This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 256.

• Flood Magnitude 6.25
• from 06/06/2012 00:00 UTC to 16/07/2012 23:59 UTC
• 109 killed and 400000 displaced

Latest media headlines

Articles: 21 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Dorset landslide: Angry friends accuse police over mudslide couple's death as the case is referred to watchdog
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:38:00 +0200   mailonsunday (en)

Elderly sweethearts Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe were buried alive under tons of dislodged earth and rubble after their car was flattened by debris dislodged in bad weather in Dorset.

People and organisations:

Dorset landslide: Angry friends accuse police over mudslide couple's death as the case is referred to watchdog
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:48:00 +0200   dailymail (en)

Elderly sweethearts Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe were buried alive under tons of dislodged earth and rubble after their car was flattened by debris dislodged in bad weather in Dorset.

People and organisations:

U.S. severe weather insurance losses near $2 billion in June
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:31:00 +0200   homelandsecuritynewswire (en)

7/12/12 Disaster losses Several natural disaster events occurred across the United States during the month of June, the most costly being a severe weather event that spawned up to baseball-sized hail in parts of Texas and New Mexico; according to the Insurance Council of Texas, insured losses in the....

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