Tropical Storm

While many were sleeping, the water was rising unknowing to them. The area had been hit hard by Tropical Storm Washi. The storm dropped over the usual month of rain in only a 12 hour period on Mindanao. The trail the storm traveled is a rarely traveled one. A storm only travels that direction about once every 12 years.

As the water flowed down the mountains Friday night, many people awoke to water in their homes. They quickly grabbed up children trying to get to the roof of their homes or to neighboring homes to avoid the rising water. Many are missing. Whole villages were washed away. Victims have been left unclaimed possibly meaning that the whole family was swept away.

 

Victim of the storm

Children of families that survived are still looking for Christmas to happen. Parents are wondering how but plan on still doing their best to provide them with a Christmas celebration.

Most that died were in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. Many bodies have been found floating on the shorelines on the north western coast line of Mindanao Island. They are thought to have been sleeping when the waters hit and drowned.

Tropical Storm Washi has left behind flooded streets full of debris, people in many areas have no electric or fresh water. Many people are now living in shelters where there is not enough room. There are approximately 100,000 people who have had to go to shelters, not able to return to their homes.

Washi has moved on, but other storms are lurking and may be bringing in even more rain to the already saturated area.

 

Indonesia Boat Heading For Australia Full of Migrants Sinks

It is possible that there were close to 400 people on board the boat bound for Australia’s Christmas Island. It is where many go go seek asylum.

The boat, made out of fiberglass, broke apart is the rough waves approximately 55 miles outside of Java. There were more than 250 people and possibly as many as 400 on board. They are thought to be from Afghanistan, Turkey, and Iran. At this time only 33 had been rescued according to reports. Fishermen found them hanging onto parts of the boat. Two children were found. Their ages are 8 and 10 years old. People rescued reported they had been in the water for over 5 hours.

Rescue operations are continuing for possible survivors, but the weather has made it hard to see if there are any out there still.

It is possible that only 20 or 30 people were able to get lifejackets on once the boat was known to be going down. The boat only had 25 lifejackets on board and it was reported that 9 of the jackets were given to crew members.

At this time, the number who have perished in the accident is unknown.

 

 

168 People Die from Drinking Toxic Moonshine in Eastern India

The people possibly responsible for the deaths of 168 people in West Bengal which is located in the eastern part of India, have been arrested. There are 10 people being held for selling the moonshine, which was illegally produced and was also toxic.

Many more people got very sick from drinking the moonshine which was sold for about 10 cents a pouch. A pouch contains  200 milliliter or less than 7 ounces. When the liquor is made in a legal way, the least it sells for is close to 70 cents for a 600 milliliter container.

More than 100 people had to be admitted into the hospital after drinking the moonshine. They found methanol in the bodies of the people who died after drinking it. The drink was appealing to the poor people of the area and they are the main ones who drank it.

 

 

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Residents of Bangkok Leaving Flooded Homes

In Thailand, the worst flooding in a half century has sent residents leaving their homes taking with them all their possessions they could. Floods have now taken the lives of 320 people and there are close to 9 million affected by it. The water continues to flow and with it comes the destruction of homes, stores, other buildings and possessions. People were out walking in the water that was as high as their waiste with plastic bags containing belongings perched on their heads. Many also holding on their pets for lack of a boat.

 

 

The opening of the floodgates took away any possible relief the area was hoping to have. They are hoping that opening the gates will take some of the pressure off the dams and levees possibly sending it out to sea. They are hoping the water will remain in the canals and not spill out into the streets of the capital city area. The army has brought in 100 boats to assist people trapped in homes.

 

 

As Many as 60 Die in Heavy Rainfall in Central America

The rain continues to pelt down on Central America, already taken at least 60 lives, it is showing no sign of letting up any time soon. El Salvador has been the hardest hit so far by the rainfall. There have been as many as 32 people that died there which included many children. As residents tried to cross the flooded rivers, many would get swept down river. Others died when their homes fell in around them.

Guatemala is also being heavily affected by the rains. At this time, there have been 28 people die in the flooding. There are another 110.000 that have been affected by the heavy rain that doesn’t seem to have an end.

 

 

In Honduras, the situation is much the same. Most of the countries departments have been put on alert and at this time 13,000 people have been affected.

Ever since Jova hit Central America’s shores last week, the country has been being blasted with heavy rainfall. It hit as a category 2 hurricane, but then settled down into more of a tropical storm and later a tropical depression as it crossed the western parts of Mexico. All the while another tropical depression, 12-E dropped heavy rainfall to El Salvador and the neighboring areas.

It continues to rain and no relief is on the way yet.

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In the Philippines, just as many were starting pull their lives back together from Typhoon Nesat, a typhoon that had taken the lives of 52 people on Tuesday, Typhoon Nalgae moved in on Saturday morning.

 

 

The initial damage started in Dinapigue. Nalgae dropped 0.6- to 1 inches of rainfall per hour as it traveled through the Philippines area. The two typhoons together have changed the lives of for nearly 3 million Filipinos. Landslides, flooding, closure of roads and bridges are also hampering getting people out or relief in. Many of the ports had to be closed temporarily but were to be reopened on Sunday.

 

 

People were being evacuated from Santa Barbara, Calasiao, and Dagupan which is located on Luzon island. On Sunday flood gates had to be opened to release pressure of water being they had reached their top levels. While there were people receiving help with recovery from Nesat, the first typhoon, it had to be stalled while the second typhoon made it’s way across the area. Many people are unable to cook food or have fresh water to drink. There is a great need for ready to eat food and drinking water. There are no supplies in the area for survivors to purchase, even though they have the funds needed.

