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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....

Eggos in Short Supply
 Eggos in Short Supply 
Nov 18, 2009 3:57 PM CST

Eggos in Short Supply

Trouble at two of four plants is to blame

(Newser) - Hang on to those Eggos extra tight. Kellogg is rationing supplies around the nation and may continue to do so well into next year. The trouble stems from problems at two of four bakeries. One in Atlanta got shut down temporarily when bacteria showed up in a sample, then ran...

Dozens Dead as Mudslides, New Floods Hit Philippines

Overflow from dams could be behind the slides

(Newser) - Landslides and continued flooding in the wake of two typhoons have killed more than 90 people in the Philippines. Many areas of the country are still underwater, and some reports suggest that water released by dams after Typhoons Ketsana and Parma is responsible for the landslides.

Philippines Girds for 'Calamity' Ahead of Super-Typhoon

Areas still stricken by last storm evacuate; Parma expected to hit within hours

(Newser) - Filipinos braced to be whipped by powerful winds and pelted with rain from a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands from low-lying areas and suspending cleanup operations in the flooded capital. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a nationwide "state of calamity" and ordered mass...

240 Dead, 375K in Shelters After Philippines Floods

Minister appeals for more international help as toll continues to rise

(Newser) - At least 240 people are now confirmed dead in flooding in the Philippines after more than 90 new deaths were reported in Manila. Moreover, 375,000 have been displaced by the disaster, more than double earlier official figures. As government officials appeal for international help, a BBC correspondent says getting...

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

Death toll and 140 and counting

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

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