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		<title>Dartmouth Flood Observatory</title>
		<link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 7 Sep 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  			
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  				<title>Orange flood alert in Haiti</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[On Aug 27: "The death toll from Hurricane Gustav is up to 22 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Haiti's civil protection director Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste says mudslides and flooding have killed at least 14 people in Haiti, including a young girl who was swept off a bridge by floodwaters. In the neighboring Dominican Republic, eight people have died in a landslide" On Aug 28: "Overflowing rivers coursed through streets in parts of Holguin province in eastern Cuba on Wednesday and forced the evacuation of about 5,000 people as Tropical Storm Gustav unleashed the opening salvo of what is likely to be an increasingly powerful, four-day assault"]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_118&amp;country=Haiti&amp;location=DOM&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=TC-2008-000143-HTI,DOM</link>
  				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_118</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>18.871</geo:lat><geo:long>-71.976</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>TC-2008-000143-HTI</glide:number>
<glide:number>DOM</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3376</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3369</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>118</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[TC-2008-000143-HTI,DOM]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Haiti]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/26/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/28/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>137</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>5000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Gustav]]></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>33220</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.29955087849902</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[On Aug 27: "The death toll from Hurricane Gustav is up to 22 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Haiti's civil protection director Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste says mudslides and flooding have killed at least 14 people in Haiti, including a young girl who was swept off a bridge by floodwaters. In the neighboring Dominican Republic, eight people have died in a landslide" On Aug 28: "Overflowing rivers coursed through streets in parts of Holguin province in eastern Cuba on Wednesday and forced the evacuation of about 5,000 people as Tropical Storm Gustav unleashed the opening salvo of what is likely to be an increasingly powerful, four-day assault"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-71.976</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>18.871</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>9/5/2008 9:57:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Cuba]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
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  				<title>Green flood alert in Ethiopia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Flooding in Ethiopia's western Gambella region has killed three people, displaced thousands and destroyed crops...Flash floods following heavy rains for nearly a week have caused major rivers in Gambella to burst their banks, submerging residential areas and farmlands and forcing 18,000 people to be displaced"...So far we have reports of the deaths of three people including one child,". On Aug. 27:" Flash floods following torrential rains in Ethiopia's Gambella regional state have spread to four woredas [districts] and displaced thousands more people...The number of displaced people has reached 20,000," Four rivers have burst their banks in the region since heavy rains started a week ago...Akway said the number of displaced people had increased after two additional woredas, Abobo and Akobo, were flooded. The flash floods hit Lare and Itang woredas a week ago following three consecutive days of heavy rain, which caused the overflow of Jikaw and Nyandiere rivers in Lare and Pukong River in Itang.]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_116&amp;country=Ethiopia&amp;location=ETH&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FF-2008-000141-ETH</link>
  				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_116</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>7.585</geo:lat><geo:long>33.314</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FF-2008-000141-ETH</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3374</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3367</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>116</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FF-2008-000141-ETH]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/20/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/28/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>9</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>3</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>18000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy seasonal rains]]></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>69640</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.098</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Flooding in Ethiopia's western Gambella region has killed three people, displaced thousands and destroyed crops...Flash floods following heavy rains for nearly a week have caused major rivers in Gambella to burst their banks, submerging residential areas and farmlands and forcing 18,000 people to be displaced"...So far we have reports of the deaths of three people including one child,". On Aug. 27:" Flash floods following torrential rains in Ethiopia's Gambella regional state have spread to four woredas [districts] and displaced thousands more people...The number of displaced people has reached 20,000," Four rivers have burst their banks in the region since heavy rains started a week ago...Akway said the number of displaced people had increased after two additional woredas, Abobo and Akobo, were flooded. The flash floods hit Lare and Itang woredas a week ago following three consecutive days of heavy rain, which caused the overflow of Jikaw and Nyandiere rivers in Lare and Pukong River in Itang.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>33.314</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>7.585</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/28/2008 8:49:56 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
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  				<title>Green flood alert in USA</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[Rivers currently (August 25) at or above flood stage: St. Marks River at Newport (Wakulla County) ?? at record major flood stage. St. Mary??s River at Macclenny (Baker/Nassau County) ?? at major flood stage. St. Johns River near Geneva (Lake Harney/Volusia/Seminole) ?? at record major flood stage. Ochlockonee River near Havana (Gadsden/Leon Counties) ?? at major flood stage. ON Aug. 28: "-the (St Marys)  river that sets the border between Florida and Georgia is causing major problems. Gene Higginbotham's family has lived on the St. Marys River for six decades. They've never seen flooding this severe. "It dumped more water than any hurricane I've ever seen...Almost a week after Tropical Storm Fay made landfall, the St. Marys River is flooded well over its banks" "Rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay has boosted the level of Lake Lanier by more than 2 feet, while in southwest Georgia, a state of emergency has been declared for seven counties inundated by Fay??s heavy rain"." Why is the floodwater still around more than a week after the downpours from Tropical Storm Fay? The answer? Sheet flow. But what is it?You have this water moving trying to find its