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Image source, AFP Flood waters are expected to emergence successful Sydney aft torrential rainfall connected Friday caused flash flooding successful parts of Australia's second-largest city, the authorities person warned. Heavy rainfall pummelled parts of the metropolis for 24 hours, forcing thousands to evacuate the city's outskirts. The rainfall besides caused the city's main proviso of water, the Warragamba Dam, to spill 2 days earlier than expected. People surviving downstream of the dam person been warned to expect much floods. The dam started spilling connected Saturday greeting and has been pumping the equivalent of 80,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools downstream each azygous hr since, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The dam's h2o levels were expected to highest by midnight section clip (13:00 GMT) connected Saturday, according to officials. But immoderate residents person been warned of further flood risks arsenic astir of the h2o from the dam is yet to scope Sydney's flood-prone areas. "We person been retired with the community, letting them cognize what is coming and ensuring they prepare," New South Wales State Emergency Service commissioner Carlene York told reporters. "We don't deliberation those waters are affecting a important magnitude of radical successful those areas but surely agrarian farmland, banal and families and businesses... request to beryllium alert of the adjacent mates of days arsenic the h2o volition proceed to travel down astatine a precocious level successful those stream systems." The h2o levels successful the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers are expected to emergence successful the coming days. WaterNSW CEO Andrew George said determination was besides h2o spillage coming from different dams, including the Tallowa Dam connected the Shaolhaven River and the Blue Mountains dam. Spillages from 3 different metropolitan dams was expected, helium said, quoted by 9News. The tempest led to a month's worthy of rainfall pummelling Sydney connected Friday, starring authorities to contented exigency evacuation warnings for galore of the city's low-lying areas, including Richmond and Windsor. "While it looks similar bluish skies crossed Sydney astatine the infinitesimal and the exigency rainfall concern seems to beryllium easing… it is important to enactment that flood levels successful immoderate of the rivers, peculiarly successful occidental Sydney, are continuing to emergence and that presents a information for immoderate communities," New South Wales Premier Chris Minns told reporters connected Saturday. More than 150 radical were rescued from floods connected Saturday, the New South Wales State Emergency Service said, adding that 72 rescues took spot successful Sydney. One antheral was recovered dormant successful h2o adjacent a reserve successful Penr...

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Image Source : Reuters AND AP A view of floods in Oman and Pakistan (file) Rain and floods have caused devastation not only in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but from Oman to Pakistan. 82 people have died in the three countries due to torrential rains and severe floods. Of these, 63 people have died in Pakistan, 18 in Oman and 1 in Dubai. 18 people have died due to floods caused by sudden heavy rains in Oman. While 2 people are missing. Their search is on. The death toll announced in Oman on Tuesday includes at least nine schoolchildren and their driver, whose vehicle was swept away by floodwaters in Samad Eshan on Sunday. <!-- /8323530/Khabar_Desktop_VDO_1X1 --> The National Committee for Emergency Management said rescue teams were still searching for the two missing people. The government of Oman granted a day off to administrative staff in the public and private sectors due to poor weather conditions in several provinces, while remote work was recommended in other parts of the Sultanate. Residents were also urged to move to shelters if they felt they were in danger or were asked to do so by authorities. According to government media, Oman’s northern province of Ash Sharqiyah is most affected by the floods. Police and soldiers have been deployed here to evacuate citizens from flood affected areas. Similarly, there has been heavy rain in the United Arab Emirates. Airports and parts of major highways were flooded, bringing traffic to a standstill. Vehicles have been abandoned on many roads. 63 deaths so far due to floods and rains in Pakistan According to officials in Pakistan, at least 63 people have lost their lives due to the continuous rain and extremely bad weather for the last four days. 14 people died due to lightning and heavy rain. Officials gave this information on Wednesday. Disaster Management Authority spokesperson Khurshid Anwar said that most of the deaths occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province located in the northwest of Pakistan. Building collapses in the province killed 32 people, including 15 children and five women. Anwar said that dozens of people have been injured and 1370 houses have been damaged in the northwest. 21 people died in incidents of lightning and house collapse in Pakistan’s Punjab province. While there is news of death of 10 people in Balochistan. Authorities have declared a state of emergency after the flash floods. Rescue and relief operations are continuing in Balochistan on Wednesday even though the threat of rain still remains. Zaheer Ahmed Babar, a senior official of Pakistan Meteorological Department, said that due to climate change, Pakistan is experiencing heavy rains in the month of April. Latest World News function loadFacebookScript(){ !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function () { n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) :

