flood watch

[biffvernon]

Exactly so, that's why a mere ~0.8 degrees is causing problems. 2 degrees let alone 4 or six is catastrophic.

[emordnilap]

Manila, Lucknow and Cape Town.

[biffvernon]

On the Lucknow link:

More than 3.5 lakh people have been affected by the floods in 112 villages and localities in 10 districts, specially those situated on the banks of the Ganga and the Yamuna.

I don't understand what 3.5 lakh people are,

[Billhook]

Biff,
lakh = myriad = 100,000 IIRC

[emordnilap]

On the China/Russia border

The Amur River which marks the border between China and Russia has experienced its worst flooding in a century, cutting off roads to some areas, Chinese state media said Monday.

The Amur, which China knows as the Heilong River, has risen since mid-August with some middle and lower sections reaching their highest levels since records began in 1896, the Xinhua news agency said.

At lease 20 dead in Niger

The central Maradi region is the hardest-hit, with nine deaths and 19,425 people displaced, said the UN, while four have been killed in the northern desert region of Agadez where rainfall has been unprecedented.

24 in Mali

It's ok though, deaths from flooding are common there.

Putin inspects damage in eastern Russia

Several weeks of floods, said by Russian weather experts to be the worst in the region in 120 years

Ah, so the flooding was worse in 1893, then?

[biffvernon]

Biff,
lakh = myriad = 100,000 IIRC

My, my, I never knew that. Thankyou. I see Wikipedia has a suitable account: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh

[emordnilap]

OECD warns of growing flood risk

We have been forewarned

[biffvernon]

In the first twelve days of August, twelve inches of rain fell on Russia’s Amur and Khabarovsk regions. So far, authorities have evacuated at least 16,000 people and the floods have affected 98,800 people in the region. Seventy-four towns and villages have been flooded, inundating 2,700 residential buildings.
Water levels along the river beat a record that had stood since 1897 — by two full meters as of Tuesday. The Amur is expected to reach 9.1 meters (over 32 feet) this week, which would mean the record would be set another meter higher.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/0 ... se-border/

[raspberry-blower]

Biff

That is a depressing update to a story I posted about last month:

Russia's Far East hit by biggest floods in 120 years

Up to 100,000 people may be evacuated from flood-hit regions in Russia’s Far East. Water levels at local reservoirs have already reached historic highs, and officials say the floods raging in the area are expected to continue rising even further.

Floods are currently affecting over 32,500 locals living in over 5,000 homes. Over 17,000 residents have already left the area over the disaster.

[biffvernon]

Here's an infographic: http://en.rian.ru/infographics/20130904/183161963.html
drag the red arrowed sliders across to reveal.

And it seems heads are rolling:

MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday appointed a political ally and business lobbyist as the new minister in charge of socioeconomic improvements in the Far East, a vast, underdeveloped region that has recently captured headlines due to severe flooding.
Alexander Galushka, a co-chairman of lobbying group Delovaya Rossiya and of Putin’s People’s Front movement, has become the Far East Development Minister, according to a presidential decree posted on the Kremlin’s website.
Galushka, 37, replaces Viktor Ishayev who was dismissed last month after the president criticized him as ineffective. Ishayev had been the first person to hold the post once Putin created the ministry last year, shortly after his inauguration for a third presidential term.
Russia’s Far East is currently suffering from flooding that meteorologists call the worst in 120 years, and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes across the region.

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130911/183355 ... -East.html

[biffvernon]

And now it's Colorado that has had its heaviest rain 'ever'.

The National Weather Service said at least 12.3 inches (31 cm) of rain had fallen on Boulder this month, smashing a 73-year-old record of 5.5 in (14 cm) for September.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/s ... toll-rises

[JavaScriptDonkey]

Sounds more like unusually low wind speed at 15,000ft caused an Autumn storm to stall in the foothills.

There is a reason that the Mississippi is as big as it is.

[biffvernon]

Last time I checked the Colorado wasn't flowing into the Mississippi.

[kenneal - lagger]

The Colorado has been causing problems recently as it has been experiencing record low levels due to a lack of winter snow and consequent melt. Most of the West Coast cities as well as desert cities such as Las Vegas rely on the Colorado for their water supply. Seems that the climate scientists' predictions of more severe weather events is coming to fruition all over the world, JSD. (This isn't just another heavy rain storm, as you commented on another thread, is it)

[kenneal - lagger]

Last time I checked the Colorado wasn't flowing into the Mississippi.

It's no longer flowing into Mexico either, unfortunately for the Mexicans, let alone the Mexican Gulf.