Aerial image flood in Australia:
Spiders blanket Wagga Wagga
Australia TILTING and BACKWASHING:
/ Almost 2000 homes have been flooded and more than 17,000 people have called for emergency assistance since towns and cities across NSW began their battle with floodwaters. /
/ Flooding which originally hit Wagga Wagga yesterday (8/3) from flooded Sydney within 460 miles to the northeast. The chaos engulfing the capital of New South Wales is. The government was forced to close dozens of roads and some rail lines. According to Australian Bureau of Meteorology (ABM), the rain that caused flooding in the most populous city in Australia that was the worst during the last five years. /
Malaysia SINKING:
/ Floods ravage Klang Valley. Flash floods caused by a heavy downpour created havoc in certain parts of Klang Valley, damaging houses, creating bumper-to-bumper crawls and even landslides which resulted in the death of a 13-year-old boy. /
Indonesia SINKING:
/ Rob Floods hit four villages in the district Ciemas, Sukabumi district. Impact, hundreds of lives in the four villages hampered their activities. Four villages were flooded village Mekarsakti, Mandrajaya, Ciwaru, and Tamanjaya. "We have opened shelters in the village Mekarsakti disaster," explained Head of Logistics and Emergency, Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Sukabumi district, Usman Susilo, the "Republika", Friday (9/3). From preliminary data, the number of residents affected by the floods reached the sea rob as many as 400 people. In addition to soaking homes, floods also inundated hundreds of hectares rob agricultural land belonging to residents who are ready to harvest. These events led to the citizens of farmland damaged and crop failures. /
/ The stage is prepared to enliven the wedding couple and IIM in Lesanpuro Dedy, Malang, East Java, on Thursday (8/3), were flooded. Not only the delayed stage entertainment, but also a wedding. /
/ Flood back lowland region west of Cilacap, Central Java. At least 700 homes were flooded with up to 70 centimeters in height from three districts affected by heavy rains since Thursday (03/07/2012) afternoon. /
/ Four villages in East Kotawaringin flooded. At least four villages in the District Cempaga Hulu, Kotawaringin East, Central Kalimantan, were flooded with water levels ranging from 1 meter to 1.5 meter. "Four villages were flooded ditch Village, Sudan Village, Village Selucing, and Coastal Village of Hope," said the chief Sudan, District Cempaga Hulu, Khasmir rasing, in Sampit on Friday. Floods submerge home residents have the last two days and no signs of receding, and at least 20 Sudanese village of 200 houses are flooded. /
/ Communities in the region of Malang (Malang, Malang and Batu) asked to be aware of potential flooding with landslides. Village Tumpakrejo Kalipare Malang District, as many as 16 houses submerged in water as high as 2 meters. A total of 16 heads of households with a total of 60 people must evacuate to higher areas. In the city of Malang, a total of three houses in RT 01 RW 09 Sub Sub Kedungkandang Lesanpuro high as 60 cm under water. Flooding caused by flood waters after a rain Amprong day and night. "The river overflowed after heavy rains day and night, 'said noisy RT 01 RW 09 Sub Lesanpuro. In addition, in the hamlet Rowoterate Sitiarjo Village District Sumbermanjing Wetan, as many as two houses submerged in water as high as 50 centimeters. Dozens of hectares of rice fields owned by local residents take flood. Two houses in the village of Malang Regency Kademangan District performances, submerged in water as high as 60 centimeters. "For flood events and subdistrict Kademangan Sumbermanjing District Rowoterate rapidly shrinking. If the Kalipare it takes quite a long time the water is shrinking, "said Muji Utomo./
Australia:
Spiders Blanket Wagga Wagga, Australia After Flooding
Like a scene right out of "Arachnophobia," spiders have blanketed an Australian town with silk in an attempt to get to higher ground during flood season.
Intense flooding near the city of Wagga Wagga drove some 8,000 people from their homes last week, but it also sent millions of wolf spiders and their silk up trees, bushes and grassy fields, Discovery News reported.
The fleeing arachnids left a rare sight in their wake: an entire sea of silk -- and spiders -- covering local farms.
"It's all silver. It's like snow in the trees. ... It's all silk," Wagga Wagga resident Dennis Lane told ABC Sydney. "Just down the bottom of the hill from my place, the trees are covered in them. They're just all walking out of the water down the road. ... They were heading my way."
Wolf spiders, relatively harmless and common creepy-crawlies, can cast a single thread of silk to "balloon" themselves over long distances, according to Discovery News. Since millions of them cast their threads to escape the rising waters, it almost looks like they spun a giant web over the town -- but Discovery News notes that earlier reports that called them webs are inaccurate.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/spiders-wagga-wagga-austra...
