Category: flood

Rapid Rainfall Floods Buildings and Highways in Deep South

PEARL, Miss.—Large fans hummed noisily Thursday to try to dry out the carpet at The Exchange Church, a day after storms rapidly dumped several inches of rain and pushed water into the one-story brick building in central Mississippi. Bryant May is lead pastor of the Southern Baptist congregation in the Jackson suburb of Pearl. He…


North Korea ‘Repeatedly’ Released Dam Waters Without Warning: South Korean Official

North Korea has “repeatedly” released water from a dam near its border with South Korea without giving prior notice, which is a requirement of the two nations’ inter-Korean agreement, according to a South Korean official. Pyongyang released water from the Hwanggang Dam to adjust the water level and alleviate the heavy rainfall, Yonhap News Agency…


Little Lulu: Bargain Counter Attack (1946)

Lulu goes to a department store to exchange her doll for something else. While looking for a new item, Lulu manages to terrorize the section manager, ski down the escalators, and cause a Noahic flood in the store. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films…


Tourists Find Safety After Floods Close Death Valley Roads

LOS ANGELES—Hundreds of hotel guests trapped by flash flooding at Death Valley National Park were able to drive out after crews cleared a pathway through rocks and mud, but roads damaged by floodwaters or choked with debris were expected to remain closed into next week, officials said Saturday. The National Park Service said Navy and…


More Storms Bring Renewed Flood Threat in Hard-Hit Kentucky

Thunderstorms on Friday brought a renewed threat of flooding to parts of Kentucky ravaged by high water a week ago. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch through Sunday evening for nearly the entire state. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that killed at least 37 people, rain started falling…


Flash Floods Kill 550 in Pakistan in Heaviest Rains in Decades

ISLAMABAD—Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern Province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said. Government agencies and the army have set up aid and relief camps in flood-hit regions and were working…


Kentucky Floods Kill at Least 37 as More Storms Forecast

Floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky have killed at least 37 people, including four children, Governor Andy Beshear said on Monday while warning that more dangerous weather is approaching the region. Beshear on Monday morning confirmed 30 deaths, followed by five more in an afternoon briefing, when he said there would be yet…


Rescuers Search for Landslide and Flood Victims After Heavy Rain in Iran

Rescuers searched overflowing rivers and through piles of debris on Friday to try to find people missing after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in Iran, officials said. Mehdi Valipour, head of emergency operations at Iran’s Red Crescent Society, told state TV that 100 towns and 300 villages in 18 of Iran’s 31 provinces…


Appalachian Floods Kill at Least 16 as Rescue Teams Deploy

JACKSON, Ky.—Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s governor said 16 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling. “We’ve still got a lot of…


Flash Flood Kills at Least 21 People in Southern Iran

TEHRAN, Iran—Flash floods in Iran’s drought-stricken southern Fars Province have killed at least 21 people, state television said Saturday. Heavy rains swelled the Roudbal river by the city of Estahban, according to the city’s governor Yousef Karegar. Karegar said rescue teams had saved 55 people who were trapped by the flash flooding, but at least…