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NEAR RECORD WATERS AT CHATFIELD’S DAM IN DENVER, COLORADO, USA

High water at Chatfield (credit: CBS) Recent heavy rain combined with the melting of above-average snow pack in the South Platte River Basin have pushed water levels at Chatfield Reservoir to near historic readings.   As of 8:31 a.m. on…

Severe flooding and landslides causes complete mayhem in Meghalaya and Assam, India

The landslides were triggered by heavy rain (Photo courtesy: Alva Sangma) 12 people have died in Meghlaya in landslides triggered by heavy rains in the last four days.   Five people died in two separate landslides in Meghalaya this morning.…

Train falls into a collapsed bridge in Koochiching County, Minnesota just South of the Canadian border

COURTESY KOOCHICHING COUNTY A crucial timber rail bridge burned and collapsed just early Wednesday in Koochiching County, tipping two rail cars onto the banks of the Rat Root River and blocking a Canadian National rail artery that connects the Pacific…

Devastating flooding kills at least 3 with many missing in Texas and Oklahoma, USA

‘Worst I’ve seen’ At least three people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in flash flooding in the southern US.   Two people were killed in weather-related accidents in Oklahoma and a man lost his life in…

Massive landslide blocks river in Western Nepal

Thousands of people have fled to safety following a landslide in western Nepal which blocked the flow of a river.   The Kali Gandaki River in Myagdi district, about 140km (90 miles) north-west of the capital, Kathmandu, has created a…