Floods, as we see in the United Arab Emirates, are a disaster that can place everyone at some risk. Flash floods, tropical storms, increased urbanization and the failure of infrastructure such as dams and levees all play a part — and cause billions of dollars in damages and economic losses globally each year. Learn more and how to help: https://bit.ly/3ih8yVm #floods #disaster #CDP4Recovery

State Disaster Relief Fund: SDRF has been constituted under Section 48 (1) (a) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. It was constituted based on the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission. It is the primary fund available with the State governments for responses to notified disasters to meet expenditure for providing immediate relief. It is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) every year. Contribution: The Centre contributes 75% of the SDRF allocation for general category States and Union Territories and 90% for special category States and Union Territories (northeastern States, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir). Disasters Covered under SDRF: Cyclones, drought, earthquakes, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorms, landslides, avalanches, cloudbursts, pest attacks, frost and cold waves. Local Disasters: A State Government may use up to 10% of the funds available under the SDRF for providing immediate relief to the victims of natural disasters that they consider to be ‘disasters’ within the local context in the State and which are not included in the notified list of disasters of the Ministry of Home Affairs. #UPSC #IAS

More than 150 dead in Vietnam as typhoon floods capital: The death toll of Typhoon Yagi has risen to 152 in Vietnam, according to government estimates, as one of the country’s largest rivers reaches its highest level in two decades, flooding the streets of Hanoi. By Wednesday, flood waters from the swollen Red River reached a metre high in parts of the capital, forcing some residents to navigate their neighbourhoods by boat. Thousands of people have evacuated from low-lying areas of the city and 10 of Hanoi’s 30 administrative districts are on “flood alert”, state media reported. Floods and landslides across northern Vietnam have been the main causes of death from the typhoon, the government said. “This is the worst flood I have seen,” Hanoi resident Tran Le Quyen told Reuters news agency. “It was dry yesterday morning. Now the entire street is flooded. We couldn’t sleep last night.” Yagi, which was initially categorised as a super typhoon – the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane – but later downgraded to a tropical depression, has continued to wreak havoc in Vietnam since making landfall on Saturday. It has been described as Asia’s most powerful typhoon this year. “My home is now part of the river,” Nguyen Van Hung, who lives in a neighbourhood on the banks of the Red River, told Reuters. An entire village in the northern Lao Cai province was swept away on Tuesday amid flash floods. At least 25 people have been confirmed dead, and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to the village in search of those still missing. Authorities are also paying careful attention on a hydropower plant in the northwestern Yen Bai province, as a huge inflow of water into the reservoir surrounding the dam raises concerns that it may collapse. Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep said on Wednesday that the hydropower plant is “safe”, but urged residents in the area to stay under shelter, as it may take up to two days for the water to recede to an “allowable level”. Yagi has left a trail of destruction in the country’s northern region over the past four days. On Monday, it collapsed a busy bridge, plunging ten cars and two scooters into the Red River. It also tore roofs from buildings, uprooted trees, and left widespread damage to infrastructure and factories in the north. Before hitting Vietnam, the typhoon left 24 people dead across southern China and the Philippines. Scientists have warned that as the world warms, typhoons can bring higher wind speeds and more intense rainfall, although the influence of climate change on individual storms is complicated. Additional reporting by BBC Vietnamese The post More than 150 dead in Vietnam as typhoon floods capital appeared first on The Namibian.

