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		<title>Dartmouth Flood Observatory </title>
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		<pubDate> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<description>Flood disasters with a potential humanitarian impact, as catalogued by the Dartmouth Flood Observatory for GDACS.</description>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Kenya</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: &quote;Three more people have died as a result of floods in parts of Kenya, according to the latest statistics from the Kenya Red Cross and government officials.Kenya Red Cross communications director Titus Mung&quote;ou on Saturday told th...]]></description>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: &quote;Three more people have died as a result of floods in parts of Kenya, according to the latest statistics from the Kenya Red Cross and government officials.Kenya Red Cross communications director Titus Mung&quote;ou on Saturday told the Nation a woman died in Marsabit North after being swept away by floods.A man and his daughter were swept away as they tried to cross Isinya River in Kajiado North district on Thursday.Area district commissioner Mr Mwangi Kahiro said the man had attempted to carry his daughter across the swollen river but succumbed to the raging waters. The bodies were swept 10 kilometres downstream, he said.This brings the number of the dead from the floods to nine.And the Red Cross is also warning that the situation in the Tana Delta could become critical if the rains are to continue and the dams on the Seven Forks Hydroelectric project get full.&quote;The water could be released downstream and the people on the Tana Delta will therefore need to be on the lookout if the rains continue,&quote; said Mr Mung&quote;ou on the telephone.He said reports from the Lake Victoria and Budalangi flood monitoring systems indicate rivers in that area are close to overflowing their banks. He said the rivers are about 0.2 metres away from breaking their banks and residents would have to move to higher ground immediately.Water from the Cherangany Hills and Mt Elgon are the main cause of the river&quote;s perennial flooding.The number of those who have been left homeless also increased after about 70 families lost their semi-permanent houses to floods in Migori and Uriri districts in South Nyanza.The residents of Oruba, Pand Pieri, Nyasare and Rapogi estates were left without shelter after their mud-walled houses were brought down by the heavy rains that have pounded the region for the last three days.He urged area residents to avoid any swollen rivers.Residents of Mandera also require assistance as the town&quote;s entire water system had been destroyed by the floods after River Dauwa in Ethiopia broke its banks.Mr Mung&quote;ou said toilets had collapsed in the area. Red Cross would from Saturday begin sing a helicopter to reach the distressed in those areas, he said.In Garbatulla, five people who had been missing by the end of the day on Friday were found perched on trees on Saturday. More than 200 livestock have died in the area from the flooding. But the situation is yet to reach the alarming levels, said Mr Mung&quote;ou as the figures of those affected remain below 2,000.Families that had been displaced by the floods in January are however yet to go back to their homes and are still living in camps, he said, meaning more rains in the area would make it worse for them.In Migori, the flood victims who escaped unhurt sought refuge in the homes of relatives and friends as they made plans to rebuild their structures.The region also experienced flash floods on some roads and estates.]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:datemodified>3/10/2010 1:32:17 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Uganda</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: &quote;Kampala — Over 500 residents in three villages in Fort portal district are homeless after heavy rains swept off their houses and property.The villages that have been bit with deadly floods include Mutumba Zone, Kigwo and Kimanyika we...]]></description>
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				<dfo:began>3/7/2010</dfo:began>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: &quote;Kampala — Over 500 residents in three villages in Fort portal district are homeless after heavy rains swept off their houses and property.The villages that have been bit with deadly floods include Mutumba Zone, Kigwo and Kimanyika were mostly affected.This is the fourth district that has suffered floods that started early this week.The New Vision&quote;s reporter Hope Mafarangain FortPortal says Police arrived at the scene to offer support to the affected families.]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:datemodified>3/10/2010 1:32:17 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Australia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: "Once-in-a-century flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage in southwest Queensland, with authorities focusing on hard-hit communities after the town of St George escaped the worst.St George, the township at the c...]]></description>
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  				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Australia]]></dfo:country>
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				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Brisbane,Charleville and Roma in southwestern Queensland, townships of Thallon, Bollon and Dirranbandi, south of St George, 80% of Queensland]]></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>2/28/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>3/9/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>10</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: "Once-in-a-century flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage in southwest Queensland, with authorities focusing on hard-hit communities after the town of St George escaped the worst.St George, the township at the centre of one of the state's major cotton-growing regions, was spared a potentially ruinous river-level peak of 14m yesterday.But the record-breaking flooding is causing problems for the townships of Thallon, Bollon and Dirranbandi, south of St George.The water has breached the levee at the Moonie River at Thallon, and road access to all three regional communities has been cut off.Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the damage bill from the flooding was expected to run into the hundreds of millions of dollars."There's been major cuts to highways, we have seen railway lines washed away. This is a massive water event which has smashed all the records known here in the southwest." March 8, 2010 "Queensland's massive floodwaters are set to make waves in NSW this week.With 80 per cent of Queensland natural disaster-declared, northern NSW towns are expected to face major flooding later this week - some exceeding records set two decades ago.The Bureau of Meteorology said record flood levels are likely along the Paroo River at Willara Crossing and further downstream from Thursday.Flood levels at Wanaaring are expected to exceed the April 1990 flood late on Sunday.Floodwaters are heading south from Dirranbandi, with levels in the Culgoa, Bokhara, Birrie and Narran river systems expected to exceed 1990 levels over the next seven days.Moderate flooding is also expected just south of Cunnamulla, where the Warrego River on Tuesday was around 10 metres.Queensland's main flood peak on Tuesday was at Dirranbandi, with the Balonne at 5.25m and steady. The river is expected to remain above five metres until early next week.Dirranbandi continues to escape major flooding as the town is protected by a levee, but outlying properties have been inundated and several families have had to evacuate.Meanwhile, emergency services are stocking up on anti-venom medication following reports of snakes in the St George area.The Department of Community Safety says snakes trying to find dry ground are widespread."Anti-venom stocks have been re-supplied following reports of increased numbers of snakes in the area," the department said in a statement on Tuesday morning.Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told state parliament the disaster was "one of the most significant flooding events in the state's history"."Over the past week we have seen Mother Nature at her most ferocious," she said."The enormity of the rain event that we have witnessed over this week has broken all of the known records."But she said while there were significant personal and family losses and a massive damage bill for state, federal and local governments, there would be an economic spin-off for farmers, potentially over $1 billion.The state and federal governments are offering emergency grants to small businesses and primary producers hit by the flooding."The Australian government stands ready to assist the people of Queensland to recover from this very serious natural disaster," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said in a statement on Tuesday.On Tuesday, the tiny town of Bollon remained under water, with the towns of Thallon, Nindigully, Cunnamulla, Hungerford, Quilpie, Thargomindah, Meandarra, Theodore, Moura and Baralaba also dealing with floodwaters and inundation.Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts said disaster relief arrangements were active in 59 shires, comprising 80 per cent of the state.The clean-up was well under way in two of the largest centres to be hit, Charleville and Roma.Main Roads Minister Craig Wallace estimated about 1300km of state roads had been damaged.Primary Industries Minister Tim Mulherin said an aerial survey from Charleville to Cunnamulla had identified destroyed machinery and equipment and small mobs of between 100 to 200 stranded cattle and sheep.The survey also identified dead livestock, with reports of some farms losing as many as 300 head.March 4, 2010: "Just as Charleville residents were beginning to clean up from a record flood in Queensland this week, they were ordered to evacuate as waters rose again.Emergency sirens blared once more in the south-west Queensland town, just a day after floodwaters had started to recede, revealing the damage of Monday night's deluge that forced the evacuation of more than 500 people.Authorities warned that Bradley's Gully, which runs through the centre of town, was expected to flood again yesterday, posing a significant threat to life and property, and residents were returning to the evacuation centre at the town's showground.Floodwaters also rose around St George, to the south of Charleville, as record rainfall swelled the Balonne River.The river had passed the 10-metre mark, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting it would reach a height of 13 metres, 76 centimetres higher than the record.Bureau forecaster Bryan Rolstone said that as the water headed south from Charleville, the St George region was at risk of severe flooding.The bureau said another area of concern was Cunnamulla, with a flood peak of about 10 metres expected early next week, a little higher than the 2008 flood level of 9.91 metres.A state Department of Community Safety spokesman said Emergency Management Queensland and local disaster authorities were closely monitoring the flooding in St George.Balonne Shire mayor Donna Stewart said yesterday that ''the action was starting to hot up'' in St George as water levels continued to rise. Water from Wallum Creek was already in Bollon, which has a population of about 100, she said.Charleville and nearby Roma were declared disaster areas on Tuesday, and Premier Anna Bligh visited the rain-soaked region yesterday. The threat to Roma continued to ease, authorities said.". March 2, 2010: "A hospital evacuated, hundreds moved to emergency centres, rivers flooded and roads cut - southern Queensland is awash.The towns of Charleville and Roma in southwestern Queensland have been declared disaster areas and 30 patients from Charleville's hospital are being flown to Brisbane.Up to 500 Charleville residents have been evacuated to the showgrounds and Murweh Shire Mayor Mark O'Brien said the Charleville flood was the worst he'd seen, with up to two-thirds of the town inundated.A woman and child were plucked from their car which had flipped on its side in fast-flowing waters near Charleville.In Roma, there has been extensive sandbagging of properties and some evacuations.Quilpie mayor David Edwards said the town had received almost its average annual rainfall of 300mm in the past three days."I was born here and have been here all my life and this has been the best summer (rain) since 1976," he said.All three communities have been officially drought declared for years - Charleville since 2003, Quilpie since 2002, and Roma since 2005.There's also been heavy rain across the state's southeast corner, causing localised flooding in Brisbane and on the Gold and Sunshine coasts.The State Emergency Service (SES) has been called to more than 200 jobs in the state's southeast.]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:datemodified>3/10/2010 1:32:16 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Mozambique</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: At least two people have died in floods in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, reports Monday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".The first victim lost his life last Thursday, when he was swept away by the waters of the swollen...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
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				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Buzi District, Sofala Province, Namathanda district]]></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>2/22/2010</dfo:began>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 8, 2010: At least two people have died in floods in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, reports Monday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".The first victim lost his life last Thursday, when he was swept away by the waters of the swollen Buzi river. His body was then partially devoured by crocodiles.The second fatality occurred on Saturday in Dondo district, when a man made the mistake of trying to swim across the Pungue river. The current swept him to his death.By Sunday, the Pungue was 2.3 metres above flood alert level at the Mafambisse sugar plantation. In this area, the river had burst its banks and spilled across the main Beira-Zimbabwe highway between Mafambisse and Tica.As the waters rise, so traffic along this stretch of the road has been gradually shut down. By Sunday only large trucks and some four wheel drive vehicles were taking the risk of driving through the flooded stretch. Even then, they required a police escort, and the National Roads Administration (ANE) took the precaution of only opening the road in one direction at a time. Queues four kilometres long built up of vehicles waiting to cross the flooded stretch.Minibus taxis can no longer make the journey, and so passengers anxious to reach the other side are paying bicycle owners to carry them. The fare charged by these "bicycle-taxis" is 100 meticais (about 3.5 US dollars).Since Saturday, a goods train has been ferrying stranded light vehicles between Mafambisse and Tica. The railway runs parallel to the road, but is high enough to ensure that it is not affected by the flood waters.200 families at risk, who were temporarily sheltered at a primary school, have now been moved to a resettlement area at Tica, where over 100 plots of land are available for them to build new homes.According to Joao Ribeiro, general director of the country's relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC), the situation is under control. However, there may still be people living on islands in the rivers and in other flood prone areas who are at serious risk. Ribeiro said that rescue teams have been formed to sweep through dangerous areas.Further north, the flood on the Zambezi is worsening, and at the weekend the Cahora Bassa dam was obliged to increase its discharges from 2,736 to 3,512 cubic metres of water per second. 
