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Heavy rain on Saturday (April 17) afternoon caused flash floods across Singapore, with a number of pavements flooded in the western and central areas. These included those in Dunearn Road near Sime Darby Centre, and the park connector along Ulu Pandan Canal due to the high water levels in adjacent drains and canals. Netizens took to social media to post videos and photos of flooded roads and canals in Queenstown, Bukit Timah and Ulu Pandan. At around 4.45pm on Saturday, national water agency PUB updated in a Facebook post that traffic remained passable in these areas. PUB had deployed its quick response teams to affected locations to help drivers and pedestrians, it said. The prolonged heavy rain had caused water levels in several drains and canals to exceed 90 per cent capacity. Since noon, PUB had been issuing flood risk warnings for over 20 locations, including Sime Darby Centre, Bukit Timah Canal (Leng Kwang Baptist Church), Ulu Pandan Canal and Sungei Pandan Kechil … [Read more...] about Flash floods across Singapore on Saturday after heavy rain

An unprecedented downpour was prolonged in Minh Luong Commune, Van Ban District in Lao Cai Province from the night of April 16 to the following day, triggering ferocious flash flood and landslide leaving three deaths. The natural disaster damaged some electric poles and telecommunication cables, causing power interruption and transmission signal loss. According to the National Center for Hydrology Meteorology Forecasting, the Northern and North Central regions experienced hours-long torrential downpours due to a cold air mass along with upper-wind convergence at the time of seasonal change from dry season to the rainy season. Some localities like Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Nghe An provinces and the capital city of Hanoi saw medium-heavy rainfalls of 70 mm to 214 mm. It is possible that the Northern region will continue seeing medium-heavy rains, thunderstorms and risk of cyclone, lightning, hail and whirlwinds with rainfall of up to 80 mm. sggpnews … [Read more...] about Deadly flash flood occurs in Lao Cai Province

JOHOR BARU: An elderly couple who were trapped in their Skudai house due to flash floods was rescued by the Fire and Rescue Department and taken to a flood relief centre. Skudai Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Mohd Riduan Akhyar said they received an emergency call at 4.36pm Saturday (April 17) about the trapped couple. "Floodwaters rose after continuous rain since noon, trapping the 80-year-old man and his wife, 70, in their house at Kampung Laut Batu 9 1/2. "We sent 14 firemen to rescue the couple using a boat and brought them to the Kampung Melayu Batu 10 flood relief centre," he said. Meanwhile, in Jalan Sentral 24, Taman Nusa Sentral, three men in their vehicles were also caught in floodwaters at around 2pm on Saturday. Iskandar Puteri Fire and Rescue Department operating commander Mohd Anuar Mohd Amdzah said eight firemen helped to rescue the men from their vehicles by 3.30pm. Johor Baru is experiencing clear skies on Sunday (April 18). … [Read more...] about Bomba rescues elderly couple from Skudai house hit by flash floods

The typhoon, locally known as Bising, which now has the strength of a Category 5 hurricane, is over the Philippine Sea to the east of the Bicol region, the nation’s weather bureau said Sunday. Flooding and rain-induced landslides may occur, the weather agency warned as it placed about a dozen areas east of the country under the lowest storm alert. While the storm isn’t expected to hit land, it will bring heavy rains and strong winds to eastern provinces as it moves northwest with top winds of 215 kilometres (134 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 265 kilometres an hour. The US Joint Typhoon Warning Centre has labelled Surigae as a super typhoon, with maximum sustained winds of 165 knots and gusts of up to 200 knots. "Considering the uncertainty in the track forecast of the typhoon, a westward shift in the current forecast track may result in potentially significant impacts,” the Philippine weather bureau said. "The possibility of a close approach scenario is not ruled out.” … [Read more...] about Philippines warns of floods and landslides as Surigae becomes a super typhoon, major alerts raised

Director Atlee shot to fame with Vijay for three continuous films and delivering continuous blockbusters at the box office. Atlee first teamed up with Vijay for ' Theri ', and the 2016 Tamil New Year release obtained huge reviews. Yesterday, the action drama completed 5 years, and Atlee flooded Twitter with thanks messages for his teammates. Starting with Vijay, Atlee has thanked several important members of 'Theri', who contributed well for the film's success. Five years of #Theri Love you Na @actorvijay Love you all https://t.co/lVDLLU4v9v — atlee (@Atlee_dir) 1618405571000 Thank you @theVcreations kalaipuli S.Thanu sir for #Theri without ur support this would have not been possible ,e… https://t.co/RsGRi0mIjL — atlee (@Atlee_dir) 1618408157000 Thank you Mithra #Theri @Samanthaprabhu2 thambi for the dedication & support #5yearoftheri https://t.co/Hvjbrlx0ij — atlee (@Atlee_dir) 1618409997000 Thank you baby Nainika, … [Read more...] about 5 Years of ‘Theri’: Atlee floods Twitter with thanks messages

