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1,300 Missing in Asia Floods
 1,300 Missing in Asia Floods 
Aug 9, 2010 5:27 AM CDT

1,300 Missing in Asia Floods

Millions plunged into misery

(Newser) - Rescuers searched today for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through northwestern China, smashing buildings, overturning cars, and killing at least 127 people. In neighboring Pakistan, 4 million people faced food shortages amid their country's worst-ever flooding, while rescuers in Indian-controlled Kashmir raced to find...

Scores Dead, Thousands Missing After China Landslides

Torrential rain triggers flooding, mudslides in northwest province

(Newser) - More than 100 people are dead and 2,000 missing after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in a remote corner of northwest China. Tens of thousands of Gansu province residents were evacuated. Widespread power outages have slowed rescue operations, and sludge as much as 6 feet deep covers some...

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 
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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....

Death Toll in Pakistan Floods Rises Above 800

Monsoon rains bring unprecedented devastation

(Newser) - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded today in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges, and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea, and skin...

Iowa Lake Disappears in Single Day

92-year-old dam fails, and Lake Delhi all but vanishes

(Newser) - A 9-mile-long Iowa lake essentially disappeared on Saturday after surging floodwaters caused its 92-year-old dam to fail. As water breached a 300-foot section of Lake Delhi's dam, the rapid change in water pressure caused windows to shatter and interior walls to collapse in nearby cabins. By yesterday afternoon, what remained...

Hurricane Alex Slams Mexico
 Hurricane Alex Slams Mexico 
Jul 1, 2010 1:20 AM CDT

Hurricane Alex Slams Mexico

Storm spawns Texas tornadoes

(Newser) - Hurricane Alex has hit northeastern Mexico, walloping the nation's Gulf coast with winds up to 100 miles per hour and spawning tornadoes in Texas. Thousands of people have been evacuated on both sides of the border, AP reports. The storm is weakening as it moves inland, but authorities warn that...

Sandra Surprises Benefit Concert

America's sweetheart can also play guitar! Kinda

(Newser) - Sandra Bullock made a surprise appearance at a Nashville benefit concert last night, and showed off her guitar skills—or lack thereof—to the crowd. “I'm going to bring the house down,” she promised, before going into a beginner’s rendition of “Smoke On the Water”—...

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...

19 Dead in French Flash Floods
 19 Dead in French Flash Floods 
Jun 17, 2010 2:10 AM CDT

19 Dead in French Flash Floods

Worst flooding in 200 years

(Newser) - The worst flash floods since Napoleon's day have killed at least 19 people in southeastern France. The equivalent of 6 months of rainfall fell within hours, turning roads into rivers and forcing many residents to seek shelter on top of their homes. Many of the dead were caught in their...

Total Missing in Ark. Flood Cut to 3

Cops can't reach them but think most weren't in campground

(Newser) - Crews got to work today looking for bodies in the many piles of debris that collected after a flash flood swept through a popular Arkansas campground, as police drastically cut their estimate of missing campers to just three. Cops haven't made contact with some of the nearly two dozen people...

Arkansas Flash Floods Kill at Least 20

Victims were near popular campgrounds in Little Rock area

(Newser) - Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early today, killing at least 20 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water. Dozens more are missing and feared dead. Around dawn, floodwaters barreled through a campground...

Southeast Flood Toll Hits 27
 Southeast Flood Toll Hits 27 
May 4, 2010 4:24 AM CDT

Southeast Flood Toll Hits 27

Deluged Tennessee calls for federal help

(Newser) - The death toll from storms that lashed the Southeast over the weekend has now hit 27, and lawmakers in Tennessee warn that the cleanup bill will be in the billions. Much of Nashville remains flooded and authorities fear that the still-rising Cumberland River will swamp the city's only working water...

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...

200 Buried, Feared Dead in Rio Mudslide

Slide hits shantytown perilously built on top of landfill

(Newser) - At least 200 people, buried under the latest landslide to hit a slum in Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan area, are feared dead, authorities said today. If confirmed, the deaths would raise the toll sharply from the 153 people already known to have died this week in slides triggered by record...

Scores Killed in Rio Flooding
 Scores Killed in Rio Flooding 
Apr 7, 2010 6:24 AM CDT

Scores Killed in Rio Flooding

City on brink of collapse in biggest storm in decade

(Newser) - At least 100 people have been killed in Rio de Janiero state as the most torrential rains in a decade flooded homes and triggered deadly landslides. The government has declared a state of emergency as rescuers dig through mud burying Rio shanty towns in a desperate bid to unearth survivors...

More Floods Soak Northeast
 More Floods Soak Northeast 
Mar 31, 2010 1:07 PM CDT

More Floods Soak Northeast

Portions of I-95 connecting Boston and New York closed

(Newser) - Hundreds of people were forced from their homes today, as flooding knocked out sewage plants, closed roads and generally wreaked havoc from New York to Maine. At this point the rain, which has been falling at a record pace for three days, is finally tapering off, but meteorologists tell the...

Third of US Faces Floods This Spring

Rains, wet winter, expected El Nino delivering deluge

(Newser) - In the latest climate calamity to cause misery, a third of the US is expected to be hit with flooding this spring. The Midwest, followed by the East Coast, will likely bear the brunt of what could be record flooding, brought by heavy rains last autumn, a wetter-than-usual winter, and...

Deadly Storms Swamp France
 Deadly Storms Swamp France 
Feb 28, 2010 4:50 PM CST

Deadly Storms Swamp France

Dozens perish after violent winter storm devastates western Europe

(Newser) - Dozens died this weekend as devastating storms swept across western Europe, destroying seawalls, uprooting trees, and causing widespread flooding. France bore the brunt, with as many as 50 people killed, including 25 in the town of l'Aiguillon sur Mer, 300 miles southwest of Paris on the Atlantic coast. Deaths were...

Army Corps' Negligence Led to Katrina Flooding: Judge

Feds could be on the hook for billions in damages

(Newser) - In an opinion that could open the federal government to billions in damage claims, a judge ruled today that the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain an outlet channel led directly to disastrous flooding in and around New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005....

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