....Based on UNICEF situation report, 210 families (1,050 people) have been affected by the initial inundation in Namathanda district; of these, 613 people have been evacuated to a temporary shelter located in Mufu village....March 1, 2010: "Maputo — The district of Buzi, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, has been cut off from the rest of the country by flooding on the Buzi river.The ferry across the river has been out of operation for the past week, and now the road connections to Buzi town are impassable, reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".There has also been flooding on the Metuchira river, in the neighbouring district of Nhamatanda. A bridge over the Metuchira has been damaged, and an electricity pylon has been knocked down, depriving the area of power.Sofala Provincial Governor Mauricio Vieira visited Buzi and Nhamatanda on Friday, and on Saturday met with the Provincial Emergency Commission. The meeting decided to allocate boats to Metuchira, particularly so that students who live in the Metuchira-Pita locality, but study in Nhamatanda town, can cross the river.Buzi administrator Sergio Moiane told "Noticias" that the situation in the district is worsening. On Friday, Vieira could travel overland to Buzi, but now the road from Beira to Buzi town, via Tica, is impassable."Previously, we had the problem that the ferry was paralysed, and so people on the other bank, in the Estaquinha and Nova Sofala administrative posts, who account for 60 per cent of the district population, were isolated", said Moiane. "Now the Tica-Buzi road, which is our main access route, cannot be used".It is still possible to take a boat from Buzi to Beira, but Moiane warned that the current bad weather is making even this difficult.Moiane said nobody is in danger of losing their lives, since people who used to live in flood prone areas were moved to resettlement sites on higher ground during the last major Buzi floods, two years ago. However many fields have been inundated, and the district administration is trying to ascertain the extent of damage to crops.Torrential rain has also been falling in the western province of Tete. The publicly-owned telecommunications company, TDM, blamed this weather for a cut in the fibre-optic cable between Moatiza and Do, near the Malawian border.This is imposing severe difficulties on the fixed and mobile phone networks, and on Internet access, in the province. TDM has pledged that its technical staff re on the ground working to repair the damage.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>34.25</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-19.96</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/10/2010 1:32:16 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Peru</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 4, 2010: &quote;At least seven deaths, and several houses inundated, is the tragic result of another flood that took place yesterday in the Cusco district of Pisac, where the Quitamayo river surged and flooded all the area. Jorge Béjar Gonzales, pro...]]></description>
  				<gdas:image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-81.36:7.85:-65.36:15.85&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-73.36&amp;EventY=11.85&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2010_30.png</gdas:image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_30&amp;country=Peru&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_30</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_30</asgard:ID>
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				<georss:point>11.85 -73.36</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3628</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3619</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>30</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Peru]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Cusco district of Pisac]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>3/2/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>3/4/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>7</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>20</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>57890</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.23972480428647</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 4, 2010: &quote;At least seven deaths, and several houses inundated, is the tragic result of another flood that took place yesterday in the Cusco district of Pisac, where the Quitamayo river surged and flooded all the area. Jorge Béjar Gonzales, province prosecutor in Calca, pointed out that in addition to the three victims found in the Taray bridge, a woman was rescued near the Quitamayo bridge, but she died afterwards while in the local hospital.These victims, Hilda Quinto Quispe, 24, Benedicta Condori, 46, and Genara Huayta Aquino, had been doing cleaning works on the Quitamayo river bed when the sudden surge took them by surprise. Some 17 workers from Construyendo Peru were working in the river when the flood came and swept them away.Quitamayo river is a tributary of the Vilcanota river..&quote;]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-73.36</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>11.85</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/4/2010 9:01:45 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Zambia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 2, 2010: &quote;Flood,Zambia: 11 districts have been affected by floods in the country. The districts are in North Western and Lusaka provinces..&quote;]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_27&amp;country=Zambia&amp;location=ZMB&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000038-ZMB</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_27</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_27</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>-16.09</geo:lat><geo:long>27.74</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>-16.09 27.74</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2010-000038-ZMB</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3631</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3616</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>27</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000038-ZMB]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Zambia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Northwestern and Lusaka provinces]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>3/1/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>3/4/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>85510</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.53407689776216</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 2, 2010: &quote;Flood,Zambia: 11 districts have been affected by floods in the country. The districts are in North Western and Lusaka provinces..&quote;]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>27.74</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-16.09</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/4/2010 9:01:45 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Serbia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 4, 2010: &quote;Flood,Serbia Montenegro: Heavy rains and rapid slow melting have caused floods in the eastern and central part of Serbia damaging and flooding 1,306 households and affecting more than 3,150 people.&quote;]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_29&amp;country=Serbia&amp;location=SRB&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000042-SRB</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_29</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_29</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>44.47</geo:lat><geo:long>21.14</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>44.47 21.14</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2010-000042-SRB</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3629</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3618</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>29</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000042-SRB]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Serbia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Eastern and central Serbia]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>3/1/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>3/2/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>4000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>46900</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.97220283837906</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 4, 2010: &quote;Flood,Serbia Montenegro: Heavy rains and rapid slow melting have caused floods in the eastern and central part of Serbia damaging and flooding 1,306 households and affecting more than 3,150 people.&quote;]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>21.14</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>44.47</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/4/2010 9:01:45 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Montenegro]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Ethiopia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 4, 2010: &quote;Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, according to officials.&quote;]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_28&amp;country=Ethiopia&amp;location=ETH&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000041-SOM,FL-2010-000041-ETH</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_28</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_28</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>9.2</geo:lat><geo:long>45.49</geo:long></geo:Point>
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				<glide:number>FL-2010-000041-SOM</glide:number>
<glide:number> 
FL-2010-000041-ETH</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3630</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3617</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>28</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000041-SOM, 
FL-2010-000041-ETH]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>3/1/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>3/2/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>4000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>104200</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.31889771462749</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 4, 2010: &quote;Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, according to officials.&quote;]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>45.49</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>9.2</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/4/2010 9:01:45 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Somalia]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Haiti</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 1, 2010: &quote;At least eight people have been killed in floods triggered by heavy rain in Haiti, officials have said.The deaths occurred in or near the southeastern port city of Les Cayes which was swamped by more than 1.5m (5ft) of water. Officia...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_24&amp;country=Haiti&amp;location=HTI&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000037-HTI</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_24</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_24</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>18.42</geo:lat><geo:long>-73.77</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>18.42 -73.77</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2010-000037-HTI</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3625</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3613</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>24</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000037-HTI]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Haiti]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Les Cayes]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/28/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>3/2/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>8</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>3836</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.06099985321829</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 1, 2010: &quote;At least eight people have been killed in floods triggered by heavy rain in Haiti, officials have said.The deaths occurred in or near the southeastern port city of Les Cayes which was swamped by more than 1.5m (5ft) of water. Officials said buildings affected included a hospital and a prison where more than 400 inmates were evacuated. About a million Haitians are still homeless following January&quote;s earthquake which killed up to 230,000 people. The floods have come several weeks ahead of Haiti&quote;s traditional rainy season. &quote;The situation is grave... whole areas are completely flooded. People have climbed on to the roofs of their homes,&quote; local senator Francky Exius told AFP news agency. Witnesses said some homes had collapsed and people were fleeing for safer areas. At least two people are reported missing in the floods. One report puts the death toll at 11. Staff at the flooded hospital in Les Cayes moved patients to the safety of higher floors, reports say, while UN peacekeepers helped police to evacuate the jail. Les Cayes lies on a peninsula 160km (100 miles) west of the capital Port-au-Prince. It was unaffected by the earthquake, but its 70,000 population has been swollen by survivors fleeing from earthquake-hit areas
&quote;]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-73.77</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>18.42</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/2/2010 5:59:22 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in France</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[March 2, 2010: "L’AIGUILLON-SUR-MER, France: Rescuers in boats and helicopters scrambled on Monday to find the missing in homes flooded by a storm that killed at least 48 people on France’s Atlantic coast.France’s west coast was pummeled by the storm dubb...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_23&amp;country=France&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_23</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_23</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>46.77</geo:lat><geo:long>-1.53</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>46.77 -1.53</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3626</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3612</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>23</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[France]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[West Atlantic Coast, Vendee and Charente regions of western France]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/28/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>3/2/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>48</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>500</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Storm Surge and Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>30830</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.267</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[March 2, 2010: "L’AIGUILLON-SUR-MER, France: Rescuers in boats and helicopters scrambled on Monday to find the missing in homes flooded by a storm that killed at least 48 people on France’s Atlantic coast.France’s west coast was pummeled by the storm dubbed Xynthia, the country’s fiercest in a decade, which unleashed gale force winds and torrential rains on Sunday, prompting the government to declare a national emergency.The toll in France rose to 48 dead and at least nine were reported missing on Monday. More than 200,000 homes were still without power in the deadliest storm to have battered France since 1999, officials said.As fierce weather battered other parts of Europe, at least five people died in neighboring Germany, according to police, three in Spain, one in Portugal and one in Belgium.More than 9,000 French firefighters and emergency workers backed by helicopters were deployed on Monday to try to reach stranded residents, mostly in the Vendee and Charente regions of western France.Rescue teams waded through the thigh-deep floodwaters and took to boats to reach flooded houses whose residents were reported missing in the town of L’Aiguillon-sur-Mer.Hundreds of families slept overnight in shelters set up in schools and dance halls. In Charente, regional authorities warned that a combination of high winds and tides continued to pose a flood risk.The storm hit France early Sunday in the middle of the night with eight-meter waves that sent residents scurrying onto rooftops. The wind reached speeds of 150 kilometers per hour."]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-1.53</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>46.77</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/10/2010 1:32:16 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Spain</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 24, 2010: "Seville, Spain - At least 1,200 people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy rains sparked flooding in southern Spain, officials said Wednesday. About 20 of the region's roads were also blocked. The flooding mainly affected ...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_22&amp;country=Spain&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_22</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_22</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>38.98</geo:lat><geo:long>-4.04</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>38.98 -4.04</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3623</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3611</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>22</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Spain]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Southern Spain, Cordoba, Jaen and Seville provinces]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/23/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/24/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>32</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>1200</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>98470</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.294</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 24, 2010: "Seville, Spain - At least 1,200 people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy rains sparked flooding in southern Spain, officials said Wednesday. About 20 of the region's roads were also blocked. The flooding mainly affected the provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Seville, where the Guadalquivir river and several reservoirs overflowed their banks, officials said. Floodwater entered homes, shops and industrial buildings, forcing some people living near Cordoba to climb onto their roofs. About 500 emergency workers evacuated residents with boats and lorries. No injuries were reported. Damage to infrastructure appeared minor so far, officials said"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-4.04</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>38.98</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/4/2010 9:01:44 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent></dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Portugal</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 20, 2010: "Portuguese Interior Minister Rui Pereira says at least 25 people have died in floods and mudslides on the island of Madeira.The French news agency reports that heavy rain and winds up to 100 kilometers per hour struck the island, about...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_21&amp;country=Portugal&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_21</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_21</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>32.759</geo:lat><geo:long>-16.97</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>32.759 -16.97</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3622</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3610</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>21</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Portugal]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Island of Madeira]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/19/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/20/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>32</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>483</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>3.286</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 20, 2010: "Portuguese Interior Minister Rui Pereira says at least 25 people have died in floods and mudslides on the island of Madeira.The French news agency reports that heavy rain and winds up to 100 kilometers per hour struck the island, about 600 kilometers west of mainland Portugal, on Saturday night.Portugal's state news agency (Lusa) says at least 60 people have been hospitalized.It was not immediately clear if any tourists were among the storm's victims"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-16.97</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>32.759</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/4/2010 9:01:45 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Bulgaria</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 19, 2010: Tracts of farmland bordering on the Pineios River in Thessaly, central Greece, were submerged yesterday after the river broke its banks, just a few days after the Evros and Kastoria rivers overflowed, provoking widespread flooding in th...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_18&amp;country=Bulgaria&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_18</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_18</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>41.23</geo:lat><geo:long>32.04</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>41.23 32.04</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3614</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3607</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>18</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Including Central Greece]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/13/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/20/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>8</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>16750</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.127</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 19, 2010: Tracts of farmland bordering on the Pineios River in Thessaly, central Greece, were submerged yesterday after the river broke its banks, just a few days after the Evros and Kastoria rivers overflowed, provoking widespread flooding in the broader region.It is the first time in three decades that three rivers have overflowed in different parts of the country almost simultaneously, causing widespread damage and disruption.According to farmers in Trikala, the overflowing Pineios has submerged about 2,000 hectares of land. The floods also have disrupted road travel in the area and a few homes have been affected.The extent of the damage in Trikala was minimal yesterday compared to the destruction wreaked by floods in the northern prefecture of Evros, where local authorities remained on standby.More than 20,000 hectares of land have been submerged across the prefecture and dozens of homes have been rendered uninhabitable.Last night, Deputy Citizens’ Protection Minister Spyros Vougias was due to arrive in Alexandroupoli ahead of a scheduled tour of flooded areas today. The cost of the damage is estimated at several million euros.In Kastoria, authorities were on standby as the water level of the river there is expected to rise by 7 centimeters over the next few days.The level of the river rose by 16 centimeters this week, prefectural officials said
