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Globe and Mail
11 hours ago
- Globe and Mail
Rescuers look for dozens missing after deadly flash floods kill four in northern India
Rescuers battled heavy rain and blocked roads in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday, after four deaths in sudden flooding and landslides the previous day left dozens missing and an entire village submerged under sludge. Teams of army and disaster force rescuers used heavy machinery to shift boulders in the struggle to reach the village of Dharali, where homes and roads were submerged by a flood of water, mud and rocks, media and authorities said. The Indian Army said 70 people were brought to safety on Wednesday, while the state's Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told news agency ANI about 130 were rescued the previous night. Rescuers used a makeshift zipline to cross a violently gushing river, while others moved rocks and mud with their hands in the hunt for those buried under the sludge, television images showed. 'The number of missing persons is unknown. However the relief efforts have continued through the night,' rescue leader Colonel Harshavardhan said in a post on X from the Indian Army. 'We are trying to rescue people and take them to safety.' Dharali, a hamlet of about 200 in the state's Uttarkashi district standing more than 1,150 m (3,775 ft) above sea level, is a tourist spot and pit-stop for Hindu pilgrims climbing to the temple town of Gangotri. Residents of nearby villages heard a loud rumble on Tuesday afternoon before a wall of water crashed into Dharali, media said. 'I heard a deafening sound like boulders grinding,' Sunita Devi, from the village of Mukha, told the Hindustan Times newspaper. 'And then we saw the Kheer Ganga river turn into a monster.' Roads to the area have crumbled or been blocked by boulders, making it tough to bring in rescue teams from elsewhere in the state, district administrator Prashant Arya told Reuters. The floods also washed away mobile and electricity towers, disrupting connectivity, and forcing rescue workers to turn to satellite phones. Eleven personnel were missing from an army camp in Harsil, 4 km (2.5 miles) from Dharali, after it was also hit by flash floods, the NDTV news channel said. More troops, accompanied by tracker dogs, drones, and earthmoving equipment are being mobilised for the rescue effort, the army's central command said on X. Uttarakhand is prone to floods and landslides, which some experts blame on climate change. Weather experts and geologists told media the cause of the havoc needed to be investigated in the absence of heavy rain in the area on Tuesday, adding that they suspected the cause could be a glacial lake outburst flood.
CBC
14 hours ago
- CBC
Where are all the Atlantic hurricanes? Forecasters say they're coming
Social Sharing In May, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasted an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, but so far it has been relatively tame. However, that could end very soon. And people had better be prepared, experts say. So far, there have been four named storms, with most of them being short-lived, tropical storms: Andrea, Barry, Chantal and Dexter. The latter formed on Aug. 4 and is currently in the North Atlantic. Four named storms is slightly higher than the average of 3.2 for this time of year. So why does it seem so quiet? "I think quiet is a perspective thing," said Jennifer Collins, a geosciences professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. "In the recent decade or so, we have had several start quite early, so I think that's why we're kind of feeling like it's quiet." But there's something else. "Another reason why it seems like it hasn't been very active is that we've had a lot of short-lived storms. So when they don't live for very long, it's starting to seem inactive," Collins said. Tropical storm Andrea only lasted two days, while Barry spanned three. The longest was tropical storm Chantal, which lasted five days and brought heavy rain to the Carolinas. But tropical storm Barry highly influenced the weather patterns over Texas that caused widespread flooding, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people, Collins added. WATCH | Why were the July floods in Texas so deadly? Flood rescue efforts in Texas challenged by terrain, weather 1 month ago The United Cajun Navy is among the groups helping with rescue efforts in central Texas following severe flooding that has killed dozens and left many others missing. The non-profit group's vice-president, Brian Trascher, describes some of the challenges of the work and several of the factors he thinks made this flooding especially deadly. Chris Fogarty, manager at the Canadian Hurricane Centre, said that just counting the names of storms isn't an accurate representation of the season's activity. "There are different ways to measure the hurricane season activity," he said. "There's the number of storms you could have. You could have 30 very weak storms. They all might all have names but if they're weak, then that's still considered to be quiet activity, like non-active, even though there's a lot of little storms out there." Unlike the Atlantic, the Pacific Ocean has been quite active. There have been eight named storms, with four having developed into hurricanes. "My research has shown when you tend to have less activity in the Atlantic, we tend to see a little bit more in the northeast Pacific, particularly towards Hawaii, and they have seen a bit more activity this year," Collins said. Ramping up Having a quiet start to the hurricane season has happened before. In 2022, the Atlantic basin had three storms in June and July, with one — Hurricane Bonnie — developing into a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. But the entire month of August didn't have a single named storm. However, tropical storms and hurricanes abounded in September, with one tropical depression (a pre-cursor to a tropical storm), two tropical storms and four hurricanes, including two that developed into major hurricanes, ranging from Category 3 storms with sustained winds of at least 178 km/h to Category 5 storms with sustained winds over 252 km/h. So the season may still surprise us yet. As of this writing, tropical storm Dexter is off the coast of Nova Scotia and there are two other areas that the U.S. National Hurricane Centre says could develop in the coming days. Certain ingredients are needed to create a hurricane: moist air, hot water and favourable upper-level winds. But not all of them have been present, Fogarty said. It's like trying to bake a cake without flour. "For Canada, that period of activity is usually more toward the end of August and in through September," Fogarty said. "It's a bit quiet this year so far, but that will definitely change. It's just a matter of time for the patterns and the tropics to shift over to the Atlantic to allow the hurricanes to form." In its hurricane forecast in May, the NOAA forecasted between 13 and 19 named storms, with six to 10 of them becoming hurricanes. Of those, three to five were forecast to be major hurricanes. They had a 70 per cent confidence in these predictions. It told CBC News that it plans to update its forecast on August 7. For Collins, she's stressing that people should not let their guard down yet — even if they don't live on the coast, as there can be inland flooding with hurricanes. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is around August and September. As well, the rapid intensification of hurricanes has increased in recent years and can be extremely dangerous. "We see a lot of rapid intensification years where [the hurricane] drops its pressure significantly within just 24 hours, and its wind speeds therefore pick up significantly, very quickly," she said. "My expectation is we'll carry on seeing some of those this hurricane season, too. So … I just don't think people should be letting their guard down."
CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Open-air burn ban declared for Huron County amid lack of rain
Huron County is under a burn ban effective at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday after Huron County Fire Chiefs decaled an open-air burn ban. The chiefs met on Tuesday and declared open-air burning is permitted until further notice due to extreme dryness of vegetation in the area. 'With the lack of recent rainfall and dry vegetation throughout the region, even small fires can get out of control very quickly. This burn ban is a proactive step to help reduce the risk of fires and protect our communities,' said Chad Kregar, North Huron Fire Chief and Huron County Fire Coordinator. Campfires are permitted but must be fully extinguished and comply with municipal by-laws. No burn permits will be issued until ban is lifted. The ban remains in effect until more rainfall occurs and conditions improve.
