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32,4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 due to natural disasters such as floods, storms and earthquakes, according to Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

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May 18, 2013

Natural disasters uprooted more than 32 million people in 2012

Posted by Chillymanjaro on May 18, 2013

32,4 million people were forced to flee their homes last year due to natural disasters such as floods, storms and earthquakes, according to a report released by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on May 13, 2013. According to the report, 98% of those uprooted were displaced by climate- and weather-related events. Climate change is believed to play an increasingly significant role in global disasters. 2012 Special Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that, “disasters associated with climate extremes influence population mobility and relocation, affecting host and origin communities.”

This map shows internal displacement worldwide in 2012 by state and number of displaced people. CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW (Credit: NRC/IDMC)

Floods in India and Nigeria were responsible for 41 % of displacement worldwide last year. Monsoon floods in India uprooted about 6.9 million people, while in Nigeria some 6.1 million were newly displaced. While Asia and Africa were hardest affected, some 1.3 million people were displaced in wealthy nations, especially the United States. Last year, the U.S. was among the 10 countries that experienced the most new displacement. Following Hurricane Sandy, most of those displaced were able to find refuge in adequate temporary shelter while displaced from their own homes.

The largest regional increase in the number of internally displaced people in 2012 was in the Middle East and North Africa, where 2.5 million people were forced to flee their homes. There were almost 6 million affected in the region at the end of 2012, a rise of 40 % on the 2011. Asia showed the second highest increase in new displacement after the Middle East and North Africa, with 1.4 million people forced to flee their homes during 2012.

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Extreme Weather – China, Province of Hunan, [Hunan-wide] : Three people dead and 165,000 affected

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May 10, 2013

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Tornado uprooted trees in Caojia town in Xinhua County, Loudi city in central China’s Hunan Province on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. A torrential rainstorm started on Tuesday, injuring 24 people, affecting 18,400 people, toppling 262 houses, forcing the relocation of 276 people, and damaging 6758 mu (450.5 hectares) of crops in Caojia. Rescue work is underway, according to the local government. [Photo: Xinhua]

A man is walks through the water-logged Chaisang Road, in Jiujiang city, in southeast China’s Jiangxi Province on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Rainstorms battered Jiujiang Wednesday and left millions of local residents affected. [Photo: Xinhua]

Vehicles move through the flooded Chaisang Road, Jiujiang city, in southeast China’s Jiangxi Province on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. [Photo: Xinhua]

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09.05.2013 Extreme Weather China Province of Hunan, [Hunan-wide] Damage level Details

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Extreme Weather in China on Thursday, 09 May, 2013 at 04:48 (04:48 AM) UTC.

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Heavy rain started to lash 24 cities and counties in Hunan on Tuesday, killing three people and leaving 165,000 more affected, the provincial civil affairs bureau said in a statement. The rain also toppled 300 houses, forced the relocation of 1,600 people and damaged 14,000 hectares of crops. In Changsha, capital city of Hunan, rainstorms inundated roads and houses in low-lying areas and crippled traffic on Wednesday night. Rainstorms are forecast for Wednesday night and Thursday, while they will abate on Friday, according to provincial meteorological authorities. The weather is expected to clear up over the weekend.

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Rainstorms continue to batter Chinese provinces

CHANGSHA/GUANGZHOU, May 9 (Xinhua) –Heavy rain in central and south China killed at least six people and left tens of thousands of people affected and much cropland damaged.

Rain-triggered floods killed three workers who were working at around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday in a sewage pipe near a bus station in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, local authorities said, adding that the bodies of the workers were retrieved at around 10:40 p.m.

Rain started to lash 24 cities and counties in Hunan on Tuesday, killing three people in landslides Tuesday, affecting 165,000 people, toppling 300 houses, forcing the relocation of 1,600 people and damaging 14,000 hectares of crops, the provincial government said.

In Changsha, capital of Hunan, rainstorms inundated roads and houses in low-lying areas and crippled traffic on Wednesday night.

Rainstorms were forecast for Wednesday night and Thursday, while they will abate on Friday, meteorologists said. The weather is expected to clear up over the weekend.