February 16, 2010: "Turkey closes border crossing with flood-hit Bulgaria. Turkey closed a northwestern border crossing with Bulgaria on Monday as floods cut a highway connecting the two neighbors, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.Officials at the Kapikule border crossing in Edirne Province forbid vehicles to cross into Bulgaria as a nearby brook overflowed Monday morning and forced the closure of the highway from Kapikule to Bulgaria's Kapitan Andreevo border crossing, the report said.Around 50 trucks were waiting at Kapikule, while officials said the crossing would be opened for traffic after the highway was cleared from floods, according to the report.On Monday, the Bulgarian government warned residents in Edirne that it would open its floodgates on a river that originates from Bulgaria and flows southwards to Turkey on Monday evening to relieve flooding on its side, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.Edirne Governor Hamdi Sedefci was quoted by the TV channel CNNTurk as saying Edirne had taken precautions and its residents were not at risk.More than 15,000 hectares of farmland have been flooded as recent melting snow and torrential rains swelled rivers in Bulgaria, said the newspaper." February 15, 2010: "An emergency situation was declared on Sunday (February 14th) in the northern prefecture of Evros, Greece, where severe storms pushed water levels in the Maritsa River to dangerous levels. "We have not reached the critical point yet, but there is a risk of this," Deputy Interior Minister George Dolios said. Authorities have been forced to close rail bridges in the region.Storms and torrential rains also hit parts of Turkey, particularly the northwest city of Edirne on Saturday. Flooding destroyed farmland and other property and forced roads and bridges to close. Melting snow and heavy rains in the last few days resulted in massive flooding in southern Bulgaria. The Tundzha River overflew its banks and left many homes under water in the southeast city of Yambol, civil defence Agency officials announced on Sunday. Floods destroyed bridges and caused landslides around the town of Elhovo and its surrounding villages, virtually cutting them off from the rest of the country. More rain is forecast this week.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>32.04</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>41.23</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/2/2010 7:59:50 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Greece]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Turkey]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in Peru</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 12, 2010: "At least 20,000 houses were flooded and 150 others collapsed on Thursday as torrential rains lashed northern Peru, according to local media.The heavy rains affected Peru's northern city of Trujillo, where three hospitals have been floo...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_20&amp;country=Peru&amp;location=ECU&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000023-ECU</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_20</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_20</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>-4.68</geo:lat><geo:long>-78.29</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>-4.68 -78.29</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2010-000023-ECU</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3612</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3609</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>20</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000023-ECU]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Peru]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Northern Peru, Esmeraldas, Guayas y El Oro provinces, Ecuador]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/10/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/17/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>8</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>80000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>305800</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.388</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 12, 2010: "At least 20,000 houses were flooded and 150 others collapsed on Thursday as torrential rains lashed northern Peru, according to local media.The heavy rains affected Peru's northern city of Trujillo, where three hospitals have been flooded, and some building bases cracked by the water.In the face of floods, La Esperanza, El Porvenir and Salaverry are the most vulnerable towns in Trujillo in La Libertad province.According to the regional government, some 60,000 houses are in danger in the province since rocks began to slide down from hills.The regional administration of health has issued an alert on the breakout of dengue and other diarrheal diseases resulting from the rain.Meanwhile, tourism to the archaeological ruins of Chan Chan in Trujillo was cancelled because of the rainy season""Flood,Ecuador: Hundreds of families were affected in Esmeraldas, Guayas y El Oro provinces due to floods caused by heavy rains. Government is helping with evacuation and delivery of aid"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-78.29</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-4.68</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>2</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Orange]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>3/4/2010 9:01:44 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Australia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 16, 2010: "Flooding in Milton, Brisbane.The flash flooding was a release after days of steamy, sultry weather with more than 100 millimetres dumped on the city and suburbs in about an hour.The Weather Bureau tonight reported the highest fall at R...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_17&amp;country=Australia&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_17</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_17</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>-27.22</geo:lat><geo:long>152.83</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>-27.22 152.83</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3615</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3606</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>17</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Australia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Brisbane]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/15/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/16/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>20650</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.916</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 16, 2010: "Flooding in Milton, Brisbane.The flash flooding was a release after days of steamy, sultry weather with more than 100 millimetres dumped on the city and suburbs in about an hour.The Weather Bureau tonight reported the highest fall at Rochedale South (107 millimetres) at 7pm, while the highest fall on the north side was 37 millimetres at Bracken Ridge.Other falls included 103 millimetres in Brisbane’s CBD, 96 millimetres at East Brisbane, 80 millimetres at Chapel Hill, 84 millimetres at Wishart, 77 millimetres at Mt Cotton, 66 millimetres at Calamvale, 69 millimetres at Eight Mile Plains and 61 millimetres at Upper Kedron.Brisbane's CBD has experienced its heaviest rainfall in nine years, with 80 millimetres recorded in just 50 minutes. The downpour caused lengthy transport delays, with flash flooding hitting a range of suburbs, including Woolloongabba, Paddington and Windsor. Milton appears the worst hit, with reports of cars washing down the road. Tens of thousands of homes were without power this afternoon, as electricity provider Energex works to restore services to more than 60,000 homes and businesses.Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said the 80 millimetres that fell in the CBD between 11.40am and 12.30pm was the heaviest since March 2001, when 138 millimetres fell during a 24 hour period."[Today's rainfall] included 25 millimetres in just 10 minutes," he said."]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>152.83</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-27.22</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/24/2010 3:45:08 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Australia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 15, 2010: "A natural disaster has been declared on the New South Wales far south coast after yesterday's widespread flooding.Torrential rain cut roads, washed away bridges and caused land slips, particularly in the Eurobodalla Shire.The far south...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_19&amp;country=Australia&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_19</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_19</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>-32.42</geo:lat><geo:long>149.59</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>-32.42 149.59</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3613</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3608</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>19</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Australia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[New South Wales (far south coast, central west NSW)]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/13/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/16/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>311900</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.397</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 15, 2010: "A natural disaster has been declared on the New South Wales far south coast after yesterday's widespread flooding.Torrential rain cut roads, washed away bridges and caused land slips, particularly in the Eurobodalla Shire.The far south coast and Monaro had some of their best falls in a decade, when more than 200 millimetres fell yesterday and overnight.But the rain came at a price, causing floods in the Moruya, Bega and Brogo rivers and threatening the Cooma township.Eighteen State Emergency Service crews worked through the night on about 300 jobs in the area, mostly for leaking roofs and flooded properties.NSW Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan has now declared the Eurobodalla Shire and the Bega Valley natural disaster zones, meaning councils can access funding to repair the damage.Mr Whan says the flooding was unusual, given the area has been in drought for the last decade. February 14, 2010: "Boaters are being urged to watch for debris in rivers and waterways amid heavy rain and rough conditions which have already cost one life in NSW.Sydney woman Irene Thomas, 60, was swept away by the flooded Tueena Creek after she and her husband made an unsuccessful attempt to cross the waterway in their four-wheel drive about 9pm (AEDT) on Sunday.The couple, from Sylvania Waters, got out of their vehicle after it became stuck and were washed downstream in the creek which is between Crookwell and Bathurst.The husband managed to pull himself from the water after about an hour. He searched for his wife for about three hours before walking several kilometres to Tueena for help." February 14, 2010: "Three people have been rescued from flooding in central west NSW, including one person who went canoeing in flood waters.The State Emergency Services (SES) say strong winds and heavy rain caused flooding in parts of the central west on Sunday, with more rain expected in the region overnight.In Bungendore, a canoeist was rescued on Sunday afternoon after deciding to go canoeing in flood waters, SES spokesman Phil Campbell said"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>149.59</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-32.42</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/24/2010 3:45:08 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Dominican Republic</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 15, 2010: "Flash floods damage homes in Puerto Plata, one dead SANTIAGO.- Around 25,700 people were affected by the floods in at least 18 districts of the municipality Puerto Plata, as rivers and gorges overflowed their bank since early morning y...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_16&amp;country=Dominican%20Republic&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_16</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_16</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>19.63</geo:lat><geo:long>-70.56</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>19.63 -70.56</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3616</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3605</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>16</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Las Flores, Padre Granero, Bello Costero, Urbanización General Gregorio Luperón, Ensanche Dubocq (Los Callejones); Playa Oeste, Aguas Negras, Padre Las Casas and Los Domíngue districts]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>2/14/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/15/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>150</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>2791</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>3.746</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 15, 2010: "Flash floods damage homes in Puerto Plata, one dead SANTIAGO.- Around 25,700 people were affected by the floods in at least 18 districts of the municipality Puerto Plata, as rivers and gorges overflowed their bank since early morning yesterday. Moreover, José Rafael Santana  died when a wall fell on him in the sector Los Bordas.Civil Defense director Hugo González said flash floods damaged 34 houses totally, and 850 partially, whereas 635 families lost their belongings and 6,435 others had partial losses. He said ready-meals were distributed among the victims, while they await the arrival of home appliances and mobile cafeterias, as well as construction crews and equipment. Between the affected districts are the Las Flores, Padre Granero, Bello Costero, Urbanización General Gregorio Luperón, Ensanche Dubocq (Los Callejones); Playa Oeste, Aguas Negras, Padre Las Casas and Los Domínguez.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-70.56</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>19.63</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/24/2010 3:45:08 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Mexico</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 10, 2010: &quote;The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides in Mexico increased Tuesday to 41, a government agency announced.Most of the deaths -- 30 -- have occurred in eastern Michoacan state, on the central Pacific coast. The state attorne...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_13&amp;country=Mexico&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_13</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_13</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>19.94</geo:lat><geo:long>-99</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>19.94 -99</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3619</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3602</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>13</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Mexico]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Central Mexico, Mexico City]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/26/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/13/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>19</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>41</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>20000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 10, 2010: &quote;The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides in Mexico increased Tuesday to 41, a government agency announced.Most of the deaths -- 30 -- have occurred in eastern Michoacan state, on the central Pacific coast. The state attorney general&quote;s office released a list of the deceased Tuesday.Another 12 people are missing after mudslides from two large hills, Michoacan Gov. Leonel Godoy said Tuesday.The remaining 11 deaths resulted from a mudslide Saturday near the small town of Temascaltepec in neighboring Mexico state.Interior Secretary Fernando Francisco Gomez Mont has declared a state of natural disaster for the Michoacan cities of Angangueo, Ocampo, Tiquicheo de Nicolas Romero, Tuxpan and Tuzantla. The declaration makes those cities eligible for money from the federal natural disaster fund.The death toll in Michoacan had been 27 until three additional bodies were discovered Tuesday.Godoy said officials are focusing on three tasks: searching for anyone who is alive, recovering bodies and removing boulders and downed trees. Officials are under pressure to act quickly, he said, because another cold front with more possible rain is expected within the next few days.More than 3,500 Michoacan residents are homeless, the state government said on its Web site.In addition to Michoacan and Mexico states, unusually heavy rain in the past week also flooded parts of Mexico City, the nation&quote;s capital.Up to 37,000 people nationwide have been affected, government officials said.On Sunday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon toured Valle de Chalco, another city in Mexico state on the eastern outskirts of the Mexico City metro area.National Water Commission Director Jose Luis Luege said Tuesday that contaminated water from a sewage network there that overflowed Friday will continue to flood the town for at least another 48 hours. The break in the sewage pipe had been fixed, but it burst again.Officials also built two dikes to contain the sewage but were unable to use them out of concern that they would burst under the intense pressure from the floodwaters, Luege said.More than 3,000 homes in Valle de Chalco were flooded.Mexico state is bordered on the west by Michoacan and adjoins Mexico City on three sides -- north, east and west.February 8, 2010: &quote;Heavy flooding in central Mexico in the past week has killed at least 33 people and left thousands homeless, the government said Monday.Schools remained closed in five cities in Mexico&quote;s Michoacan state, where the flooding has killed at least 22 people and left more than 3,500 residents homeless, the state government said on its Web site.Another 83 people still were missing Monday in Michoacan, a state in western coastal Mexico that has been beset by drug violence in the past few years.A mudslide Saturday killed at least 11 people near the small town of Temascaltepec, in neighboring Mexico state.February 6, 2010: &quote; 29 dead, homes flooded in central Mexico TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) -- A landslide killed at least 11 people in central Mexico on Friday, adding to 18 deaths this week from severe and unseasonable winter storms that closed schools and freeways and flooded thousands of homes.Ten men and a woman died in Mexico State after mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down onto a highway Friday afternoon.At least 20 more people were reported missing in the slide 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Toluca, Mexico State prosecutors spokesman Alfredo Albitir said.The heavy rainstorms - unusual in Mexico&quote;s normally dry winter - sent rivers over their banks in the neighboring state of Michoacan where at least 16 people, including three children, were killed Wednesday and Thursday.Michoacan authorities said several people were still missing and at least 2,000 homes were damaged. The federal government declared three Michoacan townships disaster zones, opening access to relief funds.Two children were killed in the state of Guanajuato.The rains also slammed Mexico City and the neighboring State of Mexico, where open sewage canals overflowed.A mix of drain water and sewage flowed into thousands of homes and blocked major thoroughfares in the metropolis of 20 million people. About 7,500 homes were flooded, prompting emergency personnel to ferry people from their homes through chest-high water.Crews were working Friday to drain flooded areas and put sand bags around damaged drainage channels.Skies began clearing Friday, and rains were forecast to stop by the weekend. Rain in central Mexico falls almost exclusively between May and October.Mexico City lies in an enclosed mountain valley where flooding has been a problem for centuries. Over time, deeper and larger drainage tunnels have been built to address the problem, but experts warn that even those may be inadequate.February 2, 2010:  Flooding caused by unusual winter rains has killed five children and two women in central Mexico.The dead include three boys aged 8, 12 and 14, and two girls aged 3 and 6. Flooding has also killed a 19-year-old and an unidentified woman.The Michoacan state director of civil defense said Thursday the three younger children were killed when a swollen river flooded their house in the town of Tuxpan.The Public Safety Department in neighboring Guanajuato state said the two older boys drowned when they tried to cross a rain-swollen stream Wednesday.The rains caused some flooding and power outages in Mexico City, where water services director Ramon Aguirre said &quote;this rainfall is completely atypical for the month of February.&quote; January 28, 2010: &quote;Fifteen people - including five children - died this week in severe and unseasonable winter storms that closed schools and freeways in central Mexico and flooded thousands of homes, authorities reported Friday.The heavy rain storms - unusual in Mexico&quote;s normally dry winter season - sent rivers over their banks in the states of Michoacan and neighboring Guanajuato, where the deaths occurred Wednesday and Thursday.Michoacan Interior Secretary Fidel Calderon Torreblanca said several people are still missing and that at least 2,000 homes were damaged. The federal government declared three Michoacan townships disaster zones, a move that allows them access to federal disaster-relief funds.The rains also slammed Mexico City and the neighboring State of Mexico, where open sewage canals overflowed and containment banks collapsed.A mix of drain water and sewage flowed into thousands of homes and blocked major thoroughfares in the metropolis of 20 million people. About 7,500 homes were flooded in the metropolitan area, prompting emergency personnel to ferry people from their homes through chest-high water.Crews were working Friday to drain flooded areas and put sand bags around the damaged drainage channels.Skies cleared Friday, and the rains were forecast to stop by the weekend. Rain in central Mexico falls almost exclusively between May and October.
Mexico City lies in an enclosed mountain valley where flooding has been a problem for centuries. Authorities over time have dug deeper and larger drainage tunnels to try to solve the problem, but experts have warned that even those may not be sufficient to handle extremely heavy rainfalls]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Afghanistan</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 8, 2010: "KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – At least 20 people have died in floods and avalanches triggered by some of the heaviest rain and snow in Afghanistan for 50 years, an official said Monday.At least six people died and 10 others were missing...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_15&amp;country=Afghanistan&amp;location=AFG&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000021-AFG</link>
				
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				<dfo:began>2/5/2010</dfo:began>
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				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 8, 2010: "KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – At least 20 people have died in floods and avalanches triggered by some of the heaviest rain and snow in Afghanistan for 50 years, an official said Monday.At least six people died and 10 others were missing following heavy rains in the southern province of Kandahar since late Sunday, a provincial spokesman, Zalmai Ayoubi, told AFP."So far we have found six bodies from one car. Two cars with 10 other people in them are missing," he said."We don't know if they are dead or alive," he added.Hundreds of mud-brick houses were damaged and about 1,000 animals killed in the province's Daman district, Ayoubi said.He said dozens of people were stranded by flood waters caused by the heaviest rain seen in the area for half a century, as authorities called on Afghan and foreign troops to airlift people to safety.The floods in Kandahar follow heavy snowfall in central and western parts of the country which has killed at least 14 people in the past week, according to disaster response authorities.The heavy rain and snow comes after winter began without precipitation, sowing concerns about drought in the agrarian country over the coming year.
Flood,Afghanistan: At least 20 people have died in floods and avalanches, including flash floods, triggered by heaviest rain and snow in Afghanistan for 50 years]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Australia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 7, 2010: &quote;A mother has died and another 20 people needed rescuing after heavy flooding in central Queensland, the Department of Community Safety says.The woman, in her 40s, was found by emergency services on Sunday evening after being swept...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_14&amp;country=Australia&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dfo:began>2/5/2010</dfo:began>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 7, 2010: &quote;A mother has died and another 20 people needed rescuing after heavy flooding in central Queensland, the Department of Community Safety says.The woman, in her 40s, was found by emergency services on Sunday evening after being swept from Bouldercombe Gorge Resources Reserve at about 3.40pm (AEST).&quote;We believe she was found in some trees,&quote; the DCS spokesman said.There is no current information about where she lived or the cause of death.Her four children escaped unharmed.She was one of 21 people caught up in the flooding at the popular picnic and swimming spot after torrential rain and thunderstorms deluged the area.There was early confusion about the number of people missing, partly because of two cars left in the area.But all have now been accounted for and emergency services have ended their operation in the area.Four teenagers were among those rescued after being swept away.The DCS spokesman told AAP they managed to reach an area of dry land but were surrounded by water.&quote;A large and sudden storm came through which has dumped a lot of water and they&quote;ve been caught by surprise by the flow of the water from the storms,&quote; the DCS spokesman said earlier in the day.It remains unclear how the others who needed rescuing were helped to safety, the DCS said.&quote;They will all have their own stories to tell about what happened to them,&quote; the DCS spokesman added.Police said 10 people were winched to safety, including four children, but their mother had died.&quote;There&quote;s 13 missing people - a sad fact that one of the people lost their life today, a woman,&quote; Senior Sergeant John Hamry told ABC Television.&quote;She&quote;s been located just down from the falls.&quote;Meanwhile, a 14-year-old boy drowned when the car in which he was travelling tried to cross Black Duck Creek at Junction View, south of Toowoomba, on Saturday night.The boy and two other people managed to get out of a car after it was swept off the roadway, but the boy was washed away in the floodwaters.

