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19 Jun 2010 10:18

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World: Yikes: China floods leave at least 136 dead or missing

The flash floods in southern China led to the evacuation of 757,000 people. The economic cost? $1.47 billion. Holy crap. source
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17 May 2010 10:18

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Politics: Did the mass media fly over the Nashville floods?

  • You get Tennessee pride and the feeling that if there was looting here, the national media would be all over it. I think that’s unfair, but that’s the way some people view it.
  • Tennessean editor Mark Silverman • Regarding the way that the mainstream media mostly glossed over a huge story – a massive flood in Nashville that killed 30 people. But why? The simple answer is that there were seemingly bigger, more nuanced stories happening that week, and a major flood seems old hat. It’s absolutely the worst way to think about it, but it seemingly couldn’t compete with terrorism (the failed Times Square bombing, where nobody died) or a slightly-more-epic disaster (the BP oil spill). The truth is, though, the story got underplayed by the usual suspects, to the point where Anderson Cooper took his crew down there later in the week and apologized for not getting down there sooner. source
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03 May 2010 17:45

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U.S.: How bad is the flooding in Tennessee? Some quick numbers

  • 51′ the level Nashville’s Cumberland River is expected to crest at
  • 40′ the flood stage for the river; many homes have been submerged
  • 12k sandbags have been used to hold back the flooding source
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03 May 2010 17:37

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U.S.: A show of support to our water-drenched friends in Nashville

The heavy rains in the Southeast – as much as 20 inches – have already killed 19 people, most of them in Nashville and surrounding areas. source
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21 Feb 2010 09:54

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World: The Portuguese island of Madeira drowning in huge flood

  • 40+ people have died in Madeira’s flooding, and many more are missing
  • 120+ people are injured as a result of the resort island’s natural disaster source
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30 Jan 2010 11:48

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World: Giant photos are starting to take over other papers’ Web sites

  • The Boston Globe’s “Big Picture” feature is awesome. So we’re glad to see other papers, such as the Sacramento Bee, try the idea out. This is from the Machu Picchu citadel flooding and mudslides in Peru. Very dramatic. And much bigger at their site. source
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26 Nov 2009 16:00

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World: Massive rainfall in Saudi Arabia leaves a large death toll

  • 77+ have died as a result of the floods source
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09 Nov 2009 10:38

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World: Ida’s looking less dangerous, but has already left an awful toll

  • 70 mph the current speed of Ida, which has slowed down to a tropical storm source
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05 Oct 2009 09:39

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World: Torrential rains in India lead to huge amounts of flooding

  • 270+ have died in the massive Indian floods source
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28 Sep 2009 08:48

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World: The flooding death toll in the Phillippines rises significantly

  • 140 killed in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ketsana, at latest count source
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