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By Ludovic EHRET Qingyuan (Chine) (AFP) - Les habitants touchés par de graves inondations survenues dans le sud de la Chine tentent mercredi de sauver leurs biens des eaux boueuses, à l'approche de nouvelles pluies torrentielles contre lesquelles les autorités locales ont mis en garde la population. Des pluies diluviennes frappent depuis jeudi la province méridionale du Guangdong. Quatre personnes ont perdu la vie et plus de 100.000 habitants ont été évacués. Les importantes inondations sont très inhabituelles en cette période de l'année dans cette région verdoyante et subtropicale. Le gouvern...
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Russia's Orsk oil refinery suspended operations after a flood caused a dam breach in Orenburg Oblast, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on April 7, citing the refinery's press service. The dam burst on April 5 in the city of Orsk, less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the border with Kazakhstan, due to a flood. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced over 4,000 people in the region to evacuate and flooded thousands of homes, according to local authorities. RIA Novosti claimed the suspension of the refinery's operation was aimed at "avoi...
Kyiv Independent
Russia's Orsk oil refinery suspended operations after a flood caused a dam breach in Orenburg Oblast, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on April 7, citing the refinery's press service. The dam burst on April 5 in the city of Orsk, less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the border with Kazakhstan, due to a flood. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced over 4,000 people in the region to evacuate and flooded thousands of homes, according to local authorities. RIA Novosti claimed the suspension of the refinery's operation was aimed at "avoi...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Russia's Orsk oil refinery suspended operations after a flood caused a dam breach in Orenburg Oblast, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on April 7, citing the refinery's press service. The dam burst on April 5 in the city of Orsk, less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the border with Kazakhstan, due to a flood. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced over 4,000 people in the region to evacuate and flooded thousands of homes, according to local authorities. RIA Novosti claimed the suspension of the refinery's operation was aimed at "avoi...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
One person died on Tuesday in Turkey's southern Antalya province after flash floods struck the city centre. A person was found dead stranded in a car in central Kepez district, Deputy Interior Minister Münir Karaloğlu told reporters in Antalya. The car was stuck in water in an underpass, according to state news agency Anadolu. As many as 989 people had been evacuated so far, Karaloğlu said. The Kepez district received rainfall equal to the three-month average in just 12 hours, he added. Heavy rain is also expected for the next two days in the Mediterranean tourism hotspot of Antalya where over...
DPA Breaking News
Flash floods in Turkey`s Mediterranean tourism centre of Antalya forced schools to close on Tuesday as hours of heavy morning rains resulted in waterlogged streets. Flood-swept cars, water-flooded shops and roads in the densely-populated city centre were shown on the state broadcaster TRT. Teams rescued more than 900 people stranded in cars, while evacuations are separately underway in some households, Antalya Mayor Muhittin Böcek told reporters. Residents should not leave their homes unless they must, Böcek warned, citing “unprecedented” heavy rain in the city. A hospital laboratory was also ...
DPA Breaking News
By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing flooding in the New York subway is viral online with the false claim that the visuals are from the recent flash floods in the city. BOOM found that the clip is old and was taken in September 2021 during Hurricane Ida, a destructive Atlantic hurricane that claimed 55 direct and 32 indirect lives as a tropical cyclone and caused damage to the tune of $75 billion, according to the National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Report. A state of emergency was declared in New York after severe storms led to flash floods in several parts of the city on September 29,...
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New York (AFP) - New York's best-known and busiest subway station, at Times Square, fell victim to spectacular flooding overnight Tuesday, caused by an ancient water main that burst after more than a century of service. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released videos and photos on Tuesday of water cascading into the Times Square-42nd Street station in the heart of Manhattan at around 03:00 am (07:00 GMT). During the course of the morning, 1.8 million gallons of water poured into the station, MTA said. The flooding continued to disrupt service on some of the city's busiest track...
AFP
New York (AFP) - The northeastern United States was inundated Monday with heavy rain and flooding across several states a day after storms and flash floods washed out highways and killed one person in New York state. Parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Vermont were under flood warnings, with states in the region recording rapid rainfall and "life threatening" flash floods, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Heavy rains in New York state on Sunday turned streets into raging waterways, washing out bridges, leaving roads impassable and leading...
AFP
By Hazel Gandhi Several old videos from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Massachusetts, USA, and Karnataka showing tornados and floods are being shared online as videos of the Biparjoy cyclone that recently struck Gujarat. BOOM found that the videos are unrelated to Biparjoy and have been revived from older incidents of natural disasters. Cyclone Biparjoy caused heavy rains and strong winds in parts of Gujarat before moving towards Rajasthan this week. Its intensity, however, is lowering as it progresses and it has been declared as a 'severe cyclonic storm', bringing it a notch down from 'very severe cyclo...
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