way to the Gulf of Mexico, it can't sink into the ground because its already saturated, so its just kind of meandering along, trying to find its way," said Susan Sanders, spokesperson for the local office of the South Florida Water Management District"]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_115&amp;country=USA&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_115</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>29.657</geo:lat><geo:long>-82.859</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3375</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3366</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>115</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Florida, Georgia]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/20/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/28/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>9</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>12</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>400</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Fay]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>98480</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.424</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[Rivers currently (August 25) at or above flood stage: St. Marks River at Newport (Wakulla County) ?? at record major flood stage. St. Mary??s River at Macclenny (Baker/Nassau County) ?? at major flood stage. St. Johns River near Geneva (Lake Harney/Volusia/Seminole) ?? at record major flood stage. Ochlockonee River near Havana (Gadsden/Leon Counties) ?? at major flood stage. ON Aug. 28: "-the (St Marys)  river that sets the border between Florida and Georgia is causing major problems. Gene Higginbotham's family has lived on the St. Marys River for six decades. They've never seen flooding this severe. "It dumped more water than any hurricane I've ever seen...Almost a week after Tropical Storm Fay made landfall, the St. Marys River is flooded well over its banks" "Rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay has boosted the level of Lake Lanier by more than 2 feet, while in southwest Georgia, a state of emergency has been declared for seven counties inundated by Fay??s heavy rain"." Why is the floodwater still around more than a week after the downpours from Tropical Storm Fay? The answer? Sheet flow. But what is it?You have this water moving trying to find its way to the Gulf of Mexico, it can't sink into the ground because its already saturated, so its just kind of meandering along, trying to find its way," said Susan Sanders, spokesperson for the local office of the South Florida Water Management District"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-82.859</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>29.657</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/28/2008 8:49:56 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
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  				<title>Red flood alert in Nepal</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[As of Monday evening (18th), over 25,000 locals left their homes for Inaruwa, Saptari and neighboring Indian villages....The buffer zone of the Koshi Wildlife Reserve is among the most affected by the erosion... Local roads in the villages turned into canals and many had to swim to safety in higher areas...Although 40 out of the total of 56 sluicegates at Saptakoshi barrage were opened, this failed to make any immediate difference.."floods have forced at least 70,000 people to flee their homes in northeast India and Nepal. Floodwaters have swamped 100 villages in Assam state, destroying homes and farmland and forcing 50,000 people to the safety of high ground." On august 25: "PATNA, India - Authorities struggled Monday to get aid to more than 1 million people stranded by floods in a north Indian state, with one local government leader describing the situation as a catastrophe. Air force helicopters and troops were trying to get food to people in the stricken areas of Bihar state that were inundated by flood waters last week after torrential rains caused the Kosi river in neighboring Nepal to burst its banks". On Aug 28: "some two million are displaced after the Kosi river breached its banks, changing course.]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_114&amp;country=Nepal&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Red&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Red</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>3</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Red</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_114</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>26.951</geo:lat><geo:long>84.923</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3372</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3365</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>114</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Nepal]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Eastern Nepal, Haripur, Sripur, Laukahi and western Kushaha villages in Sunsari  district'; northeast India, Assam, Bihar]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Saptakoshi River, Kosi River]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/17/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/28/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>12</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>74</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>2000000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy monsoon rains]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>163700</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.77</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[As of Monday evening (18th), over 25,000 locals left their homes for Inaruwa, Saptari and neighboring Indian villages....The buffer zone of the Koshi Wildlife Reserve is among the most affected by the erosion... Local roads in the villages turned into canals and many had to swim to safety in higher areas...Although 40 out of the total of 56 sluicegates at Saptakoshi barrage were opened, this failed to make any immediate difference.."floods have forced at least 70,000 people to flee their homes in northeast India and Nepal. Floodwaters have swamped 100 villages in Assam state, destroying homes and farmland and forcing 50,000 people to the safety of high ground." On august 25: "PATNA, India - Authorities struggled Monday to get aid to more than 1 million people stranded by floods in a north Indian state, with one local government leader describing the situation as a catastrophe. Air force helicopters and troops were trying to get food to people in the stricken areas of Bihar state that were inundated by flood waters last week after torrential rains caused the Kosi river in neighboring Nepal to burst its banks". On Aug 28: "some two million are displaced after the Kosi river breached its banks, changing course.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>84.923</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>26.951</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/28/2008 8:49:56 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[India]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
