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Due to heavy overnight rain, hundreds of houses in Pekalongan District West and North Pekalongan, Central Java flood. Worst flooding inundated Tirto Village, Kecamatan Pekalongan Barat which has been the location of the annual subscription flooding. There, standing water reaches a height of 80 centimeters. Even at some point, reach a height of one meter.
The first flood in the middle of the dry season caused by residents mampetnya Watershed Bremi enclosed water hyacinth plants. Plus the local government itself has been valued close eye by allowing the flow of rivers clogged.
In addition to settlements, 08 junior high school Pekalongan also submerged. As a result of teaching and learning activities disrupted. Residents can only hope the government gives a solution to prevent the annual floods. Until now, the government has not given any help to the flood victims.
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A handful of Cambodian provinces along the Thai border have been inundated by floods triggered when rain water poured off a nearby mountain.
The water from Dang Rek mountain flooded at least four districts in Siem Reap province on Saturday before moving on Monday to Battambang and Oddar Meanchey provinces, where heavy rains along the Thai border made matters worse.
Residents in Siem Reap walked and motorcycled through flooded streets and fished off bridges spanning overflowing rivers. Officials dispatched heavy machinery to help drain the water from city streets.
There were no reports of casualties or severe damage.
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In the central provinces, today rain has fallen, but the flood plains in the district is still very high and slowly withdrawn. Hundreds of farmers and thousands of hectares of paddy season is still submerged in water. Farmers face the fear of hunger season.
Nong Cong district is worst affected provinces of Thanh Hoa during the recent floods. According to incomplete statistics, more than 1,400 ha of winter rice crop is in flowering period were lost, 350 households were flooded ... The most serious is in the statue Son commune, Van Thien, Public Works, Public Integrity, Thang Binh ... estimated losses of more than 45 billion.
Tran Van Thuan, Chairman Nong Cong district, said the flood situation is most likely that more than 20 thousand inhabitants of this district will suffer from hunger during the period from now until the next crop year.
Tuong Son commune is considered the worst flood Nong Cong district. More than 370 hectares of paddy were submerged flood, on the family farm running, pour the rice each flap ischemic theaters only inert body rot black rot. Hundreds of households of the village cocoons, cotton areas, communal areas of the Statue of Cat Le Son at risk of hunger because of crop treated as empty-handed.
On the vast fields of sea water, the farmers complained of rice fields inundated watched that tape for impotence. Many people regret the effort sweat poured down the diving ngup still trying to soak in the large water saving, building fires, would be slightly salvaged. It has been seen as apparent gradual starvation!
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Floodwaters from the swollen Orange River devastated the Northern Cape early this year. This file picture shows an isolated farmstead in the Upington district. Even inland regions are not immune from the effects of climate change.
People on the African continent are increasingly migrating to the coast, taking advantage of living and working there, and reaping the benefits of coastal and marine resources.
However, there is a darker side to living on the coast.
December 15 last year, at Alexandria in Egypt: 48 hours of sustained bad weather in the Eastern Mediterranean shut the port of Alexandria, and a cargo ship capsized in the harbour.
Forty buildings collapsed in flooded, low-lying areas of the city and 25 people died.
March 30 this year at Walvis Bay in Namibia: There was no water supply to Walvis Bay as the pipeline from the wells had been broken in several places by the floods in the Kuiseb River.
Temporary relief enabled water to be made available to residents for a few hours each day.
The cost of a complete repair was estimated at millions of Namibian dollars and the impact on the mineral, fishing and tourism industries was expected to be considerable.
May 15 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Supplies of electric power to Dar es Salaam from May 19 to 23 were restricted to between 11pm and 8am.
The sustained drought in East Africa for the past year had played havoc with power supplies from hydroelectric facilities. Daily power cuts were expected to continue until the drought was broken.
July 15 in Lagos, Nigeria: A severe storm, with heavy rains causing extensive flooding crippled Lagos, the business capital of Nigeria.
Citizens were demanding action to alleviate the suffering and to prevent this happening again, but the authorities laid the blame on drainage channels blocked with informal housing.
From all corners of Africa come similar tales of distress from the impacts of storms and floods on coastal communities |