floods

So, we are at the height of summer in Europe, which of course, also means summer storms. Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have seen some particularly severe flooding as a result. GUARDIAN Of course, the third world has always suffered from natural disasters but now that it hits Europe...

This does not sound good. https://ph.news.yahoo.com/imminent-reservoir-wall-collapse-threatens-160713976.html I wonder how many abandoned tailings ponds there are around the world just waiting to flood the landscape? And the cost of "fixing" the problem?

Catastrophic Flooding in Houston. America's 4th largest city is a disaster area. It is Katrina/New Orleans all over again. I am not providing links because a simple search will give you plenty. New thread because the Hurrican Harvey seems to be dead. Once again, it is a case that the rain is the...

Strengthening Harvey forecast to slam Texas coast as first major hurricane in U.S. since 2005 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/24/rapidly-strengthening-harvey-forecast-to-slam-east-texas-as-major-hurricane-and-stall

What's Causing Louisiana's Historic Flooding? Louisiana flooding: West Nile, not Zika, poses bigger threat I don't remember any think like this, except, perhaps for Hurricane Katrina. Do you all remember anything like this? I hope that everyone remains healthy.

Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Linked to Ancient 'Mega Flood' OK, so that's roughly 6.5 feet every 50 years ... a little more than a foot every decade, and I'm assuming they don't know if the rise was evenly distributed or sporadic. Fascinating stuff.

Split from Australia So I understand that Queensland is pretty much a gihugic lake right now... Is everybody okay?