Last year total Oklahoma City rainfall thru March was 2.22 inches. Today OKC exceeded that in less than 6 hours – 2.28 as of 1pm. OKC has already broken the rainfall record for today. 1.73 in was old record set in 1903.
Signal: flooding
Tech sector earnings hit hard by catastrophic flooding in Thailand
Scientists expect that climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, and last fall’s flooding in Thailand fit the definition of extreme. The floods were one the world’s most costly disasters in recent times, and it had a major effect on hard disk drive manufacturing in the region. The disk drive [...]
Pakistan hit again by deadly floods
Five million people have been affected by floods in the Pakistani provinces of Baluchistan and Sindh, according to regional officials. At least 133 people have been killed, officials said, and the number is expected to rise. About 900 villages have been submerged and about 100,000 homes have been completely destroyed. “People are moving whatever little [...]
Record rainfalls, flash flooding across Iowa and Illinois
Record rainfall totals of 7 to 15 inches fell across Dubuque County Iowa and Jo Daviess County Illinois overnight resulting in both flash flooding and River Flooding. Due to the flooding, several roads have been closed across both Iowa and Illinois.
Rains, mudslides submerge South Korean capital
Walls of mud barreling down a hill buried 10 college students sleeping in a resort cabin and flash floods submerged the streets and subway stations in Seoul, killing at least 36 people Wednesday in South Korea’s heaviest rains this year. The students were engulfed by a landslide in Chuncheon, about 68 miles 110 kilometers northeast [...]
Unprecedented flooding hitting Mississippi
Unprecedented flooding predicted on Ohio and Mississippi Rivers This week’s storm system, in combination with heavy rains earlier this month, have pushed the Ohio River and Mississippi River to near-record levels near their confluence. The Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois is expected to crest at 60.5 feet on May 1. This would exceed 100-year flood [...]
4 feet of rain hits Thailand in one week
Normally the end of March brings dry weather to tropical Thailand. In 2011, however, a powerful storm settled over the Malay Peninsula, bringing up to 1,270 millimeters (50 inches) of rain in little over a week. The intense rain flooded 8 provinces, killing 13 and affecting 842,324 people as of April 1, said the government [...]
Unusual heavy rains driving flooding and evacuations in Namibia
Heavy rains continued falling throughout parts of southern Africa in mid- and late March 2011. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA described flood-affected districts extending from Angola and Mozambique southward to South Africa. Across northern Namibia, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate. Flood waters damaged both crops and infrastructure.Evidence [...]
Record flooding hits the Fitzroy river
In western Australia’s Kimberly region, severe floods destroyed 45 homes and forced 217 people to evacuate. The Fitzroy River rose to a record level at Fitzroy Crossing on Wednesday, topping that of 2002.
Flood waters still cover Pakistan
Flood waters lingered in Pakistan in late February 2011, roughly seven months after devastating monsoon rains first struck the country. Although significantly lower than in October 2010, and even December 2010, water levels were noticeably higher in February 2011 than they had been a year earlier.Acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS on NASA’s [...]