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  				<title>Orange flood alert in Chad</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[The United Nations said last week floods had uprooted an estimated 200,000 people across West Africa. Kingsley Amaning, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Chad, said in a statement on Saturday that 10,000 had lost their homes due to flooding in and around the southern town of Sahr. "Torrential rains have been hitting Sahr since late July, and have continued up to the present time"]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_117&amp;country=Chad&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_117</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat></geo:lat><geo:long></geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3373</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3368</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>117</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Chad]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/20/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/25/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>37</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>200000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause></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></dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude></dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[The United Nations said last week floods had uprooted an estimated 200,000 people across West Africa. Kingsley Amaning, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Chad, said in a statement on Saturday that 10,000 had lost their homes due to flooding in and around the southern town of Sahr. "Torrential rains have been hitting Sahr since late July, and have continued up to the present time"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude></dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude></dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified></dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in USA</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["Torrential rains flooded more than 400 homes in Starr County...More than 13 inches of rain fell in some parts of the county, forcing emergency officials to use boats to pluck people from their flooded homes....The impact of so much rain was compounded because the ground was still saturated from Hurricane Dolly..."It's really in a bad situation now," Falcon said. Emergency personnel were using any boat available to remove people from their homes. Two shelters were opened in the county at one point...The worst of the flooding was concentrated north of U.S. Highway 83 between Roma and Rio Grande City.... About 60 people were plucked from flooded homes and taken to a local community center."]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-114.01:27.49:-98.01:35.49&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-106.01&amp;EventY=31.49&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_113.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_113&amp;country=USA&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_113</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>31.49</geo:lat><geo:long>-106.01</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3367</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3364</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>113</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[South Texas; Texas border with Mexico]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/17/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/20/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</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>2</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>761</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>3.784</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["Torrential rains flooded more than 400 homes in Starr County...More than 13 inches of rain fell in some parts of the county, forcing emergency officials to use boats to pluck people from their flooded homes....The impact of so much rain was compounded because the ground was still saturated from Hurricane Dolly..."It's really in a bad situation now," Falcon said. Emergency personnel were using any boat available to remove people from their homes. Two shelters were opened in the county at one point...The worst of the flooding was concentrated north of U.S. Highway 83 between Roma and Rio Grande City.... About 60 people were plucked from flooded homes and taken to a local community center."]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-106.01</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>31.49</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/28/2008 8:49:56 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Mexico]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in Thailand</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[" 10000 rai of farmland damaged"..Thailand: "T he Mekong river has exceeded its highest recorded level of 12.38 metres in 1966, inundating homes and farmland from 9 August in the northern province of Chiang Rai all the way to the northeastern province of Nakhon Panom. Floods which, according to the Interior Ministry, are the worst in 100 years, have caused estimated damage of 223 million baht (US$66.5 million) thus far in Thailand".."In Thailand, some local residents and environmentalists told IRIN they suspected Chinese dams and the destruction of small Mekong river islands to clear passage for Chinese cargo ships had aggravated flooding in the region. They also blamed the Mekong River Commission (MRC) - set up in 1995 by the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to manage the Mekong river - for failure to warn people about the flooding. However, MRC issued a statement on 15 August saying the present situation was the result of abnormally high water runoff in the northern part of the Mekong basin following heavy rainfall caused by tropical storm Kammuri which pasted through 9-11 August. "In Vientiane, the capital of Laos, officials said the Mekong River had brought the worst flooding in memory, rising to nearly 15 metres above its lowest level in the dry season.The high water in Vientiane broke a record set in 1966 and overflowed a levee that was built after that flood."]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=95.66:13.31:111.66:21.31&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=103.66&amp;EventY=17.31&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_109.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_109&amp;country=Thailand&amp;location=LAO&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-000131-LAO</link>
  				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_109</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>17.31</geo:lat><geo:long>103.66</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-000131-LAO</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3371</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3360</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>109</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-000131-LAO]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Thailand]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Also Burma. Widespread flooding along Mekong floodplain. Vietiane]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Mekong, Kok rivers]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/11/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/20/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>10</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>130</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>4000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage>6650000</dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Kammuri; Heavy monsoon rains]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>219500</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.818</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[" 10000 rai of farmland damaged"..Thailand: "T he Mekong river has exceeded its highest recorded level of 12.38 metres in 1966, inundating homes and farmland from 9 August in the northern province of Chiang Rai all the way to the northeastern province of Nakhon Panom. Floods which, according to the Interior Ministry, are the worst in 100 years, have caused estimated damage of 223 million baht (US$66.5 million) thus far in Thailand".."In Thailand, some local residents and environmentalists told IRIN they suspected Chinese dams and the destruction of small Mekong river islands to clear passage for Chinese cargo ships had aggravated flooding in the region. They also blamed the Mekong River Commission (MRC) - set up in 1995 by the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to manage the Mekong river - for failure to warn people about the flooding. However, MRC issued a statement on 15 August saying the present situation was the result of abnormally high water runoff in the northern part of the Mekong basin following heavy rainfall caused by tropical storm Kammuri which pasted through 9-11 August. "In Vientiane, the capital of Laos, officials said the Mekong River had brought the worst flooding in memory, rising to nearly 15 metres above its lowest level in the dry season.The high water in Vientiane broke a record set in 1966 and overflowed a levee that was built after that flood."]