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DERNA, Libya, Sept 13, 2023 (AFP) – Libya’s devastated eastern city of Derna was counting its dead on Wednesday with the toll from the floodwaters unleashed by Storm Daniel expected to rise even further. Two dams burst there on Sunday afternoon after the storm hit, releasing a surge of water that tore through the city, sweeping away buildings and the people inside them. By late Tuesday, the preliminary death toll from authorities in the politically […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China began operating the world’s second-largest hydropower station on Monday in what officials hailed as a milestone towards Beijing’s carbon neutrality goals, despite warnings of environmental damage. The 289-meter (948 feet) high Baihetan Hydropower Station in southwest China, second in the world only to the country’s Three Gorges Dam in terms of power generation, began partial operation Monday morning, state media reported. Baihetan was built with a total installed capacity of […]
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse INDIA (AFP) — Indian rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel Thursday in a desperate bid to reach dozens of people missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier four days earlier. Workers have toiled night and day clearing rocks and mud from the tunnel at a damaged hydroelectric plant at Tapovan in Uttarakhand in northern India since Sunday’s disaster. More than 170 people are missing […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine dams recovered and have benefited from the rainy weather which the country has been experiencing. Water levels have increased in Angat dam, Ipo dam, La Mesa dam, Ambuklao dam, San Roque dam, Pantabangan dam, and Magat dam, with only Binga and Caliraya dams experiencing a slight dip in water levels. The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, said that Ambuklao and Angat dams had the highest increase in water level in the […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon Haishen, with local name “Kristine” exited the country 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, and is now approaching Japan, but did not dump much rain to replenish dams needing water. Officials in Japan warned that the typhoon could bring with it a record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power poles and flip vehicles, It is forecast to move north-northwestward and will pass close to Amami Islands and Tokara Islands […]
Videographic illustrating the role played by the world’s dams. In Quebec province in Canada, four massive hydroelectric dams that will produce “clean energy” for the northeastern United States are nearing completion. https://youtu.be/77P6moLrVRo
(Eagle News) — The water levels in three major dams in Luzon have risen as a result of the rains in the past few days, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Richard Orendain, PAGASA’s hydrologist, said in an interview over Net 25’s Agila Balita Alas Dose that the level of the water in Angat dam was now at 208.14 meters. The normal high water level (NHWL) of Angat dam is 210.00 meters. […]
(Eagle News) — Four major dams in the country are slowly recovering due to heavy rains being experienced in the past few days. The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, said that La Mesa Dam, Ipo Dam, Binga and Pantabangan Dam, are slowly being filled up because of the recent heavy rains. However, some of the dams outside the area affected by rains, did not benefit from the downpour. Richard Orendain of PAGASA’s Hydrometeorological Service said that […]
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that four major dams in Luzon continue the release of water due to the rain brought by “Lando”. Meanwhile, PAGASA reassured the public that said water release is controlled. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/bP93NJhzPXE
MANILA, Aug. 26 (PNA) — Despite continues rains due to the low pressure area (LPA) and thunderstorms, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Tuesday that it continues to monitor the four major dams in Luzon which still have low water levels. In an interview, PAGASA Hydrologist Sheila Schneider said these four dams are Angat Dam in Bulacan; San Roque Dam in Pangasinan; Pantabangan dam in Nueva Ecija; and Magat dam […]