In the dispatch to the People’s Committees of the six northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau, Yen Bai, Son La, Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control, National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, and relevant ministries and agencies, the PM extended his condolences to families of the victims, and asked the local authorities to help locals fix houses and clean the environment, and provide them with food and essential goods. He also asked the localities to keep a close watch on developments of floods and rains, and to review and assess the safety of homes, especially areas with a high risk of flash floods and landslides, while standing ready forces, vehicles, and equipment to deal with any circumstances that may happen. The media will continue to provide information on developments of the natural disaster, damage, and response efforts, according to the dispatch. … [Read more...] about PM requests efforts to deal with floods in northern mountainous region

The rain has stopped! Thank the Lord! For now, it’s time to talk about the three Rs, and, no, this is not a refresher course in elementary education. Rain. Runoff. Red. As in red snapper. Let’s take first things first, rain and runoff. Just when you think we’ve had enough tragedy in the latest five-year run of floods, hurricanes, torrential rain, tornadoes and hail — and a pandemic thrown into the mix — families are facing the loss of loved ones from the eruption of the storm off our coast last week that sank the Seacor Power lift boat. It all the more points to staying safe amidst this latest blow. Don’t do anything foolish. Flood waters will continue to be a problem for the next several days. False River is closed to outboard motor traffic. You can use electric trolling motors from the launches, but don’t crank the big engine. Water is over the bulkheads in most places, and runoff on both ends of this oxbow lake will drive water levels higher. CCA Louisiana postponed … [Read more...] about The three Rs: More than elementary for south Louisiana

New Delhi: Soon after news of actor Kartik Aaryan's exit from Dharma Productions' much-talked-about venture 'Dostana 2' made headlines, the internet flooded with varied reactions. One of the first celebs to express her opinion on it was Kangana Ranaut. Kangana Ranaut took to Twitter and blasted Karan Johar over Kartik Aaryan 's exit from Dostana 2. In a series of tweets, Kangana slammed KJo and said that please leave Kartik alone and don't make another Sushant Singh Rajput out of him. Take a look: Kartik has come this far on his own, on his own he will continue to do so, only request to papa jo and his nepo gang club is please leave him alone like Shushant don’t go after him and force him to hang himself. Leave him alone you vultures, get lost chindi nepos... https://t.co/VJioWHk38i — Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) April 16, 2021 Kartik has come this far on his own, on his own he will continue to do so, only request to papa jo and his nepo gang club is please … [Read more...] about Kangana Ranaut blasts Karan Johar over Kartik Aaryan’s ouster from ‘Dostana 2’, says ‘like Sushant Singh Rajput, don’t go after him’

After a sudden downpour on April 4, Nguyen Tien Dung, 40, and his colleagues at the state-owned Ho Chi Minh City Urban Environment Co., Ltd (Citenco) had to spend two hectic days removing dead fish from the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal, which flows through Districts 1, 3, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, and Tan Binh. They collected 14 tons of fish from a three-kilometer section of the 8.5-km (5.28 miles) canal, making it one of the most serious such incidents in almost a decade since Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe was cleaned. Dung and 20 others had rushed to the scene at 3:30 in the morning after being informed that dead fish were floating all over the canal. He said: "Even the previous evening I had noticed a lot of dead fish in the water and its change of color. Though I’d come prepared, I was still shocked to see so many fish belly up all over the canal." Since 2012, after taking over the job of cleaning the canal, he has been taking out dead fish almost every year soon after the rains arrive, but … [Read more...] about Wastewater washed into Saigon canal by rains kills fish en masse

I have been writing this column for more than two decades. In that time, we have been through Katrina, Rita, Gustav and other hurricanes; a major flood; a pandemic and more. On a personal level, I lost both my parents. On March 17 came the loss that crushes me: my “baby” brother Thomas Pitchford, 52, died from cancer. He lived in Wales. Thomas, a librarian, was among the elite of researchers. For example, his research led him to discover an unintentional internet hoax: a poem widely attributed to William Blake, often included on school reading lists, is actually by an American poet and was published in an anthology with Blake’s name in the title. The find led to the BBC doing an interview with him about it, bbc.com/news/education-22971225 . Thomas started his librarian job as a student at Louisiana College. He eventually worked in the Rapides Parish Library. He and his wife, Heather Tisdale, moved to the United Kingdom. He taught in Ramsgate, England, for a term and then … [Read more...] about Facets of Faith: The past 20 years have brought lots of heartache; my brother’s death crushed me