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>103.66</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>17.31</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:19 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Laos]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in Pakistan</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[Pakistan:  62013 acres of farmland affected. India: ""Chandigarh: Food crops in over 65,000 acres of land are feared to have been damaged by heavy rains in Punjab in the past several days that has left fields flooded, according to reports from flood-hit areas. The damage has been caused mainly to paddy, maize and vegetables, according to a senior official of the Punjab Agriculture Department. ??Heavy rains have impacted almost 15-20 per cent of the vegetable crops grown in Punjab,? State Horticulture Director Baldev Singh said." As per the report prepared by the department, 15,000 acres of cultivated land each in Ropar and Kapurthala was affected, while 10,000 acres in Ferozepur, 11,500 acres in Tarn Taran, 5,000 acres in Gurdaspur, 5,000 acres in Moga, 3,000 acres in Jalandhar and 150 acres in Amritsar are submerged in water due to swollen rivers of Sutlej, Ravi and Ghaggar, causing breaches at several places in the State. Farm experts pointed out that there would be considerable damage to maize crop as it could not recover once the fields are flooded with water. However, they further said that paddy crop could recoup if the water level in the fields starts receding within 2-3 days. Punjab has brought an area of 26.70 lakh hectares under paddy cultivation and 1.70 lakh hectares under maize cultivation during this kharif season."" t is feared that 169.9 cubic metres per second could be released into the River Sutlej in India, triggering floods in Pakistan, if the forecasts from Pakistan's Flood Warning Centre in Lahore prove accurate"]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_108&amp;country=Pakistan&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sat, 9 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_108</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>30.74</geo:lat><geo:long>72.63</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3355</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3359</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>108</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Punjab Province]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/9/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/20/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>12</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>37</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>90752</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy monsoon rains]]></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>165900</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.6</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[Pakistan:  62013 acres of farmland affected. India: ""Chandigarh: Food crops in over 65,000 acres of land are feared to have been damaged by heavy rains in Punjab in the past several days that has left fields flooded, according to reports from flood-hit areas. The damage has been caused mainly to paddy, maize and vegetables, according to a senior official of the Punjab Agriculture Department. ??Heavy rains have impacted almost 15-20 per cent of the vegetable crops grown in Punjab,? State Horticulture Director Baldev Singh said." As per the report prepared by the department, 15,000 acres of cultivated land each in Ropar and Kapurthala was affected, while 10,000 acres in Ferozepur, 11,500 acres in Tarn Taran, 5,000 acres in Gurdaspur, 5,000 acres in Moga, 3,000 acres in Jalandhar and 150 acres in Amritsar are submerged in water due to swollen rivers of Sutlej, Ravi and Ghaggar, causing breaches at several places in the State. Farm experts pointed out that there would be considerable damage to maize crop as it could not recover once the fields are flooded with water. However, they further said that paddy crop could recoup if the water level in the fields starts receding within 2-3 days. Punjab has brought an area of 26.70 lakh hectares under paddy cultivation and 1.70 lakh hectares under maize cultivation during this kharif season."" t is feared that 169.9 cubic metres per second could be released into the River Sutlej in India, triggering floods in Pakistan, if the forecasts from Pakistan's Flood Warning Centre in Lahore prove accurate"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>72.63</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>30.74</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:19 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[India]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in USA</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["People were airlifted by helicopter after heavy rains caused an earthen dam gave way. Residents and campers were plucked from Supai, Arizona yesterday....The area of northern Arizona got 3 to 6 inches of rain Friday and Saturday and about 2 inches more on Sunday?"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-120.73:32.25:-104.73:40.25&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-112.73&amp;EventY=36.25&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_112.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_112&amp;country=USA&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_112</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>36.25</geo:lat><geo:long>-112.73</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3368</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3363</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>112</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Grand  Canyon, Arizona]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Supai Creek]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/17/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/18/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>250</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Dam Failure]]></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>385</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>3.187</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["People were airlifted by helicopter after heavy rains caused an earthen dam gave way. Residents and campers were plucked from Supai, Arizona yesterday....The area of northern Arizona got 3 to 6 inches of rain Friday and Saturday and about 2 inches more on Sunday?"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-112.73</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>36.25</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:18 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Dominican Republic</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-79.58:15.16:-63.58:23.16&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-71.58&amp;EventY=19.16&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_111.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_111&amp;country=Dominican%20Republic&amp;location=DOM&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=TC-2008-000132-DOM</link>
