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Millions of sandbags for Bangkok's flood-prone areas

A total of 2.5 million sandbags will be distributed to areas in the capital city prone to flooding, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration spokesman Ekwaranyu Amarapal said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Severe flooding along the Chi River

KHON KAEN: Large water pumping and propulsion machinery was being installed along the Chi River on Wednesday to push water into the Mekong River and ease severe flooding in areas along the river banks.

Bangkok Post

Wild weather and hail hits NSW Mid North Coast and western Sydney

Hail has been reported up and down the NSW Mid North Coast and at Penrith in western Sydney, with the most intense hail between Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie.

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Typhoon Noru weakens over Vietnam, dumps rain in Thailand

Typhoon Noru has weakened into a tropical storm over central Vietnam, causing blackouts and blowing off roofs and billboards with strong winds and putting Thailand on alert for more floods and downpours

The Independent UK

TikTok influencers and tourists under fire for ignoring Florida evacuation orders and boasting about it online

Ian could become a catastrophic category 5 storm, warns US National Hurricane Center

The Independent UK

Watch | What is happening to Bengaluru’s lakes?

A video on the condition of Bengaluru’s lakes

The Hindu

Hurricane Ian to hit Florida - millions evacuated as state braces for catastrophic floods

Hurricane Ian battered Cuba on Tuesday and left the entire Caribbean island nation without power, but is now expected to crash ashore into Florida on Wednesday evening as a potentially deadly Category 4 hurricane

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Florida braced for Hurricane Ian after knocking out power in Cuba

Cuba was struggling with an economic crisis even before the storm hit

Evening Standard

‘There had to be somewhere better’: New York criticized for building migrant tents in flood-prone lot

Republican governors have sent thousands of people to the city this summer, maxing out its shelter system

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Ian nears Florida coast, threatening floods, winds

Hurricane Ian is bearing down on Florida as a menacing major hurricane, and many residents have heeded orders to flee from its path

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian leaves Cuba without any power

Ian struck the island with sustained winds of 125 mph.

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Hurricane Ian forecast to strike west Florida earlier and harder as track moves south

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian’s projected path shifted to the south Tuesday and farther away from Tampa Bay, a heavily populated region highly vulnerable to storm surge flooding, but the storm was still shaping up as a potential wide-ranging disaster for Florida.

Miami Herald

All of Cuba goes dark after Hurricane Ian ravages its fragile power grid

Hurricane Ian ripped through Cuba Tuesday and took out the island nation’s fragile power grid, leaving millions in the dark, just like Puerto Rico on Monday.

Miami Herald

A Whole SA Town Is Being Urged To Evacuate Bc A Privately-Owned Dam Is On The Verge Of Collapse

"[It] will threaten you and your family's safety."

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‘Hours of terror’: Hurricane Ian’s passing causes massive floods, destroys homes in Cuba

A damaged hospital, destroyed homes, downed trees and power poles, and towns where residents wade through waist-deep water. Those are some of the images coming out of Cuba in the aftermath of the destruction left by Category 3 Hurricane Ian, which battered the island’s westernmost provinces Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

How an 'ancient landslide' keeps threatening a railroad, homes in San Clemente

LOS ANGELES — When heavy rains and high surf from Tropical Storm Kay battered much of Southern California's seaboard this month, the ground shifted — ever so slightly — under the railroad along San Clemente's coast.

Salon

How climate change supercharged Ian

As the coast braces for "historic" devastation, Ian likely won't be the last storm supercharged by a warming world

Miami Herald

Hurricane Ian forecast to strike west Florida earlier and harder as track moves south

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Alaska landslide damages 3 homes, 'squishes' pickup

A landslide triggered by record rainfall significantly damaged three homes, prompted the evacuation of about a dozen residents and caused power outages in downtown Juneau, Alaska’s capital city

ABC News

Echunga residents evacuated, emergency warning remains for failing dam wall

Residents from the small Adelaide Hills town of Echunga have evacuated to the local football club, where volunteers are cooking food and offering support, as authorities attempt to stop a private dam from bursting.

Bangkok Post

Northeast braces for Noru

Authorities are on high alert for rapidly intensifying Typhoon Noru which is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm before reaching Thailand's Northeast on Thursday and exacerbate woes in already flooded areas that lie in its path.

The Independent UK

Tampa's Phoenix simulation anticipated Category 5 hurricane

A 2009 planning exercise dubbed Project Phoenix eerily anticipated the potential damage the Tampa Bay area is facing from Hurricane Ian

Miami Herald

FEMA chief warns Ian could bring 25 inches of rain, lash Florida ‘for a very long time’

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell warned Florida residents Tuesday that Hurricane Ian’s expected slow pace of movement will give it more time to wreak havoc across the state, urging people not to become complacent about the danger it poses even if they live in central or southern Florida.

Reuters

Millions in Florida urged to evacuate as Hurricane Ian nears

Residents of Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday boarded up homes, packed up their vehicles and headed for higher ground as Hurricane Ian drew near, threatening to bring a deadly storm surge and more than a foot of rain to some areas.

Miami Herald

Hurricane Ian now a fierce Category 3 as track shifts south and early rains sweep Florida

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian’s projected path shifted slightly Tuesday, on a track that would push the powerful storm to an earlier potential landfall south of the Tampa Bay area — a small but significant change for a Gulf Coast vulnerable to storm surge.

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