Nocere – Earth Disasters

Heavy rains in the region of Peru have been paving way for landslides in many places.

In the southern region of Puno heavy rains have resulted in a land slide which took over 20 lives and 20 more missing.
Non – stop heavy rains have lead way to floods which have submerged more than half of peru.

Adding to it these land slides are making the situation look even more badly.
Heavy amounts of water from these rains get stagnated in places, results in the soil losing its strength. Paving way to land slides.

Peru has seen many land slides in its history prior to this. But the timing of the land slide caught everyone by surprise as it was least expected in that village and that point.

Families who have lost their loved ones in the landslide are mourning for their loss and missing member’s families are worried about safety of their loved ones.
The heavy rains and floods are delaying the rescue mission, which is under way in helping as many members as possible out of it.

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Heavy rains have been pouring down on the lands of Columbia since a week.

The intensity of the rains seems to be growing day by day making the situation worse.
Its not long since Columbia have received floods, now these heavy rains are acting as salt on the wound by flooding already rain affected areas.
Many areas have reportedly been submerged under water due to inundating floods.

Atleast six people have fallen prey for these devastating floods and thousands of homes have been destroyed.
People of various cities are constantly on the move trying to get a temporary shelter and stay safe away from the floods.

The capital city of Columbia, Bogota and Tumaco were badly hit by the sudden storm.
Officials are constantly working on offering their help to the people trapped on roofs and vehicles, but the floods are slowing the job.

More rains are expected in the next few days, which are expected to worsen the situation.

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With parts of USA experiencing abundance rainfall, Georgia was the exception. Georgia officials have expressed concern over low water levels in lakes and streams, with northern areas of the state being the worst. The state has since announced a complete ban on all outdoor watering activities, after nearly a third of the state has been classified as moderately drought. In addition, restriction measures were imposed to further conserve this scarce resource.

Authorities are now in fear that available water sources, such as lakes and reservoirs, might not fully recover with average rainfall amounts in coming winter. Lake Lanier is among the top most concern, since it is main water supply for the whole of Atlanta region.

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Shanty town was hit by huge boulders and rocks which destroyed many houses, at least 24 people have die and many are trapped under this huge rocks. More than 30 people are injured but number of casualties is expected to rise. Reports said that at least eight boulders – each estimated to weigh about 70 tonnes – fell from the towering cliffs. “The power went out, we heard a loud bang like an earthquake and I thought this house had collapsed. I went out, I saw the whole mountain had collapsed.” -say witness.

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Flash floods and landslides caused by tropical storm kills at least 62 people. Dozens of people are missing and villages are cut off in Lao Cai region. Tropical storm Kammuri hit china with rain and winds earlier in the week. Kammuri is the ninth tropical storm this year. China evacuated nearly 400 000 people and called thousands of vessels back to port. To see video of Vietnam floods go here.

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Mudslide kills 31 miners in Burkina Faso. They where mining in illegal gold mine. Accident happen when heavy rains have caused mudslide. Rescue team is digging trough mud but officials have say its unlikely anyone will be found alive. Burkina Faso have 200 000 people working in illegal mines, in June government ordered all illegal mines to shut down until September 30.

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