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Worst flooding, Sydney Disorderly
SYDNEY - Heavy rain which flushed Australia, particularly the State of New South Wales (NSW), has not abated. Flooding which originally hit Wagga Wagga yesterday (8/3) from flooded Sydney within 460 miles to the northeast. The chaos engulfing the capital of New South Wales is. The government was forced to close dozens of roads and some rail lines.
According to Australian Bureau of Meteorology (ABM), the rain that caused flooding in the most populous city in Australia that was the worst during the last five years. '' The rain is very heavy and the wind was blowing so hard,'' said David Barlow, a spokesman for ABM. He added that rainfall flushed the entire Sydney region today as the highest recorded since 2007.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Barlow said that the scale of rainfall gauges in the Observatory Hill pointing to the 109 millimeter. While the gauges at Lucas Heights, south of Sydney, pointing to the 134 millimeter. Not only heavy rain flushed the city of about 4.5 million people for a long time. '' Heavy rains hit Sydney for about 24 hours and ended around 09.00 this morning (yesterday),'' explained Barlow.
He attributed the condition that the annual La Nina phenomenon that almost always lead to disaster in Australia. Besides resulting in a decrease of seawater temperature, La Nina has always been synonymous with high winds. Until yesterday morning, heavy rain was still flushed most areas of Sydney. Floods also hit the city center. As a result, train and bus schedules into chaos. At least, 2,000 houses have no electricity due to blackouts in some areas.
'' This is the most severe disruption of transportation facilities in Sydney for 15 years,'' explained Duncan Gay, minister for roads and transportation NSW. '' We had to close many roads that previously we never close. Really extreme weather,'' he added.
Yesterday floods submerge almost all major roads in Sydney. There was no train or public transport would dare pass until late afternoon.
In addition to disrupt ground transportation, heavy rains and flooding disrupt flight schedules and shipping. Yesterday, the airport authority was forced to postpone and even cancel some flights. So also with the port. '' We are concerned that hundreds of boats and ships in Sydney Harbour will be submerged if the rain never let up,'' explained a spokesman for NSW Maritime.
Torrential rains and floods hit three states in eastern Australia this week. At least, two people were reported killed by the flood swept away after the car they are working hard across a flooded road. Apart from NSW, heavy rain and flooding hit the state of Queensland and Victoria. Stagnant water in most rural areas in Victoria is quite high. City residents Nathalia, north of Victoria, had to be evacuated from their homes.
Last year's floods in eastern Australia claimed over 30 lives and resulted in loss of EUR 6 billion (more than Rp 55 trillion). Minister of Finance (Finance Minister) Australia Wayne Swan can not ensure that the losses suffered by this time. However, he expects no less than EUR 1 billion (more than Rp 9 trillion).
In fact, he said, the floods have broad impact on the agricultural sector in NSW. '' We still do not know the damage to public infrastructure. Moreover, flooding is still soaking the streets,'' he said.
http://www.fajar.co.id/read-20120309103324-banjir-terparah-sydney-k...
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17,000 needed flood help in NSW
Almost 2000 homes have been flooded and more than 17,000 people have called for emergency assistance since towns and cities across NSW began their battle with floodwaters.
Of those calls, nearly 3500 people required assistance from NSW State Emergency Services (SES), with 155 needing to be rescued from floodwaters.
Narrandera, the latest victim of the flow of floodwaters through NSW, will likely be spared from extreme inundation, with the town's levee expected to hold up overnight.
One thousand people in the town remain on flood alert after being told to prepare for an emergency evacuation if the rising Murrumbidgee River breaches the levee.
"We don't expect they will need to move but it's better to have them ready just in case," a spokesman for the SES said.
The Murrumbidgee peaked at 8.99 metres on Thursday, a level the State Emergency Service (SES) said was close to the levee's safe operating height.
"An engineering assessment did find that the levee was likely to be sound but it's never 100 per cent," the SES spokesman said.
Another seven local government areas were declared natural disasters on Friday, bringing the total number of areas that can now benefit from flood assistance schemes to 46.
Residents of Forbes could breathe a sigh of relief on Thursday, after the Lachlan river, which was predicted to peak at 10.65 metres, hit just 10.55m.
The town, which had already experienced major flooding that split it in three, had been bracing for fresh floods on Thursday night.
"Certainly Iron Bridge is dropping in Forbes and that's a good indication that we're looking pretty good here at this stage," Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller said on Friday.
Ms Miller said there was no clear indication of when evacuated residents would be able to return home.
