NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 23 SEPTEMBER 2012

 

 

27 DIED IN FLOODING IN NORTH-EASTERN PART OF INDIA

 

Flooding and LANDSLIDES have claimed at least 27 human lives in the mountains in north-east India.

 

Both houses, bridges and roads were washed away by the cloudburst in the Chungthang region in the Indian state of SIKKIM - so the emergency authorities report.

 

In the neighbouring Indian state of ASSAM around 700,000 people are affected by the CLOUDBURST.

 

Since 1 June, more than 600 people have lost their lives as a consequence of the monsoon rain in India - so the Ministry of the Interior.

 

Source: Norwegian text-tv / NRK News

 

9 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS / MOUNTAINEERS KILLED IN NEPAL

 

At least 9 mointaineers have lost their lives, and up to 8 mountaineers are missing after an avalanche on the 8,163m high mountain Manaslu in HIMALAYA.

 

One of the dead was from Germany, 4 were French, one was from Spain, and one - the guide of the German - was from Nepal.

 

The avalanche hit and buried 2 camps of mountaineers at a height of about 7,000 m during the night before Sunday. Many of the climbers were carried away by the snow masses.

 

13 mountaineers were rescued according to the authorities, and they were taken to hospitals in the capital Kathmandu by helicopters. Bad weather hampered the rescue efforts.

 

Manaslu is the 8-highest mountain in the world and situated about 100 km north-west of the capital, Kathmandu.

 

According to the news website dKantipur.com - a total of 13 German mountain climbers are missing.

 

Sources: Norwegian NRK News + German ARDtext and ZDFtext + Swedish SVT Text + BBC World + Danish TV2 News (text-tv) and dr.dk.news (text-tv)

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 24 SEPTEMBER 2012

 

 

ONE MILLION INDIANS AND 700,000 PAKISTANI ARE SUFFERING DUE TO FLOODING

- 33 DEAD IN INDIA / 51 IN PAKISTAN

 

Flash floods / spring floods and landslides following heavy monsoon rain have forced more than 1 million Indians to leave their homes in north-eastern INDIA. The Indian states of ASSAM, SIKKIM and Arunachall Pradesh on the China border are affected. Many people are still missing. The authorities talk of a "sanitary emergency at the highest level.

 

The authorities in the Indian state of ASSAM have declared state of EMERGENCY. At least 33 people have lost their lives.

 

In ASSAM, many inhabitants remain homeless after the last flood that hit the Indian state in July.

 

Currently, 18 of 27 districts in the north-eastern Indian state are affected by the floodings. More than 1 million people fled to higher ground.

 

About 700,000 in the neighbouring country, PAKISTAN, are affected by high water level + flooding - at least 51 people died.

 

Sources: German text-tv (ZDFtext + ARDtext) + Norwegian text-tv (NRK News)

 

 

 

5 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS (aka. MOUNTAINEERS) RESCUED IN NEPAL

 

According to France24, 5 people found alive earlier Monday were from France and Switzerland.

 

The hope of finding survivors after the avalanche accident on Mount Manaslu in Nepal is fading.

 

According to the Nepalese mountaineer association 5 people are missing - according to the tourist police the number of missing is 3.

 

Even the death toll is unclear. Many talk of 12 deaths, but the tourist authority talks of 8 deaths. One of the dead is a 42-year-old German.

 

Sources: ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 25 + 26.9.12

 

 

HOUSES FLOODED / ROADS UNDER WATER AFTER HEAVY RAIN - IN PARTICULAR IN NORTHERN ENGLAND

 

Storm continues to cause havoc. Flooding is expected to continue to cause problems as the most intense September storm for 30 years continues.

Almost 80 warnings are in place, mainly in the north of ENGLAND and the SCOTTISH borders.

 

Some areas could receive a further 20mm-40mm of rain. However, the weather will slowly improve throughtout the day, forecasters said.

 

Hundreds of people spent the night in temporary shelters and parts of many roads were closed.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 News on 26.9.12 and BBC World News on 25+26.9.12

 

 

 

POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE OFF MEXICO

 

A powerful earthquake - measured at magnitude 6.3 - occurred off Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of one mile.

