Unprecedented Rainfall and Major Flooding Around the World

● Thailand

Tens of thousands affected as severe flooding hits Thailand’s south​

Tens of thousands of people in southern Thailand have been affected by severe flooding that has submerged roads and railways, forced schools to close and left some residents trapped in their homes.

The province of Narathiwat in the country’s far south near the border with Malaysia was most seriously affected, with some districts submerged for days, according to broadcaster Thai PBS.

It said that “scores of people” had requested assistance and some were sitting on the roofs of their flooded homes.

Days of torrential rain have also caused problems at sea, with at least seven boats sunk in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea since Friday.


Heavy #rain and severe #flooding in southern #Thailand 🇹🇭
Panicked screams as a rescue boat is swept away by a strong current. Homes flooded and streets impassable due to strong currents.

● Argentina

Terrible floods destroyed the pedestrian bridge in Rincón of Catamarca province in northwest Argentina 🇦🇷 (25.12.2023)

● Indonesia
Major floods due to extreme rains in the Lhokseumawe of Sumatra, Indonesia 🇮🇩 (25.12.2023)
 
At least 18 dead and 35 peoples injured due to landslide on the Medellín-Quibdó road in Chocó, Colombia 🇨🇴 (13.01.2024)

At least 17 dead after landslides in Chocó

At least 17 people have died and 30 have been injured after several landslides occurred this Friday afternoon in Carmen de Atrato (Chocó), as confirmed by the fire department. Rescue operations for those who remain trapped have been suspended for tonight due to weather conditions that put rescuers at risk.

A landslide fell around five o'clock Friday afternoon in the Las Toldas sector, in Carmen de Atrato, a municipality on the road that connects the Chocoan capital with Medellin. About 50 people had taken shelter from the rain in a house just when the landslide occurred and buried the house. For hours, there were difficulties for the rescue agencies to arrive due to several other landslides that obstructed the way.

The governor of the department, Carolina Cordoba, explained at about ten o'clock at night that several ambulances had been able to reach the place of the landslide and that overflights were being prepared in the area. "Today is a day of mourning for the Chocoan people, our prayers are with the families of the deceased, our efforts are already underway to evacuate the injured", she lamented in declarations contained in a communiqué which also announces the state of calamity in the whole department.

The person explains that the rain was torrential so some people took shelter in a nearby hut while others remained in their vehicles when suddenly the landslide happened and buried the hut and vehicles.

 
DEHRADUN: Nearly 14,000 pilgrims were left stranded at vario ..


 
There has been so many of these all over social media lately. This is the latest one I came across.


NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO 3 CLIFFSIDE HOMES IN DANA POINT AFTER LANDSLIDE, CITY SAYS​

The Orange County Fire Authority said it did not receive any calls about the landslide. It's unclear if anybody has been evacuated.

This comes not long after heavy rains saturated the region and led to countless landslides and mudslidesacross Southern California.
 
Taiwan: Chaojing Park Landslide with only 2 people suffering minor injuries.

Emergency responders in Keelung worked late Monday after a landslide near Chaojing Park buried vehicles and injured four people. No one was trapped. The landslide, caused by earthquakes and rain, buried nine vehicles. Clearing debris will take over a week
Emergency responders worked late into Monday night after a landslide near Keelung's Chaojing Park buried vehicles and left four people injured.

Local authorities confirmed that everyone was accounted for, and no one was trapped in the site strewn with boulders and debris from a collapsed hill.

The landslide occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Beining Road adjacent to Chaojing Park, burying nine vehicles, trucks, and scooters.

Highway Bureau officials stated that the landslide was likely caused by recent earthquakes in Hualien County and rainfall saturation. They estimated that work crews would need more than a week to clear the debris and reopen the road.

At Chaojing Park, the landslide was recorded by vehicle camcorders from multiple angles. The footage showed trees collapsing among earth and rock debris, followed by large boulders falling and covering a section of the road, pushing vehicles aside.

Two 40s drivers were trapped when the landslide hit their cars. Pedestrians and firefighters extricated them. Both were conscious and taken to the hospital, but not in critical condition.

Driver Teng and his wife sustained minor injuries while parked in a lot enjoying the seashore. Teng recounted, "At first, we noticed pebbles falling from the hill, but didn't think it would be serious... Then, a few minutes later, we heard very loud banging, and were very frightened, as our car got pushed by the falling rocks and debris."

He said, "The car's rear got smashed, and the doors were jammed... so we were scared about being trapped inside. Luckily, some pedestrians in the area came over and got us out."

The landslide incident has caused significant disruption to traffic in the area, and authorities are working to clear the debris and restore normal operations as soon as possible.


