Severe flooding inundates China’s Guang’an city (Sichuan Basin) and 49 townships and neighborhoods
The floodwater in Qujiang River, a tributary of the Jialing River that feeds the Yangtze, is expected to crest at 27.13 meters (10.6m above the alert level) the highest since record-keeping began in 1847: Report
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- Sichuan province, China.Unprecedented flooding in Sichuan province (SW China) has forced about a third of a million people to evacuate the city of Guang’an (population: 4.5 million) which is located along the edge of the Sichuan Basin, and 49 townships and neighborhoods, a report said.
- The floodwater in Qujiang River, a tributary of the Jialing River that feeds the Yangtze, is expected to crest at 27.13 meters (10.6m above the alert level) the highest since record-keeping began in 1847.
- “About 2,000 homes have been toppled and more than 10,000 others have been damaged. In the city center alone, 40 streets have been submerged.” Said the report.
- All major streets are expected to be submerged under up to 10 meters of floodwater in the deepest areas, experts have said.
- India (The Himalayan Quake). Death toll from the Himalayan quake has climbed to at least 63 in India, Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet, reports said.
- At least a 100 people have been injured.
- “The earthquake has loosened the hill-faces, and when it rains, it causes landslides. So the situation is still very dangerous,” said a spokesman for the Indo-Tibetan Border police.
- Guatemala. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake which struck struck near Guatemala’s SW coast (14.332°N, 90.142°W; 53 km (32 miles) SE of Guatemala City; September 19, 2011 at 18:34 UTC) at a depth of 30 – 40km has left at least 4 people dead and forced hundreds of others to evacuate their homes.
- “In Chiquimulilla, there’s a landslide … where vehicles fell in and were buried. There are material damages to the vehicles and two fatalities reported so far,” volunteer fire brigade spokesman said.
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