Firefighters dug for survivors saturday but only found corpses under red earth and crushed lodgings in Southeastern Brazil. Crews using heavy machinery, rescue dogs, helicopters and boats took advantage of improved weather on Sunday to hunt for any survivors.
Authorities said that 66 people died in slides or flooding in Rio de Janeiro state, three in [...]
Three core deluge accounts appear in Greek folklore each with its own Noahic figure: Ogyges, Deucalion, and Dardanus. Of the 3 basic Greek legends, Deucalion’s flood is by far more famous than the other two. Deucalion’s flood exceeds the time of Apollodorus. The legend is also told by the Greek poet, Pindar ( c.518 – [...]
From Ovid, book 1
Jupiter angered at the evil ways of humanity. He resolved to destroy it, already set the earth to burning. But he considered that might set heaven itself a fire, so he decided to flood the earth instead. He caused storm and earthquake, With Neptune’s help, to flood everything but the summit of [...]
The Epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian legend, was the first written epic poem and one of the oldest pieces of literature in the world. It was a eulogy to Gilgamesh, King of Uruk. It was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cuneiform script.
a Sumerian legend, was the first written epic poem and one of [...]
The number of flood evacuees in Rantau Panjang, Kelantan, remained at 440 today. The state flood operations control room were housed in two relief centres. The spokesman from state flood operations control room said the water level of Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang was at 9.72 meters, down from 10m yesterday but still above the [...]
