Kedarnath temple damaged by Flash flood
The famous Kedarnath holy place was virtually waterlogged in mud and mire where 50 people died in flash floods that claimed over 130 lives in Uttarkhand and Himachal Pradesh and left over 70,000 pilgrims for Himalayan shrines stranded.
German floods emerge Ten dead and thousands exiled
Germany’s swollen Elbe River breach another levee early on Monday, forcing authorities to withdraw from 10 villages and push to down one of the country’s main railways amid some of the worst flooding central Europe has seen in years.
China’s Flash flood kills 55 people and damage farmland
With its large economy and over half of its mechanized centres exposed to flood risk, China represents a much bigger risk to insurers than Thailand, according to a new report from Swiss Re..
It found that trade flood loss potential in high growth markets is enormous and urgent work is needed to expand more comprehensive flood hazard and exposure information in these markets, as well as greater investigation of risks along global supply chains.
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