New Delhi A man was rescued Monday by an Indian Air Force helicopter after standing in the middle of wild floodwaters for 16 hours. A video shared by a senior police officer in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh state showed the rescue from the deluged Kutaghat Dam area, which is …
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The Hotel Chin shuai is located on August 9, 2009. In Typhoon Morakot in Chihpen, in Taitung province Taitung, in southeastern Taiwan, collapses in flood water. New research connects typhoon landings to a series of small earthquakes that follow. (STR / AFP via Getty Images) Typhoon Morakot brought extensive floods …
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The combined impacts of human-caused sea level rise, storm surge, and high tides could expose an additional 23 million people to coastal flooding in the next 30 years, even with relatively ambitious cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse effect, according to a new global study. In the worst case scenario, …
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One day later roaring ashore like a hurricaneHanna hit the Texas Gulf Coast on Sunday with strong winds and torrential rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and left without electricity in a region that was already reeling from a sudden surge in coronavirus cases. Descending into a tropical depression, Hanna …
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel carry a sick woman during a rescue operation in an area affected by floods due to monsoon rains, in the Barpeta district of the Eastern state of Assam, India on July 12, 2020. BIJU BORO / AFP / Getty New Delhi – Floods caused …
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