Feb 18

Albania hit by worst floods in almost half a century

The floodgates opened in spectactular fashion in Albania.

Authorities were forced to discharge water from three hydro electric power stations after danger levels were reached.

Rain and melting snow have caused the worst floods in Albania in almost half a century, with some 2500 homes having to be evactuated.

The EU and others have sent aid, but angry locals say help is taking time to get through.

The houses are all flooded, one man said. No aid has come from anyone, no-ones brought us anything. We were told to register, people have all fled to neighbouring villages.

The worst hit area is the Shkodra district, north of the capital Tirana. In Northern Croatia too, theres been widespread flooding after continuous rain since the beginning of the year.

An artificial lake in the Kosinj valley has overflowed and in some areas water levels were reported to be rising by eight centimetres an hour.

And to add to the misery, hailstorms hit the Dubrovnik region on Sunday.

Torrential rains bring heavy floods in Albania

In Albania, more than two-thousand houses and ten-thousand hectares of land are flooded after days of torrential rains.
The situation is the worst in central and southern parts of the country, where flood waters are raging through villages after several smaller rivers spilled over their banks.
Thousands of people have been evacuated.
Many countries in the region, including Italy and Greece have sent aid to Albania.
Meanwhile, Bosnia is also suffering from days of torrential rains. More rains are forecast in the coming days.

Albanian army rescuers and villagers pass by a convoy of trucks
pushed to the side of the road by flood water on the outskirts
of Bacallek, near the city of Shkodra, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.
(AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Southeast Europe and Balkans | Albania

Over 2500 houses flooded in northern Albania

11 January 2010 | 07:52 | FOCUS News Agency

Tirana. Over 2500 houses were flooded in northern Albania, AFP reported, referring to the Albanian Interior Ministry. Flooding forced the evacuation of about 5000 people.
So far around 10 000 hectares of land are under water.
“The worst has already passed, but the situation remains critical,” president of the Albanian Parliament Jozefina Topalli said.
Several European countries sent their rescue teams to Albania to help local authorities to cope with floods in the town of Shkoder.

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Over 2500 houses flooded in northern Albania

11 January 2010 | 07:52 | FOCUS News Agency

Mijera shtepi nen uje, ja pamjet nga lart
10/01/2010 15:20

Shkodra po perjeton nje situate dramatike me permbytjet. Vershimi i Drinit vazhdon, ndonese me pak i vrullshem se ditet e kaluara.
Por deri kur ujerat e Drinit te terhiqen, pamja qe ofrohet nga qielli tregon situaten gati apokaliptike te permbytjeve.

Me mijera hektare toke te permbytura e mijera shtepi nen uje, shume prej te cilave tashme u duken vetem catite.

Pamjet e marra nga lart nga Top Channel tregojne se edhe ne kushte te veshtira disa prej banoreve nuk kane braktisur shtepite duke sfiduar ujerat dhe temperaturat e ulta. Ne fshatin Obot situata paraqitet edhe me dramatike me shtepi totalisht nen uje. Fshati eshte kthyer ne nje fshat fantazem.

Nderkohe ne qytetin e Shkodres, uji ka vershuar ne rrugen kryesore te lagjes Xhabi pasi pusetat nuk mund te shkarkojne ujin ne lume.

Mesohet se rreth 800 forca te ushtrise ndodhen prane banoreve te zonave te permbytura per tu ardhur ne ndihme atyre, megjithese vihet re nje permiresim i lehte i situates.

Les éléments se déchaînent en Albanie

En Albanie, pour éviter que les barrages ne cèdent, les autorités ont décidé douvrir les vannes pour faire retomber la pression exercée par le Drin, le plus grand fleuve du pays.

Pas de quoi rassurer les habitants du nord du pays dont les terres sont déjà sous les eaux. Les fortes précipitations, qui ont affecté la région cette semaine, ont provoqué linondation de plusieurs milliers dhectares. Quelque 5.000 personnes ont du être évacuées depuis jeudi. Des soldats supplémentaires sont arrivés ce dimanche dans les régions de Shkoder et Lezha pour venir en aide aux personnes encore bloquées.

Les maisons sont toutes inondées à 100% raconte cet homme. Personne nest venu nous aider, on nous a dit de nous inscrire mais tout le monde sest enfuit vers les villages des environs.
Le gouvernement albanais a demandé de laide aux pays de lOTAN.

