal water level is 2.40m.

 

30 municipalities between Trier and Koblenz are under water according to information given by the Flood Warning Centre in Mainz. The water level is falling by Mosel. The situation remains serious / critical by Tauber, Werra and ODER.

 

The Rhine flood peak is expected in Cologne (Köln) Tuesday morning.

 

The German states of Brandenburg, North-Rhine Westfalia, Hessen, Saxony-Anhalt, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria (Bayern) are affected by the ODER flood.

 

Icebreakers are in action in the German-Polish border river ODER. There remains an ice cover on the tributary Warthe which flows into river Oder by Küstrin (Kostrzyn). If the ice cover starts to break, the situation could worsen very fast.

 

 

Danish DR1: CHILE HIT BY A NEW EARTHQUAKE - this time measured at magnitude 5.9 - no casualties

 

Central Chile has been hit by a new earthquake measured at magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale.

 

No reports of casualties or any serious material damage.

 

The epicentre has been localized to be off the coast between the capital SANTIAGO and CONCEPCION - north of Concepcion in a depth of 25 km. The tremor hit the area that was destroyed by the very powerful earthquake last year in February.

 

One week ago - on 2.1.11 - an area around Temuco, south of the area hit this time, was hit by an earthquake measured at magnitude 7.1 and 7.2.

I just thought I would let everyone know, that these floods in Australia are huge. At the moment, its looks as if five states could be flooded by the end of the week. Queensland is being hit the worst at the moment, with the death toll having recently rose to 9, after what has been described as an "in-land tsunami". Many other towns are bracing for flash flooding. More information can be found on this site http://www.bom.gov.au/ and this site. http://www.abc.net.au/news/ . You can currently donate to the Queensland flood appeal via http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html . Every bit helps.

I just thought I would let everyone know, that these floods in Australia are huge. At the moment, its looks as if five states could be flooded by the end of the week. Queensland is being hit the worst at the moment, with the death toll having recently rose to 9, after what has been described as an "in-land tsunami". Many other towns are bracing for flash flooding. More information can be found on this site http://www.bom.gov.au/ and this site. http://www.abc.net.au/news/ . You can currently donate to the Queensland flood appeal via http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html . Every bit helps.

 

Thanks for your update. I will create a new thread and incorporate your post with the donation possibility in post 1. THANKS.

No worries. I'm just fearing that things are going to get worse. With all these flash floods things can escalate pretty quickly. Thanks for the thread, it is much appreciated.

NEWS ON 11.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

NEWS ON 11.1.11 IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

 

 

Danish DR1 and TV2 news: 4 SKIERS KILLED BY AN AVALANCHE IN THE FRENCH SKI RESORT, VAL d'ISÈRE

 

The victims are 2 French, 1 British and 1 Swedish skiers who were skiing off-piste. They were part of a group of 7 skiers who were hit by the avalanche. 2 of them escaped and raised the alarm. The last one was buried by the snow masses, but was able to free himself. He was safe and sound.

 

 

German ZDFtext: UPDATE OF THE FLOOD SITUATION IN GERMANY

 

DONAU & MAIN AREAS: The water levels are falling, but more rain in the coming days could worsen the situation.

 

The flood situation in BAVARIA ( BAYERN ) remains tense.

 

In Würzburg the MAIN water level reached more than 6m. On the Bavarian border the high water flooded the historic quarter of Wertheim in BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG. There 450 houses with around 1,000 inhabitants are affected.

 

ODER IS NOW FREE OF ICE COVER

River ODER has been freed of an increased water pressure on Tuesday. 4 icebreakers were in action and a 4 km long ice cover broke up. The water level in this stretch is falling fast. The water level at Hohensaaten-Finow had been measured at 6.92m.

 

The water levels by the ELBE rose slightly. The flood is expected at the end of this week in NIEDERSACHSEN's towns along the river.

 

RHINE's WATER LEVEL IS FALLING SLOWLY IN COLOGNE / KÖLN.

At noon Tuesday, the water level was 8.69m and fell by about 1cm per hour.

 

Also downstream in DÜSSELDORF the water level is falling slowly. Tuesday afternoon the water level was measured at 8.45m.

 

But due to the rain, it is possible that the river's water level will rise again, said a spokesman for Düsseldorf City.

 

 

HAITI:

 

Danish DR1: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HAITI CLOSE TO DEADLOCK

 

HAITI's approaches a serious political crisis. Election observers from the Organization of African States (OAS) have recommended that the candidate of the current president should pull out of the election = withdraw from the second election round. President Réné Préval said that so far he had "not had the time" to receive the report from the election observers. That means that the report including the recommendation is not yet official. This means that the election authorities cannot incorporate the report's recommendations in their final decisions in relation to the second round of the presidential election.

