Flooding around the world (3 July edition)

Here is a brief update on the floods I covered in the last edition of flooding around the world. Note that there has also been flooding in Xiengkoung, Viengtian, Boolikhamxay, and Xayaboury provinces of Laos, as a result of heavy rainfall from a tropical storm; in Russia’s Khabarovsk region (Kiya and Khor rivers), from heavy rainfall; and in the Philippines’ Davao city, from heavy rainfall.

China and the Yangtze River

• Flood after drought, and they both hit the poor the hardest
  https://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/06/30/30climatewire-gone-with-the-flood-chinese-villagers-strugg-61962.html
• Heavy rains have caused a cave in and flooding in two Chinese coal mines, trapping at least 40 miners
  http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/03/general-as-china-mine-flood_8547457.html
• Striking image of floods along the Yangtze River
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51232
  (via @NASA_EO)

Flow from the Gavins Point Dam spillway was 150, 000 cubic feet per second on June 14, 2011. (SDNG photo by Master Sgt. Donald Matthews, image on Flickr)

Missouri River

• Why this spring’s water in the Missouri River basin was so tricky for the Corps of Engineers to master
  http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/02/2990252/missouri-river-defying-its-master.html
• Sand shortage causes concern for flood fighters along Missouri River (06/21/11)
  http://www.semissourian.com/story/1737873.html?response=no
• Continued Flooding near Hamburg, Iowa in this @NASA_EO image. [The result of 2 levee breaches]
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51236&
• Flooding Won’t Overcome Nuclear Plants, Officials Say, but Ft Calhoun has a history of problems:
  http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137470320/wisch-nuclear-plants
• Flooding along the Missouri River from @NASA_EO
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51201

The Souris River, continues to flow over Minot, N.D. flood levees June 23, as the water begins to inundate residential neighborhoods. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, image from Flickr)

Souris River

• A good overview of why flooding in Minot was so much greater than the community anticipated
  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-adv-minot-20110702,0,5569488.story
• Heart-wrenching before and after flooding aerial imagery of Minot
  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-minot-slider,0,5485991.htmlstory
• Manitoba towns frantically prepping as the Souris River rises
  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/07/03/mb-souris-floods-prep.html
• Historic Floodwaters Begin To Recede In Minot, N.D., now levee vigilance [I particularly liked how this story described discharge measurements on the flooded river.]
  http://www.npr.org/2011/06/27/137439779/minot-flooding
• Two Towns, Same Flooded River, Different Fates – one managed to sandbag high enough; the other did not
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=137455189
• Historic Flooding along the Souris River from@NASA_EO
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51213
• Only 10% of Minot residents had flood insurance, but as Souris River Crests, Minot North Dakota Exhales
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576409581541554692.html
  (via @rivrchik)