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  • The object of this site is to present the actuality of the ravages that floods and storms can inflict on the lives of humananity, vegetation, livestock, structures and any other objects that would be found in the path of such occurence. The aftermath of these floods and storms can truly be devastating; as you will realize as you read through these actual happenings.

FLOOD-Storm

  • November, 2000
    INDIA-Late monsoon rains flooded more than 10 million homes in eastern India. about 200,000 homes were washed away; and 700 people were killed as a result of the flooding.

Tuesday, November 7,2000
  • Whipping winds and heavy rains pounded a large area of Western Europe on Monday, flooding vilages, damaging buildings. Officials were forced to cancel flights in certain places. At least six people were killed. At the same time deep snow and winds as strong as 159 mph, roared through mountainous Switzerland, Britain was been pounded by rain. Three rivers had overflowed in southern England, by Monday afternoon. Two people died when their car was struck by a falling tree.
    Police and emergency workers were kept busy fortifying flood defenses; and evacuating dozens of elderly people from homes flooded by up to two feet of water.

  • Saturday, November 4,2000
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-
      Tens of thousands of Mozambicans driven from their homes months ago by massive flooding, are still homeless, as was informed by Mozambique's former first lady, Graca Machel on Friday; now the wife of former South African president, Nelson Mandella; also said many displaced families are living under nothing but mere sheets of plastic.
      International donors pledged more than $450 million to rebuild southern Mozambique, after the floods; but Machel said that less than one third of the money has reached into the country.