 

Its epicentre was at the bed of the sea 61 km off the Baja peninsula - according to the US geologisk survey (USGS) - or 7.5 miles / 75 km north of the city of La Paz - the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California on the Californian peninsula.

 

More than 1,000 tourists ran out of their hotels in the tourist resort Los Cabos on the peninsula of Baja California and sought shelter on beaches and in gardens.

 

No reports of casualties of material damage on buildings.

 

Mexico is one of the areas in the world with most seismological activity.

 

Sources: Norwegian NRK news + Swedish SVT Text + German ZDFtext.

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2012

 

FLOODINGS IN INDIA FORCE 1.8 MILLIONS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES / 19 DEAD

 

Floodings in the north-eastern India have forced 2 million people away from their homes. The Indian state of ASSAM has been struck by endless rain, and at least 19 people have lost their lives. 10 are missing.

 

The total number of displaced people has risen to almost 2 million (1.8 million people are affected by the floodings), and 19 people have died so far according to the disaster office of the Indian state according to the news agency AFP. 400,000 flood victims have been placed in emergency camps. The water masses destroyed houses and killed cattle and crops.

 

The military and rescuers have deployed helicopters and boats in an attempt to move people to higher ground.

 

Substantial damage has been reported during floodings in the Indian states of SIKKIM and Arunachal Pradesh.

 

Source: Danish DR.dk/news + German ARDtext

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 28 + 29 SEPTEMBER 2012

 

 

8 DEATHS FOLLOWING HEAVY / TORRENTIAL RAIN AND ENSUING FLOODING IN SOUTHERN SPAIN

 

The death toll in Spain has risen from 7 to 8 people - people that have died due to the massive floodings caused by torrential rain that made the rivers overburst their banks in the southern and eastern Spain . The youngest one was a 9-year-old girl.

 

Friday morning all of Spain saw heavy rain that in some areas resulted in flash floods. Up to 8,000 were evacuated. Houses were under water, and cars were washed away.

 

Particularly affected were the provinces MALAGA in the south and MURCIA and ALMERIA in south-east.

 

Most of the deaths were claimed in small communities. The rescue service rescued people by use of a helicopter. After the collapse of a bridge at the motorway A 7, it was very difficult to reach the communities Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras in the Murcia province.

 

The cloudburst is now moving towards VALENCIA, BARCELONA and the BALEARIC Islands.

 

In MOROCCO 3 people died in floodings caused by very bad weather involving heavy rain - according to the authorities.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 news + DR.DK/news plus German ARDtext + Swedish SVT Text

 

 

EDIT: Death toll in Spain risen to 10 - 2 of them are kids. Worst hit - according to Norwegian NRK News - were the regions ANDALUCIA and MURCIA.

 

In the past months, Spain was ravaged by drought / very dry weather and extremely high temperatures. And many regions experienced forest fires.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 News, live + German ZDFtext

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

 

 

TYPHOON JELAWAT HIT THE JAPANESE ISLAND OF OKINAWA ON SATURDAY - THEN HEADING FOR TOKYO

 

On the southern island, OKINAWA, the typhoon claimed at least one human life and injured 140 people.

 

On the mainland, 500 flights were cancelled.

 

More than 334,000 people were temporarily without electricity on Japan's southern group of islands.

 

Warnings of LANDSLIDES, FLOODING and HUGE WAVES - up to 10 m high - on the Pacific coast near TOKYO.

 

Saturday, 29 September 2012 - 101 people were injured and cars turned over in the southern Japanese prefectures of OKINAWA and KAGOSHIMA.

 

Up to 40 cm (i.e. 400 mm) rain to be expected within the next 24 hours in various regions.

 

Sunday: High waves, strong winds and heavy rain on Japan's main island of HONSHU. Ten thousands of people had to be evacuated or leave their homes. Wind speeds of about 130 km per hour.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 News, live and Swedish SVT Text + German ZDFtext

 

 

 

SOUTH-WESTERN COLOMBIA HIT BY ENORMOUS EARTHQUAKE - MAGNITUDE 7.4 / 7.3 ON THE RICHTER SCALE ACCORDING TO US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS)

 

The epicentre was 45 km south of the city/town of Popayan and 20 km east of the town/city of La Vega in the province of Cauca.

