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City in Brazil's Amazon faces worst floods in 56 years
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) June 22, 2009 Manaus, a city deep in Brazil's Amazon jungle, is suffering the worst flooding it has seen in 56 years, civil defense officials said Monday. Torrential rain in Brazil's north has swollen the Amazon river and its tributaries, including the Negro river on which Manaus sits, they said. Over the weekend, the Negro river rose to 29.62 meters (88.32 feet) -- just a centimeter off the level it reached in 1953, when it hit 29.63 meters. At least 18,000 people have been affected by the deluge, which has swamped part of Manaus and washed sewage and trash into houses. Many residents are refusing to leave their homes. "We have to evacuate around 70 people, but they don't want to leave," one civil defense official, Antonio Batista, told the Globo News television channel. Around 60 people died in April and May when torrential rains lashed the normally dry north and northeast of Brazil. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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16 dead or missing as flood season hits ChinaBeijing (AFP) June 10, 2009 Torrential rains pummelling south China have left 16 dead or missing this week, destroyed thousands of houses and forced the evacuation of more than 172,000 people, the government said Wednesday. The government ordered flood prevention measures amid mounting fatalities and economic losses resulting from heavy downpours. "The southern region of our nation has entered the flood season ... read more |
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