Flooding around the world (3 July edition)
Cross-posted at Highly Allochthonous
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)
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
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)