7 of 10 S American Rolls; Rio de Janiero: Two building collapse without injured! 100 Rio building risk of collapse! Buenos Aires province: Azul "This is the second worst flood on record."
Azul, Buenos Aires province. Source
Bellocq, Buenos Aires province flood. Source
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Rio de Janiero:
/ Two old buildings, one of three floors, collapsed today in downtown Rio de Janeiro, where rescue work without reporting victims. /
/ A section of a historic house in downtown Rio de Janeiro collapsed Tuesday for unknown reasons, but no one was injured because the structure was empty, Brazilian emergency services officials said. /
/ The building, two floors and over 100 years old, was located in the tourist district of Lapa and historical heritage was in town. The incident occurred around 08:20 local (11:20 GMT) and witnesses said they heard a loud noise with the collapse and a cloud of dust covered the area. /
/ 100 Rio Buildings Risk Collapse, Official Says. More than 100 abandoned buildings in Rio de Janeiro are in such poor condition they are at risk of collapsing, the head of a regional engineering agency said Wednesday, a day after part of a two-story building crumbled in the Olympic city's colonial downtown. /
Buenos Aires strech zone:
/ Severe flooding in Azul by heavy rains and the overflowing of a stream
Heavy rains in the last hours in the town of Azul, Buenos Aires, caused the flooding of the Azul Stream, which led to large numbers of people autoevacuara. Since the government of Azul, confirmed to Infobae.com that are "about 20 evacuees" who are staying at a school site. According confided to this newspaper, "This is the second worst flood on record." Today's is second only to that which occurred in 1980 and flooded fields and streets in several towns of Buenos Aires. /
Honduras:
/ The rains have begun to cause flooding of pastures and rivers surrounding communities. And is that the first storm that hit eastern lasting 12 hours has caused the unusual growth of the rivers and streams. Another action taken is to ask farmers moving animals to safety, because several pastures have begun to be flooded by overflowing rivers. "In this area it is impossible for traffic, roads are damaged and flooded with water," said San Antonio funcionario.La school and the Catholic Church in El Potrero succumbed to rainfall, reported munícipe. Source /
Brazil, Amazon region:
/ Floods in Brazil. Some 49 of the 62 municipalities in the Brazilian state of Amazonas are in emergency situation. Only in the capital of Amazonas are affected more than 18 000 people in 11 districts: St. Raymond, President Vargas, Gloria, San Geraldo, San Jorge, Aparecida, Learners, Bethany, Raiz, Morro da Liberdade and the center as office Agencia Brasil. /
Panama:
/ Residents of 100 households in Juan Diaz protested the flooding last night.
According to the Municipality of Panama due to heavy rain last night at least 100 homes in the area of Nance John Diaz were affected with the result that the inhabitants closed the road last night and this morning to protest the construction of a housing project near the place, because according to them, is causing the flooding. These people claimed to have lost furniture and fixtures, and so far nobody has responded to these items. Source /
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Morocco:
/ Collapse in Morocco leaves 5 dead, 3 children between them
Five people, including three children, were killed in the collapse of a house of four floors in the old part of the Moroccan city of Casablanca, according to the latest report released today by the official MAP news agency. /
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Fiji islands:
/ The eroded beach of Druadrua Island.
The beaches of their childhood are disappearing. In Druadrua, an old village shop was no more, washed away by the rise in sea level; the two houses that are closer to the beach are on the verge of being washed away. Both the islands are under threat as evidence has shown coastal erosion taking place, claiming the beach forefront. Left behind on the beach where the coastal erosion has taken place are visible foundations of tree trunks. The villagers have reported that sea swells have claimed coconut trees that were planted along the shoreline with the beach front moving 25 to 50 metres inland. Source /
India TILTING:
/ 1 killed, 2 injured in building collapse. Source /
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Morocco:
Collapse in Morocco leaves 5 dead, 3 children between them
Five people, including three children, were killed in the collapse of a house of four floors in the old part of the Moroccan city of Casablanca, according to the latest report released today by the official MAP news agency.
The incident occurred last night at the old town of Sidi Fatah and killed, besides the three children, their mother, whose body was found this afternoon in the rubble-and a woman of 70 years.
In the eight families living building and most residents had left the house at noon when they began to see the first cracks, the source said.