  				<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_111</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>19.16</geo:lat><geo:long>-71.58</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>TC-2008-000132-DOM</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3369</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3362</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>111</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[TC-2008-000132-DOM]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/16/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/18/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Fay]]></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>37960</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.357</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-71.58</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>19.16</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:19 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Haiti]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Cuba]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in United Kingdom</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["Aug 18th, 2008 | LONDON -- Authorities rescued people trapped on the roofs of their cars and stranded in their homes after parts of Northern Ireland received more rainfall in one day than they usually experience in three weeks, officials said Monday...Group Commander Jim Guy said the flash floods were the worst that Northern Ireland's Fire and Rescue service had ever experienced"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-15.23:50.49:0.77:58.49&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-7.23&amp;EventY=54.49&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_110.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_110&amp;country=United%20Kingdom&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_110</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>54.49</geo:lat><geo:long>-7.23</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3370</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3361</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>110</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/15/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/16/2008</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>23130</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.142</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["Aug 18th, 2008 | LONDON -- Authorities rescued people trapped on the roofs of their cars and stranded in their homes after parts of Northern Ireland received more rainfall in one day than they usually experience in three weeks, officials said Monday...Group Commander Jim Guy said the flash floods were the worst that Northern Ireland's Fire and Rescue service had ever experienced"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-7.23</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>54.49</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:19 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in USA</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-104.32:33.83:-88.32:41.83&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-96.32&amp;EventY=37.83&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_107.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_107&amp;country=USA&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sat, 9 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_107</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>37.83</geo:lat><geo:long>-96.32</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3356</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3358</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>107</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Nebraska, Oklahoma]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/9/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/11/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</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>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>136100</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.61</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-96.32</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>37.83</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in Viet Nam</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[Rivers at highest levels in 40  years, multiple landslides]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=97.21:18.05:113.21:26.05&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=105.21&amp;EventY=22.05&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_104.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_104&amp;country=Viet%20Nam&amp;location=VNM&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-000128-VNM</link>
  				<pubDate>Sat, 9 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_104</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>22.05</geo:lat><geo:long>105.21</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-000128-VNM</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3359</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3355</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>104</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-000128-VNM]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Viet Nam]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/9/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/11/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>100</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Kammuri]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>50404</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.656</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[Rivers at highest levels in 40  years, multiple landslides]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>105.21</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>22.05</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in USA</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-79.45:40.33:-63.45:48.33&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-71.45&amp;EventY=44.33&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_106.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_106&amp;country=USA&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_106</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>44.33</geo:lat><geo:long>-71.45</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3357</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3357</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>106</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Ames Brook, NH, others]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/8/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/11/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>1</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>53270</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.805</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-71.45</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>44.33</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in China</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=105.15:18.33:121.15:26.33&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=113.15&amp;EventY=22.33&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_103.png</image>
  				<enclosure type="jpeg" size="1" url="http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=105.15:18.33:121.15:26.33&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=113.15&amp;EventY=22.33&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo20082008_103.png" />
  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_103&amp;country=China&amp;location=CHN&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=TC-2008-000130-CHN</link>