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Floods in Saudi Arabia have killed 77 people and scores could be missing, after the heaviest rainfall in years.

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May 4, 2013

Saudi Arabia floods leave 77 dead

Hajj pilgrims negotiate flooded street

The Saudi authorities have warned pilgrims to take care in the rain

Floods in Saudi Arabia have killed 77 people and scores could be missing, after the heaviest rainfall in years.

None of the casualties had been among the millions attending the Hajj pilgrimage, said a spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry.

Heavy rainstorms on Wednesday had hampered the start of the annual Muslim event in the city of Mecca.

The flood deaths were in the port city of Jeddah, Rabigh and Mecca, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

It quotes officials as saying the deaths had been caused by flooding and collapsed homes. Witnesses said many of the victims were trapped in cars and buses.

Twenty-one of the dead were Saudis and the rest were foreign immigrants resident in the country, said Jeddah civil defence chief Abdullah al-Amri, quoted by the Associated Press.

The floods hit particularly hard in the shantytowns around the city, he added.

 

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Extreme Weather – Malawi, Southern Region, [District of Mangochi]

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April 25, 2013

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Marooned houses following heavy rainfall. FILE | AFRICA REVIEW 

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24.04.2013 Extreme Weather Malawi Southern Region, [District of Mangochi] Damage level
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Extreme Weather in Malawi on Wednesday, 24 April, 2013 at 18:50 (06:50 PM) UTC.

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Hundreds of families have been rendered homeless in Traditional Authority Mponda in Malawi’s lake shore district of Mangochi following a severe eight-hour heavy down pour. The heavy rains, which have caused havoc in five villages, have also left one person, a girl student, injured. Mangochi District Council’s Director of Planning and Development, Ernest Kadzokoya, said the rains started around midnight on Tuesday. “We had heavy rains on Tuesday night that lasted for several hours and roofs of over 200 houses have been blown off. As I am speaking we are assessing the extent of the damage to see how best we can help,” he said. Among the damaged properties include an administration and library blocks of Mpondasi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) and houses belonging to TA Mponda and ruling Peoples Party (PP) Provincial Chairman. “An office belonging to Senior Chief Mponda and a number of other facilities have been damaged,” he explained. Kadzokoya said the student was injured by a brick which fell on her as she tried to flee “but the injury is not that serious.” He said a team from the district council’s office was currently on the scene to assess the situation before helping the most-affected victims with food and shelter. “We also want to assess the damage of the road network,” said the director. Reports reaching Nyasa Times also indicate that hundreds of Malawians in the area of TA Mavwere in Mchinji district have been down and out after another severe thunderstorm hit the area.

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Heavy rains displace people in MalawiBy REX CHIKOKO in Blantyre | Tuesday, January 24  2012 at  10:37


Marooned houses following heavy rainfall. FILE | AFRICA REVIEW 

About 500 household in Malawi have been displaced following heavy rains caused by a tropical cyclone called Funso in the Mozambique Channel.

Starvation is now looming in the southern part of the country after crops were destroyed and animals swept away in the process as residents risk getting water-borne diseases according to Nsanje District Commissioner Rodney Simwaka.

“About 323 houses have been completely destroyed while 125 houses are filled with water,” he said.

Mr Simwaka said the affected people have sought shelter in nearby schools.

He added that the displaced people are in dire need of food and blankets while pointing out that his office is still compiling a report on the disaster before submitting to the government.

 

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Flash Flood – State of Illinois, Grafton

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April 25, 2013

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Octavio Castillo paddles down a flooded street on Friday, April 19, in Des Plaines, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Octavio Castillo paddles down a flooded street on Friday, April 19, in Des Plaines, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

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24.04.2013 Flash Flood USA State of Illinois, Grafton Damage level
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Flash Flood in USA on Wednesday, 24 April, 2013 at 14:01 (02:01 PM) UTC.