Les éléments sacharnent également en Croatie où les pluies importantes de ce début dannée et la fonte des neiges ont créé beaucoup de problèmes dans certaines régions.

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Feb 6

Story about the USACE Los Angeles District performing work in the Santa Paula Creek.

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Feb 2

Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management aka. AADM website: http://www.aniruddhasadm.com
AADM is a trained, responsible and compassionate response. disaster strikes uninformed, enhancing thereby the intensity and magnitude of its impact. Disaster strikes with full impact where unpreparedness prevails. So managing and coping with disaster is not a post-occurrence activity. It begins by dealing with unpreparedness, by imparting education and awareness and thereby equipping the common citizen. Imparted education and trained skills along with a positive spirit can and do help to emerge out of a disaster. Prepare we must for a glance over the recent past brings to the fore horrific instances like the 9/11 episode. This one too struck uninformed and caused ruthless destruction. forcing every nation in the world to reflect over its protection and to consider afresh, its future political policies Prepare we must for the future is going to be no different. Over the next twenty to twenty-five years, conflict will become an aspect of everyday events. Values based on theory or principles will have no place whatsoever in this conflict and survival of the fittest will be the only commandment. We are talking about an inevitable Third World War the gigantic manmade disaster which seems to be knocking on our doors. In 2001, under the auspicious guidance of Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Upasana Trust, the idea of starting an Academy of Disaster Management took effect. It was Param Poojya Sadguru Shri Aniruddha Bapus divine foresight and vision that gave a concrete shape to the initiative. The AADM was incorporated in April 2005 as a charitable organization with disaster management as its primary cause. Selfless Service on the path of Bhakti: Today, AADM is the preferred choice of all NGOs to provide competent support to the core emergency services during a disaster emergency to carry out relief measures (AADM Response) and also during festivals and public events due to their efficiency in managing huge masses (AADM Mitigation). AADM has also undertaken projects such as Vermiculture and Pulse Polio Vaccination drives for the general welfare of society. The strength of AADM is its commitment to the cause and to fellow beings, its strength is its conviction and its faith its spirit. Over the years, AADM has been offering its Devotional Services to many events held across the state of Maharashtra without charging any cost to its beneficiary. For more information please do visit our website here – http://www.aniruddhasadm.com/MainPage.htm?MenuID=AboutUs

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Jan 30

http://www.emergencyfoodstoragepros.com/ Emergency Preparedness– the Shutoff of Utilities: What, how, where, and why to shut off the public utilities going to your home immediately following a disaster. {Emergency preparedness} is everybody’s business. http://www.emergencyfoodstoragepros.com/

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Nov 24

The MPA program in Emergency and disaster Management at Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) is pleased to welcome Joseph F. Bruno, Commissioner of the New York City Office of Emergency Management (NYC OEM), as the keynote speaker for our first annual Emergency Management and Homeland Security Symposium

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Nov 21

Congresswoman Barbara Lee speaks on the floor of the US House of Representatives in support of legislation she co-authored, H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. This legislation will provide $48 billion in assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS and includes provisions to end discrimination of victims of the disease.

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Nov 12

Dr Brian Mosley-Do You Have An emergency plan 1/5.For Booking-973-271-7888, Bread of Life, @ Grace Cathedral Fellowship Ministries, Inc.

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Nov 3

Dr Brian Mosley-Do You Have An emergency plan 1/5.For Booking-973-271-7888, Bread of Life, @ Grace Cathedral Fellowship Ministries, Inc.

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Nov 3

This is a video of disaster scenes from the 2006 movie Sinking Of Japan (Nihon Chinbotsu). It includes volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and earthquakes. I edited all the disaster parts for your pleasure. And to clear things up, yes this is a DVDrip, it is in Japanese but there ARE english subtitles. Here are the subtitles:

00.01 – Daisetsuzan Range, Hokkaido
00.22 – Mts Tokachi & Furano erupt
00.48 – City of Kumamoto

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01.05 – Hakodate
01.57 – D1 reports… ..multi-centered earthquakes in Shizuoka, Nagano and Niigata!
02.04 – Magnitude 7….7.4…still rising!
02.06 – Tokyo, scale 6!
02.11 – It’s coming!

(And it’s kinda obvious that the earthquake scene is Tokyo.)

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Oct 31

Dr Brian Mosley-Do You Have An emergency plan 1/5.For Booking-973-271-7888, Bread of Life,@ Grace Cathedral Fellowship Ministries, Inc.

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