  				<pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_103</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>22.33</geo:lat><geo:long>113.15</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>TC-2008-000130-CHN</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3360</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3354</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>103</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[TC-2008-000130-CHN]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[China]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Leizhou Peninsula, Southwestern Guangdong]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/8/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/11/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>4</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>42000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Kammuri]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>8410</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.003</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>113.15</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>22.33</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in China</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[810000 affected by exceptionally heavy rains and flooding]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=93.55:18.62:109.55:26.62&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=101.55&amp;EventY=22.62&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_102.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_102&amp;country=China&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_102</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>22.62</geo:lat><geo:long>101.55</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3361</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3353</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>102</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[China]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Southwestern China, Yunan Province, Jinghong]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/7/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/11/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>5</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>20</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage>42000000</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>24610</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.391</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[810000 affected by exceptionally heavy rains and flooding]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>101.55</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>22.62</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:19 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in India</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=73.38:12.65:89.38:20.65&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=81.38&amp;EventY=16.65&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_105.png</image>
  				<enclosure type="jpeg" size="1" url="http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=73.38:12.65:89.38:20.65&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=81.38&amp;EventY=16.65&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo20082008_105.png" />
  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_105&amp;country=India&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_105</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>16.65</geo:lat><geo:long>81.38</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3358</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3356</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>105</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[India]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Khammam; West Godavari, Krishna, Guntar districts]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Munneru (tributary of the Krishna), others]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/5/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/11/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>7</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>74</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Heavy monsoon rains]]></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>75490</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.024</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>81.38</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>16.65</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:19 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in USA</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["Downpours across Interior Alaska caused waterways including the Salcha and Tanana rivers to spill their banks Wednesday in a continuation of some of the worst flooding here in decades...Much of the flood-prone town of Salcha woke to find flood waters had surrounded homes and filled crawlspaces after overnight showers brought two-day rainfall levels to a combined four inches"..."The Tanana River, at well over 26 feet Wednesday evening, had risen to its highest level since the flood of 1967"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=143.02:60.28:159.02:68.28&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=151.02&amp;EventY=64.28&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_89.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_89&amp;country=USA&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_89</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>64.28</geo:lat><geo:long>151.02</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3347</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3340</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>89</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Interior Alaska]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Salcha, Tanana]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/30/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/11/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>13</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>163700</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.805</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["Downpours across Interior Alaska caused waterways including the Salcha and Tanana rivers to spill their banks Wednesday in a continuation of some of the worst flooding here in decades...Much of the flood-prone town of Salcha woke to find flood waters had surrounded homes and filled crawlspaces after overnight showers brought two-day rainfall levels to a combined four inches"..."The Tanana River, at well over 26 feet Wednesday evening, had risen to its highest level since the flood of 1967"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>151.02</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>64.28</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Sudan</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=22.76:2.61:38.76:10.61&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=30.76&amp;EventY=6.61&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_100.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_100&amp;country=Sudan&amp;location=SDN&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-125000-SDN</link>
  				<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_100</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>6.61</geo:lat><geo:long>30.76</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-125000-SDN</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3363</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3351</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>100</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-125000-SDN]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Sudan]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Southern Sudan, Northern Bahr el-Ghazal state, Aweil town]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Kuom River39000]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/7/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/8/2008</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>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>155600</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.493</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>30.76</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>6.61</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/20/2008 4:32:19 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Iran</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[300 houses destroyed in Maku]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=36.69:35.24:52.69:43.24&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=44.69&amp;EventY=39.24&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_99.png</image>
  				<enclosure type="jpeg" size="1" url="http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=36.69:35.24:52.69:43.24&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=44.69&amp;EventY=39.24&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo20082008_99.png" />