A truck is trapped by debris following a landslide along Beining Road in Keelung's Jhongjheng District on Monday afternoon.
Photo courtesy of the Keelung Fire Bureau via CNA
 

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Wyoming, out of the blue, suffers a major landslide

June 08, 2024

A “catastrophic failure” of Wyoming Highway 22 over Teton Pass overnight Friday saw a huge section wash down the mountain. The "lifeline" between Jackson and Victor, Idaho, is expected to be closed for weeks, according to WYDOT.
A “catastrophic failure” of Wyoming Highway 22 over Teton Pass overnight Friday has washed away a huge section of the lifeline corridor between Jackson, Wyoming, and Victor, Idaho, the Wyoming Department of Transportation reports.

No vehicles were on the road as it had been closed earlier Friday because of a mudslide.

Road troubles began Thursday after a large crack stretching across both highways was spotted in the road.

A significant portion of the highway at milepost 12.8 has collapsed into the ravine below, while significant portions of the remaining road are cracked and tilted, WYDOT reports, adding that the road faces a long, indefinite closure.

“We're looking at a few weeks, at the very least,” Stephanie Harsha, a spokeswoman for WYDOT District 3, told Cowboy State Daily on Saturday morning. “At this point, a temporary fix or any kind of detour would be just as cumbersome and costly as a rebuilding the road or another more permanent fix. Our engineers are kind of weighing out those options right now.”

Signs Of Trouble

Teton Pass temporarily closed on Thursday so WYDOT could patch the large highway-spanning crack reported earlier that day. When road crews inspected the damaged section of Highway 22 on Friday, the pavement patch had been damaged and more movement was detected.

“That landslide continued to move despite efforts to put in a temporary detour around it,” Harsha said. “That movement caused it to take out both lanes of travel on that particular section.”

WYDOT road crews attempted to repair and rectify the damage while developing a long-term solution. They were on the scene overnight when the destructive landslide happened.

“Our crews were working in the area last night to construct that detour,” she said. “Nobody was hurt, and no equipment was damaged, but the road is damaged to a point where I don't believe that there'll be a quick or detour.”

Highway 22 was closed for most of Friday because of a mudslide that covered both lanes near milepost 15. WYDOT spent most of the day clearing the road, but reported that the mudslide “breached the roadway with mud and debris, overwhelming the channeled drainage ditch and culvert.

No Easy Alternatives

With Teton Pass closed until further notice, commuters who regularly travel along the primary route between Jackson and Victor will need to find an alternative route. The best workaround is to travel south through Alpine, Wyoming. That takes an hour and 45 minutes compared to the 35 minutes it takes over the pass.

Harsha knows that will be difficult for many.

“That's such a difficult thing for this area,” she said. “Teton Pass is a lifeline for people who commute and work in and out of the Jackson area. Depending on where you live, especially on the Idaho side, most people detour around Swan Valley and then into Alpine, Wyoming, and come up Jackson from the south.”

WYDOT will share any updates on the status of Teton Pass through its website and social media channels, in addition to the WYDOT 511 app.

“Our engineers are evaluating the area, and they should come up with a plan forward as far as what we're going to do in repairing that section,” Harsha said.

The alternative route between Jackson, Wyoming, and Victor, Idaho, with Teton Pass closed takes about an hour and 45 minutes, compared to 35 mintues over the pass.

The alternative route between Jackson, Wyoming, and Victor, Idaho, with Teton Pass closed takes about an hour and 45 minutes, compared to 35 mintues over the pass. (Cowboy State Daily Staff)

What About A Tunnel?

The closure sparked an immediate conversation on social media about the need to build a tunnel through Teton Pass.

Although the possibility of such a tunnel is remote, the Wyoming Department of Transportation has discussed it before.

Former WYDOT Director Luke Reiner told Cowboy State Daily in 2021 that he had it on his wish list of projects that he hoped would be covered by President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan.

Reiner said there was a feasibility study of such a project. It never went anywhere, but he said there were real benefits to it.

“One, it avoids the avalanche-prone area, and that would help really make that road more passable,” he said, pointing out that in a part of the state where the cost of living is outlandish for workers, that stretch of highway plays an important role in the economy by getting workers to and from their jobs.

“It’s not lost on us that that has become a major commuter route for employees who work in Jackson and live in Idaho,” Reiner said. “The average daily traffic on that road is one of the highest in our state.”

Andrew Rossi can be reached at arossi@cowboystatedaily.com.
 

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There are really a lot of floods. I know a farmer who has been affected by the situation.. Car gone, road gone, fields gone - really really bad. 35 km away from my place there was a lot of hail, too. But nearly everywhere in the south-eastern part of Austria water takes control. If I remember correctly we had a similar situation last year . . .
 

