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Free sandbags in Brisbane amid flood fears

Brisbane City Council is opening up four sandbagging stations for residents amid growing concerns about renewed floods inundating the city this summer.

AAP

Overall situation under control: Anupong

Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda is playing down fears of major floods in Bangkok and several other parts of the country, saying the country's key reservoirs are still capable of receiving more water.

Bangkok Post

Culpability for the Pakistan floods rests with the Pakistani government and rich countries

Nearly a third of Pakistan still remains submerged after catastrophic flooding. The country’s administration has denied responsibility for the crisis and blamed wealthier nations that produce the bulk of global carbon emissions for the unfolding climate disaster.

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Heavy rains, overwhelmed sewers, flooded basements are another Chicago tradition: ‘Not again’

Chicago Office of Emergency Management reports that as of Monday morning there were 1,485 service requests related to Sunday’s flooding. Seven viaducts were reported flooded, with 1,177 reports of water in basements.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Volunteer flexibly’: encouraging Australia’s millennial mud army to stick around

Younger volunteers flocked to help Lismore when it was first flooded earlier this year – but then they needed to return to work

The Guardian - AU

Bhadrachalam braces for exigency as Godavari in spate again

First flood warning issued; water level inching towards second warning

The Hindu

Companies Froze Dividends In Covid-Stricken 2020: A Few Didn't Bring Them Back. Here's When They Might.

Looking back on March 2020, there was a flood of companies that suspended dividends due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As many corporations took substantial losses, they had no choice but to stop shareholder distributions until further notice.

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California weather helps firefighters but unleashes floods

Calmer weather in Northern California helped firefighters battling a wildfire threatening thousands of mountain homes

The Independent UK

First flood warning for Godavari issued at Bhadrachalam

All 175 gates of Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowleswaram lifted

The Hindu

Many Bangkok streets flooded

Downpours caused flooding of many streets in inner Bangkok on Monday evening, with the weather forecast for heavy rain to continue nationwide until Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Flood warning downstream from Chao Phraya dam

The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) on Monday warned of possible flooding downstream from the Chao Phraya dam later this week, with the river level expected to rise by 40-60 centimetres on Sept 16-17.

Bangkok Post

Pakistani PM says his flooded country faces food shortages

Pakistan's prime minister says his government is grappling with food shortages following months of floods which have killed nearly 1,400 people in the impoverished nation since June

The Independent UK

Met Office issues weather warning as torrential rain to hit Liverpool

Flooding on roads and delays to trains and buses is expected

Liverpool Echo

Pakistan races to keep floodwaters out of power station that supplies millions

Authorities in Pakistan are scrambling to protect a vital power station supplying electricity to millions of people against a growing threat of flooding, officials said on Monday.

Reuters

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Heavy rain lashes Maharashtra

Both Godavari and Manyad rivers have flooded. The India Meteorological Department has forecast possibility of rain in most places in the next two days in all the divisions of the state. Read more on Dynamite News

Leeds Live

Leeds weather forecast for Monday as heavy rain follows Yorkshire flood warning

It's a day of cloud cover and rain

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago hit with most severe flooding in over 2 years: ‘It was just pouring down’

The North Side was slammed particularly hard, with some portions recording up to 5 inches of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

ABC News

Royal love story for Lismore couple whose life together was watched over by the Queen

The Claphams met during the Queen's 1954 visit, and decades later Her Majesty's portrait was the only thing in their home to survive this year's floods.

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Bangkok Post

'Sink or swim' for new governor

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, who has now been in the position for three months, faces some major challenges if he wants to solve flood problems in the capital following four days of extremely heavy rainfall last week.

Bangkok Post

Chadchart needs more time on the job

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sitttipunt has come under fire from critics over failing to solve flood problems in the capital after it was lashed with heavy rain last Tuesday night.

Bangkok Post

Troubled waters

Industry leaders are alert to heavier rainfall as flooding can deal a further blow to the economy, though many of them do not believe certain business activities will be drowned as happened in 2011.

The Hindu

Telangana continues to battle rain fury; major projects discharge surplus flood

Allapalli in Bhadradri-Kothgudem district recorded extremely heavy rainfall of 35.1 cm over 24 hours

The Hindu

Rain fury in Telangana | Control rooms set up in Sircilla, Bhadrachalam

Water level in Godavari at Bhadrachalam expected to touch first flood warning level of 43 feet by Monday morning

Leeds Live

Heavy rain storm to smash Leeds as flood warning issued in Yorkshire

The forecast for Leeds does not look too happy

Reuters

Pakistan to breach main highway to protect town of Dadu from floods

Authorities in southern Pakistan plan to breach the country's Indus Highway, a key transport link, to allow water to flow and prevent flooding in the town of Dadu, officials said on Sunday.

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