Storm
  • Tuesday, October 31,2000
    LONDON-A powerful storm rushed across western Europe on Monday, ravaging ancient oaks, grounding flights, cutting power to more than 100,000 homes and snarling traffic. At least eight people have been reported killed. The Eurostar train service, linking London with Paris and Brussels, was put out of commission, and France's famous high-speed trains limped along at half-speed, as winds gusting up to 90 mph tossed trees onto highways and rail lines.
    Scores of flights were canceled at London's Heathrow airport--and at Gatwick outside London, Amsterdam's Schipol Airport and Paris' Charles de Gaulle.
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    Storm
  • Sunday, October 29,2000
    MANILA, Philippines-Tropical storm, Xangsane pounded the main northern Philippine island of Luzon on Saturday, after battering the country's eastern provinces. At least nine people have died nationwide; and ninteen fishermen were missing, officials reported. More than 200 people were reported injured; many by collapsed walls, flying tin roofs and debris, officials reported.
    By nightfall Saturday, the storm had weakened, with sustained winds of 59 mph; and gusts of up to 74 mph--as it blew 18 miles south of the congested metropolitan Manila area. It was moving toward the western province of Zambales, forecasters reported.
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  • Sunday, October 29,2000
  • WENDEN, Arizona-Less than a week after flash flooding submerged cars and homes, and caused millions of dollars in damage, a new storm left residents wading through muddy streets again on Saturday.
    More than an inch of rain fell in the region on Friday and Saturday. Water pouring into Wenden from higher elevations, left some streets under four feet of water. The entire town of 1,200 was evacuated early Sarurday.
    By Saturday afternoon, the water level in Wenden had stabilized; and residents were allowed to survey the damage, said Ruthanne Gilbert, emergency services spokeswoman.
    The flooding in Wenden, which is 90 miles west of Phoenix, began October 21, when rain swept down the normally dry Centennial Wash; a river bed which flows with water during storms. Preliminary estimates from the earlier flooding put the damage at $7.8 million.
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  • Thursday, October 26, 2000
  • WALDEN, Arizona-Authorities began a ground search on Wednesday, for possible victims of a flood that forced hundreds to flee their homes in two western Arizona towns.
    Aided by a helicopter, about 100 people and four dogs trained to look for cadavers searched areas where waters had receded. Officials were trying to confirm reports that seven people were missing; including two; witnesses say were swept away by the raging flood waters.
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  • Sunday, October 1, 2000
  • PAIRADANGA, India-More than 1,000 people have been reported dead, missing or presumed dead; after unseasonable monsoon rains forced rivers to overflow across eastern India and western Bangladesh.
    The flood waters submerged new areas Saturday in Bangladesh, where flood waters inundated farmland, and submerged roads in 185 villages the day before.
    Relief officials in West Bengal estimate it will require $65 million to repair damaged homes; and another $714 million to replace the value of lost crops.
    The worst hit areas were in the Chuadanga, Meherpur and Jhenidah districts, as was reported by the United News of Bangladesh news agency.
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  • Sunday, October 1, 2000
  • REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy- Authorities declared a state of emergency in Italy's southern region Calabria on Saturday, after rains triggered scattered flooding and mudslides. Authorities further evacuated 400 people from homes in the town of Bovalino; one of several villages in the region, fully or partially isolated by the rains and mud. No injuries were immediately reported. The inundation blocked highways, and interruped rail traffic across the region--at a certain spot due to a collapsed pillar on a highway trestle. Aviation officials briefly closed the airport in Calabria capital of Reggio Calabria.
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  • Year 2000
  • INDIA-As many as 36 people died in the state of Madhya Pradesh in August, when a flooded river swept away a bus carrying 100 people. Seasonal rains have left more than two million people homeless.
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  • Saturday, May 20, 2000
  • DELI,East Timor- U.N. and Indonesian officials were evacuating islanders from lowlands in Timor on Friday, where deadly floods have ravaged the Indonesian-held western half of the island; and were menacing the east. At least 125 refugees living in West Timor camps, have drowned in the surging floodwaters; which toppled bridges and swept away main roads. All roads leading from the East Timorese capital, have been washed out--leaving residents and aid workers unable to travel further than 30 miles from Dili by road.
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  • Wednesday, April 19, 2000
  • BUDAPEST,Hungary-Swolen by weeks of rain, the Tisza River, Hungary's second largest river, threatened communities along its banks on Tuesday; prompting authorities to order immediate evacuation of parts of 68 towns and villages.
    More than 23,000 soldiers worked on reinforcing dikes at 232 settlements on or near the Tisza River, as reported by officials. Seven million sand bags have been used so far. Thirteen military helicopters ferried sandbags to critical regions. Meanwhile, army troops used amphibious vehicles to assist in rescue and evacuation efforts.
    The partial evacuations of 68 other towns and villages on or near the river were ordered on Tuesday
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  • Friday, April 14, 2000
  • BUDAPEST,Hungary-Thousands of people worked around the clock on Thursday, repairing dams, and ferrying vital supplies, as floods destroyed homes, and washed away bridges in large parts of Eastern Europe.
    Heavy rains in recent days has swolen the Tisza River, which runs through Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. In Szolnok, a Hungarian city of 120,000 people, along the river, the water level was expected to surpass the all-time record that was set last year, as reported by Laszlo Varga, deputy head of the Central Tisza Water Management Authority.
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  • Friday, September 15, 2000
  • -HANOI, VIETNAM-Unprecedented floods have killed nearly 100 people across Southeast Asia; including a teen-age boy who drowned on Thursday in front of the royal palace in Cambodia, as hundreds watched from the riverbank. The floods have forced 600,000 people from their homes in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. Rescue workers were distributing drinking water on Thursday; while naval boats evacuated people stranded by high water.
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  • Sunday,May 21, 2000
  • DELI,East Timor-Five days of massive flooding across Timor island, may also have spoiled East Timor's multimilion-dollar coffee harvest; as reported by the territory's independence leader on Saturday. Jose "Xanana" Gusmao said many parts of his country have been severely affected by the heavy rains and flash floods, blamed for killing at least 125 people in West Timor--the other half of the island. The loss of the coffee crop would be a terrible blow for the tiny Southeast Asian territory, as it struggles to rebuild itself after a violent separation from Indonesia, only last year. The industry employs about a quarter of the work force.
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  • Friday, February 11, 2000
  • JOHANNESBURG,South Africa-
    Torrential rains drenched northern South Africa on Thursday, continuing a week of constant downpours, that have killed dozens of residents, flooded cities, and left more than a 100,000 people homeless.
    In Soweto, near Johannesburg, residents waded through the mud-brown water that flooded their homes. They tried to salvage whatever possessions they could. Residents said the flood had come suddenly over night--leaving them with no time to protect their shacks--constructed with nailed-together pieces of plywood, corrugated tin, iron sheeting and other odd materials--from the water.
    At least 38 people had died in flood-related incidents nationwide since Sunday.
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  • RUSSIA-In ADYGEA, families were forced to flee their homes, as nearly 800 houses were threatened by torrential August rains that caused heavy flooding. The storm, which knocked out power lines and rendered roads unpassable, were among the worst in a decade.
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  • November, 1999
  • BANGLADESH-More than 50,000 families were forced to higher ground; when flash floods inundated towns sorrounding the capital city of Dhaka. In the north, the seasonal overflow of the Jamuna and Atrai rivers forced another 100 to evacuate.
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  • Sunday, August 1, 1999
  • NEW DELHI,India.- Floods from heavy rains spread across northern India on Saturday, submerging 25 villages; and forcing 15,000 people from their homes in Bihar state, as reported by a news agency. On Saturday, two people died in the high waters, the United News of India reported. The death toll this month was raised to 154. The floods were caused by annual monsoons that caused four rivers to overflow.
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  • Friday, July 16, 1999
  • Phoenix- Firefighters in helicopters pulled stranded hikers from the tops of trailside bathrooms, and rescued pigs in wheelbarrows on Thursday, as monsoon rains pounded Arizona. The Catalina Mountains in southern Arizona were hit the hardest, as six inches of rain fell overnight. Within hours, a 7-foot wall of water rushed through Sabino Canyon; a popular camping spot. Several hikers hid inside public toilets; and were later stranded as the water spilled over the cemented trails. Downstream, a narrow creek swelled to a half-mile across. Rescue workers snatched two women who had taken cover on top of a barn, as the current got stronger. In two feet of water, firefighters grabbed three over-sized gray pigs, and pushed them to safety in wheelbarrows.
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  • Wednesday, July 5, 2000
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES- A typhoon, east of the Philippines , and a tropical depression blowing from the west, dumped heavy rains over the main Philippine island of Luzon on Tuesday; killing at least three people---and at the same time flooding wide areas. A man and a boy drowned in floodwaters in Manila; and a woman was killed, and her daughter was injured by a boulder that rolled down from a hill crashing down into their home in Tanay, east of Manila, as was reported by disaster officials and Philippine media. Strong waves in Manila Bay capsized the four-story barge that serves as the kitchen of the Jumbo Palace; a four-story floating restaurant. There were no reports of injury. Typhoon Kirogi, with sustained winds of 75 mph, was moving towards southern Japan, as of midday Tuesday, the Manila weather bureau reported.
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  • On August 19, 1955, severe flooding in the Northeastern United States, claimed some 200 lives.
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