The collapse of the property damaged three other adjacent homes, but causing no casualties.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister, the Islamist Abdelilah Benkiran described what happened as "regrettable and painful," recalled the "chronic" problem in buildings that threaten to collapse and stressed the need to "fix it as soon as possible."
The old medina of Casablanca is home to 66 homes that threaten to collapse and more than 70 percent of homes are over 50 years.
http://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/373560.derrumbe-en-marruecos-deja-5-muertos-3-ninos.html
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Brazil:
TWO OLD BUILDINGS COLLAPSE IN RIO DE JANEIRO
BRASILIA, 15 (ANSA) - Two old buildings, one of three floors, collapsed today in downtown Rio de Janeiro, where rescue work without reporting victims.
The two "more than enough" old buildings typical of the Carioca capital, are at the corner of Rua of Rua do Relação and Lavradio, where firefighters began working in the morning, Globo reported.
The buildings are in close proximity to the Liberdade building that collapsed along with two other buildings earlier this year, which killed over 20 people. (ANSA). DCP-FM/MRZ
http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/notiziari/brasil/20120515155335420421.html
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Section of historic house collapses in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro – A section of a historic house in downtown Rio de Janeiro collapsed Tuesday for unknown reasons, but no one was injured because the structure was empty, Brazilian emergency services officials said.
The roof and part of the walls on the second floor of the two-story residence collapsed around 8:00 a.m., when no pedestrians were passing by.
The incident brought back memories of the collapse of three buildings in downtown Rio de Janeiro in January that killed 17 people and injured five others.
The house affected by Tuesday's collapse is in the Bohemian Lapa neighborhood, just a few meters from the Rio de Janeiro Cathedral and the headquarters of oil company Petrobras.
The building belongs to Cordao de Bola Preta, Rio de Janeiro's oldest and most traditional Carnival group.
The Carnival group moved out of the house a few weeks ago because the building was scheduled to undergo renovations due to its poor condition.
The building's collapse forced police to close off two streets in downtown Rio de Janeiro because rubble had fallen in the thoroughfares.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/05/15/section-historic-house-collapses-in-brazil/
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Collapse of building in Rio de Janeiro has four crashes in five monthse
The second floor of an old house in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday collapsed without casualties, in an accident that recalls the collapse of three buildings in January and the vulnerable infrastructure of this city, the venue for many events in the coming years .
The building, two floors and over 100 years old, was located in the tourist district of Lapa and historical heritage was in town. The incident occurred around 08:20 local (11:20 GMT) and witnesses said they heard a loud noise with the collapse and a cloud of dust covered the area.
Firefighters reported that there is no record of casualties and that two people had minor injuries, according to media reports.
The building was owned by "Cordao Bola Preta", the giant carnival bloco met this year to more than two million people in its traditional street party in downtown Rio
"That building that fell was not used for reclamation works would. It was never used for any activity Bola Preta. At some point served as a deposit, but about eight months for that served here or more," said the bloco television president, Pedro Ernesto Marinho.
The city government planned to invest $ 1.2 million to reform the house, but the work is not executed by a court fight among members of the bloco and former owners of the property.
The incident occurred about a mile from where three other buildings, twenty, ten and four floors collapsed the night of January 26 almost simultaneously by a structural problem. In that accident, 22 people died.
The tragedy set off alarm bells on the old and outdated infrastructure of Rio de Janeiro, which is preparing to welcome the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016, but before the UN Environmental Summit Rio +20 in July and the visit Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.
According to the Regional Council of Engineering and Architecture in Rio de Janeiro (CREA-RJ), 100 other ancient buildings of the city at risk of collapsing because of the bad condition they present.
"It's a hundred buildings, many in older neighborhoods that are in a sorry state," warned the president of CREA-RJ, Agostinho Guerreiro.
According to Guerreiro, a month ago warned of the risk to the building in Lapa.
http://www.ntn24.com/noticias/derrumbe-de-edificio-en-rio-de-048930
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100 Rio Buildings Risk Collapse, Official Says
More than 100 abandoned buildings in Rio de Janeiro are in such poor condition they are at risk of collapsing, the head of a regional engineering agency said Wednesday, a day after part of a two-story building crumbled in the Olympic city's colonial downtown.