Nearby residents in the Lachlan Shire Council were warned to boil all their water today after the council issued a bore water alert.
"Current flooding in the Lachlan River and Goobang Creek is resulting in high levels of turbidity and organic matter affecting the quality of water for consumers in Condobolin," the council website said.
More than 400,000 sandbags were distributed across NSW on Thursday to protect communities from floodwaters which will continue downstream over the coming weeks.
The SES is focusing for now on Narrandera and Griffith where 300sq km of water still covers the area.
But their attention will turn to downstream over the coming days and weeks, as Darlington Point, Carathool and Hay brace for their turn in the firing line.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts Darlington Point to experience floodwaters on Sunday and Hay on March 21.
The NSW opposition accused Premier Barry O'Farrell of abandoning NSW in the midst of a flood crisis on Friday after he went ahead with a personal trip to the Northern Territory.
"It almost defies belief that at the same time 75 per cent of NSW is affected by flood, the premier is jetting off to Darwin to host a Liberal Party fundraiser," Opposition Leader John Robertson said.
But Mr O'Farrell defended his trip to Darwin, where he grew up, saying he would be in the NT for less than 24 hours on a personal visit.
Roads Minister Duncan Gay said on Friday the predicted damage bill would be more than $500 million, with April set to increase that figure.
"We have a damages bill at the moment that my guys are telling me is heading way north of $500 million," Mr Gay told ABC Radio.
The SES says the floodwaters will continue to move through towns for a month until they hit the Murray River.
"You're not going to see water reaching the Murray until sometime in April, so we've still got a month of this," an SES spokesman said.
But for SES, there is a positive side to the slow movement of water.
"It gives us lots and lots of planning time," the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the SES says the flood situation for towns closer to Sydney is improving after heavy rain topped up the already full Hawkesbury and Nepean river systems.
A hundred residents in Bega were told to evacuate on Thursday night but were able to return home today after the SES issued an all-clear.
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Malaysia:
Floods ravage Klang Valley
KUALA LUMPUR: Flash floods caused by a heavy downpour created havoc in certain parts of Klang Valley, damaging houses, creating bumper-to-bumper crawls and even landslides which resulted in the death of a 13-year-old boy.
Raja Mohd Irfan Raja Azlan was pronounced dead at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital at 11.50pm. He was earlier trapped in heavy mud.
A Fire and Rescue department spokesperson said the boy was alive when firemen saved and rushed him to the hospital.
Swift getaway: Motorcyclists escaping the flash floods on their bikes in Jalan Dang Wangi Wednesday night.
A neighbour identified as Zahara said the victim was playing behind his house at Jalan Brickfields, Kampung Attap government quarters when the tragedy occurred.
Elsewhere, furious motorists found themselves in a crawl while many residents in Ampang struggled with massive cleaning up throughout the night after floodwaters gushed into their houses following the flash floods.
The heavy downpour yesterday evening had caused the banks of dozens of drains to overflow.
Iswan Abdullah was about to go out to celebrate his 51st birthday when he was horrified to see flood waters rushing into his living room.
Like the other residents at the Lorong Kolam Air Lama in Ampang Jaya, Iswan was wading ankle-deep in water when floodwaters, which had overflowed from a nearby drain, filled their houses.
The flooded shops in Jalan Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur.
Having experienced this twice before, Izwan was furious as he had already lodged numerous complaints about the drain to the local council.
Meanwhile, Ampang Wanita Umno division chief Dr Rozaidah Talib said: “Some 400 people have been left stranded and currently are temporarily staying at Lembah Jaya Utara surau.”
Other areas like Lebuh Ampang, Jalan Pinang, Kampung Baru, Ampang, Taman Kosas, Jalan Bangsar and Jalan Sultan Ismail were also temporarily inundated by floods.
Netizens who were caught in traffic tweeted continuously about the floods, thunderstorm and bumper-to-bumper crawl.
Many shared their updates and frustrations at the KL Traffic Update twitter page, including those about fallen trees and stalled cars.
A family pouring water out of their compound at Ampang Jaya.
Netizen @neeti371 tweeted about the flash floods on Jalan Sultan Ismail, and said: “Many cars have died'.. Be careful guys.”
Some lamented that floods were a common occurence after heavy downpours.
Another found a light moment despite the chaos.
“Can I please leave office early if it rains like this again tomorrow? Please boss... Heavy rain. Floods. I am not a good swimmer,” tweeted @maba_ar in Malay.
The Drainage and Irrigation Department Public InfoBanjir website also alerted about flood happening at Dusun Tua Batu 20, Hulu Langat as at 10pm yesterday.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/8/nation/10878195...
