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Children sitting in a basin are pulled through a flooded area on Manila North Road following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Co-may in Minalin, Pampanga, #Philippines, July 25. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
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BBC: More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods
www.bbc.comBeijing floods: More than 30 killed in nursing homeLocal officials admit "loopholes in emergency planning" and say the incident is a painful lesson that serves as "a wake-up call".
Wonder if this will clear up the #air for an hour or so in #ProspectPark before going back to the #yellow #haze
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-under-flood-watch-travel-advisory-with-heavy-rain-in-the-forecast #hendrix #climate #climatechange #flooding
Gothamist · NYC under flood watch, travel advisory, with heavy rain in the forecastThree or more inches of rain could fall in parts of the region Thursday into Friday, meteorologists say.
Although Texans have been doing flood-prevention planning, most of those analyses are based on the statistics from past storms without attempts being made to better define the current reality. More importantly, we don’t treat floodplains with the respect they deserve and demand. https://www.texasobserver.org/flooding-houston-hill-country-planning/
The Texas Observer · Floodplains Belong to the RiversFrom Houston to the Hill Country, we Texans keep doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result.
"This state-of-the-art defense system — which combines nature-based surface features, like wetlands and parks, with large underground structures, like storage pipes and retention basins — is expected to fortify the city against cloudbursts and sea level rise for 100 years."
https://e360.yale.edu:8443/features/copenhagen-sponge-cities
Yale E360‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter FutureClimate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to soak up, store, and redistribute future floods.
Suceava, #Romania
A drone image shows an area damaged by flood water in Suceava county.
Photograph: Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations/Reuters
Yay! Rain has stopped and flooding in our street is beginning to recede.
We don't have water in front of our driveway, but half the street is still flooded.
The house two doors from ours has water from the street overflowing to their sidewalk.
Dawn (Pakistan): TikTok launches guide to combat misinformation during Pakistan’s monsoon floods. “Social media platform TikTok on Tuesday launched a new search guide designed to help users in Pakistan access authoritative and up-to-date information during the ongoing monsoon flood season, according to a press release issued by its public relations firm.”
ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Dawn (Pakistan): TikTok launches guide to combat misinformation during Pakistan’s monsoon floods | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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Hey NC locals: 
Did #TropicalStormChantal affect your ability to get around? Take this quick, anonymous survey from UNC researchers to help understand transportation impacts from extreme weather. Your input helps local governments plan better recovery efforts. #Chantal #Flooding
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Featured story: We forget what we don’t want to remember. There are dangers embedded in our forgetfulness. This is especially true for anyone living in Flash Flood Alley, or what we like to call the Hill Country. https://www.texasobserver.org/san-antonio-hill-country-floods-history-1921-2025/
The Texas Observer · The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to LearnThere is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.
Phillips County Sheriff’s Office warns residents as floodwaters rise in Malta https://www.byteseu.com/1237849/ #Flooding #Floodwaters #Malta #PhillipsCounty #Residents #Sheriff'sOffice #streets #Underpass
SCMP: 30 reported dead in Beijing after heavy rains and flooding lead to ‘heavy casualties’
Videos of flooding and landslides spread on social media as floods hit Beijing and Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong provinces
South China Morning Post · 30 dead in Beijing after heavy rains and flooding lead to ‘heavy casualties’Videos of flooding and landslides spread on social media as floods hit Beijing and Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong provinces.
Andrew Square briefly gains a river
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/andrew-square-briefly-gains-river
#Boston #SouthBoston #flooding
https://www.europesays.com/2282637/ Phillips County Sheriff’s Office warns residents as floodwaters rise in Malta #flooding #floodwaters #malta #PhillipsCounty #residents #Sheriff'sOffice #streets #Underpass
A stroll down the street
Dagupan City, #Philippines
Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy rains in Pangasinan province. The Philippines shut down schools and cancelled flights on Thursday as torrential rains, driven by a typhoon and a separate tropical storm, pounded the country’s northern island of #Luzon
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People did not die solely because of forgetfulness but because amnesia allowed succeeding generations to erase the past and their responsibilities to the future. When they could have enacted post-flood, life-saving interventions, they chose not to act on their progeny’s behalf. https://www.texasobserver.org/san-antonio-hill-country-floods-history-1921-2025/
The Texas Observer · The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to LearnThere is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.
https://www.europesays.com/2279800/ A lifetime of CT flooding fuels fight for environmental justice #AfricanAmericanCommunity #BlackMold #ConnecticutDataCollaborative #ConnecticutNews #CT #CtNews #Environment #EnvironmentalJustice #flooding #hartford #HartfordNews #HomeOwnership #HousingDataProfiles #landfill #LocalNews #LowEmploymentRates #LowLevels #MDC #MetropolitanDistrictCommission #mOLD #PartnershipForStrongCommunities #Poverty #RacialDiscrimination
Antarctic 'Doomsday Glacier' the size of UK could flood major cities if it collapses https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/177562/antarctic-doomsday-glacier-size-uk-could-flood-major-cities-collapses
Daily Express US · Antarctic 'Doomsday Glacier' the size of UK could flood major cities if it collapses
https://www.europesays.com/2275171/ Young refugees start hot meals operation to help feed public housing residents displaced by Chantal #burmese #chantal #flooding #HotMeals #Karen #PublicHousing #ReeReeWei #Refugees #SouthEstesDrive #TransplantingTraditions