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'Unprecedented' rain, flooding shuts Death Valley National Park, swallowing cars, stranding hundreds

LOS ANGELES — Death Valley National Park, famous for its parched, otherworldly landscapes, closed completely Friday because of historic rainfall and flash flooding. About 500 visitors and 500 staff members were stuck in the park after the closures, with no major injuries reported, though about 60 vehicles were damaged.

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Lismore Mayor frustrated over flood report delay as media leaks show $3b recovery expense

The Mayor of Lismore in northern NSW urges the state government to release a flood inquiry report after hearing unconfirmed leaks from the media and nothing from the government.

ABC News

Flash floods strand 1K people in Death Valley National Park

Flash flooding triggered by heavy rainfall forced has officials to close all roads in and out of Death Valley National Park near the California-Nevada line Friday

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Singer Judith Durham dies; Penny Wong calls for restraint on China’s exercises; 89 Covid deaths – as it happened

Independent review recommends home buybacks for NSW flood victims. This blog is now closed

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NSW govt burying floods report, says Labor

Labor has hit out at the NSW government for failing to clarify plans for disaster management in the state after reports Resilience NSW will be dismantled.

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AP Week in Pictures: Global | July 30-Aug. 5, 2022

From Israeli strikes on Gaza, to flowing volcanoes in Iceland, to flood damage in Kentucky, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

The Independent UK

US: Biden to visit Kentucky, state battered by floods and heat

US President Joe Biden will travel to Kentucky on August 8 to meet with officials and families hit by disaster.

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Kentucky flood survivors turn to grim task: burying the dead

Angel Campbell should have been looking through photo albums and eating soup beans in her grandmother's living room this week

The Independent UK

More storms bring renewed flood threat in hard-hit Kentucky

Thunderstorms have returned to parts of Kentucky already reeling from devastating floods

The Independent UK

What will be the future of the Thames Estuary settlements?

Residents of Eastchurch fear rising sea levels and flooding risk after a landslide caused a family to lose their home.

Al Jazeera

Social media provides flood of images of death and carnage from Ukraine war – and contributes to weaker journalism standards

Photos of civilians killed or injured in the Russia-Ukraine war are widespread, particularly online, both on social media and in professional news media.

The Conversation

Flash floods kill over 500 people in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the worst hit, a government agency said.

Bangkok Post

Attendance at Yellowstone National Park plummets after road washouts in June

Yellowstone visitation is down 40% after historic floods washed out roads. One neighboring town is struggling to survive, so park officials have opened a temporary road to try to help.

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Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan in heaviest rains in decades

Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said.

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Orange alert in 8 districts as Kerala braces for isolated heavy showers

The government expedited the evacuation of scores of families living in flood-prone areas downstream of at least five dams in Kerala

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NSW government told to release flood inquiry report which recommends dismantling Resilience NSW

Shane Fitzsimmons says it's up to the government to make decisions about the findings of an independent report into the state's catastrophic floods, including the recommendation to dismantle the body he leads.

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BOM issues major flood warning for Gundagai as Water NSW increases releases from Burrinjuck Dam

The Burrinjuck Dam began spilling this morning after more than 230,000ML, a quarter of its capacity, flowed in from various tributaries overnight.

AAP

Ex-NSW minister backs Resilience NSW boss

Ex-NSW minister Andrew Constance has slammed plans for Resilience NSW head Shane Fitzsimmons to lose his job and his agency wound down over the flood response.

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Weather bureau cancels flood warning for Scone after peak below minor level

The State Emergency Service has warned that moderate flooding is possible at Scone on Friday morning, after intense rainfall overnight caused "sharp and dangerous rises" at Kingdon Ponds, upstream of the town.

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Thousands in Eastern Kentucky still without water. Towns wonder how they’ll pay for repairs

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Water and sewer crews from across Kentucky are headed to Eastern Kentucky to help counties and cities restore busted and broken water systems a week after deadly floods knocked out water service to thousands.

The Hindu

Kerala stares at repeat of 2018 floods as rain fury continues

Reservoirs full and rivers overflowing; people shifted to relief camps

The Guardian - UK

Floods, storms and heatwaves are a direct product of the climate crisis – that’s a fact, so where is the action?

As Guardian analysis shows that human-caused global heating is driving more frequent and deadly weather disasters, there is no place for denialism any more, says John Vidal, a former Guardian environment editor

The Independent UK

Water becomes needed commodity in flood-ravaged Kentucky

National Guard soldiers rushed to distribute bottled water to flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky as forecasters warned of more rain coming to the region

Daily Mirror

Car swallowed by sinkhole during raging floods leading to evacuation of 500,000

Torrential rains are battering towns and villages in Yamagata, in Japan's central Niigata, where roads are now flooded and rivers have burst their banks as officials report at least three missing people and a massive 500,000 evacuations

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Climatology will not speak reality, but climate change is a reality, says IMD scientist P.S. Biju

Kerala once again is in the throes of flooding and landslips triggered by extreme rainfall events wh

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