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The Cumberland River slowly started to ebb Tuesday as residents who fled the flash floods returned home to find mud-caked floors and soggy furniture. Rescuers prayed they would not find more bodies as the floodwaters receded. (May 4)

Samantha

Record flood levels in Cranston. FEMA is surveying flood damage. State of Emergency is declared in parts of RI. Water is measured in feet, not inches.

Dolores

In northern Pakistan, an artifical lake formed by a landslide in January is now threatening to burst its banks and inundate more than 39 villages in the regions of Hunza and Gilgit. Officials have evacuated thousands of people this week amid fears a potential burst could affect about 50000 people downstream and sever a road serving as an important trade link with China. Over the past few months many villages have been swallowed in the reservoir and stranded people have had to use boats to travel on the icy waters. Officials hope for a gradual erosion of the blockage once the water starts flowing sometime next week through a canal that army engineers created to drain the lake. But they have not ruled out a sudden breach that could lead to massive flooding. Many residents have complained that the government’s help came too late. Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reports. [May 22, 2010]

Marlene

Flood victims in the Philippines’ capital attempt to return their lives to normal, as the government struggles to provide relief to thousands of families.

Phillip

news.sky.com A 50-year-old British woman is believed to be missing after floodwater hit the taxi she was travelling in, while on holiday on the stricken island of Madeira. Sky’s Louise Beale reports.

Kathleen

Desperate attempts are being made across northwestern Turkey to rescue people trapped by flooding triggered by two days of torrential rainfall - the worst in 80 years. At least 28 people are reported to have been killed but officials are saying that the death toll could get higher. Parts of the country’s largest city, Istanbul, are already under water and forced thousands from their homes. The race is now on to try to stop the situation from getting any worse - with more rain forecast for later in the week. Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught reports from Ikitelli, Istanbul.

Randall

Saudi King Abdullah on Monday ordered an inquiry into the catastrophic flash flood in Jeddah last week that killed at least 106 people and sparked a rare burst of public outrage. The SPA state news agency said he also ordered that one million riyals (267000 dollars) in compensation be paid to each family of the victims, many of whom drowned or were crushed in cars by what witnesses called “a tsunami.” Prince Khalid bin Faisal, governor of the Mecca region which includes Jeddah, will head the inquiry, assess personal and property losses and establish if anyone bears any responsibility. “We are aware that we cannot overlook the fact that there are errors or omissions from certain quarters” that must be “disclosed and dealt with firmly,” the king’s decree said. The flash flood struck the Red Sea port on Wednesday while the authorities were focused on caring for 2.5 million hajj pilgrims in Mecca 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the east. Witnesses described a wall of water several metres (yards) high sweeping over busy roads, destroying homes and sweeping away hundreds of cars and huge trucks. Unofficial estimates put the damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The inability of the city’s infrastructure to handle the flood and the poor reaction of some officials to the disaster sparked a never seen before wave of open criticism of the government on the Internet.

Fred

www.taramtamtam.com Tragedy in Madeira - floods and landslides killed over 30 people www.taramtamtam.com www.taramtamtam.com

Ida

Aerial footage of the recent floods in Cumbria - Keswick, Borrowdale, Cockermouth & Lorton taken 20th November 2009 - Honister.com

Geraldine

www.euronews.net Heavy rainfall and floods hamper the journey to Mecca as Hajj pilgrims arrive at Jeddah.

Steve