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A powerful spring cold snap brings more rain and snow to a soggy U.S. heartland Wednesday, putting more pressure on riverside communities from the upper Midwest to the Deep South. The residents of Grafton, Illinois, north of St. Louis, will see the worst of the floodwaters through Friday as the Mississippi River peaks at more than 11 feet above flood stage, the National Weather Service says. Many along the river’s edge decided to evacuate. But Jerry Eller thought he would wait it out. “I’ve got water coming up through cracks in the floor, so I have about 3,000 gallons an hour of pumps running down the basement keeping water out, and that seems to be keeping it down to about an inch,” Eller sa

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Midwest begins to see some relief from flooding

By Ed Payne, CNN
updated 8:18 PM EDT, Wed April 24, 2013
Household items are submerged in floodwaters in front of a house in Fox Lake, Illinois, on Monday, April 22. Steady rains are expected Tuesday, April 23, in several Midwestern states already facing severe flooding. Have you been affected by the flooding? <a href='http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/962945' target='_blank'>Share your images with CNN iReport</a>. Household items are submerged in floodwaters in front of a house in Fox Lake, Illinois, on Monday, April 22. Steady rains are expected Tuesday, April 23, in several Midwestern states already facing severe flooding. Have you been affected by the flooding? Share your images with CNN iReport.
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  • NEW: Areas north of St. Louis should see water slowly recede
  • NEW: Some rivers closed to public because of debris, fast currents
  • Fargo, North Dakota, is preparing for flooding
  • The rain and flooding have caused four deaths, local authorities say

(CNN) — It appears the people on the banks of at least one major river in the Midwest are finally getting a break from rising water.

Water levels have peaked north of St. Louis, but the floodwaters from the upper Mississippi River will be slow to recede in the coming days, CNN weather producer Taylor Ward said.

And forecasters think the weather north of St. Louis in the next few days should be mostly calm.

But rain is expected on Friday and Saturday from St. Louis into Mississippi, Ward said.

The peak waters will continue to head south in the coming days but are not expected to be significant south of Missouri. The expected rainfall late this week shouldn’t have much of an impact on the anticipated crests of rivers.

The residents of Grafton, Illinois, north of St. Louis, will see the worst of the floodwater through Friday as the Mississippi River peaks at more than 11 feet above flood stage, the National Weather Service says.

Many along the river’s edge decided to evacuate, but Jerry Eller thought he would wait it out.

“I’ve got water coming up through cracks in the floor, so I have about 3,000 gallons an hour of pumps running down the basement keeping water out, and that seems to be keeping it down to about an inch,” Eller told CNN affiliate KPLR.

Floodwater has ravaged dozens of counties in Illinois, forcing thousands of residents from their homes.

On Wednesday, the Missouri and Illinois rivers and parts of the Mississippi River were closed to recreational boats due to debris and fast currents, the Coast Guard said.

The statement said conditions had already caused 200-foot long barges to break away from their moorings and sink.

The Army Corps of Engineers closed three of its locks to all river traffic until flooding subsides.

“Public safety is our first priority. Rivers are unpredictable and dangerous in a flood,” said Col. Chris Hall, commander of the Corps’ St. Louis District. “Even if someone has lived along a river his whole life, he shouldn’t assume it will behave the same way during a flood. It’s not a good time to be on or near the rivers.”

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As rivers across the heartland swelled during the past two weeks, rising water was blamed for four deaths. Flooding has threatened rivers in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi and Michigan, the National Weather Service said.

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Floodwaters overtake Indiana vehicles, killing one man, sweeping away another. Grand Rapids area prepares for flooding to worsen

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April 22, 2013
Chris Clark Holli McPherson, right, and other volunteers help fill sandbags inside a Grand Rapids City maintenance garage on Market Street in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday, April 19, 2013. She and other WMEAC volunteers were planning to take part in the annual Grand River clean-up but instead helped with flood control. Volunteers plan to work through the weekend in Grand Rapids to fill sandbags as part of an effort to hold off West Michigan floodwaters. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

Floodwaters rising after storms deluge heartland

April 19

By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Flood fighters from small Mississippi River hamlets to the suburbs of Chicago staged a feverish battle Friday to hold back raging rivers, after days of torrential rains soaked much of the Midwest.

