Description
Added on the 13/01/2017 18:25:02 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
Bekasi, Feb 22 (EFE/EPA).- More than 8,000 houses were submerged in floods and thousands of people had to be evacuated Monday after heavy rains damaged the embankment of the Citrum river in West Java, Indonesia. (Camera: MAST IRHAM).SHOT LIST: THE AERAS AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN PEBAYURAN, BEKASI, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA.
Images from the village of Pokrovskoye in northern Kazakhstan show houses submerged in flood water after fast-melting snow caused the river Esil to reach unprecedented heights. Moscow and Astana have been battling rising rivers for more than five days, with both declaring a state of emergency and saying the floods have been the worst in decades. IMAGES
Images of Floating streets in Aptos, a town in Santa Cruz County, during the latest California storm. Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in Santa Cruz County, California. IMAGES
Venice has been hit by a series of devastating floods leaving 75% of the city underwater. Tourists and locals alike donned wellies. While public water transport services have been halted across the city. The flooding follows a series of extreme storms. Reportedly, it's the worst flooding since 2012. Meanwhile, in another part of Italy in Rapallo, the storm has wreaked havoc on the local harbour. Sailboats and super-yachts were left battered. Some of them were even sunk by the storm.
Ten people have died and tens of thousands evacuated after wildfires raged through northern California on Monday night, prompting a state of emergency. The inferno, which has been exacerbated by hot weather and high winds, has destroyed at least 1,500 properties across 90,000 acres in the wine-making region. Hundreds have been admitted to local hospitals for burn wounds while emergency services hotlines are flooded with distress calls about injuries and missing persons.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