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Indonesia:
Floods Hundreds of Houses in Bath Rob Ciemas, Sukabumi
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SUKABUMI - rob Floods hit four villages in the district Ciemas, Sukabumi district. Impact, hundreds of lives in the four villages hampered their activities.
Four villages were flooded village Mekarsakti, Mandrajaya, Ciwaru, and Tamanjaya. "We have opened shelters in the village Mekarsakti disaster," explained Head of Logistics and Emergency, Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Sukabumi district, Usman Susilo, the "Republika", Friday (9/3).
From preliminary data, the number of residents affected by the floods reached the sea rob as many as 400 people. That number will increase as new data is temporary. According to Usman, actually rob the floods have occurred since Thursday (8/3) ago. At that time the height of the water that flooded the housing residents had reached 1.5 meters. As a result, people could be trapped inside the house and could not go anywhere.
However, Usman said, the current flood elevation has dropped to 70 centimeters by 75 centimeters. Although water levels have gone down, hundreds of people can not move with the ordinary.
This is due to highway facilities were damaged by floods rob. Usman said, rob flooding occurs as a result of high rainfall intensity and the pair of sea water.
"Principal form of assistance has been channeled basic needs," said Usman. Among other fast food, instant noodles, and rice.
In addition to soaking homes, floods also inundated hundreds of hectares rob agricultural land belonging to residents who are ready to harvest. These events led to the citizens of farmland damaged and crop failures.
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/regional/nusantara/12/03/09/m0mb9...
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Flood and Landslide Reconnaissance Malang
MALANG - Communities in the region of Malang (Malang, Malang and Batu) asked to be aware of potential flooding with landslides. Because the rain that fell from the evening to Friday (9/3) morning flushed Malang predicted for next week
"People should increase the awareness of the flooding, landslides and high winds. Rain with mild and moderate intensity fell from afternoon until night there is still potential for the next week, "explained Rahmatullah Aji, staff analysis and observation, Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Karangploso, Thursday (8/3).
He said that the rain was still dominant in Malang with high humidity levels. The intensity of light rain with a volume of 1-5 millimeters per hour and the rain is 5-10 millimeters per hour accompanied by frequent lightning predicted. Wind moving from the East and South of the speed of 5-30 km per hour. Temperatures between 19-30 degrees Celsius with a humidity level of 58-96%.
"These conditions are prevalent in our prediction of a number of areas in East Java, Malang region between. I hope more people increase alertness, "said Aji. Rain since the afternoon until the morning flushed Malang Raya began Wednesday (7/3) through Thursday (8/3) yesterday. As a result, a number of areas in Malang regency and under water.
Village Tumpakrejo Kalipare Malang District, as many as 16 houses submerged in water as high as 2 meters. A total of 16 heads of households with a total of 60 people must evacuate to higher areas.
In the city of Malang, a total of three houses in RT 01 RW 09 Sub Sub Kedungkandang Lesanpuro high as 60 feet under water. Flooding caused by flood waters after a rain Amprong day and night. "The river overflowed after heavy rains day and night, 'said noisy RT 01 RW 09 Sub Lesanpuro.
Besides soaking homes, overflowing rivers caused the access road that connects the path-Wonokoyo Kedungkandang had lost a few hours. Deddy Priyadi weddings and IIM, local people are also disturbed. Both families have been displaced temporarily until the flood subsided.
Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPPD) Kabupetan Malang, Muji Utomo said Tumpakrejo area, District Kalipare on the plains are very low. "So if it rains continuously, it would flood the region," said Muji.
In addition, in the hamlet Rowoterate Sitiarjo Village District Sumbermanjing Wetan, as many as two houses submerged in water as high as 50 centimeters. Dozens of hectares of rice fields owned by local residents take flood.
Two houses in the village of Malang Regency Kademangan District performances, submerged in water as high as 60 centimeters. "For flood events and subdistrict Kademangan Sumbermanjing District Rowoterate rapidly shrinking. If the Kalipare it takes quite a long time the water is shrinking, "said Muji Utomo.
Indonesia and the Youth Red Cross Disaster Preparedness (Tagana) Malang itself set up tents for residents Kalipare. "We set up assistance in the form of food, proper clothing, and other household appliances for the residents whose homes were flooded," said Coordinator Tagana Malang Regency, Twi Adi.zar
http://www.surabayapost.co.id/?mnu=berita&act=view&id=dc920...
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West Cilacap Floods Hit Back
CILACAP, KOMPAS.com - Flood back lowland region west of Cilacap, Central Java. At least 700 homes were flooded with up to 70 centimeters in height from three districts affected by heavy rains since Thursday (03/07/2012) afternoon.
