Guanghan, China – At least two carriages of a passenger train fell into a river as the bridge it was running on collapse under the strain. Passengers were evacuated minutes before a section of bridge fell, taking the two carriages with it. The passengers watched in horror as the fallen carriages were swept 200m downstream. [...]
Peshawar, Pakistan — The recent surge of flash floods that hit the northwestern region of Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people. “The level of devastation is so widespread, so large, it is quite possible that in many areas there are damages, there are deaths which may not have been reported,” army spokesman Major-General Athar [...]
Peshawar, Pakistan — The death toll for Khyber-Pakhtunkwa Province in Pakistan has risen to 400 as some of the worst floods in the country’s history hit this northwestern region, provincial officials said. Hundreds of thousands of people were believed to be unable to evacuate to safer ground as authorities struggled to reach the worst affected [...]
Lake Delhi, IOWA – The dam holding back the waters of Lake Delhi in eastern Iowa suffered a “catastrophic”, spilling it’s massive content of water onto nearby communities and forcing residents to flee. According to Jim Flansburg, communications director for Gov. Chet Culver, Lake Delhi Dam failed due to “massive rain — a very unusually [...]