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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Bolivia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 29, 2010: &quote;Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared a state of emergency in areas of the country, as heavy rains and floods affect some 24,000 families.The worst-hit areas are La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Beni. The flood...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_12&amp;country=Bolivia&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></dfo:country>
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				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Beni]]></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>1/27/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/5/2010</dfo:ended>
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				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
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				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 29, 2010: &quote;Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared a state of emergency in areas of the country, as heavy rains and floods affect some 24,000 families.The worst-hit areas are La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Beni. The flooding is expected to get worse as more rain is forecast. Rivers have broken their banks and overflowed. There have been mudslides. Meanwhile rescuers in Peru renewed efforts to evacuate tourists trapped near the Inca site of Machu Picchu.]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in New Zealand</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 1, 2010: &quote;Dozens of people near Gisborne remain isolated as torrential rain over the weekend buckled a bridge and cut off several roads around the region.The heavy rain turned a creek into a raging torrent, driving the water a third of the ...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_11&amp;country=New%20Zealand&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></dfo:country>
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				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Central North Island]]></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>1/29/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>2/2/2010</dfo:ended>
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				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
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				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 1, 2010: &quote;Dozens of people near Gisborne remain isolated as torrential rain over the weekend buckled a bridge and cut off several roads around the region.The heavy rain turned a creek into a raging torrent, driving the water a third of the way up a century-old wool shed.Rob Telfer has not seen his farm since Friday but says pasture at Waipaoa Station is buried under a metre of silt and boulders.&quote;(I) can&quote;t believe it, I got a report over the phone but did not expect this ... (I&quote;m) trying to get my head around what happened really,&quote; Telfer says.The heavy flow of water gushed down the Waipaoa River with such force it damaged the only bridge over it, cutting off the Waipaoa Station near Te Karaka from the outside world.Waipaoa Station training manager Lawrence Burkin says the main issue was the debris that had built up over the bridge.&quote;At its peak yesterday the water was right up at the decking of the bridge,&quote; he says.About 20 residents around the station are now stuck on the wrong side of a bridge, many without phone lines or clean water.Locals used to think the steel and concrete bridge was a bit over the top because what usually runs underneath it is a narrow stream that is usually knee-deep.Telfer says the priority is to get the stranded people sorted out and to get the water on. &quote;We&quote;ve got stock that need it as well.&quote;Thousands of hours of work is now required to prevent further damage. Telfer says the river has cut into the hill and changed course.&quote;We&quote;re now going to have to have that diverted pretty quick or that whole hill will come down,&quote; he says.The only way the farmers can get in and out of the area at the moment is using a four-wheel drive. They say water levels rose up to three metres within 20 minutes, spilling a sea of mud through farmland, farm buildings and houses.Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon says weather bombs are unpredictable and the clean-up bill will be in the tens of thousands of dollars.The Napier-Taupo road re-opened late on Monday morning after the heavy rain caused massive slips - some narrowly missing cars trying to drive through.Back in Gisborne, the council says things have improved with the clean-up underway and the sun shining. February 1, 2010:]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>178.13</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-37.82</dfo:latitude>
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				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Peru</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[February 2, 2010:  "Residents of Lucre, one of the areas affected by the floods in Cusco, demanded more help from the government, since many of them have now no place to live, reports Enlace Nacional.During a quick visit, Minister of Women and Social Deve...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_8&amp;country=Peru&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_8</guid>
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				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
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				<dfo:oid>3609</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3597</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>8</dfo:ID>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Peru]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Machu Picchu,Aguas Calientes,towns, Cusco, Huancavelica, Apurimac and Puno regions]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/25/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/30/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>6</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>20</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>135300</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.21</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[February 2, 2010:  "Residents of Lucre, one of the areas affected by the floods in Cusco, demanded more help from the government, since many of them have now no place to live, reports Enlace Nacional.During a quick visit, Minister of Women and Social Development Nidia Vilchez talked to some of the affected residents. Some help has arrived, but according to some local people, it is not enough, since many little towns like Lucre live entirely on agriculture, and now after the floods and mudslides, its residents they have lost everything they had. President Alan Garcia visited Cusco a few days ago, and he said that there were only 5,000 hectares of crops affected by the floods, and that these farmers would be benefitted by the agrarian insurance" January 30, 2010: "The number of people killed in heavy flooding over the past several days in southern Peru has risen to 20, local officials say.They say that at least five more people are missing and almost 40,000 others have been affected. On Friday, officials airlifted the last of nearly 4,000 tourists stranded near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. The tourists became trapped after floods and landslides destroyed road and rail links to the famous site. Peru's Cuzco region in the Andes is the worst-hit. Lucre - a village situated next to a river with the same name - was all but washed away earlier this week, the BBC's Dan Collyns reports from the region. "Someone heard the noise and before we could even get out of our beds the water was flowing over them. Terrified, all seven of us rean in different directions trying to escape," she adds. Many local residents are now trying to salvage what they can from their destroyed houses. After the impressive airlift from Machu Picchu, bringing aid to hundreds of villages spread over a wide area will pose a far greater challenge, our correspondent says. Other regions such as Puno, Ayacucho and Huancavelica were also hit hard by the torrential rains. January 28, 2010: "A New Zealander stuck among hundreds of tourists in flood-ravaged Machu Picchu has been filling sandbags with the locals while her mates help out in a makeshift medical tent as evacuations continue.Veronica Peat is one of 29 New Zealanders understood to be trapped in or around the area surrounding Machu Picchu after flooding and mud slides on Monday killed at least seven people and trapped at least 2000 tourists.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) said local authorities had advised them about 800 people were evacuated yesterday and estimate the same number should leave the area today depending on the weather.Ms Peat has been mucking in with the locals, who have been told they cannot leave the area unless pregnant or they have medical conditions."The group that I am with has been helping out the locals making sandbags and the like, and they have been really grateful for any help that they receive, providing food and water for the people who help out," wrote Ms Peat in an email to the Herald."Any tourists who have medical training are putting in shifts in the medical tent that they have set up."Ms Peat said locals who had tried to walk out of the township told her railway lines had been washed out.The Peruvian Army was involved in the evacuation of the area and "things seem to be happening faster" although their efforts had been hampered by the weather."The latest update we received was that all the people over 60 had been evacuated today - as well as the majority of the women and children."I have not felt scared at any stage, we understand that there are a lot of people in Peru a lot worse off than us at this stage and we know that we will be out in the next couple of days."Ashton Lines-Sherwood from Auckland told the Herald he had been stuck in Aguas Calientes - the closest access point to Machu Picchu - for six days.He said a normally sedate river next to the township was out of control and could now be "compared to Huka Falls in New Zealand".Mr Lines-Sherwood was critical of local rescue efforts: "The newspapers and news around South America are saying that they [Peruvian authorities] are providing 11 helicopters to get us out of here in two days - this is bullshit. We have been stuck here for six days, the last two days have seen three helicopters."Cusco, Peru's main touristic destination, is currently drawing international attention due to the large number of stranded tourists; but other Peru regions such as Huancavelica, Apurimac and Puno are currently experiencing extremely heavy rainfalls too, that are causing severe large-scale damages. January 27, 2010: " Huancavelica and Apurimac are Peru's regions with the highest extreme poverty rates, so the impact of these climatic events on their population and infrastructure is likely to be worse and to last longer. 
Only in Apurimac, more than 4,000 families have been affected by the rainfalls, and several sections of the Abancay-Cusco route have been literally swept away by the rivers surge, reported Apurimac's Regional President, David Salazar. In Huancavelica, some 30 mudslides have cut four spots of the Huancayo-Huancavelica railway, blocking the transit, and the situation in Yauyo, Acoria and Anta districts is getting critical. As for Puno, authorities of San Antonio de Putina province are also asking to be included in the state of emergency, since more than 6,000 hectares are flooded, as well as 10 public schools; reportedly, several bridges would also be about to collapse anytime.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-72.94</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-12.99</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
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				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in South Africa</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 28, 2010: "Torrential rains and floods in the North West and Gauteng provinces of South Africa have caused disruption, government bodies said earlier today.The Greater Taung Local Municipality said a disaster area was declared, after 150 homes wer...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
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  				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_10</guid>
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				<dfo:oid>3611</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3599</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>10</dfo:ID>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[South Africa]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[North West and Gauteng provinces]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/27/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/29/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>1400</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>87780</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.42</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 28, 2010: "Torrential rains and floods in the North West and Gauteng provinces of South Africa have caused disruption, government bodies said earlier today.The Greater Taung Local Municipality said a disaster area was declared, after 150 homes were affected and one person was confirmed dead from flooding.Residents were warned to keep away from bridges and rivers, and to drive carefully in the inclement weather. Water Affairs spokesperson Mava Scott commented that "people in the low lying areas should be alerted."The Vaal Dam, meanwhile, was at 105% full, after six sluice gates were opened. Three more are expected to be opened soon, according to the South African Press Association. The Bloemhof Dam in North West province is 112% full, with flood gates having been opened there earlier today.Officials encouraged people to remove their boats and pumps, as water flow would not be predictable. "It will also be rather dangerous for people to go too near to the river's embankments during this time," Superintendent Eugene Opperman noted.Meanwhile, roads to places such as Manokwane, Lokaleng, Khibitswane, Mokgareng, and Pudimoe, were also inundated with water. 800 mine workers from East Rand Mines were evacuated as well.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>28.7</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-24.75</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Mozambique</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 27, 2010: "Torrential rain has brought misery to much of Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola, inundating poor and low lying neighbourhoods.According to a source in the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (ING...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_9&amp;country=Mozambique&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
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				<dfo:oid>3608</dfo:oid>
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				<dfo:ID>9</dfo:ID>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Maputo, Maputo River]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/25/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/28/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>3</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>72700</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.463</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 27, 2010: "Torrential rain has brought misery to much of Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola, inundating poor and low lying neighbourhoods.According to a source in the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGC), contacted by AIM late Wednesday morning, about 100 millimetres of rain fell in Maputo in the previous ten hours.Poor neighbourhoods are regularly swamped by storms that bring less than 50 millimetres of rain. The INGC has responded by sending emergency teams into the Maputo suburbs, reporting back by radio every 15 minutes.Water invaded many homes, as their residents slept. Frantically, people tried to throw up barricades to divert the waters, or resorted to buckets to remove the water from their bedrooms.Thanks to Maputo's woefully inadequate drainage system, the main roads in the city have become rivers, and driving along them is hazardous. The drainage channels along the road leading to the airport have been unable to cope with such heavy rain, and have overflowed, so that the road is under several centimetres of water.25th September Avenue, the main thoroughfare running through the lowest part of the city, near the port, is completely flooded, and the shops lining the avenue have been inundated.
Although, by midday, the intensity of the rain had lessened considerably, it was still falling, and the National Meteorology Institute (INAM) warned that there is a 50 per chance that it will continue raining through Wednesday night.So far it is not clear whether the same level of rain has fallen in rural parts of Maputo province. If so, then it would clearly threaten flooding on the Incomati, Umbeluzi and Maputo rivers.Indeed, the National Water Board warned on Tuesday that the Maputo river was approaching flood alert level, and advised people living nearby to remove pumps or other equipment from its banks, and not to try crossing the swollen river. January 22, 2010: The ongoing heavy-rains spell, believed to be another bout of El-Nino, seems to have this time spared the shores of Lake Balangida in Hanang District.The previous El-Nino spell in 1998 wrecked havoc on residential homes surrounding the lake in the Basotu and Katesh wards of Hanang, causing a mass exodus of people and leading to the total closure of Basotu secondary school.The local ward representative and community worker, Mama Rose Kamili stated: "It is surprising this time there have been no floods along the lake, despite the fact that rains are falling in torrents here like in many other parts of the country."In Katesh, the lake has remained calm as of late, with people busy harvesting soda ash, whose caked slates can be seen in a number of sacks dotting the shorelines.Mama Kamili, the area representative through the ruling CCM party, lives near the lake and a few months ago reported that people in the vicinity had started to vacate the areas near Lake Balangida after the Meteorological Department warned of imminent heavy rains that would affect the Nation.Located at the foot of Mount Hanang, Lake Balangida is a lifeline to more than 1000 fishermen and close to 5000 fish mongers and traders, with some coming from as far as Songea in Southern Tanzania and Mwanza around Lake Victoria shores]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>31.65</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-25.59</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Tanzania]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Brazil</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 28, 2010: "ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil (AFP) – Rescue teams scoured ravines and hillsides searching for survivors of landslides that have killed 72 people in the past days as hopes dimmed with each passing hour.Searchers found four bodies on Monday in ...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_7&amp;country=Brazil&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Brazil]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Angra dos Reis,Ilha Grande island,Sao Paulo state,Rio de Janeiro]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/10/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/28/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>19</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>72</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>6000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>55640</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.2</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 28, 2010: "ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil (AFP) – Rescue teams scoured ravines and hillsides searching for survivors of landslides that have killed 72 people in the past days as hopes dimmed with each passing hour.Searchers found four bodies on Monday in Angra dos Reis, a beach city 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Rio de Janeiro and firefighters said they thought more bodies could still be found."One of the bodies was that of a baby who was not on the list of the missing. This baby was probably with adults who also were buried," said Pedro Machado, a civil defense official.Some Angra inhabitants began evacuating their homes Monday by order of the authorities. "There's an imminent danger of new landslides," Mayor Tuca Jordao told reporters.Authorities declined to provide an estimate of how many people were abandoning their homes, but they said Sunday that around 500 houses in high-risk areas of the city had been condemned or declared out of bounds."I can't think about anything else. I can barely give thanks for being alive. The walls of the home we built with so much sacrifice are already developing cracks," Carmen Maia Reis, 35, told reporters after emptying her house of belongings.Her house, like many others, will be torn down, but police have stepped up patrols of the condemned buildings to prevent looting.Angra overlooks Ilha Grande island, where 29 people were killed in Friday's landslides, including 28 in a luxury hotel nestled at the foot of a jungle-covered hill.Some 40 guests were staying at the Hotel Sankay, which catered to Brazilian and foreign tourists seeking a remote beachside hideaway. It was not immediately known if foreigners were among the dead.Under blue skies and a hot summer sun, about 200 rescue workers and sniffer dogs on Monday were searching tonnes of mud and rocks that swept everything out to sea.Angra dos Reis was hit by devastating floods in 2002 when 40 people were killed and rescue operations lasted three months. January 27, 2010:  Brazilian officials say heavy rains have filled two dams to capacity in Sao Paulo state, threatening 12 soaked cities with more flooding.More than 100 people have been killed by mudslides and floods triggered by downpours across southeastern Brazil since Jan. 1.Heaviest hit have been Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo states.An official who oversees dams in Sao Paulo state told the Agencia Estado news agency Wednesday that at least 6,000 people need to be evacuated.Helio Castro said two dams in the state can no longer hold water.While there is no sign they are in danger of bursting, any more rain will flow into already full rivers and worsen the flooding]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-44.07</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-22.98</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in USA</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 22, 2010: "The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage. In Arizona, flooding swept through small t...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_6&amp;country=USA&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_6</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_6</asgard:ID>
