Nocere – Earth Disasters

Heavy rains resulted in heavy flooding on the streets of North Yorkshire Village.

Water flooded on every nook and corner, passengers were trapped in cars and other vehicles that caught up in between the water.
Rains poured down heavily for four hours straight which resulted in massive water storage on the streets.

Rescue teams were finding it difficult to reach the victims who were trapped near Askwith due to the bad weather.
In the meanwhile locals took the responsibility upon them and helped the victims out of their vehicles and moved them to much safer place.

The continuous pouring is making it really difficult to lend help for all the victims but rescue teams are doing their best to keep everyone out of trouble.
No lose of life has yet been reported but worse is yet to come with the storm picking up over the ocean.

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Bangladesh was hit with one of its worst weather threat over the week, which brought about floods and heavy rains across the country, Many whom survived from the disaster are both glad and in dismay. These people are glad that they are able to pull through despite the terrible weather challenge, however, they are equally dismay over the lost of their homes and crops. To make matter worse, the country now faces a shortage of clean water. Large amount of floodwater remains trapped and eventually becoming stagnant and polluted. Officials warned that they might be a possible increase in diarrhoea cases if the situation continues with no access to clean water.

To date, the total death toll has been placed at 200 though police deemed that there might be more victims. Recovery works are in progress, while many corpses have already been recovered with water receding progressively.

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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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Brazil has been experiencing one of the worst rainfalls in its history.
Since the heavy rains have started to pour in thousands of people are being displaced to safer places and are given proper shelter temporarily.

Many areas like Rio de Janeiro and Itaborai have been badly hit. Streets, Roads and every corner of these places are inundated with flood water.
The heavy floods have extended their strength of devastation in the form of land slides.

The main concern for the officials is the Paraiba do Sul River. In the past few days due to these heavy rains the water level of the river has been increasing constantly.
Officials are just hoping that it doesn’t increase beyond the limit resulting in an overflow, which is the last thing that the country needs.

Reports suggest that there will be a relief by next week with winds blowing away from the lands of Brazil. But the threat is not over yet, as this is the official rainy season for the country more problems are still to be faced.

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Several parts of UK have suffered badly due to number of gales and heavy rains.

Strong winds flowed through parts of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The winds were flowing at a mind staggering 100 Mph, with the highest being recorded as 108 Mph at Belmullet in County Mayo, Ireland.

Due to the strong winds a tree has fallen on a car parked near by claiming the life of a member who was trapped in it.

All the public services which include police, hospitals and fire service have been kept busy through out the day with people trapped everywhere due to these heavy winds.
Roads have been blocked; power supply has been cut down due to this havoc.

Atlantic depression was observed moving towards the country a few days ago. As it reached closer and closer to the country it intensity grew and turned into a huge storm.

The cold air that followed the storm is expected to give rise to snow fall that will stay in the country all week.

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Strong rainfalls over the past week have created havoc in the country of Philippines.
These rainfalls became the reason for many land slides and heavy floods which took 11 lives until now and have 8 more missing.

Series of rains over different parts of Philippines has left more than 200 000 people homeless and in grief.
Many members have been evacuated to safer places and are provided with temporary shelter until the rains cease.
The continuous pouring is making it difficult for the rescue team to go ahead with their rescue mission.

The tail end of an active cold front which has been lingering around the north and eastern sides of the country has been noted as the main reason for the unusual heavy rains.

In Philippines heavy rains are generally expected through out the year, these rains are caused by the pacific winds that flow through the country.
But this time the combination of the cold front and the pacific winds resulted in the heavy devastating rains.

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Heavy monsoon rains destroyed houses and flooded parts of Andhra Pradesh. Monsoon rains have kill at least 40 people. More than 150 000 people have been moved to makeshift camps. Monsoon season starts at June and last until September. This year over 100 people die in monsoon rains.

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