01.26.11
Flooding Around The World
There are a lot of places around the world that have been flooding lately; here’s a list of some of them, based on a photo gallery from The Guardian:
- Eastern Australia – the floodwaters are not just affecting Queensland but Victoria now as well
- Southern Philippines (Davao del Sur province, on the southern island of Mindanao) – flooding following weeks of heavy rain
- Southern Thailand – another case of heavy rain causing flooding
- Sri Lanka – more rain fell in some areas from early December to mid-January than typically falls in a year
- South Africa – rivers have risen to great heights and flooded a number of areas
- Poland – flooding from snow melt
- Southern Sweden – recent heavy snow melt
- Belgium – flooding from rain and snow melt
- Netherlands – more rain and melting snow
- Central Germany – massive flooding caused by melting snow; barge supplies going to Frankfurt airport via the Rhine River have been stopped, causing more problems
- Northern France – rain and melting snow again
- East Central Scotland – heavy rain and melting snow causing some major flooding
- Southeastern Brazil – severe flooding caused mudslides that killed hundreds of people
- Northern Colombia – unusually heavy rains have caused river levels to rise
- Western Washington – heavy rains in the Pacific Northwest have caused some flooding off and on this winter
In addition to The Guardian‘s photo gallery, I found a photo gallery on the New York Post website.