Flood Hits Lithuania, March 23, 2010

 

Flood hits Lithuania, March 23, 2010. In the Kaunas region, the towns of Kleboniskis and Radikiai, were both particularly badly hit. Kaunas government has declared a state of emergency for towns along the river.?

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Flood Myth From Egypt

 

Ra, the sun god who feared that people were going to overthrow him, sent the goddess Hathor, who was his eye, to punish the people. Hathor killed so many people that their blood. The blood flowing into the Nile River and the ocean. It caused a flood.
Hathor greedily drank the bloody water. Ra feeling that [...]

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Scary Video When Flood Hit Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), November 25, 2009

 

Flood hit Jeddah  (Saudi Arabia) on 25 November 2009. Ninety millimetres of heavy rain falling on non-absorbent desert soils turned into what some residents called a tsunami-like wave that rolled into Jeddah, overwhelming its limited storm drainage system.
Flood submerged homes and roads, killing at least 120 [...]

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Flooding in Riau – Indonesia, January 2010, Residents Cross a Flooded Area with Boats

 

Picture by: AP Photo
Flooding that began last week across 4 districts in Riau is still affecting thousands of houses in the province, even though water had receded to 60 cm.
Government official said there would still be heavy rains and strong winds over the next week in Riau.

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The Mudslide Struck Hotel Sankay on Rio de Janeiro, Killing 15 People, Leaving 35 More Missing

 

Picture by: Reuters
Several houses in Rio state were enveloped in mud after heavy rain that have caused at least 32 deaths. The mudslide also struck a small luxury hotel, Hotel Sankay, killing at least 15 people and leaving 35 more missing.
Rio’s deputy governor Luiz Fernando Pezao said, “It is a vision of horror, a mountain [...]

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