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International Flood Outline for August 2013: Khartoum of Sudan, Manila of Philippines, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Jammu, China, Russia

August 19, 2013
Quick reference list:
  • Floods August 1-5, 2013: 
    • *Pakistan: more than 50 dead at time of floods, number now about 110
    • update:  
    • eastern Pakistan Gujranwala
    • Head Marala
    • Pasrur
    • Zafarwal
    • Qila Ahmedabad
    • Punjab Province today
    • over 100 killed
    • over 100 wounded
    • 335,000 affected
    • more than 40 relief camps have been set up

      • *Afghanistan: between 60 and 70 80 dead at time of floods 
      • key words, areas affected were/are: Surobi District east of Kabul, Provinces of Kabul, Khost, Nangarhar
      • additional flooding occurred about August 10-11, causing death of more than 20 persons, locations around Kabul, and Shomali plain

    • Floods August 1-3, 2013
      • *Thailand 
      • Mae Sot district
      • Thai-Myanmar border
      • machinery like backhoe equipment implemented in the region as of today

    • Floods August 15-19, 2013: 
      • *Khartoum, Sudan: more than 50 dead
      • some fatalities due to houses collapsing, electrocution [water conducts electricity]
      • number of people effected: about 200,000
      • additional key word/location: South Darfur

      • *Philippines: 3 or more dead, specific locations, area in and near Manila

    • Floods August 19, 2013 status:
      • *Russia
      • major evacuations, 10,000 to 100,000 
      • key words/locations: Amur River
      • no casualties reported
      • key words/locations: as of today, east of Moscow

      • *Uttarakhand in India.  This area is in the north area of India, that is smaller in land mass shaped like a diamond, near the borders of Nepal and Tibet
      • in the region, Nepal in context, reports of over 100 dead, 1000 without houses
      • some fatalities caused by landslides, which caused heavily damaged houses

      • *China
      • key words/locations: Fushun, Liaoning Province, and Provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang
      • more than 50 dead possible
      • almost 100 missing
      • over 160,000 displaced
      • additional key words: typhoon in Southern China 

      • *Jammu region especially in Jammu and Kashmir region
      • about 50,000 have been effected
      • reports of about 12 lost
     
    helpful sources:
    floodlist.com
    innnews.co---
    reliefweb.int
    news.ch7.com

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    Events and Accusations Unfolded Concerning the Fire at Nairobi Airport

    August 9, 2013
    Timeline of events occurring since Wednesday at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya :
    • Wednesday August 7, 2013: fire destroys the international terminal
    • Thursday: the fire evidently re-started on Thursday, and subsequently contained
    • Between the day of the initial fire and August 9th, over a half dozen law enforcement personnel are under investigation for theft, and accusations of looting, including of objects and money from the site.

    Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

     

    Top News Stories Emanated Concerning Washington DC

    August 6, 2013
    Top news stories this week thus far have emanated from references to Washington DC as the Capital.

    For direct news stories, the query what is happening in Washington should yield results.

    Washington Post going to Bezos of Amazon?

    Funding of DC mayoral candidates underway

    Health issues take center stage

    Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

     

    Chaambi Mountains of Tunisia: Reports of Clashes

    August 2, 2013
    There are reports of the Tunisian military clashing with 'Islamic militants' within the past 2 days.  The region is the Chaambi Mountains, which is in the northwestern part of the state on the border with Algeria.

    Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

     

    Sorting Out Who is Who in the Syria Geographic Region

    July 31, 2013
    The undertaking of providing crystal clear designations, and categorizations, of what, and who all the entities are that are engaged in conflict in the region of Syria, and how they align themselves, is not what this article is going to do. 
    Leaving it right here,
        the presentment of to gain a strong crystallization, including what each party is hoping to attain, and what the end result of it all is really going to be.

    Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

     
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