No one was injured in Tuesday's incident, but it was a chilling reminder of the January collapse of three other downtown buildings, which left 17 people dead and five missing and raised questions about Rio's readiness to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Agostinho Guerreiro, president of Crea, a public entity representing members of the engineering profession, urged authorities here to act before other buildings tumble down.
"These buildings aren't necessarily going to fall down next week or next month — I don't want to cause public panic — but these 100 or so buildings are definitely in bad enough shape that action is required," Guerreiro told The Associated Press. "We need a public planning strategy that takes these buildings into account and takes concrete steps to preserve them."
About half the at-risk buildings are rambling bourgeois homes from the turn of the 20th century or even earlier, while about 20 were built as recently as the 1980s and abandoned because of money, legal or other problems, he said.
He said that like the buildings in the Tuesday and January incidents, most of the at-risk structures are concentrated in the historic downtown, where gutted, once-grand bourgeois homes are wedged between modern towers.
Other areas of concern are the neighborhood around the legendary Maracana soccer stadium, where the World Cup final is to be held, and the popular nightlife hotspot Lapa, he said. But he added that vast renovation projects under way in and around Maracana should make any risk negligible for the soccer tournament, while bar and nightclub owners' renovation of many old buildings in Lapa had substantially reduced the risk in that area.
Guerreiro said his statistics were based on an exhaustive 2003 study, updated with the findings of the agency's inspectors as they visit building sites to certify the presence a qualified engineer. Crea does not have the right to order its own building inspections, he said.
After the January tragedy, some critics lashed out at what they called a lack of oversight by local authorities, saying it creates a culture of impunity that leads to accidents.
Guerreiro pointed to the private sector, which is largely behind the renaissance in Lapa, as a possible solution to the dangerously dilapidated buildings.
"Happily, the technology is at a point where most of these buildings could be fully recuperated, especially if there's an entrepreneur who'd continue to invest in their maintenance," he said.
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Buenos Aires:
Severe flooding in Azul by heavy rains and the overflowing of a stream
Heavy rains in the last hours in the town of Azul, Buenos Aires, caused the flooding of the Azul Stream, which led to large numbers of people autoevacuara.
Since the government of Azul, confirmed to Infobae.com that are "about 20 evacuees" who are staying at a school site. According confided to this newspaper, "This is the second worst flood on record." Today's is second only to that which occurred in 1980 and flooded fields and streets in several towns of Buenos Aires.
This situation remains alert to residents, mayor and officials of that town. The affected families have been assisted by staff of the Secretariat for Social Development. The operation was led by the head Jose Municipal Inza.
"Slowly the water began to fall and the situation is normalizing. However," there are still flooded streets, "they said from the municipality. Also learned that the Social Development Minister, Martin Ferre, ordered a big operation and assistance "went to the place."
In the staff is working Emergency Council of the Province of Buenos Aires, by Leonardo Zacagnini. Blue arrived at about 3 o'clock in the morning and immediately began working with Civil Defense.
The National Weather Service indicated that blue sky continued cloudy, scattered showers and light winds from the northern sector. For now, it was announced likelihood of more rain in the morning and the afternoon storms.
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Brazil:
Floods in Brazil
Some 49 of the 62 municipalities in the Brazilian state of Amazonas are in emergency situation.
The Black River, main tributary of the Amazon, yesterday reached a historic high, 29.79 meters, 2 inches above the flood of 2009, considered the most intense.
"When it rains the situation is catastrophic, there are bullfights and all are terrified. I would not wish on my worst enemy, "said Maria das Graças, local resident of St. George, on the outskirts of Manaus.
According to the Brazilian weather service, the situation may worsen, since according to estimates Black River level would exceed 30 meters.
Only in the capital of Amazonas are affected more than 18 000 people in 11 districts: St. Raymond, President Vargas, Gloria, San Geraldo, San Jorge, Aparecida, Learners, Bethany, Raiz, Morro da Liberdade and the center as office Agencia Brasil.
The water reaches the barrios through channels and streams scattered Manaus, dragging trash and sewage effluents, hurting primarily the health of children, suffering from headaches, vomiting and diarrhea.
http://infocampo.com.ar/nota/campo/32301/inundaciones-en-brasil
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