Image Source : ANI Severe flood in Brazil. India’s friendly country Brazil is currently in the grip of severe floods. According to Al Jazeera report, the death toll due to severe floods in Brazil has increased to 75. At the same time, more than 100 people are reported missing. This flood has occurred in the southern Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil, due to which normal life has become disrupted. The region’s governor, Eduardo Leite, said the devastation we are facing is unprecedented. <!-- /8323530/Khabar_Desktop_VDO_1X1 --> More than 88,000 people displaced Flood havoc continues in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state. According to the local administration, more than 88,000 people have been displaced from their homes due to the severe floods. About 16,000 people have taken shelter in schools, gyms and other temporary shelters. Brazilian President Lula da Silva along with his ministers also surveyed the flood-hit areas by helicopter. Due to incessant rains, the area has lost connectivity and suffered severe damage to infrastructure. Access to basic amenities like drinking water has also been disrupted. Rescue operation continues amid the debris According to reports, emergency services in the flood-hit area of Brazil are carrying out rescue operations to find survivors trapped among the debris of collapsed houses, bridges and roads. Governor Eduardo Leite of the state, which is battling devastating floods, has declared a state of emergency. According to information, the rise in water levels in the state of Rio Grande do Sul is putting pressure on dams and threatening the metropolis of Porto Alegre. Fear of increasing death toll Expressing grief, the state governor said that the death toll is likely to increase further as rescue efforts continue. He has said that we are dealing with the worst disaster in history. Apart from this, there is a possibility of the state’s main river Guaiba reaching worrying levels, which will further increase the existing crisis. A warning has been issued regarding this. read this also- “Qatar”, which is helping in the ceasefire agreement, Netanyahu told Al Jazeera of the same country, “But Qatar” Hamas terrorist proposed to 18-year-old Israeli hostage to marry her and have children…then she would have to please him every day Latest World News function loadFacebookScript(){ !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function () { n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments); }; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0; t.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s); }(window, document, 'script', '//https://lnkd.in/dNCd7S6K'); fbq('init',

Fewer Vermonters applied for FEMA flood aid this year than in 2023. Could the need be higher? Advocates pointed to red tape, confusion over eligibility and mistrust of FEMA as reasons Vermonters may not have applied this year. FEMA emphasized its extensive outreach efforts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has received 2,274 applications for aid connected to flooding in mid-July, far below the number it received for flooding a year earlier. The deadline to apply for Individual and Household Program aid for the 2024 flooding was Monday. FEMA data shows that of the Vermonters who applied to the program this year, about 1,547 of them have had their applications approved so far, totaling $8.7 million in aid. By comparison, more than 6,100 people applied to FEMA in 2023, and more than 3,600 had their applications approved, according to FEMA data. Lamoille, Caledonia and Washington counties had the most applications received and the most aid distributed thus far for the 2024 floods.  The tally of this year’s approvals is likely to rise in the coming months as FEMA works through more complex aid requests and appeals. William Roy, the federal coordinating officer for both disasters, said a “handful” of applications are likely still left over from the 2023 floods, more than 16 months later. Full article at: https://lnkd.in/eFx8XSus

Borno State Flood Situation Report: IOM DTM Update 1 - 13 Sept. 2024 OVERVIEW The annual rainy season in Nigeria generally starts in April, with the highest concentration of rainfall between June and September. Between August and September 2024, hefty rains affected many LGAs in Borno State, resulting in significant flooding that has devastated various communities. Furthermore, on 9 September 2024, Maiduguri was affected by a massive flood due to the collapse of Alau dam in the neighbouring Konduga LGA of Borno State. The collapse of the dam, exacerbated the flooding in Maiduguri in addition to the continuous heavy rainfall. This marks the first time the Alau Dam has overflowed since 2012. The floods have caused extensive damage to infrastructure, crops, and shelters, severely affecting livelihoods and displacing many households. Climate variability and human-induced factors have exacerbated the flood recently, leading to increased displacement across Nigeria. Between 4 and 12 September 2024, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA), and the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), identified 138 locations in Borno State that were impacted by floods or received internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to the flooding. Through a network of key informants and field focal points, and in close coordination with other humanitarian partners and local authorities, DTM conducted assessments in these locations to provide insights to the humanitarian community on the affected population's primary needs, vulnerabilities, and mobility intentions. In the 19 local government areas (LGAs) of Borno State that were assessed, DTM identified 320,791 individuals in 65,731 households affected by the floods. These individuals included IDPs displaced by the floods and residents impacted by the floods but remained in their communities. The affected population included 157,274 displaced individuals and 108 returnees.

Climate change has a tendency to exacerbate disparities that already exist in our societies. The statistic that Canadian Underwriter shares here makes clear just how much natural disasters disproportionately impact First Nations people. Important read for anyone working in P&C insurance. #InsuranceIndustry #HighRiskFloodAreas #ClimateChange