 

The quake occurred at the depth of 16 miles.

 

No reports of casualties or material damage.

 

The tremors could be felt for about one minute in the towns/cities of Medillin, Cali and in the capital BOGOTA according to the newspaper El Tiempo citing several colombian tweets.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 News, live + text-tv + Swedish SVT Text

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 4 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

18 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND A VILLAGER BURIED IN LANDSLIDE IN SOUTH-WEST CHINA - AT LEAST 5 SCHOOL CHILDREN DEAD

 

18 school children and a villager have been buried in a landslide in the south-western China. So far 9 dead bodies have been recovered - and a seach is going on for those missing.

 

It is school holiday in China for the time being, but in order to compensate for the period without school following the massive earthquake in September the schools began a little earlier.

 

TV footage showed how a gigantic landslide buried the school building and 2 farms in the village of Zhenhe. One villager is missing.

 

The landslide blocked a river, and a lake has been created behind the site of the landslide, and the village Zhenhe is threatened.

 

800 people living in the region have been evacuated. Rescue teams are working hard to find the missing in the southern YUNNAN province.

 

The landslide follows several powerful earthquakes last month.

 

Sources: German ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News (text-tv) + Danish dr.dk/news (text-tv)

 

 

PAKISTAN HIT BY FLOODING FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

 

For the third consecutive year, Pakistan has been hit by devastating flooding.

 

Several hundred people have died almost million people are affected.

 

Heavy monsoon rain triggered the flooding that started in early September.

 

More than 420 people have lost their lives during the little month of flooding.

 

Many of the same areas were hit in the autumn of 2010 and 2011. A total of 3,000 people have lost their lives in the floods the last couple of years.

 

Source: Norwegian NRK News (text-tv)

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 5 OCTOBER 2012

 

YESTERDAY'S LANDSLIDE IN SOUTH-WESTERN CHINA KILLED 18 CHILDREN

 

18 school children died in yesterday's landslide in south-western China. So it is reported by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China).

 

One person is seriously wounded. One villager remains missing.

 

The mud avalanche in the Yunnan province hit a school and swept 2 houses away. 18 school children (pupils) and one villager from a neighbouring house were buried under rocks.

 

At the beginning of September the region had experienced an earthquake that killed 81 and injured about 800 people.

 

Source: German ARDtext

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 10 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

7 DEAD IN DAGESTAN IN RUSSIA AFTER FLOODING

 

At least 7 people have died in connection with massive flooding in the Russian republic of DAGESTAN in the Northern CauCasus.

 

The town / city of Derbent has experienced a mud avalanche following heavy rain.

 

Numerous streets and many ground floor apartments are under water. Hundreds of cellars are full of water.

 

At least 320 houses are affected and so are 1,120 people including 270 children according to a spokesman for the authorities.

 

Source: German ARDtext

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO EARTHQUAKES AND THE LIKE ON 11 AND 12 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

STORM IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH CLAIMS SEVERAL LIVES

 

More than 100 fishing vessels with at least 10 people per vessel are missing following a tropical storm in the night between Wednesday and Thursday.

This is reported by local police.

At least 15 people have been found dead after the storm that particularly hit the regions Bhola, Hatiya and the island of Sandwip. But the authorities fear that even more have died.

Worst hit is Hatiya where hundreds of huts and houses have been levelled or buried in mud following landslide(s) and floodings.

 

Source: Danish text-TV (dr.dk/news)

 

 

EARTHQUAKE - MAGNITUDE 6.7 - NEAR INDONESIA

 

An earthquake in the night between Thursday and Friday central European time has hit east of Indonesia near the low-lying group of islands, ARU.

 

The magnitude of the quake was 6.7 on the Richter scale according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

 

The earthquake struck 80 km north-west of Dobo, the largest city in the group of islands that consist(s) of about 95 minor islands.