Head of Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Cilacap region Sudaryanto Sidareja Agus, Friday (03/09/2012) says, there are three flood affected districts ie District Sidareja, Bantarsari, and Kedungreja.
"The region is on March 5 and has been flooded. Then it subsided yesterday morning. However, heavy rains that hit the region at night makes it flooded again. Even the height of water on the roads could reach 70-80 centimeters," said Agus .
According to him, several villages in the District Sidareja the most severe flooding that Gunungreja, Sidareja and Sidamulya. In addition to the basin area, the area around Sidareja become flooded due to the basin area that often gets a flood from upstream areas such as Majenang and Karangpucung.
Agus said, for a while, yet some residents to evacuate. "We continue to collect data and expectations immediately sent aid to displaced residents," he said.
http://regional.kompas.com/read/2012/03/09/16002937/Cilacap.Barat.K...
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Four villages in East Kotawaringin flooded
Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Reuters) - At least four villages in the District Cempaga Hulu, Kotawaringin East, Central Kalimantan, were flooded with water levels ranging from 1 meter to 1.5 meter.
"Four villages were flooded ditch Village, Sudan Village, Village Selucing, and Coastal Village of Hope," said the chief Sudan, District Cempaga Hulu, Khasmir rasing, in Sampit on Friday.
Floods submerge home residents have the last two days and no signs of receding, and at least 20 Sudanese village of 200 houses are flooded.
Sudan floods that hit the village and three other villages were the most severe compared to other villages, it happens due to overflowing rivers Cempaga.
"We wonder though since Thursday (8/3) there is no rain, but today the water is soaking up the office and sub health centers and rural Sudan. Air is dating seems to come from upstream, because our village is spelled the lowest position than rural other villages, "he said.
Flooding is often struck the village of Sudan and several other villages located on the banks of the River Cempaga, and it happens almost every year.
Although submerged up to now still no displaced residents and their average stay at home prefer to wait for low tide.
For those people whose homes have flooded the board took the initiative to create a stage in the middle of the house, to bed and to secure some of the goods.
"Nothing has been displaced, and it is our report to the local district and for the time being we do not need help," he explained.
The population of the village of Sudan alone there are currently as many as 242 Headed Households (HH) or nearly 1000 people living in 200 houses.
Sudan Village position right in the lip Cempaga River and the lowest calculated from the neighboring village of Desa Trenches and keruing.
Khasmir say, to the neighboring villages also have started to flood in some areas, but the water levels have not been so high.
Meanwhile, Head of Disaster Management Agency Public Protection of National Unity and Political Rights (Kesbangpolinmas) Kotim District, Johan Wahyudi said it was already heard about the floods that started to hit a number of villages in the region upstream Kotim District. But until now there has been no official reports.
"To date we have received the report yet, but we will continue to monitor and alert in case any time the villagers need help. If there will be an official report of the subdistrict and any requests for assistance, Kesbangpolinmas Kotim District is ready to reduce aid," he explained .
Disampingn it, Johan also said that in the upstream region, it is wary of the coming flood that will submerge several villages, namely in the subdistrict and Hulu Cempaga Antang Kalang.
http://www.antaranews.com/berita/300576/empat-desa-di-kotawaringin-...
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Because of flooding, Delayed Marriage Feast
Liputan6.com, Malang: The stage is prepared to enliven the wedding couple and IIM in Lesanpuro Dedy, Malang, East Java, on Thursday (8/3), were flooded. Not only the delayed stage entertainment, but also a wedding.
After heavy rain during the six hours since the morning, Bango River that passes through the overflow area. The overflow of the river also soak the residential area.
Flooding also cut off roads between villages. Even submerged, some residents remain desperate to cross rather than through an alternative that must be taken even further than usual. (ANS)
http://berita.liputan6.com/read/381127/gara-gara-banjir-pesta-perni...
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Widespread flooding Australia
Metrotvnews.com, Sydney: Floods return extends to the eastern Australia. Thousands of residents were evacuated due to flooding which divides the city in the state of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria.
Some residents have been evacuated and nearly all roads are closed due to flooding. From the monitoring of air, water is now flowing into other regions.
Center of the local Bureau of Meteorology said the conditions of the lowlands around the coastal area of heavy rain caused water pooled rapidly in recent weeks.
In the city of Forbes, NSW, the water level rose up to 11 meters. While in Victoria, to the present levee still managed to put a halt to the water.
Local residents have asked the government to establish an emergency. (Wrt3)
http://www.metrotvnews.com/read/newsvideo/2012/03/10/146851/Banjir-...
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