Hail, Flooding Knock Out Colorado Towns
ABC News Blogs – Yahoo!
August 23, 2013
Heavy rain and hail, some golf ball-sized, combined to make it look like Christmas in August in Colorado.
Accumulations of up to two feet of hail in the Denver area Thursday evening left at least one car trapped and closed local streets until the county could get a snowplow out to the scene.
“The water just takes my car rushing up over the hood, and was like, ‘Mom, I gotta go,'” Bryndon Jackson, whose car was totaled after filling with water and hail, told ABC affiliate KMGH.
“I was forced to open the door and all the water came rushing in and I knew I had to get out of there quick,” he said.
Four inches of rain feel in just over an hour, racing through neighborhoods and forcing the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning until 1 a.m.
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Worst flooding in decades hit China, worst in 120 years for Russia’s Far East [video included]
The Watchers
August 21, 2013
Unusually heavy rainfall occurred near the Amur river which marks the dividing line between China and Russia from the end of July to mid-August 2013. Starting on August 10, 2013, areas of northeastern China began to experience flooding.
From August 15 to 17, heavy rainfall worsened the problem, causing the worst flooding in the region in more than a decade. Nankouqian Township, one of the hardest-hit areas, saw 44.9 centimeters (17.7 in) of rain, half the average annual total, on August 16 alone. By August 18, water levels at 61 reservoirs surpassed the “danger” level. Parts of Liaoning province saw an incredible 40cm in just 24 hours, according to China’s provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters. Fushun city in the Liaoning province was especially hard hit as rainstorms caused several rivers in the city to overflow.
VIDEO — Inland Sea: Aerial video of floods swamping Russia’s Far East
RT
August 22, 2013
Russia’s Far East, which spreads across 2,000 kilometers from west to east, has been hit hard by the seemingly endless inundation. A dam was recently destroyed by raging flood waters, sinking 60 homes. Local settlements and villages can now be crossed only by boat. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/0nun96
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VIDEO — Spectacular footage after tropical storm hits Taiwan
AFP
August 22, 2013
Spectacular footage as the Shimen dam releases flood waters after Taiwan is hit by Tropical Storm Trami. Duration: 00:47
MUST SEE — 8/21/13 Slough in
YouTube — assumptionla
August 21, 2013
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Deep sea oil drilling raises concern as experts predict another big jolt in next 7 days, New Zealand
by Adonai
The Watchers
August 19, 2013
According to Geonet’s computer models another large shake on both sides of Cook Strait, New Zealand, is highly likely over the next week. The chance for an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 – 5.9 in next 24 hours is 30%, in next 7 days 76%, and in next 12 months more than 99%. Chance for an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 and above in next 24 hours is 3.5%, in next 7 days 14%, and in next 12 months 46%.
Seismologists warn people to be vigilant and expect another large shake. Since M6.6 on August 16 – August 19th, there had been 932 earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 2.0 – 6.9, and a total of 2582 earthquakes with the same magnitude range since this sequence started on July 19, 2013 with M5.7 earthquake. This makes a total of 3514 earthquakes in 30 days.
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