 

According to the authorities there is a small risk of a local tsunami. But there is no report of a big tsunami in the region.

 

Source: Danish dr.dk/news

[nancyk58]

ONE MONTH'S RAIN IN ONLY 48 HOURS HAVE MADE RIVERS BURST THEIR BANKS IN SCOTLAND AND RESULTED IN MASSIVE FLOODING

 

Source: Danish TV2 News on 13.10.12

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 17 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

455 DEATHS IN PAKISTAN AFTER THE MONSOON

 

More than 455 people have died in Pakistan due to floodings caused by monsoon rain over the past few weeks.

 

As many as 5 million people are affected by the floods according to the authority for national disaster management.

 

Most of those affected by the floods live in the SINDH province in the southern / south-eastern part of the country where more than 3 million people are affected - just as was the case in connection with floodings in the past 2 years.

 

The situation is also very serious / grave in the neighbouring provinces, Baluchistan and Punjab.

 

According to the authorities more than 450,000 hectares of agricultural area is under water reducing the crops significantly.

 

Since the beginning of September more than 260,000 people have sought refuge in emergency camps.

 

Source: German ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 18 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

AT LEAST 11 DEATHS INCL. 5 CHILDREN AFTER LANDSLIDE CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN PERU

 

At least 11 people have been killed in a landslide after heavy rain in a mountainous area in the jungle in northern Peru. 5 of the dead were children.

 

An avalanche of rocks buried a big part of the village / community El Porvenir in the district / department of San Martin. 24 houses were swept away during the ravaging of the mud masses.

 

More than 10 people remain missing according to the Online edition of the newspaper El Comercio.

 

The 150 families living in El Porvenir are growing/cultivating coffee. In the 90'es they were growing coca - and that has loosened the ground at the mountain sides according to the local authorities.

 

Sources: Danish dr.dk/news and German ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 23 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE DIED IN NORTHWESTERN TURKEY AFTER FLOODINGS

 

The rapidly rising water level swept them away according to broadcasters in Turkey.

 

Later rescue teams found the dead bodies in the region south of Lüleburgaz (in the province Kirklareli).

 

Other people were able to save themselves by climbing trees or up on roofs of houses.

 

In several communities / villages houses were under water. Also a main road was temporarily blocked.

 

The province is situated in the Turkey - Bulgaria border area.

 

Source: German ARDtext

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 25 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

HURRICANE "SANDY" SWEEPS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN

 

 

The hurricane "Sandy" crossed the Caribbean with wind speeds of up to 135 km per hour and reached CUBA where it ravaged the southern and eastern part of the island among them Cuba's second-largest town of Santiago de Cuba where the power supply was disrupted, roofs torn off many houses and ten thousands of trees uprooted. According to the first media reports from Santiago de Cuba at least one person was killed, but this information has not been confirmed.

 

Thousands of people were installed in emergency camps.

 

An old man was killed in JAMAICA where more than 1,000 sought refuge in emergency camps when power cables fell down and torrential rain poured down over the barracks in the poor slums around the capital KINGSTON.

 

A river washed away and killed a lady in HAITI. 2 other people died in Haiti due to the hurricane.

 

Inbetween the hurricane had reached wind speeds of 183 km per hour. The US National Hurricane Center NHC classified the storm as a category 2 hurricane.

 

In JAMAICA the police imposed a 48-hour-long curfew in the biggest cities / towns.

 

A state of EMERGENCY has been declared in 6 provinces in CUBA.

 

The hurricane is now expected on the BAHAMAS and on the US coast of FLORIDA.

 

Also New York City is threatened (TV2 News live)

 

Sources: German ZDFtext / ARDtext + Norwegian NRK news + Danish dr.dk/news / TV2 News

 

 

 

SEVERAL TREMORS LATELY IN ICELAND - ONE OF THEM MAGNITUDE 5.6 - MIGHT BE A WARNING OF A UPCOMING MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY

 

The inhabitants should be prepared after the most powerful tremors in the region for 20 years.

 

The tremors occurred about 20 km off the coast.

