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This is just shocking Johanna......all those poor people.
The power of nature is just so amazing. We had something like that happen here also a couple of years ago.
I feel for everyone involved, it's going to be a long road to recovery.
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Richard Brown
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This is terrible news Johanna. Inundation by water is an awful disaster.
I hope there were minimal casualties. Your country will be in my thoughts.
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2 people were missed yesterday. I didn't hear the news today yet.
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3 missing, one dead.
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zstairlessone
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Did they have enough warning to move to higher ground? That looks like really bad flooding, I hope they don't see this every year there
Edit: update, the fire here is now up to 25,000 acres but they are calling it 20% contained. Everyone here has a sore throat from the smoke and a lot of people are wearing dust masks for the ash. The wind came in today, but at only around 25 kph, luckily it helped blow some of the smoke just north of town. Had an amazing sunset, but would certainly trade it for clear skies and people's homes back.
Edit II: link to short video
http://www.kvue.com/news/California-fire-burns-more-than-40-square-miles-209867491.html
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This has never happened before. The people were preparing for flooding, but not at this amount. Afaik it isn't over yet.
A whole valley (Pinzgau) is inaccessible.
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zstairlessone
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One last link and update - winds picked up during the day to 80 kph (50 mph) but are back to around 25 kph. Watched about 30 fire engines into the area while I was getting gasoline this morning, most red but a couple of blue trucks and what looked to be a green one and a couple of busses with firefighters came in too.
One more link with video
http://ktla.com/2013/06/02/massive-powerhouse-fire-grows-to-25000-acres/#axzz2V7oeESjC
One more link with video
http://ktla.com/2013/06/02/massive-powerhouse-fire-grows-to-25000-acres/#axzz2V7oeESjC
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Richard Brown
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Zstairlessone thank you for the link. What a terrible nerve wracking time you are all going through. This is the first time I've heard the expression "powerhouse fire", I was thinking that the fire has turned into a fire storm.
My thoughts are with you all, stay safe all of you.
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Richard Brown
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The floods were reported on the 8.00 am news. It sounds like Hungary is now affected. The river is Europe's 2nd largest, so the potential devastation by the floods is...... Awful to contemplate.
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It seems like it's going to be a problem for Central Europe. Germany, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are involved as well.
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Richard Brown
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You are lucky. When we visited Lisbon at the end of March, it was wet wet wet
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Dedzdedz
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You are lucky. When we visited Lisbon at the end of March, it was wet wet wet
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It's been like this for a couple of days, but unfortunately the weather people are saying thursday it's going to rain :/
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