Mississippi River communities in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri are expected to see significant flooding – some near-record levels – by the weekend, a sharp contrast to just two months ago when the river was approaching record lows. Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana had flooding, too. All told, dozens of Midwestern rivers were well over their banks after rains that began Wednesday dumped up to 6 inches of new water on already saturated soil.

In Quincy, Ill., the normally slow to swell Mississippi River rose nearly 10 feet in 36 hours, National Weather Service hydrologist Mark Fuchs said. One bridge in the town about 120 miles north of St. Louis was closed Friday, leaving one open.

“That’s pretty amazing,” Fuchs said of the fast-rising river. “It’s just been skyrocketing.”

Smaller rivers in Illinois seemed to be causing the worst of the flooding. In suburban Chicago, which got up to 7 inches of rain in a 24-hour period ending Thursday, record levels of water were moving through the Des Plaines River past heavily populated western suburbs and into the Illinois River to the south.

As many as 1,500 residents of the northern Illinois city of Marseilles were evacuated Thursday night when fears of a levee breach were heightened as seven barges broke free from a towing vessel and came to rest against a dam on the Illinois River.

And in the central Illinois town of London Mills, the swollen Spoon River topped a levee, forcing about half of the 500 residents to evacuate. Police Chief Scott Keithley said some homes were half under water, and abandoned cars were sent floating in the torrent of water.

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Hundreds fill sandbags as besieged Grand Rapids area prepares for flooding to worsen

(Gallery by Sally Finneran | sfinnera@mlive.com)

By Zane McMillin | zmcmilli@mlive.com
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on April 21, 2013 at 10:49 AM, updated April 21, 2013 at 1:23 PM

Volunteers turn out to fill sandbags Volunteers turn out in force to fill sand bags Sunday, April 20, 2013 in Grand Rapids Mich.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Patty Moyer offloaded a freshly packed sandbag onto a pallet Sunday and stood up panting, sweating under a heavy coat and headband as she worked with roughly 300 volunteers in Grand Rapids.Summoned by city leaders working to minimize impacts of a downtown under siege by a Grand River swelling past its brim, Moyer had been at work for hours with a dozen members of the Forest Hills Crew Team.

The Grand River is expected to crest at multiple locations throughout Greater Grand Rapids on Sunday, particularly downtown and in Comstock Park, where high water forced residents to flee their waterlogged homes in droves.

Photos: Hundreds fill sandbags in downtown Grand Rapids

Such dire predictions prompted city leaders to ask for help filling tens of thousands of sandbags for residents and businesses.

“We were kind of torn because there’s flooding in Ada and Lowell and Grand Rapids,” Moyer said after schlepping a sandbag to a pallet. “One of our (team) board members … heard that we could come down and fill bags, so we jumped on it as quickly as we could.”

At the Grand Rapids Public Works building, 201 Market Ave. SW, the crew team worked amidst what city leaders estimated was 300 volunteers out since 8 a.m. to fill sandbags that will be used to shore up flooded areas along the river. The work will continue all day.

It was the highest turnout so far after three days spent packing 40,000 sandbags that have been dispersed to problem spots throughout the city, including riverside structures downtown such as the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

Old Town Riverfront Building ‘holding up pretty well’ against Grand River flood waters

 

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After days of surging, Grand River finally crests in Grand Rapids, Comstock Park

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — After days spent surging to historic levels, the Grand River finally crested Sunday night in downtown Grand Rapids and Comstock Park.

Measurements from the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids show the river peaked at 21.85 feet downtown around 10 p.m., breaking the record of 19.64 feet set in 1985.

In Comstock Park, the river crested at 17.8 feet around the same time, eking past the 65-year-old record of 17.75 feet set in 1948.

The new benchmarks are the culmination of days of waiting for the swollen waterway to hit its peak after a prolonged period of torrential rainfall last week.

Forecasters had expected the bloated river to peak downtown and in Comstock Park around 2 a.m. Monday, but the figures show it is not expected to rise further.