 

Sources: Danish dr.dk/news and Swedish SvT Text

[Black Rose]

I saw parts of the damage Irere did to Vermont, it reminded me of the damage the 2002 winter floods did to southern Germany

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 26 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

ITALIANS FRIGHTENED CAUSED BY NIGHTLY MAGNITUDE 5.3 EARTHQUAKE

 

An earthquake hit the southern part of ITALY during the night between Thursday and Friday. The earthquake made the authorities evacuate a hospital in the town of Mormanno where a historical cathedral has been damaged.

 

There are no reports of casualties according to the Italian news agency Ansa.

 

The earthquake caused fear, and people ran into the streets.

 

The US Geological Survey, USGS, writes on its website that the earthquake occurred 3.8 km below the surface of the earth and had a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale.

 

Source: Danish dr.dk/news

 

 

THE HURRICANE "SANDY" HAS KILLED 21 PEOPLE

 

Early Friday the hurricane SANDY headed for the eastern part of the USA after having ravaged the Caribbean where the storm cost 21 human lives including 11 in the eastern CUBA.

 

The hurricane has caused substantial damage in JAMAICA, CUBA, the BAHAMAS and HAITI by toppling power poles, by smashing hundreds of houses and by destroying crops.

 

Meteorologists warn that the powerful hurricane may collide with north-American weather systems and may transform into a powerful hybrid that American media call a "Frankenstorm".

 

Source: Danish dr.dk/news

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 27 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

THE US EAST COAST PREPARES FOR THE HURRICANE "SANDY"

 

The hurricane "Sandy" ravaged the Caribbean resulting in 41 DEATHS.

 

Worst affected was HAITI where 26 deaths were reported on Friday 26.10.12.

 

1 man died in the Bahamas and 1 in Jamaica.

 

The hurricane killed 11 on Cuba where 9m high waves swept over the coast when Sandy hit Cuba. There was torrential rain, and vast coastal areas were under water.

 

Now the US East coast prepares for the hurricane "Sandy" which is due to make landfall on Monday 29.10.12 or Tuesday 30.10.12.

 

Experts warned that "Sandy" might cause substantial damage in the region between wASHINGTON and BOSTON and with heavy rain, high tide = high water level / flooding and strong winds.

 

Broadcaster ABD reported that UP TO 66 MILLION PEOPLE might be AFFECTED.

 

President Barack Obama has urged the disaster management authority to make provisions for the threatened areas.

 

Several states on the east coast including the state of New York have already declared STATE OF EMERGENCY.

 

Meteorologists warned that the hurricane "Sandy" and the winter storm "Frankenstorm" might collide and result in a mega-gigantic storm.

 

Sources: German ZDFtext + ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News + Swedish SVT + Danish TV2 Text

 

 

 

24 DEATHS IN THE PHILIPPINES AFTER TROPICAL STORM / TYPHOON SON-TINH

 

A tropical storm / typhoon by the name of Son-Tinh has cost at least 24 human lives on the Philippines. The victims were washed away by watermasses, drowned or were buried in mud or have frozen to death according to the Filipino authorities.

 

More than 15,000 people are now in emergency shelters.

 

Additional 40,000 have received provisions (food and beverage) and other assistance at home.

 

8 fishermen from the central and southern part of the Philippines are missing.

 

On Friday the authorities had mentioned a death toll of 6, but this has risen to 24.

 

Every year the Philippines are hit by an average of 20 powerful storms or typhoons.

 

Source: German ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News + Swedish SVT Text

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 27 AND 28 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

MAGNITUDE 7.7 EARTHQUAKE OFF THE COAST OF WESTERN CANADA

 

A powerful earthquake measured at magnitude 7.7 on the Richter scale has hit the western coast stretches of Canada.

 

The earthquake occurred Saturday night local time at a depth of between 5 and 10km by the island group of Queen Charlotte Islands aka. Haida Gwaii situated at the Pacific coast in the province of British Columbia according to US Geological Survey (USGS).

 

The epicentre was 155 km south of Masset.

 

The quake could be felt in most of the north-eastern British Columbia.