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				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3607</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3595</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>6</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Coastal California, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana, Arizona]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/18/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/22/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>5</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>3</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>104000</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.892</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 22, 2010: "The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage. In Arizona, flooding swept through small towns, caused a train derailment and closed major interstates. Snow collapsed roofs in the northern part of the state. Meanwhile, searchers looked for a 6-year-old boy swept away late Thursday in a flood.Searchers spent Friday looking for the boy, who was caught in rising waters near, about 70 miles north of Phoenix. Dwight D'Evelyn, a Yavapai County sheriff's spokesman, said the boy was presumed dead.Three others died in vehicle accidents this week — two on Interstate 40 east of Flagstaff and one in Phoenix — as a series of storms moved through the state. At least two people were killed by trees toppled by high winds in California in recent days.In Southern California, hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return home Friday as a week of lightning, vicious downpours and tornadoes dissipated into occasional thunderstorms. Still tens of thousands of people remained without power throughout the state.Flood control channels remained swollen and swift despite the drop in rainfall. In one dramatic rescue Friday afternoon, a dog was hoisted from the Los Angeles River by helicopter after trying to scramble up the steep concrete sides for more than an hour.The storms pushed through California and into Arizona on Monday dumping more than 4 1/2 feet of snow in the Flagstaff area, 2 inches of rain in Phoenix, 3 inches of rain in Yuma and 5 inches of rain in Sedona.Southern Arizona saw wind gusts of up to 80 mph, and the mountains received between 2 and 5 feet of snow, forecasters said."This was a high-impact event," said Brian Klimowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Flagstaff. "It was a storm that impacted all of Arizona with flooding and very heavy snow, certainly ranking in the top five of all-time snow or rain events for the state."No reprieve was in sight from relentless Pacific storms that flooded streets, spawned at least a few tornados, and left a trail of damage in southern California, as authorities warned residents of foothill communities to prepare for huge mud flows. With predictions for more showers Friday, the supersaturated ground threatened to send damaging debris downhill. Authorities said an extensive flood-control system was working, but many of the basins designed to catch debris-laden runoff from fire-scarred mountains were full and evacuations remained necessary. They insisted that residents of endangered homes should obey evacuation orders. "It's not safe to say that we're out of the clear just yet," Gail Farber, the Los Angeles County Public Works director. Justin Ross whooped and hollered while he dug his shovel furiously into the 3-foot deep mud that was quickly rising beside his parents' house in the La Canada Flintridge foothills north of downtown Los Angeles. Ross, 23, stopped only to dip his fingers in the muck and wiped a streak across each cheek, as water the color of chocolate milk poured down the steep slope. "I put on the war paint and started screaming a sort of war whoop. It was a combination of exhaustion and exhilaration," he said during a break between squalls Thursday afternoon. "I feel like I've been shoveling for four days straight because I have." The siege of Pacific storms has led to several deaths statewide, flooded urban areas and turned the region's often-dry river and creek channels into raging torrents. A young man was pulled from a rushing river in Orange County on Thursday, but rescuers couldn't confirm his report that a companion got swept away following a fruitless search.  January 20, 2010: "Torrential rain and strong winds pummeled California for a fourth consecutive day Thursday as officials warned of flash floods and mudslides in areas ravaged by last year's wildfires]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-121.52</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>37.42</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Mexico]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Egypt</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 21, 2010: "Three more Egyptians died in flooding in the southern Sinai Desert on Wednesday, bringing the toll for three days of unseasonably heavy rains to 10, said a health official.The arid region is unused to heavy rains which cause flash flood...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_5&amp;country=Egypt&amp;location=EGY&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000012-EGY</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_5</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_5</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>28.08</geo:lat><geo:long>31.09</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>28.08 31.09</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2010-000012-EGY</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3606</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3594</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>5</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000012-EGY]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Egypt]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Southern Sinai, Hurghada, and Aswan Governorate.]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/18/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/19/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>10</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>4000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>226100</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.831</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 21, 2010: "Three more Egyptians died in flooding in the southern Sinai Desert on Wednesday, bringing the toll for three days of unseasonably heavy rains to 10, said a health official.The arid region is unused to heavy rains which cause flash floods that can destroy homes and carry off livestock.Bedouins angry that the government was downplaying the magnitude of their losses clashed with security forces in South Sinai and injured a senior police officer and two of his men, said Mohammed Fayez, the head of the emergency medical unit in the province.The Bedouins, who have long had uneasy relations with authorities, burnt car tires, blocked a main road and set fire to a truck, maintaining that the government was underreporting their losses and not sending sufficient aid.". January 20, 2010: "Heavy rain and flooding has forced hundreds of people from their homes in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza authorities. About 115 homes were damaged and the sewage system was reported to be overflowing. A witness in Gaza who works for a local NGO told IRIN that over 100 families had been made homeless, but warned the number might rise if the rain continued. Some experts told IRIN Gaza's poor infrastructure is unable to cope, and there was a risk that sewage mixed with floodwater could cause communicable and water-borne diseases. The Israeli government has so far not commented on allegations that Israel opened dams in Gaza valley, exacerbating flooding in the Strip. January 19, 2010: "A second day of heavy rains and flooding in Egypt's Sinai Desert killed a woman and destroyed hundreds of homes, raising the toll for two days of storms to seven dead, the government said. Spokesman Magdy Rady said Tuesday a woman died and 12 people injured in southern Sinai and 250 homes were damaged. Six people, including a British tourist, were killed Monday in Egypt during the storms. One person died in Israel when her car was trapped in a flash flood. Egypt's state news agency said all 75 patients at the El-Arish general hospital in the Sinai had to be evacuated when the first floor was flooded. Some 300 families were also displaced. In the southern city of Aswan, floods and strong winds disrupted power in several neighbourhoods. "At least six people were killed and hundreds displaced by rain-induced flooding on 18 January in the Sinai Peninsula, the Red Sea port of Hurghada and Aswan Governorate, southern Egypt, according to local officials and media reports.Rare torrential rains across the Middle East swept away homes, marooned resort towns and killed seven people Monday, including a British tourist, in what officials are calling the worst flooding in at least a decade." The flooding along Egypt's Red Sea coast, the border with Israel and in the south left six people dead. It also damaged the roads leading to the resorts in the Sinai desert and brought down telephone and power lines. Israel temporarily closed its southern border crossings with Egypt and Jordan, while Jordanians were warned off the streets after nearly a dozen accidents in one area. Rains of this magnitude, which began Sunday night, are rare in this largely arid region and where heavy precipitation can result in sudden and deadly flash floods. A British tourist sailing down the Nile near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan died when his sail boat capsized in the heavy winds and sudden rain. The victim's wife and two companions, a Canadian and an Indian, survived, according Maj. Gen. al-Shafei Hassan, chief of criminal investigation in the southern city of Aswan. The heavy rains also washed away a dozen mud brick homes in southern Egypt and killed two women there. Scores of families in Aboul-Rish village in Aswan slept overnight outdoors after their homes were destroyed. In the famed monument city of Luxor, just to the north, the bad weather caused power failures in several neighborhoods and disrupted Nile cruises, sailboat and ferry schedules. In neighboring Israel, a woman drowned when her car was caught in a flash flood in the south, where stormy weather also blocked the main road to the Red Sea resort of Eilat. A bridge also collapsed near a cargo crossing between Egypt and Israel. Flooding wiped out large sections of a major road in Egypt's south Sinai and destroyed two dozen homes in Ras Sudr, according to Mohammed Fayez, the head of emergency services. The heavy rains also killed one woman, left 14 missing and damaged the roof of Sharm el-Sheik's old airport, he said. President Hosni Mubarak flew to Sharm el-Sheik and inspected the damage. Egypt's Middle East News agency reported that Mubarak ordered compensation be paid to the victims of the floods and he advised against the building of traditional mud brick homes. Witnesses in Taba, another tourist resort across the border from Israel, said the churning waters swept the sand on the beaches out to sea. In northern Sinai, officials at the provincial operation room dealing with the crisis said the flooding destroyed over 100 homes and many village huts. Mohammed al-Kiki, a local government official, said a flash flood overcame a dam and a man was killed near the border with Israel. Finally in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, a 24-year-old Egyptian woman drowned when flooding swept her off a main road, according to the state news agency."]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>31.09</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>28.08</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Israel]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Jordan]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Panama</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 12, 2010: About 15,000 people remain isolated due to floods caused by pouring rains in Panama, the National System of Civil Protection (Sinaproc) said Tuesday. Highways and roads in Bocas del Toro bordering with Costa Rica were flooded as Sixaola ...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_3&amp;country=Panama&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_3</guid>
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  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
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				<dfo:oid>3605</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3592</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>3</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Panama]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Vergaguas and Colo]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/11/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/13/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>1000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>23340</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.845</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 12, 2010: About 15,000 people remain isolated due to floods caused by pouring rains in Panama, the National System of Civil Protection (Sinaproc) said Tuesday. Highways and roads in Bocas del Toro bordering with Costa Rica were flooded as Sixaola River roared. Many communities in the province were made isolated, the Sinaproc said. Meanwhile, Luz Graciela Calzadilla, a meteorologist at the Electric Transmission Company, said that the effects of the cold front in Costa Rica would continue over the next 18 to 24 hours in Panama. On Monday, the Panamanian authorities issued a green (preventive) alert in the provinces of Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Vergaguas and Colon, asking the inhabitants to be cautious. In November last year, Panama's Darien province on the border with Colombia was hit by pouring rain, causing the rivers of Chunchunaque, Chico, Tupisa and Turqueza to overflow and making some 700 Panamanian families in the province threatened by hunger.According to the latest reports over 3800 hectares of land are under water and 350 houses are flooded]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-82.64</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>9.11</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Albania</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 11, 2010: Much of eastern Europe is experiencing some of its worst flooding in decades. In Albania, a combination of heavy snow followed by equally heavy rain has caused rivers to burst their banks.The authorities have been forced to discharge wat...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_2&amp;country=Albania&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_2</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
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				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
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				<dfo:oid>3603</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3591</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>2</dfo:ID>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Albania]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Northwest Albania, central Croatia, parts of Bosnia]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/4/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/13/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>10</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>1500</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>7601</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.056</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 11, 2010: Much of eastern Europe is experiencing some of its worst flooding in decades. In Albania, a combination of heavy snow followed by equally heavy rain has caused rivers to burst their banks.The authorities have been forced to discharge water from three hydro-electric power stations after danger levels were reached.Hardest-hit is Albania’s northwest where EU countries have sent boats, pumps and food to help out while 700 Albanian troops have been called up to organise an evacuation of thousands of people trapped in their homes from rising flood waters.The situation is also critical in other parts of the Adriatic hinterland. Central Croatia and parts of Bosnia are struggling where it has been raining for days with little sign of a change in the weather.An artificial lake in Croatia’s Kosinj valley has overflowed and, in some areas, water levels were reported to be rising by eight centimetres an hour.
Local residents are on standby to be evacuated while, nearby, electricity had to be cut off to about 150 homes due to the threat of electric shocks. And, in Bosnia, the situation is worst in the central and southern parts of the country where the impact of torrential rain and flooding is being described as a catastrophe.Some residents are hoping to sit it out, refusing to leave their flooded homes for fear of what might become of their possessions.
 January 6, 2010: "Tirana - Albania is facing a potential catastrophe after days of heavy rain which have left hundreds of houses flooded in the northwestern areas, Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Wednesday. 'We are in a real emergency situation and a potential catastrophe,' Berisha told reporters in Tirana after an emergency government meeting to discuss urgent evacuation of flooded areas. 'The rain is falling for 10 days. It is our duty to prevent catastrophe, so these areas have to be evacuated,' he said adding that the army is completing evacuation plans. Earlier media reports indicated that a number of villagers from Shkodra area refused to leave their homes fearing they would loose their possessions, and authorities threatening they will be evacuated by force. 'The loss of even one life would be a heavy burden for the country. It is more courageous to find a way to overcome this situations with wisdom,' Berisa said calling the inhabitants of flooded villages to evacuate. 