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There are floods and landslides not only in Austria, but also in Switzerland.


Train line between Wädenswil and Samstagern interrupted
Rail travellers from Einsiedeln in the direction of Zurich currently have to put up with restrictions. The line between Samstagern and Wädenswil is interrupted due to a landslide.


Heavy rain causes flooded village and flooded cellars
The small village stream in Wiesendangen turned into a raging torrent on Monday night. It flooded the village centre and numerous cellars.
 
This is not really about a flood but a result of the heavy hail storms that were going on . .


Mayday, mayday! AUA aircraft severely damaged by hailstorm
Austrian Airlines confirms the incident on Sunday. The pilots had to land the aircraft flying blind.
Shattered windows in the cockpit, a badly damaged aircraft nose. The passengers of an AUA aircraft on its way from Palma de Mallorca to Vienna on Sunday afternoon had a stroke of luck. Flight #OS434 was caught in a hailstorm on its approach to the Austrian capital.
When the Airbus A320 aircraft flew over Hartberg at around 5.30 p.m., it hit a thunderstorm hail cell. The aircraft with 168 passengers, plus five babies and six crew members - including two pilots - on board was shaken violently and the plane was badly damaged. The pilots were then literally flying blind. However, the experienced crew managed to land the aircraft safely in Vienna/Schwechat.

When I read this article the first time it was also said that the pilots did not see this hail storm cell on the radar.
 
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In this first part of the storm season, in southern Mexico (Playa del Carmen, located along the Caribbean coast of the Riviera Maya, Yucatan Peninsula) several water outbreaks and rising tides are attracting the attention of local people.
The original article is written in Spanish by a local news site.
Water sprouts on the coastal stretch of Playa del Carmen
Several water springs appeared in the coastal stretch of downtown Playa del Carmen, after more than a week of rain that has brought a large accumulation of reserves of the vital liquid in the aquifer.

Germán Yáñez Mendoza, member of the Círculo Espeleológico del Mayab, explained that they are natural formations of fresh water due to the recharge of the aquifer.

At least four of large size were located in the coastal stretch located at the height of the first square of the city. The phenomenon has attracted the attention of bathers since Sunday afternoon when the formations were detected.

"As we well know we are in a karstic zone, a porous zone (...) all the rain that falls during this season is absorbed by this rock, it filters and begins to saturate our aquifers. In all karst areas there is this water, which we do not see, then it saturates and what we are seeing is the surplus of this saturation and the water has to look for a way out, which is what we see", said Yáñez Mendoza.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
 

Tropical Storm Beryl forms in Atlantic, could be hurricane by Sunday​


Tropical Storm Beryl formed Friday evening in the Atlantic east of the Windward Islands and could become Hurricane Beryl by Sunday as it moves westward, the National Hurricane Center said.

It becomes the second named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, formally turning into a tropical storm about 1,100 miles southeast of the Windward Islands at the eastern end of the Caribbean.

The storm is expected to cross over the Windward Islands late Sunday and into Monday morning, bringing a risk of heavy rain, hurricane force winds and dangerous storm surge and waves. Hurricane and tropical storm watches "will likely be required for portions of the Windward and southern Leeward Islands" on Saturday, the Center stated.


Until a few hours ago, the virtual Hurricane Beryl was a Low Pressure Zone, but due to the weather conditions, its status was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm, and it is expected that it will quickly become a Cyclone and a Category 1 Hurricane.

In Mexico, it would be affecting the states along the Atlantic Ocean coast, where heavy rains, strong gusts of wind and increased sea swells are expected, which could lead to landslides or flooding.​
 
The original article is in Spanish
Up to 30 meters away from the Yucatan Sea prior to the arrival of Hurricane Beryl | VIDEO
Residents of the area noticed this phenomenon during the night of July 3, a few hours before the cyclone made landfall.
By Mariana Campos
04 Jul, 2024 03:21 p.m. EST
Inhabitants of the Yucatan Peninsula are worried after a video went viral showing the sea receding up to 30 meters away from the coast shortly after the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Mexico.

During the night of July 3 and the first hours of July 4, this cyclone continued its passage through the Caribbean leaving floods, destruction and losses due to the force with which it made landfall, a situation that has worried Mexican authorities who are already preparing to receive the impact in the southeastern part of the country.

In addition to the institutions in charge of safeguarding the entity, the residents of the Yucatan, Quintana Roo and Campeche areas are taking precautions both in their homes and in their work tools, mainly for the fishing sector who year after year are victims of the strong storms of the hurricane season, so this time they are already protecting their boats to avoid greater problems.
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