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https://youtu.be/e1szlPL8a0s CHONGQING MUNICIPALITY, southwest China (CCTV) — Torrential rain and strong winds hit various parts of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on Wednesday. The downpour and strong winds disrupted traffic and flooded roadside shops in urban areas of Chongqing. Some vehicles were left trapped in the flood. The local police force implemented traffic control measures at some of the worst-hit road sections to stop drivers from driving dangerously in the flooded areas.
(CCTV) — A strong gale following Typhoon Haitang charged through part of Xiamen City in east China’s Fujian Province Monday afternoon, knocking down tree trunks and power lines. Amateur footage showed the extent of powerful gusts which measures 75-85 kilometers per hour and the aftermath, with debris flying high up in the air, roadways littered with broken branches, twigs and toppled billboards. The storm took down power lines along a local street, disrupting traffic and […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Lightning killed at least 11 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in years that have left hundreds dead and millions displaced, officials said Monday. The victims were working in fields in Odisha state when lightning bolts struck them, the state’s top disaster management official said. Fifteen people were injured on top of the 11 dead. “The death toll is likely to rise as […]
PINGTUNG COUNTY, Taiwan (Reuters) — Typhoon Haitang, the second storm to hit Taiwan in 24 hours, battered southern and central parts of the island on Monday (July 31) after Typhoon Nesat injured more than 100 people and shut businesses at the weekend. Some cities in southern Taiwan remained closed on Monday with Typhoon Haitang bringing torrential rain, flooding and landslides. Typhoon Haitang made landfall in the south and southeast on Sunday (July 30) afternoon, the government […]
(Eagle News Service) — Gorio intensified into a typhoon on Friday, as it moved toward Taiwan and continued to enhance the southwest monsoon, triggering rains over parts of the country. Signal Number 2 has been raised over Batanes, and Signal Number 1 over the Babuyan Group of Islands, where rains and maximum sustained winds of 30 to 60 kilometers per hour are expected in 36 hours. In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical […]
(Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 is now raised over the province of Batanes, as Gorio moved faster in the northwest direction, and is expected to approach Taiwan on Sunday. According to Loriedin Dela Cruz, a weather forecaster at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Gorio was now moving at 30 kilometers per hour, slightly faster than its initial speed. “Inaasahan nating bukas, kung di magbabago ang bilis ng takbo at direksyon nitong […]
(Eagle News) — Nakatutok ang National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) sa magiging epekto sa bansa ng bagyong Gorio. Ito’y sa kabila ng abiso ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) na hindi tatama sa kalupaan ang bagyo ngunit patuloy itong maghahatid ng mga pag-ulan sa iba’t-ibang panig ng kapuluan. Ayon kay National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Spokesperson Romina Marasigan, inaalam na nila kung may mga nagsilikas na dahil […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — Seventeen members of the same Indian family were found dead Wednesday as floodwaters receded from a village in Gujarat, officials said, and the death toll from the state-wide disaster climbed above 110. “They seem to have drowned in the floodwaters. The bodies were found buried in muck,” A B Parmar, a police inspector at the scene, told AFP. A senior Gujarati government official, Pankaj Kumar, confirmed the discovery of the bodies in Banaskantha district. […]
LIANCHENG COUNTY, China (CCTV) –A spectacular thunderstorm has wowed Chinese netizens and smart phone users with its vertical column of downpours in east China’s Fujian Province. The thunderstorm occurred Friday last week. Even amateur footage cannot hide the awesomeness of this half-hour awe-struck celestial phenomenon. Most viewers of the footage aspired for an explanation. “This spectacle occurred due to localized strong convection, judging by our radar returns. The wet microburst against sunshine made it all […]
HAINAN PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — Hainan Province in south China is bracing for Typhoon Sonca, which is expected to make landfall on the island province between Monday night and Tuesday morning. By Sunday noon 24,456 fishing boats have returned to port with all people working on the vessels also having returned to port. The last three boats are on their way back to port, according to the local marine fisheries department. Sea and air transportation […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India has risen to at least 76, officials said Monday, with eight people killed in the past day in the worst-hit states. Heavy rain in Gujarat has claimed 11 lives since Saturday as the monsoon intensified across the western state. “Seven of these died in the last 24 hours and at least four others are still missing,” Pankaj Kumar, a Gujarat government official, told AFP. Arunachal Pradesh […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The death toll from torrential rains and flooding that swept through Japan’s south has reached 25, the government said Tuesday, as rescue teams battled through thick mud to rescue more than 100 still stranded. Further downpours were predicted to pound Kyushu after swathes of the southwestern island were devastated last week by overflowing rivers — sweeping away roads, houses and schools and forcing thousands of people into makeshift shelters. But many […]