 

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Surging rivers near crest, but many Midwestern towns already inundated

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April 22, 2013

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, right, walks away from floodwaters after meeting with members of the Missouri National Guard as they make flood preparations Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Clarksville, Mo.

By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News

Heavy river flooding in six Midwestern states that forced evacuations, shut down bridges, swamped homes and caused at least three deaths was at or near crest in some areas Sunday evening.

Rivers surged from the Quad Cities to St. Louis Sunday, with water levels reaching record heights. Hours earlier, National Guardsmen, volunteers, homeowners and jail inmates pitched in with sandbagging to hold back floodwaters that closed roads in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Record flooding swelled in Grand Rapids, Mich., with a crest of over 22 feet expected late Sunday into Monday. The water is expected to peak sometime Monday.

The basements of some homes in the town of Comstock Park, Mich., were already full of water even before the surge Sunday morning, and the new swell forced some residents to leave their houses by boat.

“I’m surrounded by water all the way around my house,” resident Gary Smith told Grand Rapids NBC-affiliate WOOD-TV. “When I step out, I have a porch and then I have one step that’s still visible, and then I step down into at least three feet of water, four feet of water.”

 

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Death Toll Rises As Massive Flooding Continues To Swamp Buenos Aires, Argentina

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April 5, 2013

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Argentina Floods: Dozens Die As Rain Continues

6:55pm UK, Thursday 04 April 2013

At least 52 people have drowned in their homes and cars, or were electrocuted as floods swamped Buenos Aires.

Argentina Floods

Thousands have been evacuated from their homes

At least 46 died on Wednesday in and around the city of La Plata. Six deaths were reported a day earlier in Argentina’s capital.

Many people climbed onto their roofs in the pouring rain after storm sewers flooded forcing water into houses.

“It started to rain really hard in the evening, and began to flood,” Augustina Garcia Orsi, a 25-year-old student, said.

“I panicked. In two seconds I was up to my knees in water. It came up through the drains – I couldn’t do anything.”

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Many claim officials have not done enough

The rains also flooded the country’s largest oil refinery, causing a fire that took hours to put out.

The La Plata refinery suspended operations as a result, and Argentina’s YPF oil company said an emergency team was evaluating how to get it restarted.

“Such intense rain in so little time has left many people trapped in their cars, in the streets, in some cases electrocuted,” Governor Daniel Scioli said.

“We are giving priority to rescuing people who have been stuck in trees or on the roofs of their homes.”

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Flash Flood – Mauritius, Capital City, Port Louis [Caudan Waterfront]

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April 1, 2013

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31.03.2013 Flash Flood Mauritius Capital City, Port Louis [Caudan Waterfront] Damage level Details

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Flash Flood in Mauritius on Sunday, 31 March, 2013 at 19:30 (07:30 PM) UTC.

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At least 10 people have been killed in flash floods in Mauritius and more downpours could be on the way, officials and the Indian Ocean island’s meteorological service said on Sunday. The deaths occurred on Saturday and most of the victims were trapped in an underpass leading to the Caudan Waterfront, a commercial area in Port Louis. Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam said on Sunday that Port Louis had a torrential downpour with 152 mm falling in two hours. “The speed of the torrents of water has led to tragic loss of life and heavy damage to property,” he said, adding that he was declaring Monday a day of mourning. The Mauritius meteorological service said showers were expected overnight and on Monday, with isolated thunderstorms that could cause further floods.

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Flash flooding kills at least ten in Mauritius

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At least 10 people have been killed in flash floods in Mauritius and more downpours could be on the way, officials and the island’s meteorological service has said.

Most of the victims were trapped in an underpass leading to the Caudan Waterfront, a commercial area in Port Louis.

Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam said Port Louis had had a torrential downpour, with 152 mm falling in two hours.”The speed of the torrents of water has led to tragic loss of life and heavy damage to property,” he said.

The Mauritius meteorological service said showers were expected overnight and on Monday, with isolated thunderstorms that could cause further floods.