 

 

German ZDFtext: THE EUROPEAN UNION WANTS MORE DEVELOPMENT AID FOR HAITI

 

One year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the EU has stressed the necessity of more development aid. The EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgiewa: "The greatest problem is the lack of institutions and a good governance". Instability in Haiti prevents the aid from reaching the needy Haitians.

 

 

German ZDFtext: UPDATE OF THE SITUATION ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

 

One year ago - on 12.1.10 - a devastating earthquake shook the Caribbean state of HAITI. Between 230,000 and 300,000 (I have also seen the figure 330,000) Haitians died, and more than 100,000 buildings were destroyed.

 

The Haitian economy has been reduced by 7% since the earthquake.

 

More than 1 million survivors including 380,000 children are still living in 1,200 tent cities and tented camps.

 

More than 3,700 Haitians - according to Haiti's Health Ministry: 3,732 until the beginning of January 2011 - have died due to cholera which broke out in Mid-October.

 

More than 155,000 are currently infected.

 

According to Haiti's Health Ministry: More than 178,400 have been infected since the outbreak of the cholera epidemic 10 weeks ago.

 

13 people die per day due to cholera.

 

International experts believe that the actual figures of deaths and infected Haitians are much higher.

 

 

German ZDFtext: DONATIONS AND AID FOR HAITI

 

The Americans alone have donated more than 1.4 billion dollar to help the survivors and to set Haiti on its feet again. During a donor conference in new York, Haiti was pledged 4.6 billion dollar until the end of 2011. According to UN information, not even 2/3 of the pledged funds have arrived.

 

 

UNICEF information:

 

UNICEF and its partners equipped 720,000 children with school material.

 

15,000 school teachers were trained / provided.

 

72 cholera centres were equipped with tents and medicaments.

 

 

AUSTRALIA FLOOD (compared to an INLAND TSUNAMI or called FLOOD of the CENTURY)

 

 

AUSTRALIA'S FLOODS aka. FLOODS OF THE CENTURY aka. INLAND TSUNAMI

 

The Australian state of QUEENSLAND experiences the worst flooding for more than 50 years.

 

The floods in Queensland in north-eastern Australia covers an area as big as France and Germany combined.

 

Water masses submerged large parts of QUEENSLAND which cost at least 20 human lives.

 

On 10 January 2011, in TOOWOOMBA west of Brisbane, a 2m high wave of brown river water washed away people, cars and houses. Many people were evacuated by helicopter from house roofs where they had sought refuge.

 

In the Australian flooded areas 10 have died in the night between Monday 10.1 and Tuesday 11.1. Numerous additional people may have died as between 66 and 78 inhabitants are missing - so the police.

 

The heavy rain is expected to continue until March.

 

Numerous dam breaches and cloudbursts have worsened the situation in Queensland.

 

The water masses are now approaching Australia's third largest city - BRISBANE. Police recommended the inhabitants in parts of Brisbane to leave their homes.

 

Brisbane's mayor said that Brisbane was facing a flood worse than the flood in 1974.

 

About 15,000 are expected to be affected to some extent.

 

So far the floods are expected to reach a peak on Thursday 13.1.11. This will probably imply flooding of about 6,500 homes and businesses according to Queensland's Prime Minister, Anna Bligh. The police said that about 9,000 homes could be under water by Thursday.

 

Large parts of Brisbane are cut off by water from the river. The water level is expected to rise by 6m in the next couple of days. Cars are washed away by the water in Brisbane.

 

Evacuations have taken place in some quarters and are ongoing in other areas of Brisbane.

 

 

THE REASON WHY AUSTRALIA IS HIT BY FLOODS

 

The Australian state of QUEENSLAND experiences the worst flooding for more than 50 years.

 

The natural disaster is so comprehensive because the weather phenomenon LA NIÑA intensifies the RAINY SEASON extraordinarily and at the same time as the TROPICAL STORM, TASHA that hit the eastern part of Australia during the Christmas time. La Niña intensifies / reinforces what happens every year in the eastern part of Australia around this time of year, i.e. the start of the rainy season. So says Danish Radio / Television's weather editor Jesper Theilgaard.

 

A new thread has been created: AUSTRALIA HIT BY FLOODS - AN INLAND TSUNAMI

 

The link: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75007

 

 

If you can and want to donate something to help the affected Australians, then you can find a link there.