Mudslides leave at least 32 people dead, many more injured or missing
States of Emergency have been declared in 27 of Colombia’s 32 departments after extreme rains triggered about 400 separate incidents of flooding and mudslides.
Disaster Calendar 2011 – November 7
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- Colombia. Mudslide in the western Colombia have left at least 32 people dead, many others injured and up to 40 missing.
- Manizales, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of the capital, Bogota is the worst affected area.
- States of Emergency have been declared in 27 of Colombia’s 32 departments after extreme rains triggered about 400 separate incidents of flooding and mudslides.
- Yet another one of Colombia’s worst rainy seasons in memory has forced up to half a million people to flee their homes.
- Weather forecasters say this year’s rainy season could extend until March 2012, with up to 300 percent of the average rainfall expected throughout November and December.
- Colombia’s two rainy seasons normally occur from April to June and from September to December.
- Torrential rains and related incidents have left at least 100 people dead, injured or missing since the beginning of rainy season on September 1.
- Torrential rains have also damaged or destroyed about 50,000 homes.
- Alpes-Maritimes, France. The authorities have evacuated at least 1,000 people from Alpes-Maritimes department (district) after extensive flooding inundated parts of southern France.
- Hundreds of others have also been evacuated from Hérault and Var department where flooding caused extensive damage, leaving at least 5 people dead.
- Italy. Storms and torrential rain continue to wreak havoc across Italy.
- Turin. The government has told thousands of residents to evacuate the city of Turin, as River Po, Italy’s longest river, rose more than 4m (13 feet) threatening to inundate low-lying areas in and around the city (pop: 1 million).
- Naples. The authorities have issued multiple flood warnings across the city of Naples amid widespread flooding caused by torrential rain.
- Milan. The authorities have ordered schools in Milan, Naples and Turin to close down because of the flooding.
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- Bangkok, Thailand. Floodwater has surrounded two industrial parks east of Bangkok, threatening to inundate more than 250 factories, as two new low pressure systems approach the region.
- Meantime, the reported death toll from flooding since late July has now reached 506, with 25 of the country’s 77 provinces currently affected, authorities said.
- See also: Bangkok Primed for Collapse
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