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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78689367 United States 07/19/2021 12:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Didn't the weather channels see this storm coming. Even Texans watch the winter forecasts now. Quoting: Wayne Gabler Yes they did. It's 2021. And the pros put the warnings out. Problem was the communication didn't get out to the public via various means. *** "There were alerts going out... saying there's some very serious rain and floods coming: be aware. It's then for the national authorities to take that information and go with it," she said. Prof Cloke said there were places where the system had "done what it's designed to do", with early warnings heeded. But there were "also places where those warnings did not get through to the people and they did not know it was going to happen". [link to www.bbc.com (secure)] *** Flood water was “like a tsunami” survivors recall. Ella Glover speaking to The Associated Press, survivors of the floods in Belgium said the water was “like a tsunami” and “came all of a sudden” late in the evening. Paul and Madeline Brasseur were forced to seek safety upstairs with their two sons, eventually ending up on the roof of their building with 15 others. “We started to see buildings collapsing, people on the rooftops, buildings collapsing, falling into the water,” Mr Brasseur said. The family was eventually saved by “the father of my sons’ best friend,” after a holding back from sending their sons into a rescue boat sent to rescue the children had begun taking on water. |
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(OP) User ID: 42990828 United Kingdom 07/19/2021 03:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to azeritimes.com (secure)] Quoting: Truth02 Devastating floods reach Austria Published 13 hours ago on July 18, 2021 Excerpt: "After Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, Austria became another country affected by the natural disaster raging in western Europe, Report informs via foreign media outlets. Massive floods are observed in different regions of Austria. Austrians publish on Twitter footage of how the floodwater sweeps the streets of cities, wash away people and cars..." ... ... Thanks for posting and notifying on that one too :-)... yes, most of Europe has been affected in this way with severe flooding etc... The other side of the world, droughts and extreme weather too... ~Blue Spirit~ |
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(OP) User ID: 42990828 United Kingdom 07/19/2021 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I assume if it has been a blizzard, it might have been even worse due to the time to cleanup involved. Quoting: Wayne Gabler It is reported to have been mostly, massive flooding in most of Europe which has taken lives, some still unaccounted for too... Pretty shocking for them all affected there... I believe it will take some time for cleanup... ~Blue Spirit~ |
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