According to the latest reports over 3800 hectares of land are under water and 350 houses are flooded]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>149.06</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-30.95</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Croatia]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Bosnia]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4><![CDATA[Montenegro]]></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Australia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 13, 2010: "Two brothers who jumped into a flooded Northern Territory river were missing last night as floodwaters swept through central Australia, stranding motorists and giving Alice Springs residents the rare treat of seeing the Todd River flow....]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_1&amp;country=Australia&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_1</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
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				<dfo:oid>3600</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3590</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>1</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Australia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[SE Australia, Queensland's Central West, central New South Wales]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/1/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/13/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>13</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>1000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain, Tropical Cyclone Laurence]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>301400</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.769</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 13, 2010: "Two brothers who jumped into a flooded Northern Territory river were missing last night as floodwaters swept through central Australia, stranding motorists and giving Alice Springs residents the rare treat of seeing the Todd River flow. Territory police yesterday feared for the wellbeing of the brothers, aged 24 and 32, after a relative saw them being swept down the Sandover River at Atheleye Station, about 220km northeast of Alice Springs, on Saturday.January 11, 2010: An outback Queensland town cut off by floods is expected to be isolated for at least 10 days, with floodwater due to peak on Tuesday. Windorah, about 300 kilometres southwest of Longreach, has been cut off since Friday.Cooper Creek has broken its banks and the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said it was expected to peak at 6.8 metres on Tuesday.Beck Brunner from the Windorah Information Centre said nothing could get into the township by road."Every road into the town is flooded," she said."Food and the post are being boated across the creek."There have been no calls for help to the State Emergency Service, with Ms Brunner saying the locals were prepared for the worst."We get flooded like this pretty much this time every year, and we get warnings so we can get stocked up before it happens."Heavy rain during the past few weeks has swollen rivers across Queensland's central west.In the first 11 days of January, more than 350 millimetres has fallen across Windorah, Longreach and Isisford.Major flood warnings are current for the Bulloo, Thomson, Barcoo, Paroo and Georgina rivers, but the worst appears to be over for most of the region.The BoM said major flooding along the Thomson River, between Longreach and Jundah, is expected to continue for the next few days but waters were receding.At 3pm Monday (AEST), the river level at Jundah was 6m and falling.Further south, on the Barcoo River, moderate to major flooding was expected to continue between Isisford and Retreat for several days.At 3pm Monday, the river level at Retreat was about 8.3m and falling.There were no reports of damage or roads being cut off.Meanwhile, further north in Cloncurry, the Cloncurry River was continuing to rise and at 9am on Monday it was recorded at 4.5m.Floodwater from the Cloncurry and Flinders rivers will extend downstream to Walkers Bend by the weekend, and flood levels may exceed the level of the Flinders River bridge. January 6, 2010: "Towns along six flood-swollen rivers in Queensland's central west are battening down as the outback deluge continues. The Landsborough, Thomson, Barcoo, Paroo and Bulloo rivers, as well as Cooper Creek, are on flood alert.However, the Bureau of Meteorology said that any flooding was not at this stage expected to damage homes, although roads would be cut.Hydrologist Jess Carey said the Barcoo River was causing the most concern."It is peaking downstream from Glenlock, and will peak at Retreat on Wednesday night," Mr Carey told AAP.At 6am (AEST), the flood level at Retreat was 8.3 metres and rising.Meanwhile, the Paroo River is expected to peak at Hungerford, near the New South Wales border, tomorrow. The bureau said the river level was 1.7m at 6.30am (AEST), and could rise to the major flood level of 2m.The Thomson River was forecast to swell again at Longreach after peaking in the town on Sunday night. Heavy rainfalls over the past week at Muttaburra, north of the town, were flowing through.At 8am today (AEST), the river was 3.39m on the manual gauge, 1.2m above the old Thomson River Bridge. The river was expected to reach 5.2m, the same level as on Sunday.The floodwaters from the Thomson and Paroo Rivers will flow downstream to Cooper Creek and converge at Windorah on Monday. The township will bear the brunt of the floods, with major flooding expected to exceed 6.5m.Mr Carey said roads could be cut off."It should just be more traffic disruptions rather than residential inundation," January 4, 2010: "More than 1,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in southeastern Australia Sunday as the worst floodwaters to hit the area in a decade threatened to swamp a remote farming town, officials said.Residents of Coonamble, in central New South Wales, were ordered to leave their homes as the local river threatened to burst its banks, after days of punishing rain unleashed by ex-tropical cyclone Laurence"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>149.06</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-30.95</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Bolivia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 20, 2010: "Más de 11 mil familias fueron afectadas por los fenómenos naturales registrados en los últimos meses en el departamento de Cochabamba, en el centro del país.La zona del trópico ha sufrido fuertes riadas que provocaron inundaciones donde...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2010sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2010_4&amp;country=Bolivia&amp;location=BOL&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000008-BOL</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2010_4</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2010_4</asgard:ID>
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				<glide:number>FL-2010-000008-BOL</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3604</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3593</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>4</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000008-BOL]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Chapare, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Tarija, La Paz, Pando and Beni]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>1/1/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/13/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>13</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>5</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>4500</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>102200</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.123</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 20, 2010: "Más de 11 mil familias fueron afectadas por los fenómenos naturales registrados en los últimos meses en el departamento de Cochabamba, en el centro del país.La zona del trópico ha sufrido fuertes riadas que provocaron inundaciones donde 7.080 familias fueron afectadas. En el Valle bajo y en el Valle Alto, cuatro mil familias están damnificadas, declaró el responsable de la Unidad de Gestión de Riesgos, Fernando Fernández.La Prefectura (Gobernación) de Cochabamba y Defensa Civil, tiene definido un plan de emergencia para brindar inmediato apoyo humanitario a los afectados. January 13, 2010: "Two people, a father and his son, went missing in the central Bolivian region of Chapare in a flood caused by the heavy rains that are falling all across the country, the director de the Defense Ministry’s emergency management office, Gen. Rafael Uria, said on Saturday.Uria said that emergency services are looking for the two people who fell three days ago from a boat into the water and who will remain on the list of missing persons as long as their bodies are not found to confirm their deaths.According to the official, if they are found dead, this would be the second case of fatalities from the rains in Bolivia, after three women, two adults and a little girl, died on Dec. 26 when they fell in a river in the western Andean province of Potosi.The tropical area of Chapare has been hit hardest by overflowing rivers, and the municipalities there have declared a red alert, while the rest of Bolivia is on orange alert,” Gen. Uria added. In recent weeks, the rains affected 5,500 families across the country, of whom 2,200 are in Chapare, according to a report by the civil defense agency.January 11, 2010: "Heavy rains reported nationwide and attributed to the El Ni?o phenomenon has caused major floods in 6 departments: Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Tarija, La Paz, Pando and Beni. 3 deaths have been reported, 2 people remain missing and a total of 4,500 families have been affected. The National Council for Disaster Reduction and Response (CONRADE) has activated the municipal and departmental Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). The Ministry of Health and Sports (MSD) is coordinating field missions and response operations jointly with the Departmental Health Services (SEDES) in the affected regions. According to the latest reports over 3800 hectares of land are under water and 350 houses are flooded]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-63.6</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-17.83</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Kenya</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 10, 2010: "Heavy rains between the end of December and beginning of January in northern, central and western Kenya have caused massive flooding affecting approximately 30,000 people. According to the United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA) 21 pe...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_158&amp;country=Kenya&amp;location=KEN&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2010-000003-KEN</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
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				<georss:point>42.79 12.75</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2010-000003-KEN</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3601</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3589</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>158</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2010-000003-KEN]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Kenya]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Turkana East, Rarieda, Nairobi, Kajiado North, Narok, Rachuonyo, East Pokot, Mogotio, North Rift  (Turkana East district, East and West Pokot districts, Kenya-Ethiopia-Sudan  roads cut.]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>12/21/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/13/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>24</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>21</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>30000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>176700</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.627</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 10, 2010: "Heavy rains between the end of December and beginning of January in northern, central and western Kenya have caused massive flooding affecting approximately 30,000 people. According to the United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA) 21 people have been confirmed dead by the Kenya Red Cross. OCHA says the hardest hit district is Turkana in Northern Kenya, where some 20,000 persons were affected, and 10,000 have been left without shelter.OCHA spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs says it's a rainy season but the rains are unusually heavy and are also affecting internally displaced people (IDPs) living in camps."The river banks burst creating this flooding of many villages of these three parts of Kenya. Regarding the Naivasha camps in the centre where you have over 5,000 IDPs which are living under tents, there is a need to improve the situation of misery in which those people in the camps right now."OCHA is concerned that the floods would lead to a fresh outbreak of cholera. It says there is an urgent need for water purification tablets and the Kenyan Red Cross needs additional stocks of anti-cholera medicines.January 8, 2010: "At least 30,000 Kenyans are in urgent need of shelter, water, food and healthcare after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding, forcing thousands to leave their homes. Roads and bridges have been either destroyed or severely damaged, cutting off villagers and leaving them without food or safe water, putting them at risk of cholera and other waterborne diseases. The Kenyan Red Cross  has begun trucking non-food items to Turkana and Nakuru: blankets, jerry cans, mosquito nets, kitchen sets, soap and water treatment tablets. The situation is very serious and has the potential of becoming an environmental disaster. In some areas roads were completely washed away, and according to the National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC), the number of deaths is recorded at 21 people. The area most badly affected by the floods is the North Rift Valley region.In one district, Turkana East, five people died, five bridges were destroyed, many farms and households were damaged, while hundreds of head of livestock perished. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief of emergency, told IRIN: “We are concerned about recurrences of watery diarrhoea and cholera in Lokori, East Turkana. The area already faced an unprecedented outbreak in the month of December and the situation could worsen now.” According to local residents,  the roads to Baragoi in Samburu and Kargi in Marsabit, in Eastern Province, are inaccessible. Hundreds of children in Marsabit were still at home and had not reported to school as roads were closed."January 6, 2010: "The head of Kenya's Red Cross Society says at least 21 people have drowned in floods that have washed over parts of Kenya in the past two weeks.Abbas Gullet says up to 30 000 people need tents, mosquito nets, water purifying tablets and other aid. He says that number may rise because heavy rains are expected through the end of January.The Kenya Red Cross Society is worried it will not be able to deliver aid because the flooding has destroyed some roads.Floods are not common this time of year in Kenya. Meteorologists have blamed the unusual heavy rains on El Nino. El Nino is a periodic warming of the water in the tropical Pacific Ocean accompanied by changes in air pressure and winds that can affect weather worldwide." January 5, 2010: "The humanitarian crisis caused by floods ravaging the country were laid bare Tuesday after the Kenya Red Cross released figures showing that 21 people had died and thousands of families displaced countrywide.Non-Food Items like blankets, kitchen sets, bar soap among others worth Sh30 million were dispatched by the charity to assist over 6,000 families in the South and North Rift Regions.Mr Abbas Gullet, KRCS secretary general, said that the situation on the ground required urgent attention before the rains caused more havoc."...He further appealed to individuals, the government and organisations to donate aid to that would replenish the charity's stock of Sh30 million worth of relief aid."We are not certain the extent of the damage that is likely to be caused but we anticipate to manage the situation better with more supplies," A total of 70,000 residents countrywide are estimated to be at risk with the Red Cross stepping in to assist the 30,000 individuals who were said to be in dire need of emergency aid in the two regions.Each family is expected to receive a kit containing two blankets, two-litre jerricans, two mosquito nets, a kitchen set and bar soap.Chlorine tablets will also be distributed to avert the possibility of the outbreak of water-borne diseases due to the compromised hygiene standards in the flooded areas.According to KRCS, most of the affected and displaced population by the floods were communities that were still experiencing famine due to the prolonged drought.The impact of the drought is estimated to have affected 3.8 million people in pastoral and agricultural areas.The meteorological department projects that the rains could continue till the end of the month thus calling for urgent measures to avert more disasters through safe evacuation of residents at risk.According to the KRCS analysis titled Floods in Kenya 2009/2010 Action and Appeal, Turkana East and Rarieda reported the highest number of deaths of five people each while Nairobi and Kajiado North had four and three deaths respectively.Narok, Rachuonyo, East Pokot and Mogotio also registered one death each though the number could have been higher due to unconfirmed deaths in remote parts of the country.In the North Rift, five people died in Turkana East district and a further 20,000 people displaced when over 6,600 homes were destroyed.East Pokot district also bore the brunt of the freak floods when river Nginyang burst its banks forcing Chemolingot residents to move to higher grounds whereas another 160 households in Kongelai were affected in West Pokot district. The Kenya-Ethiopia-Sudan roads were cut off by the disaster forcing travellers to halt the journeys until the rains subsided. In Kajiado, three children were reportedly swept away by the heavy rains and displaced 75 families.In Western Province, latrines at Miruka Primary school were destroyed after the institution was marooned by floods.An estimated population of 180 people are reported to have been affected in Makindu with at least 20 households' farms washed away leaving residents with no livelihood."We are working closely with the government and concerned ministries to ascertain the extent of damage and number of people affected ," Mr Gullet said.So far, Non-Food Items have been distributed to 730 households in Mogotio, Naivasha Narok and Marigat with another batch of 700 kits dispatched to Turkana ,he added." January 5, 2010: "Heavy flooding across Kenya has killed at least 34 people, police said Tuesday, raising the previous death toll of 22. Bodies of 12 people swept away by the raging waters were recovered in a region recently devastated by a severe drought, said Francis Munyambu, the police chief of the Rift Valley province. "There are more people who have been found dead in different areas after they were washed away by the floods. Most rivers are swollen and people cannot cross," Munyambu said. Torrential rains have deluged several parts of the country since Christmas, sweeping away houses, destroying crops and livestock, and displacing at least 20,000 people. "We have been trying to help move people out of the affected areas but accessing the areas is difficult. Most bridges have been cut off," he said."]]></dfo:notes>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Brazil</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 5, 2010: "Rescue teams scoured ravines and hillsides searching for survivors of landslides that have killed 72 people in the past days as hopes dimmed with each passing hour. Searchers found four bodies on Monday in Angra dos Reis, a beach city 15...]]></description>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Brazil]]></dfo:country>
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				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[SE Brazil,Rio Grande do Sul, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro]]></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>1/1/2010</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>1/10/2010</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>10</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
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				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 5, 2010: "Rescue teams scoured ravines and hillsides searching for survivors of landslides that have killed 72 people in the past days as hopes dimmed with each passing hour. Searchers found four bodies on Monday in Angra dos Reis, a beach city 150 kilometres south of Rio de Janeiro and fire-fighters said they thought more bodies could still be found. ....Authorities declined to provide an estimate of how many people were abandoning their homes, but they said on Sunday that around 500 houses in high-risk areas of the city had been condemned or declared out of bounds. ...Angra overlooks Ilha Grande island, where 29 people were killed in Friday's landslides, including 28 in a luxury hotel nestled at the foot of a jungle-covered hill. ..Some 40 guests were staying at the Hotel Sankay, which catered to Brazilian and foreign tourists seeking a remote beachside hideaway. It was not immediately known if foreigners were among the dead. Under blue skies and a hot summer sun, about 200 rescue workers and sniffer dogs on Monday were searching tonnes of mud and rocks that swept everything out to sea. Angra dos Reis was hit by devastating floods in 2002 when 40 people were killed and rescue operations lasted three months."The death toll rose to 75 Sunday on Brazil's southeast coast after three days of torrential rains unleashed a series of deadly mudslides, an emergency official said. January 4, 2010: "Dozens of people were killed when a large part of a mountain collapsed as mud Friday, sliding into the upscale Sankay Inn resort in Angra dos Reis, two hours west of Rio de Janeiro. More than 3 inches of rain has accumulated in Rio's western regions since the end of last week, according to Geo-Rio, the state official weather forecast center. Brazilian forecasters are predicting more rain to come in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.Angra dos Reis is a popular destination for wealthy vacationers and celebrities, many of whom were spending New Year's in the resort town. According to local reports, the 24-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy was among the vacationers in the area this week. Pierre Sarkozy, 24, was staying at the home of Ivo Pitanguy, a top Brazilian plastic surgeon and a family friend, the reports said.The town is also home to one of Brazil's major nuclear plants -- the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto complex, managed by Electronuclear. Officials at the power plant denied reports they would shut down operations due to safety concerns raised by local officials."" January 5, 2010: "BRASILIA, Brazil - A bridge in southern Brazil has given way to floodwaters while 20 people were still on it.Civil defence authorities in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul say at least 12 people are missing after a bridge over the River Jacui near the town of Agudo was swept away.Flooding and mudslides in southeastern Brazil have killed more than 80 people in recent days, including at least 50 who died in a New Year's Day mudslide in the resort city of Angra dos Reis.In Rio Grande do Sul, flooding from heavy rains have forced 1,000 people from their homes, and officials have closed more than a dozen highways because of high waters.]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Australia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 28, 2009: "Some rural properties in New South Wales' central west have been cut off by flooding, as heavy rain continues to drench much of the state.Most farmers in the region were well prepared, he said, having stocked food supplies for up to a ...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
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  				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Australia]]></dfo:country>
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				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[New South Wales]]></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>12/25/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/28/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 28, 2009: "Some rural properties in New South Wales' central west have been cut off by flooding, as heavy rain continues to drench much of the state.Most farmers in the region were well prepared, he said, having stocked food supplies for up to a month.Torrential rain has also swamped Sydney's suburbs, while severe thunderstorms are tipped to cause flash flooding in the Hunter and the north west plains regions.In the three hours to 9am on Monday, 37mm of rain fell in the north-west Sydney suburbs of North Rocks and Baulkham Hills, while 28mm was recorded at Mona Vale, on Sydney's northern beaches, the Bureau of Meteorology said.It's forced a partial road closure at the Pacific Highway at Gordon near Mona Vale Road and at Turramurra, also on the north shore, flooding has closed the southbound lanes of the Pacific Highway near Warrangi Street.Parts of the northern rivers, mid-north coast, central tablelands, north west slopes, central west slopes, central west plains and upper western districts are also likely to be affected by flooding, the bureau says. Lismore, Newcastle, Gosford and Walgett are likely to be affected.Flooding is also expected at Murwillumbah on the state’s far north coast later today, with the Tweed River expected to reach a peak of three metres at about 6pm.The SES is warning people not to take out boats in floodwaters or swim in them and is advising people to keep clear of creeks and storm drains and not walk, ride bicycles or drive through floodwaters.At Pipeclay, about 45 kilometres west of Port Macquarie, an elderly man was rescued on Sunday night when his vehicle became stuck on a flooded causeway.Doug Batten, mayor of Gilgandra in the central west, said the rain was great news for farmers. "Two hundred millimetres since Christmas Day." he told Fairfax Radio Network. "This year we had the offer of a good harvest but we just missed out on some vital rain in August. This sort of rain and this sort of ground moisture will give us a good start moving into 2010."]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Tanzania</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[January 7, 2010: Passenger train services on the Central Line will now be operated between Dodoma and Mwanza/Kigoma, the government announced yesterday.The decision follows extensive damage to the line, particularly in Morogoro Region, caused by floods.In...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
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				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Dodoma and Morogoro regions]]></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>12/25/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/27/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:magnitude>5.7</dfo:magnitude>
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				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[January 7, 2010: Passenger train services on the Central Line will now be operated between Dodoma and Mwanza/Kigoma, the government announced yesterday.The decision follows extensive damage to the line, particularly in Morogoro Region, caused by floods.Infrastructure Development permanent secretary Omar Chambo said floods had rendered the Kilosa and Munisagala stations in Kilosa District inoperable.Mr Chambo made the announcement after inspecting a railway bridge, which was swept away in Kilosa District. The bridge carried the Central Line across River Mkondoa, which burst its banks following heavy rains lasting several days.He said the floods had destroyed three more bridges elsewhere, adding that the line had been damaged at 16 spots along the 293km stretch between Dar es Salaam and Kilosa."The damage in all these places is severe, and major repairs are needed to normalise the situation," Mr Chambo said.About Sh4 billion is needed to repair the line, according to initial estimates, and the ministry has sent experts to assess the damage.Mr Chambo said the biggest task the experts and Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL) technicians were facing was restoring the natural course of River Mkondoa to allow the reconstruction of the destroyed bridge.This is the second time the Dar es Salaam-Dodoma section of the Central Line has been closed.The defunct Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) closed it for more than a year in 2006 before it was reopened in October 2007 by TRL, which took over TRC's operations three years ago.Passengers travelling between Dar es Salaam and the upcountry destinations of Mwanza and Kigoma had to make Dar es Salaam-Dodoma part of the journey by bus due to the closure.The TRL management has been grappling with liquidity problems and frequent strikes since taking over the running of the struggling railway firm.Mr Chambo also inspected the Morogoro-Kilosa road, which has been closed temporarily after floods rendered it impassable.The worst affected section is near Kimamba Township, where a bridge has been swept away, and several kilometres of the road flooded.Mr Chambo said waiting for the floodwaters to recede was the only option for both the government and people using the road."We can't do anything at the moment because the entire area, including the road, is under water. We should wait for water levels to recede before repairs can begin."Mr Chambo said a study had established the need for the road to be raised in the flood-prone area to make it passable at all times.He added, however, that the government was giving priority to repairs so that the road could be reopened as soon as possible.Meanwhile, over 400 people sleep in the open in Kilosa District due to lack of space in camps set up for people displaced by floods.A local government leader, Mr Zidadu Masanza, said 477 people were sleeping under trees because the camps were "full to the brim""We have no accommodation and as a result, men and a few children sleep in the open in biting cold,"he said.Most of those affected are from Mkondoa Village where dozens of houses have been destroyed by floodwaters that were several feet deep in some places.Mr Masanza said the number of tents provided so far was not enough, adding that displaced people were arriving at the camps in significant numbers daily."Apart from tents, these people need other forms of relief such as food, bednets and medicines," he said.A total of 609 people, including 315 children, have been displaced by floodwaters that gushed through villages after River Mkondoa burst its banks last week.The relief coordinator at a camp in Kisiki Ward, Mr Mganga Msakuzi, said the floods had displaced 56 families in the area, adding that 70 people were sleeping in the open for lack of tents.
