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Record floods continue in North and Central Europe (Video)

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Euronews.com - 6/6/13

 

 

 

Floods continue to wreak havoc across northern and central Europe.

The irony is that while the weather is clear, run-off means that river levels are continuing to rise.

In Germany, the army has been drafted in to help.

The last great flood was in 2002 – they are now saying that, along the Elbe, this one will be even worse.

 

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Floods threaten Dresden as Prague river levels fall

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Bbc.co.uk - 6/4/13

 

 

The BBC's Christian Fraser reports from the Czech Republic, where the waters are rising at 15cm an hour

 

Cities in southern and eastern Germany are on high alert as heavy floodwaters swell rivers including the Elbe.

In Halle, an appeal has gone out to residents to help reinforce flood defences while Dresden is preparing for water levels 5m higher than normal.

 

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Flooding in Germany Highest Levels in 500 Years.

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PASSAU, Germany (AP) — Swollen rivers gushed into the old section of Passau in southeast Germany on Monday, as water rose in the city to levels not seen in more than five centuries.

The city was one of the worst hit by flooding that has spread across a large area of central Europe following heavy rainfall in recent days. At least eight people were reported to have died and nine were missing due to floods in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

 

The German news agency dpa said the water levels were the highest recorded since 1501 in Passau, a city that dates from before Roman times.

 

Climate change drowning Senegal, 'Venice of Africa'

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Phys.org- 5/27/13, Frankie Taggert

 

Ruins of houses are seen on May 7, 2013 on the beach of the village of Doun Baba Dieye, northern Senegal

Ruins of houses are seen on May 7, 2013 on the beach of the village of Doun Baba Dieye, northern Senegal. The city of St Louis is plagued by flooding during the rainy season and scientists say climate change is exacerbating the problem.

 

Ameth Diagne was asleep when the first waves lapped at his back door, the lukewarm, salty water seeping into his bedroom an impassive portent of the final days of his 650-year-old fishing community.
 

He had kept his two wives and many of his 16 children with him long after the neighbours had fled, in the vain hope that his once-bustling, tenacious west African village could survive the remorseless advance of the Atlantic Ocean.

 

San Antonio flooding kills 1; 200-plus rescued

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SAN ANTONIO Torrential rains swamped San Antonio with flash floods on Saturday, leaving at least one person dead as emergency workers in boats rushed to rescue more than 200 residents stranded in cars and homes.

"It was pretty crazy," said Gera Hinojosa, a valet parking cars downtown after the storm. "It was pretty unexpected. We hardly got any warning about it."

For one woman, the storm turned fatal rapidly: Trapped in her car, she climbed to the roof but was swept away in floodwaters, said San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove. Her body was later found against a fence, he said. Her name was not immediately released.

 

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PNG floods at crisis point

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Weatherzone, By: ABC, Tuesday May 7, 2013 - 12:59 EST

 

The international aid agency Oxfam says the flooding situation in Papua New Guinea's East Sepik province has now reached crisis point. Seven people have been confirmed dead and about 11,500 people have been affected by flooding along the Sepik River.

 

Phillippe Allen, Oxfam Australia's associate country director for PNG, says although flooding is a regular occurrence, water levels have risen excessively in this wet season. He's told Radio Australia's communities that are normally dry for most of the year have been inundated, damaging water sources and destroying sustainable livelihoods.

 

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Heavy rain floods Adelaide houses

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Weatherzone. By: ABC, 04/22/2013

 

Houses in Adelaide's north-western suburbs have been flooded during heavy weekend rain. By late Sunday morning, Old Port Road at Queenstown looked more like a river.

 

Police said about 10 homes in the area flooded. Buses and other traffic were diverted for hours. Residents said water collected at wetlands under construction across the road from them and was unable to drain away.

 

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