Mother Nature is certainly hammering the planet this last week.
Brazil has been hit hard with fluvial flooding: 1000 people reported missing and 100,000 others displaced from their homes.
The BBC has a full report on the flooding in Brazil.
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Nearly 300mm of rain has fallen in Southern France in the last 24 hours causing devastating flash floods and sadly the loss of up to fifteen lives.
The video shown on this BBC online news report makes for similarly scary viewing. The BBC has further reported the problem had been made all the worse due to housing overdevelopment and lack of adequate drainage to handle rainfall.
Tomasz Schafernaker, in the BBC News at One show, has compared this against the average UK rainfall of approximately 300mm between the months of January and May. He further showed heavy rainfall was occurring over much of central Europe so we’re likely to see many more communities affected by flooding throughout Europe.
Freuchie would be in big trouble if this kind of rainfall ever fell on and around the village. Properties previously unaffected by past flood events would undoubtedly be deluged by fluvial and pluvial flooding.
UPDATE
The BBC is reporting a death toll of 22 people in their News at Six report on the 17th June 2010.
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It is sad to see the rainfall of the last few days has brought flooding to Scotland again. The BBC website has a round-up article worth viewing.
Meanwhile here in Freuchie residents were concerned at the height of the two burns that caused such devastating damage in August 2008. Luckily we avoided the heavy downpours that lead to surges in watercourses thereafter causing fluvial flooding. There has been consistent light rain interspersed with occasional heavier downpours, but we’ve not had anywhere near the intense heavy rainfall experienced in 2008.
Photo: Freuchie Mill culvert at 10am on 4th September 2009
The flood affected residents of Freuchie have certainly got fingers crossed over the next few days that we see little or only light rainfall. Heavy downpours would be most unwelcome due to the high watercourse levels and saturated ground.
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