Mr Msakuzi said criminals were taking advantage of the situation to steal from victims at night, and appealed for security in camps to be stepped up
January 5, 2010: "The TMA said northern coastal regions like Dar es Salaam, Tanga as well as Zanzibar and Pemba islands would get normal to above normal rains, as will areas around Mount Kilimanjaro.The current Pacific build-up looks like a mild version of El Ni-o which has in the past devastated the globe, according to the United Nations weather agency.The TMA warning has come at a time when thousands of people in the country have been displaced by flash floods which have hit their districts.The most affected is Kilosa District in Morogoro Region where three people have died and more than 23,000 people have been displaced after their houses were either destroyed or surrounded by flood waters.The floods have also hit Kongwa District in Dodoma Region, parts of Ruvuma Region and Same District in Kilimanjaro Region.The Government, Red Cross Society and other organisations as well as individuals, including the MP for Kilosa, Mr Mustafa Mkulo, have been pouring in assistance to the victims, most of whom have been left without a roof over their heads.The Prime Minister's office had dispatched 42 tonnes of maize, and two trucks full of 1,000 blankets, 1,000 tents, rice, bed nets and milk for the flood victims in Kilosa.The Government has been forced to step up efforts to evict people from dangerous areas as some have been reluctant to leave their houses, despite the danger of being swept by the floods.The Morogoro regional commissioner, Mr Issa Machibya, announced that a decision was reached to temporarily turn all ward secondary schools into relief centres to accommodate and assist the victims.He had told our reporter in Kilosa that the regional administration had dispatched some assistance to the flood victims" December 28, 2009: "Heavy rains that pounded Dodoma and Morogoro regions during Christmas holidays left thousands of people homeless.The rains began on Christmas Day, and continued well into Boxing Day, bringing misery to hundreds of families in Kongwa and Kilosa districts in Dodoma and Morogoro regions, respectively.Thousands of people were forced to seek shelter elsewhere after their house were either swept away or flooded after a downpour lasting several hours.Flooding in Kongwa killed at least one person, whose body was found floating in a swollen river on Saturday. The body had not been identified by midday yesterday.District officials yesterday confirmed that 14 houses had been washed away in one village alone.Kongwa District Commissioner Lembris Kipuyo said at least 12 families had been given temporary shelter by the district administration after their house were either destroyed or badly damaged in the downpour.He said the decision to evacuate the residents was reached during an emergency meeting of the district disaster committee."These people had no roofs over their heads after their houses were either washed away or damaged to the extent of being uninhabitable they have been offered temporary shelter elsewhere,"he said.Mr Kipuyo said large areas were under water, and the belongings of those who fled their homes could be seen floating on the floodwaters.The district disaster committee in collaboration with Red Cross Tanzania had since Saturday been busy providing the evacuees with relief supplies, including food and mosquito nets."We have also supplied them with anti-malaria drugs and water treatment chemicals to prevent an outbreak of malaria and water-borne diseases," Mr Kipuyo said.In Kilosa, over 10 houses were swept away and at least 500 others flooded by a relentless downpour.The situation worsened after the swollen River Mkondo burst its banks, causing torrents of water to gush into human settlements.Kilosa District Council executive officer Ephraim Kalimalwendo said roads and other infrastructures were likely to suffer major damage as a result of the floods.He said the level of River Mkondo had risen by almost a metre due to heavy rains in catchment areas in Dodoma Region, adding that the situation was likely to get worse before it got any better.Mr Kalimalwendo said, however, that there were no reports of loss of life, adding that his office was working to establish the extent of the damage.Meanwhile, people displaced by the floods appealed for humanitarian assistance from the government.They also called for the speedy construction of the proposed Kidete Dam to prevent flooding in the area.Mr Kalimalwendo said district authorities were finalising plans to award a tender for the construction of the dam. The project was initiated by area MP Mustafa Mkulo, who is also the Finance and Economic Affairs minister.Morogoro Regional Commissioner Issa Machibya visited the victims and consoled them. He said the government would work closely with local authorities to extend assistance where necessary."We have already been in touch with the Tanzania People's Defence Forces, who have agreed to supply tents to those whose houses have been destroyed. The Red Cross will also assist in the humanitarian effort," he said.Early last week, flash floods swept several bridges and culverts along the Babati-Arusha highway, paralysing transport.For nearly 36 hours from Tuesday midnight the road was rendered impassable to motorised traffic.It was not until around 11am on Wednesday that all types of vehicles were cleared to move on after restoration of the road network by the Chinese engineers constructing the Minjingu-Babati portion of the highway.At Mawe Maro, the entire lowland was flooded following torrential rains. At Matufa the road stretch was covered by mud, sand and debris from the adjacent hills.According to the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), Babati station registered 50mm of rain on Tuesday, the highest recorded in the country for the day.The rains paralysed transport between Arusha and Babati as well as to the central and Lake Zone regions.Buses heading to Arusha on Wednesday from Manyara, Dodoma, Singida and western regions could not make it to the tourist town until midnight or early Thursday
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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Italy</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 27, 2009: ROME, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Continued heavy rainfall worsened the situation in central Italy after a flood hit the area, leaving more than 500 people homeless, local media reported Saturday. In the last six days, Italy has been struck by ...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_156&amp;country=Italy&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Italy]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Central Italy]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>12/21/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/27/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>7</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:displaced>500</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>40930</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.457</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 27, 2009: ROME, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Continued heavy rainfall worsened the situation in central Italy after a flood hit the area, leaving more than 500 people homeless, local media reported Saturday. In the last six days, Italy has been struck by heavy rains and a sharp fall in temperature. There have been no victims so far but infrastructure in many areas is completely cut off. The most damaged regions are Tuscany and Liguria, where road and railway connections have been interrupted by mudslides and water. Several flooded areas are still without gas and electricity. In the northern Emilia Romagna region, almost 550 mm of rain have fallen in the past several days, accounting for 40 percent of average annual precipitation. Infrastructure Minister Altero Matteoli on Saturday pledged to file an application for national state of emergency at the next cabinet meeting. Hundreds of firemen, civil defense workers and volunteers were trying to limit the impact of the flooding near the Tuscan towns of Lucca and Pisa, clearing debris and mud on the roads. The northern city of Venice was also hit by the heavy rains, registering a dangerous rise in sea levels."]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:latitude>42.79</dfo:latitude>
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				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Morocco</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 25, 2009: "Rabat - Heavy rainfall in Morocco struck large swathes of the country, triggering flash floods that took the lives of five people, local media reported Friday. A family of three were killed in the holiday resort of Agadir, when their c...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_154&amp;country=Morocco&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>12/25/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/26/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:displaced>25</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
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				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:sqkm>157500</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.498</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 25, 2009: "Rabat - Heavy rainfall in Morocco struck large swathes of the country, triggering flash floods that took the lives of five people, local media reported Friday. A family of three were killed in the holiday resort of Agadir, when their car was swept away by flood waters. A Spanish woman drowned when the vehicle she was travelling in was caught in floods in the the Chichaoua region between Essaouira and Marrakesh. Her Moroccan husband and child were both rescued. Near Taza in the country's north-east, a young woman died trying to swim across a flooded valley. In Casablanca and Marrakesh, more than a dozen people were injured when their homes were demolished by floods, and entire neighbourhoods in the towns of Tangiers and Tetouan in the country's north also found themselves underwater"]]></dfo:notes>
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				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
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				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Peru</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 21, 2009: "Flood,Peru: Heavy rains in Huancavelica and Junin departments have caused damages in houses, buildings, roads, bridges and crop fields. More than 150 affected in total.]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_152&amp;country=Peru&amp;location=PER&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2009-000261-PER</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
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				<glide:number>FL-2009-000261-PER</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3592</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3583</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>152</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2009-000261-PER]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Peru]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Huancavelica and Junin departments]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>12/20/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/21/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
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				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>172600</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.538</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 21, 2009: "Flood,Peru: Heavy rains in Huancavelica and Junin departments have caused damages in houses, buildings, roads, bridges and crop fields. More than 150 affected in total.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-75.01</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-11.82</dfo:latitude>
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				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
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				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Orange flood alert in Sri Lanka</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 21, 2009: "Thousands of people in eastern Sri Lanka have been marooned by flash floods which also left several roadways impassable, relief officials said here Friday. According to the national co-ordinator of the Disaster Managament Center, 28,64...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_151&amp;country=Sri%20Lanka&amp;location=LKA&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=FF-2009-000260-LKA</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Ampara and Batticaloa districts in the Eastern Province]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>12/14/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/16/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:displaced>300000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>15650</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.671</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 21, 2009: "Thousands of people in eastern Sri Lanka have been marooned by flash floods which also left several roadways impassable, relief officials said here Friday. According to the national co-ordinator of the Disaster Managament Center, 28,640 families in the Batticaloa and Ampara districts had been affected. The two districts have suffered continuous torrential rains since last Wednesday with over 100 milimeters of rains having been recorded in Ampara.December 15, 2009: "At least three people were killed and more than 300,000 were displaced in flash floods in eastern Sri Lanka, the government said Pradeep Kodippily, assistant director of the Disaster Management Centre, told reporters that 302,835 people were displaced and more than 83,000 families were affected in the floods.Ampara and Batticaloa districts in the Eastern Province were the worst affected, Xinhua reported.Kodippily said heavy rains lashed the districts on Monday and Tuesday and the deaths were caused by lightning and the collapse of a wall.The government has opened eight relief camps to house the displaced people"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>81.27</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>8.02</dfo:latitude>
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				<dfo:alertscore>2</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Orange]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Fiji</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 21, 2009: "A FARMING family of Serea in Naitasiri lost 30 cows and the floodwaters brought on by Cyclone Mick damaged all their household items on Monday.Taito Rokobiau and his family fled 200 metres to seek shelter in another house up the hill.H...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_150&amp;country=Fiji&amp;location=FJI&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=TC-2009-000258-FJI</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_150</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>-17.75</geo:lat><geo:long>177.92</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>-17.75 177.92</georss:point>
				<glide:number>TC-2009-000258-FJI</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3594</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3581</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>150</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[TC-2009-000258-FJI]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Fiji]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Viti Levu]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>12/14/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/15/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>3</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>700</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Mick]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>315000</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.799</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 21, 2009: "A FARMING family of Serea in Naitasiri lost 30 cows and the floodwaters brought on by Cyclone Mick damaged all their household items on Monday.Taito Rokobiau and his family fled 200 metres to seek shelter in another house up the hill.He said his family was still coming to terms with the loss they had incurred.And if that was not enough, thousands of matured dalo plants were also destroyed by strong winds and floodwaters."We are at a great loss. We have lost everything we worked hard for," Mr Rokobiau said."This is one of the biggest floods we have seen since Cyclone Kina and it has destroyed everything we had," he said.Mr Rokobiau now has only 20 cows left.Most of his milking cows were washed away in floodwaters together with calves and have not been found since."The water came in really fast from the Wainimala (River) and we thought the Monasavu dam had broken so it was really late for us to round up the animals," Mr Rokobiau said.Their household items, he said were washed away from inside their home as floodwaters forced the door open. December 15, 2009: "Tropical Cyclone,Fiji: At least three people were believed dead after Cyclone Mick swept over Fiji's main island of Viti Levu, causing widespread flooding and damage, police said. Up to 700 people spent Monday night in evacuation centres due to flooding in low-lying areas"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>177.92</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-17.75</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in United States</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 15, 2009: "Streets flooded, schools closed and at least one emergency shelter opened for people whose homes took on water as heavy rains pounded southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday, setting a monthly rainfall record at Louis Armstrong New Orleans I...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_149&amp;country=United%20States&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_149</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_149</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>32.46</geo:lat><geo:long>-86.48</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>32.46 -86.48</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3595</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3580</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>149</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[United States]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Southeast U.S.; Louisiana, Misssissippi, Alabama, Florida]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>12/12/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/15/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>114600</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.661</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 15, 2009: "Streets flooded, schools closed and at least one emergency shelter opened for people whose homes took on water as heavy rains pounded southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday, setting a monthly rainfall record at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, the airport in suburban New Orleans had received 22.26 inches of rain for the month. State climatologist Barry Keim at Lousiana State University said that's the heaviest monthly rainfall recorded at the airport, where records have been kept since 1946. And it was within striking distance of the monthly record for the New Orleans metropolitan area, 25.11 inches, set in October 1937."That number's going to go way up," said Ken Graham, of the National Weather Service in Slidell.Heavy rains were still hitting the area at midday and weren't expected to end until the afternoon. Another storm was expected Thursday.Days of heavy rain have saturated the ground, contributing to the latest flood problems, Keim said.Standing water slowed morning commutes into New Orleans. Workers had to place sandbags along low-lying parts of busy Airline Highway.In Lafourche Parish, southwest of New Orleans, there were isolated reports of homes flooding in Raceland, Bayou Blue and north Thibodaux, Brennan Matherne of the parish government office said. Parish officials opened an emergency shelter at the Raceland Recreation Center for anyone needing to evacuate.In St. Charles Parish, where public schools were closed Tuesday"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-86.48</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>32.46</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Uruguay</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 8, 2009: "BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has been hit by severe floods for the second time in less than a week. Local media report that six people have died in mudslides caused by heavy rain.The floods paralyzed much of the...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_146&amp;country=Uruguay&amp;location=ARG&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2009-000248-URY,FL-2009-000254-ARG</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_146</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_146</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>-31.26</geo:lat><geo:long>-56.48</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>-31.26 -56.48</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2009-000248-URY</glide:number>
