Venice is currently experiencing the worst flooding it’s seen in a decade, but one restaurant refuses to let the knee-high water impact business.
As the city begins to recover from the intense storms that recently hit Italy, killing several people, t…
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Dramatic photos show the devastating flooding and landslides in Japan
Japan is experiencing what could be one of the worst weather-related disasters in its history, following the heaviest rainfall the country has experienced for decades.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned of a “race against time” to rescue flood victims …
Maryland residents post frightening videos of flash flooding after heavy rain
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Residents and local press in Maryland posted frightening footage of destructive flash flooding on Sunday, following heavy rain across the state.
Particularly affected was Ellicott City, located about 14 miles west of Baltimore, which suffered intense flash flooding along its Main Street — the very same street that was turned into a raging river amidst a torrential flood in 2016, which killed at least two people.
The videos and images are quite devastating, especially for a community that endured this only two years ago. Read more…
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View More Maryland residents post frightening videos of flash flooding after heavy rainEpic deluge in Kauai may have broken all-time U.S. rainfall record, with 4 feet in 24 hours
A devastating flash flood event in mid-April caused widespread damage on the lush Hawaiian island of Kauai. Now comes word that during the 24-hour period between April 14 and 15, a staggering 49.69 inches of rain fell at a rain gauge about 1 mile wes…
View More Epic deluge in Kauai may have broken all-time U.S. rainfall record, with 4 feet in 24 hoursAbsolute heroes brave rising floodwaters to save a giant spider
Giant spiders are the kind of creature many people are deathly afraid of, but bless the rest who are willing to lend them a hand.
Like this one found clinging to a branch outside a supermarket in the Queensland, Australia town of Halifax on Sunday, a…
As the Paris flood peaks this weekend, social media users are there to capture it
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Paris is flooding.
Although heavy rains that inundated the city throughout the week stopped on Friday, continued flooding from the Seine — the river that cuts through France’s capital — is still causing concern.
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By Wednesday, the water level had hit 16 feet, more than double the Seine’s average 6.5-foot depth. While French meteorological service Meteo France no longer expects floodwaters to cross the 20-foot mark at their deepest, as previously predicted, it’ll be close.
Paris police told CNN that water in parts of the Seine will reach 5.95 meters, or just shy of 20 feet, during the evening hours of Sunday night into Monday morning. Read more…
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The Seine is overflowing, but these archival photos of 1910 Paris show this has happened before
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The Seine is flooding in Paris, but it’s not the first time.
On Tuesday, the Seine’s water level was sitting at 16 feet — the current flood emergency level is “orange,” the highest warning below “red.” But in 1910, Parisians had to hop aboard rowboats, make deliveries through windows, and construct makeshift pathways through the City of Lights when the Seine rose to 28 feet, causing what’s known as the Great Flood of Paris.
Italian weekly newspaper La Domenica del Corriere published an illustration of the floods on its front cover on Jan. 30, 1910. It’s a wildly over-the-top but undeniably effective representation of the city’s situation: Citizens tumbling out of trains into row boats, using wood for pathways and being carried above the water level. Sure, it’s artistic license in action, but it gets the point across. Read more…
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View More The Seine is overflowing, but these archival photos of 1910 Paris show this has happened beforeDramatic photos of flooded Paris as the Seine overflows
In Paris, the Seine is flooding.
After heavy rains, the river’s water level hit around 16 feet on Tuesday, a city official told The Washington Post. It could reach 19.5 feet by the end of the week. On a normal day, it’s about 6.5 feet. River cr…
Mini drives through crashing waves from Storm Eleanor and do not try this at home
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The phrase “don’t try this at home” has never been more relevant than when applied to the video below.
On Tuesday, Ireland was hit by Storm Eleanor. The BBC reported widespread flooding, winds of up to 100mph, and — unsurprisingly — all sorts of travel disruption.
Some road-users were undeterred, though.
That video was shot in Galway, Ireland, on Tuesday evening, and has since been shared thousands of times on Twitter. It’s worth reinforcing again that this is horrifically unsafe and should not be attempted.
People didn’t quite know what to make of it. Read more…
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