 

The quake was followed by several aftershocks - one of them having magnitude 5.8.

 

The quake did not cause any direct damage, but a tsunami warning was issued for Hawaii. At least 100,000 people fled from the coasts towards higher ground. The governor Neil Abercombie declared a state of emergency.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 News at 7am + German ZDFtext + Swedish SVT Text

 

More posted by Ian / busybeeburns here:

 

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95729

 

 

Title: Canada earthquake spawns Hawaii tsunami alert

 

Following the quake, small waves measuring 69 cm (27 inches) were reported on the north-east tip of Haida Gwai, while parts of the north-east coast of Vancouver Island saw waves up to 55cm high.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20113884

 

 

TSUNAMI WARNINGS AFTER STRONG QUAKE IN THE PACIFIC LIFTED AROUND 1 O'CLOCK LOCAL TIME

 

The tsunami warnings have been lifted again after the most powerful earthquake in Canada for 60 years. Warnings were in force in the coast areas of the province, British Columbia, the northern part of the US state of California as well as Hawaii and Alaska.

 

The highest wave was about 152cm high and washed ashore on Maui. Other waves were between 47 and 55cm.

 

Sources: German ZDFtext + Danish TV2 news + German ARDtext

 

 

 

 

FEAR OF HURRICANE "SANDY" CLOSES DOWN NEW YORK

 

The New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, orders the evacuation of 375,000 inhabitants in low-lying areas at the coast because of the hurricane "Sandy" expected to make landfall near New York and New Jersey Monday or Tuesday.

 

The New York Underground and all busses and trains in the US city will be cancelled Sunday evening at 19 o'clock (7pm) local time because of "Sandy" - so governor Andrew Cuomo reports adding that the authorities are prepared for the tropical storm if it arrives here.

 

Also all of the 1,700 public schools will be closed on Monday.

 

The authorities expect the public transport to be in service again 12 hours after the passage of the tropical storm.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 news + Norwegian NRK News + Swedish SVT Text

 

More posted by Busybeeburns here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95730 ) / article from BBC World News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20113811

 

Sandy has already killed more than 60 people in the Caribbean during the past week (BBC World News + Swedish SVT Text)

 

 

Sandy is described as a "hybrid storm" generated by an arctic jet current colliding with a tropical storm.

 

Up to 3 dm / 30 cm rain is expected.

 

Swedish SVT Text

[Christa42]

The kids have school cancelled here on Long Island, NY for tomorrow, we live by the water and streets have been closed even before the storm has hit, stores are out of batteries, bread and generators, gas lines around the block. glad I filled up yesterday. Hope we keep the electricity!

[nancyk58]

The kids have school cancelled here on Long Island, NY for tomorrow, we live by the water and streets have been closed even before the storm has hit, stores are out of batteries, bread and generators, gas lines around the block. glad I filled up yesterday. Hope we keep the electricity!

 

 

You will be in my thoughts - I hope the best for you and your countrymen. My fingers are crossed. Please take good care.

[nancyk58]

NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 29 OCTOBER 2012

 

 

For an update about the hurricane SANDY and an overview over the expected path of the hurricane, go to post 9 in the below thread:

 

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95730

 

Sandy has already cost 66 human lives in the Caribbean (the death toll here has risen since yesterday where I read about 60 deaths).

 

Fear of 3-4 m high tsunami.

 

An area of 1,500 km will be affected by the storm.

The landfall is expected to take place North of Atlantic City.

 

Floods already in Virginia's coastal areas.

 

State of emergency declared for Washington, New York and the US states of Maryland and Massachusetts.

 

Streets in New York are under water. New York's mayor Mike Bloomberg appeals to those who have not left the evacuation zone to do so immediately.

 

Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the southern part of New Jersey are without power/electricity.

 

In a speech broadcast to the nation, President Barack Obama urged the public to follow the instructions from local spokesmen.

 

Pictures from Maryland show massive floodings.

 

Sources: Danish TV2 News + German ARDtext + Swedish SVT Text

 

 

NEW EARTHQUAKE IN CANADA - THIS TIME MAGNITUDE 6.3

 

A new powerful earthquake (an aftershock?) has shaken parts of Canada's west coast. The magnitude of the new quake was measured to be 6.3 according to US Geological Survey (USGS).