<glide:number>FL-2009-000254-ARG</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3589</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3577</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>146</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2009-000248-URY,FL-2009-000254-ARG]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Uruguay]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Northern provinces of Salto, Artigas and Cerro Largo]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>11/21/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/8/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>18</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>12</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>22000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>43490</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.069</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 8, 2009: "BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has been hit by severe floods for the second time in less than a week. Local media report that six people have died in mudslides caused by heavy rain.The floods paralyzed much of the city and stranded motorists on two major highways swamped with water after rivers overflowed. Many people couldn't make it to work because of the high water.The G1 Web site of Brazil's Globo TV reported Tuesday that six people died when their ramshackle homes were swept away by mudslides - including four children.A spokeswoman for Sao Paulo's civil defense department declined to confirm the deaths, saying information was still being gathered from hard-hit areas. She spoke on condition of anonymity because of policy" November 25, 2009: "According to the National Meteorological Service, since 23 November 2009, the provinces of Chaco, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Santa Fe and Misiones have been affected by heavy rain and floods. The communities at risk are those in low level areas due to their proximity to the overflowed Parana river, Uruguay river and the Salado del Sur basin.... Officials say flooding from heavy rains has killed 12 people in three South American nations and forced more than 20,000 to flee their homes.Most of the dead are in southern Brazil - including eight in Rio Grande do Sul, according to the state's Civil Defense Department.Sustained stormy weather has saturated the region and caused the river between Uruguay and Argentina to overflow its banks.Government agencies report that 10,000 people have been evacuated in Brazil, along with 8,000 in northeastern Argentina and 4,000 in Uruguay.November 24, 2009: "One person died and more than 1,000 others were evacuated due to the flooding caused by the heavy rains that pounded northern and central Uruguay over the weekend and are expected to continue through midweek.The  were the areas most affected by the torrential rains, a national emergency management office spokesman told Efe, adding that 1,020 people were evacuated.A man was swept away over the weekend in Salto while crossing a bridge over a swollen stream, provincial coast guard spokesmen told Efe.Searchers are still looking for the man, but the time that has passed since his disappearance “makes us presume that he died,” the officials said.The heavy rains made the reservoir at the Salto Grande dam reach its limit, forcing officials to begin releasing water in the next few hours, dam manager Enrique Topolansky told Carve radio.The torrential downpours caused flooding in Paysandu, Durazno, Soriano, Treinta y Tres, Rivera, Tacuarembo and Colonia provinces, forcing people from their homes, the national emergency management office spokesman said.The weather service is forecasting heavy rains until Wednesday, prompting officials to maintain an alert." "Flood,Uruguay: Floods triggered by heavy rains in central and northern Uruguay have led to the evacuation of more than 1,500 people."


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				<dfo:longitude>-56.48</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-31.26</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Brazil]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Argentina]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in United Kingdom</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[-1.68]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_142&amp;country=United%20Kingdom&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
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  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
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				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
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				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3585</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3573</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>142</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>11/19/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>12/5/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>17</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>106600</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.559</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes>-1.68</dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>54</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude></dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Ireland]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Malaysia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[November 24, 2009: KUALA TERENGGANU: The second wave of the floods is getting worse as more people are being evacuated.As at 9am yesterday, there were 9,062 evacuees compared to 5,641 people the day before.The victims are from Hulu Terengganu (1,737), Bes...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_147&amp;country=Malaysia&amp;location=MYS&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2009-000247-MYS</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_147</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_147</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>4.99</geo:lat><geo:long>102.36</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>4.99 102.36</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2009-000247-MYS</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3588</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3578</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>147</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2009-000247-MYS]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Hulu Terengganu,Besut, Setiu, Dungun, Marang, and Kemaman]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>11/21/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>11/27/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>7</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>9062</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>37560</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.419</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[November 24, 2009: KUALA TERENGGANU: The second wave of the floods is getting worse as more people are being evacuated.As at 9am yesterday, there were 9,062 evacuees compared to 5,641 people the day before.The victims are from Hulu Terengganu (1,737), Besut (1,094), Setiu (1,189), Dungun (2,029), Marang (1,376) and Kemaman (1,637).A Terengganu National Security Council spokesman told Bernama that 120 flood relief centres had been set up in the state so far.The floods have also affected several roads. Jalan Sungai Tong-Kuala Berang has been closed to all vehicles as it is under 0.6m to 1.2m of water since yesterday morning while Jalan Kuala Tereng- ganu-Bukit Besi, near Kampung Durian Kasim, is closed on one lane due to a landslide.Several other roads have either been closed to all traffic or opened to only light vehicles. Five such roads are in Hulu Terengganu, Marang (six), Setiu (four), Dungun (two) and five each in Besut and Kemaman.The state Drainage and Irrigation Department reported that the water level in most of the rivers had dropped slightly.The level at Sungai Besut in Kampung La, which exceeded the danger mark of 19.2m on Saturday, had receded to 18.7m at 9am yesterday.Sungai Nerus at Ibu Bekalan had also receded and was now at 97.95m, while at Kampung Lang- kap, the reading was 21.49m.The spokesman said the water level in certain areas of the Dungun and Marang rivers was still at the danger level.In Ipoh, 846 flood victims in the northern region of Perak are still staying at flood relief centres.Kerian district OCPD Supt Mat Fauzi Nayan said the victims, from 212 families, were being housed at SK Bagan Serai, SMK Bagan Serai, SK Matang Buloh and SJK (T) Simpang Lima" "Flood,Malaysia: More than 12,000 villagers have been evacuated from their homes in Malaysia as a second wave of floods ravaged the states of Kelantan and Terengganu amid heavy rain, according to state media"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>102.36</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>4.99</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in Saudi Arabia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[December 7, 2009: "Saudi Arabia's Shoura Council has urged all government departments to draw up strategic plans for dealing with all natural disasters in a bid to avoid a repeat of the recent Jeddah floods.The call came as the official death toll for the...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_148&amp;country=Saudi%20Arabia&amp;location=SAU&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=FL-2009-000251-SAU</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_148</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_148</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>21.24</geo:lat><geo:long>40.23</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>21.24 40.23</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FL-2009-000251-SAU</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3591</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3579</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>148</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2009-000251-SAU]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Western Saudi Arabia,  Jeddah]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>11/24/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>11/26/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>116</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>114600</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.536</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[December 7, 2009: "Saudi Arabia's Shoura Council has urged all government departments to draw up strategic plans for dealing with all natural disasters in a bid to avoid a repeat of the recent Jeddah floods.The call came as the official death toll for the tragedy reached 116, while another 47 people were still missing. November 29, 2009: "Saudi emergency services say the death toll from floods that tore through the port city of Jeddah this week has risen to 103 as more bodies were found. Torrents of water inundated the Red Sea port on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia saw some of its heaviest rainfall in years. Many people were drowned or were killed by collapsing bridges and in car crashes. To that authorities saved hundreds after floods hampered their movement. Newspapers have repeatedly reported on the poor condition of the sewerage infrastructure of the city" "The death toll from unusually heavy rains that hit western Saudi Arabia last week has reached 106, a Saudi official says.Rescue teams were looking for possible survivors from the downpours that caused heavy flooding in the coastal city of Jiddah, the main entry point for the millions of Muslims performing the annual hajj pilgrimage.The official spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media.The deaths have been blamed on flooding and collapsed homes and bridges in the port city.Sami Badawood, a health services spokesman in Jiddah, said in a statement that area hospitals have been equipped to deal with any possible outbreaks of diseases resulting from the flooding, such as dengue fever.Rare, heavy rainstorms soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling Islam's annual hajj as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. However, none of the flood casualties were pilgrims, officials said."]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>40.23</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>21.24</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>2</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Orange]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Turkey</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[November 22, 2009: "Four people have been killed following landslides and flooding in northern Turkey after torrential downpours.In Trabzon, dramatic amateur footage showed a house collapsing under the weight of a landslide. An eyewitness said its residen...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_144&amp;country=Turkey&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_144</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_144</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>40.83</geo:lat><geo:long>40.01</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>40.83 40.01</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3587</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3575</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>144</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Turkey]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>11/21/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>11/22/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>4</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>15630</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.494</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[November 22, 2009: "Four people have been killed following landslides and flooding in northern Turkey after torrential downpours.In Trabzon, dramatic amateur footage showed a house collapsing under the weight of a landslide. An eyewitness said its residents fled five minutes before it collapsed after he called to warn them of the danger.Falling rocks killed two people after they crushed a house and rescue workers were searching for others believed to trapped in the rubbleTwo others died in floods when a river burst its banks, washing away a road running along the river bank.Meanwhile in nearby Rize, heavy snowfalls closed roads.


.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>40.01</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>40.83</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Sri Lanka</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[Flash Flood,Sri Lanka: 60,000 people were left homeless in the capital Colombo and the suburbs. some of the roads in the capital were up to two metres (six feet) under water as storm systems were unable to cope with the deluge..


.]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_145&amp;country=Sri%20Lanka&amp;location=LKA&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FF-2009-000246-LKA</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_145</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_145</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>7.07</geo:lat><geo:long>79.94</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>7.07 79.94</georss:point>
				<glide:number>FF-2009-000246-LKA</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3590</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3576</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>145</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FF-2009-000246-LKA]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>11/21/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>11/22/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>60000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>919.9</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>3.264</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[Flash Flood,Sri Lanka: 60,000 people were left homeless in the capital Colombo and the suburbs. some of the roads in the capital were up to two metres (six feet) under water as storm systems were unable to cope with the deluge..


.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>79.94</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>7.07</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4>
				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Argentina</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[November 18, 2009: "BUENOS AIRES – Argentina is currently struggling with contrasting weather emergencies, with wide areas in the central and northwestern parts of the country suffering from drought and the northeast threatened by the rapidly rising Paran...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2009_141&amp;country=Argentina&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
				
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  				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_141</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_141</asgard:ID>
				<geo:Point><geo:lat>-32.99</geo:lat><geo:long>-59.05</geo:long></geo:Point>
				<georss:point>-32.99 -59.05</georss:point>
				<glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3586</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3572</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>141</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Argentina]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Argentina: Misiones, Santa Fe, Chaco, Corrientes and Entre Rios]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>11/14/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>11/22/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>9</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>1793</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>415000</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.572</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[November 18, 2009: "BUENOS AIRES – Argentina is currently struggling with contrasting weather emergencies, with wide areas in the central and northwestern parts of the country suffering from drought and the northeast threatened by the rapidly rising Parana River.With the heavy rains to the north in Brazil, the level of the Parana River has risen significantly, as high as 23 meters (75 feet) in the province of Misiones and 7 meters (23 feet) in the provinces of Santa Fe, Chaco, Corrientes and Entre Rios, according to the latest measurements released Friday.Because of flooding along the riverbanks, authorities have had to evacuate about a thousand people in Chaco and are preparing to do the same with another 2,000 in Santa Fe in the coming hours.Meanwhile in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza and Tucuman the situation grows more desperate from the lack of water following a prolonged drought.The tourist town of Villa Carlos Paz in Cordoba province has been forced to ration drinking water after declaring a “water emergency” due to the extremely low level of neighboring San Roque Lake, the city’s chief source of water.Cordoba authorities have also alerted locals to the high risk of forest fires because of the drought.In Mendoza, the lack of water has ranchers stymied by the almost insurmountable difficulties in fattening their cattle.In Tucuman, rivers and reservoirs are at less than 50 percent of their normal levels, which is causing problems for farmers in the province while the authorities ask people to use water rationally.In the province of Buenos Aires the most serious situation is in the city of Bahia Blanca, where because of low water pressure the local hospital has made a plea for tanker trucks to supply it with drinking water. EFE
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Singapore</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[November 20, 2009: "SINGAPORE: The big clean—up is underway on Friday in many areas across Singapore which were flooded due to the heavy rainfall on Thursday.Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim has said that work is ongoing to improve ...]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2009sum.htm</dfo:link>
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  				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<guid isPermaLink="false">2009_143</guid>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject>
				<asgard:ID>2009_143</asgard:ID>
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				<dfo:ID>143</dfo:ID>
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				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Singapore]]></dfo:country>
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				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
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				<dfo:began>11/19/2009</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>11/20/2009</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
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				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Torrential Rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
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				<dfo:magnitude>3.498</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[November 20, 2009: "SINGAPORE: The big clean—up is underway on Friday in many areas across Singapore which were flooded due to the heavy rainfall on Thursday.Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim has said that work is ongoing to improve the structure of the drains to cope better with such events. He said what happened on Thursday occurs only once every 50 years.The wet season, due to the northeast monsoon, could well spill over into January. Authorities here said they are planning to upgrade some facilities in phases.Dr Yaacob said: "I hope the public will have more patience with us because it will take us some time to enlarge those drains. But having said that, it is not possible for us to plan for every event.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>103.83</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>1.43</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore>1</dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel><![CDATA[Green]]></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
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				<dfo:alertsent>2/21/2010 1:41:20 AM</dfo:alertsent>
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