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Mauritius floods kill 10

Published: 9:19AM Monday April 01, 2013 Source: Reuters

At least 10 people have been killed in flash floods in Mauritius and more downpours could be on the way, officials and the Indian Ocean island’s meteorological service said today.

The deaths occurred on Sunday and most of the victims were trapped in an underpass leading to the Caudan Waterfront, a commercial area in Port Louis.

Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam said Port Louis had a torrential downpour with 152 mm falling in two hours.

“The speed of the torrents of water has led to tragic loss of life and heavy damage to property,” he said, adding that he was declaring Monday a day of mourning.

The Mauritius meteorological service said showers were expected overnight, with isolated thunderstorms that could cause further floods.

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Global Cooling Back In Forecast After IPCC Steers Global Warming Into Iceberg

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March 27, 2013

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By Harold Saive – Chemtrailsplanet.net

 

(3/27/2013) – The Mayan’s didn’t use their calendar to predict doom in 2012 but their 394 year Baktun cycle may predict a long period of low solar activity and years of extreme global cooling starting now.

Marking the end of the thirteenth Baktun on Dec 21, 2012 places the onset of solar events that led to the Maunder Minimum – also referred to as the “Little Ice Age”.

 

Are we ready yet for potentially disastrous impacts of space weather?

“Comparing a future solar event to the 1859 Carrington event: “Directly or indirectly, a comparable geomagnetic storm today (and foreseeable future) would likely include widespread and long-term disruptions on transportation and commerce, agriculture and food stocks, medical facilities, satellite-based communication and navigation systems, national security, etc.” — By Steve Trackton – The Capital Weather Gang – A review of the 2012 Space Weather Enterprise Forum presented by The National Space Weather Program Council.

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Are we ready yet for potentially disastrous impacts of space weather?

“Comparing a future solar event to the 1859 Carrington event: “Directly or indirectly, a comparable geomagnetic storm today (and foreseeable future) would likely include widespread and long-term disruptions on transportation and commerce, agriculture and food stocks, medical facilities, satellite-based communication and navigation systems, national security, etc.” — By Steve Trackton – The Capital Weather Gang – A review of the 2012 Space Weather Enterprise Forum presented by The National Space Weather Program Council.

Our Sun is Losing Energy: The typical peak-to-peak solar cycle have long been established to be about 11 years. The last solar minimum began in 2001 following an unremarkable maximum. But in April 2009 the solar minimum was officially recognized as having lasted far longer than normal. It was not until the middle of 2010 when sunspot numbers began to increase, signalling an overdue, but very weak return to a solar maximum. Relative to Earth, the maximum would be even weaker than forecast due a mysterious absence of earth-directed solar flares – a persistent event that continues to defy the label of “coincidence.”

The health of Earth’s atmosphere - extending out to the magnetosphere – relies on the energy of solar flares to maintain what we have come to expect as a “normal” electrical balance between Earth, Sun and the solar system. For unknown reasons, what little solar flare activity is taking place has been mostly directed away from Earth – causing our atmosphere to experience conditions not much different than an extended “minimum” – as if the solar maximum had not yet returned. If flares continues to miss earth for much longer, the return of the next solar minimum could delay a replenishing solar charge of our magnetosphere for years.

Changes in our Solar System:

  • Along with a decline in solar energy NASA has detected increased seismic activity on Mars
  • The rotation of Venus and possibly Saturn has measurably slowed.
  • Jupiter has exhibited significant weather changes including loss of a characteristic “stripe” as it gained a new red spot.
  • During 2012 telescopes recorded a giant flash on Jupiter that was larger than Earth. NASA called it a comet or asteroid but didn’t explain the telltale concentric rings and the absence of evidence that anything penetrated Jupiter’s atmosphere.
  • The 30 year cycle of Saturn Storms has broken stride to appear ten years earlier than predicted.
  • Hubble has been scanning space for years but only recently has been able to “see” auroras on Uranus.
  • In 2005 data from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide “ice caps” near Mars’s south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row.
  • Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of space research at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars melting ice caps data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun.
  • Earthquakes are on the rise within our own moon.

 

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