 

The new quake occurred within 15 hours of a magnitude 7.7 quake in the night between Saturday and Sunday and generated a tsunami heading for Hawaii.

 

A state of emergency was declared, but the tsunami was not as high as feared.

 

The quake occurred 8 km below the surface of the island group Queen Charlotte Islands aka. Haida Gwaii - the same islands that were affected Saturday night.

 

Source: Swedish SVT Text

[coldlocked]

Schools are closed all around New Jersey for Monday, Tuesday and tomorrow, Wednesday. Many customers for electricity, phone, tv and internet are at a loss here too. My local supermarkets were closed today along with the 7-11's and gas stations.

 

Then there's the people in Atlantic City who ignored Gov. Christie's warning to get out. Now they're stuck in floods and... Gosh I just want them to be safe.

[nancyk58]

HAITI HIT BY CHOLERA AND HUNGER IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE SANDY

 

Before the superstorm hit USA's east coast with 140 km per hour, Sandy was a hurricane sweeping across the Caribbean and in particular HAITI with 170 km per hour.

 

For 3 days, Sandy ravaged HAITI resulting in massive floodings - more than 60 have been killed, and 21 remain missing.

 

71 have died in all of the Caribbean - 11 in Cuba.

 

370,000 people have either lost their homes, or the roofs have blown off the houses.

90,000 are homeless after the storm.

 

Sandy destroyed thousands of homes and tents in which many are living after the devastating earthquake in 2010.

 

The population is also facing a food crisis and a cholera epidemics - so Expressen.

 

Sandy has caused substantial damage to infrastructure and crops in the Caribbean. According to the BBC, 70% of the country's crops has been destroyed by the hurricane.

 

Sources: Danish dr.dk/News + Norwegian NRK News + Swedish SVT Text

 

 

THE CLEAN UP OPERATION IN THE USA AFTER HURRICANE SANDY MAY AMOUNT TO BETWEEN 7 AND 15 BILLION DOLLARS

 

Disaster models elaborated / compiled by the company AIR Worldwide show this. The insurance damage amounts to so much because of the gigantic size / extent of the hurricane and because Sandy merged with another big front from the Western USA.

 

German ARDtext: The total damage is estimated to be 50 billion dollars. 20,000 people are stuck in Hoboken in New Jersey because of floodings.

 

 

Sandy had a width of 1,600 km and was one of the worst hurricanes in US history. More than 8 million homes and companies are without power / electricity along the east coast, and at least 63 people have lost their lives in the USA and Canada.

 

The death toll for New York City was upgraded to 24 this afternoon.

 

The death toll is expected to rise further because many people remain missing.

 

The authorities report of deaths caused by Sandy in 8 US states - Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

 

Sandy had already killed at least 67 (I have read about 69 deaths) in the Caribbean - most of the deaths in HAITI.

 

The total death toll is now 110.

 

 

 

SANDY HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON US ECONOMY

 

The super storm SANDY has badly damaged several US states and the metropole New York. Also the troubled US economy seems to be hard hit.

 

The storm might reduce the economic activity in the fourth quarter by 25 billion dollars according to the company IHS Global Insigt - so Bloomberg.

 

Sandy ravaged in that part of the USA that accounts for about one quarter of the huge American economy and that has a population of about 60 million.

 

MANY BURGLARIES AND LOOTINGS IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY according to new York Post.

 

source: Danish dr.dk/news

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MASSIVE STORM HEADING FOR INDIA's COAST

 

The inhabitants on India's south-eastern coast are preparing for the big storm NILAM expected to make landfall Thursday or Friday.

 

Schools and other institutions have been closed, and so have harbours around the city of Madras (capital in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu).

 

The storm will not only bring strong winds, but also heavy rain.

 

Thousands were evacuated in the neighbouring country Sri Lanka before the arrival of Nilam, but the storm took another course so that Sri Lanka was not harmed.

 

Source: Swedish SVT Text