 

 

 

As the Philippines are cleaning up from the typhoons, in Thailand, four long months of ravaging floods have taken the lives of 237 people. They are gearing up for the typhoon Nalgae which has lost some of it’s power after hitting the Philippines and is now a tropical depression. The country is already water soaked and more rainfall will only result in more flooding. The flooding has been felt in 28 different provinces and over 2 million people have affected by it.

 

 

Many of Thailand’s  historic buildings and tourist sites have been affected by the flood waters.

 

 

 

Typhoon Nesat in China affected over 2 million people. Of this number, 132,2000 people had to be evacuated out of Nanning which is the capital of the area. Nesat hit China on Friday following it’s ravaging of the Philippines. Flooding of the Qinjiang River, which is amongst 5 rivers that have surged to dangerous levels, has overflowed it’s banks. Flood waters have entered Qinzhou causing roads to close due to being under water. There have been thousands of homes destroyed along with thousands of acres of farmland. As Nalgae entered China last Tuesday, it was now a tropical storm and not nearly as devastating as it had been in the Philippines.

 

 

China is still in the stages of cleaning up from Nesat, but will now be faced with days of rainfall from Nalgae.

 

 

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The search is over for any additional people buried in the landslide at the Orphanage in Hulu Langat which is located on the south side of Kuala Lumpur. There were 16 bodies pulled out of the mud and rock that fell upon the orphanage. One adult caretaker, age 34 was found and 15 others between the ages of 8 and 19. There are 10 people that are still in the hospital.

Hulu Langat, a village where everyone knows each other is mourning the deaths, which were largely children. It was a destructive mudslide that took the orphanage by surprise.

As the mud and rock slid down the hillside, the children were inside a tent working on a drum performance. The landslide happened at about 2:30pm Saturday afternoon. The mud pushed it’s way through the tent.

The orphanage was at the base of a steep hillside. It had been built without permits.

Earlier on Saturday, down pours of rain had hit the area loosening mud and rock which was the cause of the landslide.

Rescue workers searched through the mud and debris trying to find all the missing. They pulled out 4 more bodies at around 5:30am.

The rescue is now over.

 

 

 

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Twelve people died over the weekend as hillsides came down and covered up homes, cars and just anything in its way.

In Igrejinha there were 7 people from one family killed when their homes were overcome by the mud. Also in Novo Hamburgo there were 3 children who lost their lives when their home was also covered in mud from the slides.

In Rio Grande do Sul there has been a state of emergency issued in 7 different towns.

The abundant rainfall in southern Brazil has caused havoc with some 40,000 residents and has left hundreds without homes to return to.

Rescue operations are underway. They are trying to get people to leave any areas that are questionable as to if a landslide could happen.

Flooding is happening around and within Porto Alegre which is the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul. There have been cuts to the electrical power there.

For now there could be dry weather which will help dry things out a little. Rescue operations will be able to search a bit easier without the torrential rainfall, but near the end of the week, the rain could be returning.

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In the small mining village of Kingking in Pantukan town, a landslide has taken at least 27 lives.

It covered up homes and mining tunnels.

There are possible dozens more people missing that could be buried beneath the mud and rock.

Possibly more people are trapped alive in one of the mining tunnels. Voices have been said to be heard coming from one of the tunnels.

At this time, there have been 27 people that perished in the landslide. Their bodies have been found, another 6 people that transported to the hospital for aide.

The area is experiencing heavy rain mixed with fog. Rescue efforts have been called off for the night.

Some of the deaths include children of the workers according to Pantukan Mayor Celso Sarenas. He couldn’t say how many.

A section of the mountain where they were mining for gold slid down upon the village which is located in the Compostela Valley province. It’s 980 kilometers on the southern side of Manila.

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A deadly mudslide in Columbia covered a bus as it was traveling out of the central city area of Manizales. The bus was covered with mud when a hill side slid down upon it and pushed it off the road.

The slide was caused by the massive amounts of rainfall that have been falling on the area recently.

There are possibly more then 14 dead. Rescuers are trying to locate 6 other passengers that are still missing.

The past year has been rough for Colombia as it has experienced widespread flooding taking the lives of over 300 people and causing 2 million to leave their dwellings.

Emergency personnel have been very busy trying to dig out the people who perished in the accident. The bus was totally covered with mud and rocks.

There have been many in Manizales that have been told to leave their homes as a precaution of more mudslides.

This rainy season this year in Colombia has been the worst season in Colombia’s records. It has caused massive flooding and billions of dollars in damage.

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Intense rainfall that began in the southern parts of Brazil on Friday has left ten individuals dead and over 8000 have no homes to return to. By Monday, the rain had basically left the area leaving a mess behind it.

Two of the individuals that died were found underneath mud from a landslide that hit the area on Sunday. The landslide was a result of the intense rainfall that had been beating down on the area.

In Parana, over 23,000 individuals were suffering from the amount of rainfall and there are 8 or more that have died. 453 individuals have been left without homes to return to. Over 2,700 dwellings were ruined by the rainfall.

Landslides cut off some of the larger roadways in the state. They did succeed in clearing a few of the roadways by Sunday evening.

One person died in the next door state of Santa Catarina. The person was driving a vehicle that went off the road and into the river on Saturday. They did not pull the vehicle out until Monday. The driver of the car had drowned.

According to authorities, there were 7 individuals in Rio do Sul that died and there are 2 individuals still listed as not found. One is in Rio do Sul and the other is in Parana.

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