Showing posts with label floods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label floods. Show all posts

Monday, August 23, 2010

Pakistan flood death toll over 800, state of emergency declared

At least 800 people have been killed in Pakistan over the last three days during floods triggered by monsoon rains. Thousands were left stranded as emergency services struggled to reach remote villages. Nearly 400 thousand have been displaced so far and the provincial government has declared a state of emergency. The torrential rains are expected to continue over the weekend..

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Data Center Security Cam recordings of 09.09.09 flood at Vodafone Istanbul, Turkey


This video taken from security cameras of Vodafone Turkey's Data Center in Istanbul.
News:
Torrential rains and floods, which headed for Istanbul after killing 10 people in Thrace for two days, hit the city the previous day and paralyzed it on Wednesday. Ayamama Brook in İkitelli - İstanbul, which also overflowed in recent years and is a risky area, could not hold the 90 kg/h rain. The flood inundated a truck parking area and the Basin Express highway. People were trapped in vehicles as the danger was not realized and the traffic was not cut. Seven women in a minivan that was dragged by floods in Halkalı, and 10 people in the truck parking area drowned in muddy waters. The death toll in ongoing floods in Istanbul and Tekirdag rose to 31. Efforts are under way to find nine missing people. (Taken from Turkish Daily News)

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