Over 38 lakh people have been affected in 12 districts and 11 deaths are reported so far by the floods in Bihar. The residents are still in distress while the water of Bagmati and Gandaki rivers flooded the parts of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar after a heavy downpour. People took shelter in shelter homes and […]
Assam FLoods By Editor: Adhya Kalra Around 9.3 lakh people from 2071 villages of 23 districts have suffered due to the massive floods in Assam. 20 people have been killed since the floods hit Assam and 23 more were found dead due to landslides. The water level in the river Brahmaputra and other in […]
Source: BBC Image copyright Joe ClayfieldImage caption This is how Brynhyfryd Road in Gorseinon looked on Saturday afternoon Properties have been flooded after thunderstorms hit parts of south and west Wales on Saturday. Four houses were damaged in Carmarthen while fire crews have also been called to flash flooding in Gorseinon, […]
More than 100,000 people have been affected by floods that hit Kasese District on Thursday destroying gardens, bridges, schools, houses and other properties. Mr Asuman Baluku, a resident of Kisagazi Village, Nyamwamba Division, said his family is homeless. The father of eight revealed that he received a phone call from his sister at around 2am […]
KOLKATA: Two major floods caused by monsoon pattern anomalies, which inundated large parts of the subcontinent approximately 800 and 700 years ago, might have wiped out powerful dynasties across what is now known as India. Startling evidence of this has been unearthed by a group of geology experts from IIT Kharagpur. The group’s findings, published […]
WINDHOEK, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — Namibia is facing with a serious possibility of floods in the northern part of the country following incessant heavy rains in the past few days. The Namibia Meteorological Service on Friday said the country coming from a rather dry spell and a drought has seen most towns and villages in […]
Heavy rain in south western Africa has now affected parts of Namibia. Several areas recorded daily totals over 60mm of rain, more than the monthly average in some cases. Previously heavy rain and flash floods were reported in souther Angola. Namibia Meteorological Services warned that “heavy storms will persist in the Oshikoto, Kavango-west, Kavango-east, eastern parts […]
This is a good question, and you are right about the tides themselves. The twice-daily tides are caused by the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth, none of which is changing. A “king” tide occurs around the time when the Moon is at its closest to the […]