  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_99&amp;country=Iran&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_99</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>39.24</geo:lat><geo:long>44.69</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3364</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3350</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>99</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Iran]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Northwest Iran near border with Turkey, Maku]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/7/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/8/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>3</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>1200</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>7096</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.629</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[300 houses destroyed in Maku]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>44.69</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>39.24</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in United Kingdom</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-11.89:52.23:4.11:60.23&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-3.89&amp;EventY=56.23&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_101.png</image>
  				<enclosure type="jpeg" size="1" url="http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-11.89:52.23:4.11:60.23&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-3.89&amp;EventY=56.23&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo20082008_101.png" />
  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_101&amp;country=United%20Kingdom&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_101</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>56.23</geo:lat><geo:long>-3.89</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3362</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3352</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>101</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Scotland]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Water of Leith,Tyne, Earn]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/6/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/8/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>3</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>27720</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.22</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-3.89</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>56.23</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Chad</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=7.45:5.29:23.45:13.29&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=15.45&amp;EventY=9.29&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_97.png</image>
  				<enclosure type="jpeg" size="1" url="http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=7.45:5.29:23.45:13.29&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=15.45&amp;EventY=9.29&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo20082008_97.png" />
  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_97&amp;country=Chad&amp;location=TCD&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-000126-TCD</link>
  				<pubDate>Sat, 2 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_97</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>9.29</geo:lat><geo:long>15.45</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-000126-TCD</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3366</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3348</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>97</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-000126-TCD]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Chad]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[N'djamena]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/2/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/8/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>7</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>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>179000</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude></dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>15.45</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>9.29</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Togo</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-6.96:3.69:9.04:11.69&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=1.04&amp;EventY=7.69&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_98.png</image>
  				<enclosure type="jpeg" size="1" url="http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-6.96:3.69:9.04:11.69&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=1.04&amp;EventY=7.69&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo20082008_98.png" />
  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_98&amp;country=Togo&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_98</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>7.69</geo:lat><geo:long>1.04</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3365</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3349</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>98</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Togo]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Central and southern Togo, Atakpame, Lome,]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/1/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/8/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>8</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>1</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>66960</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.728</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>1.04</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>7.69</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/19/2008 4:59:58 AM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in China</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["Torrential rains from Thursday to Saturday have left two people dead and resulted in flooding that forced the relocation of 53,800 people in east China. The flooding along the Chuhe River system in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces is the worst since 1991, with water levels in some sections exceeding warning levels or even historical records.The flood crest of the Xianghe river, the system's main stream, reached 14.19 meters at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Quanjiao, Anhui, 0.2meters higher than the previous recorded high.The river's flood crest at the Xiaoqiao hydrological station in Jiangsu hit 12.62 meters at 7:33 p.m. Saturday, only one centimeter lower than the historical records". local residents surrounded by the flood water in Chuzhou City in central China's Anhui province on August 2, 2008. "Caused by tropical storm Fung Wong, heavy rainfalls triggered floods in large areas of Chuzhou City on August 1 and August 2, demaging roads, bridges, river banks and power facilities"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=106.41:28.56:122.41:36.56&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=114.41&amp;EventY=32.56&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_94.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_94&amp;country=China&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_94</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>32.56</geo:lat><geo:long>114.41</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3348</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3345</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>94</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[China]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Eastern China
Anhui Province - counties: Yuexi, Jinzhai. Dabieshan mountains.
Fujian Province - Cangnan area, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Putian.
Zhejiang Province - Wenzhou area.
Jiangxi -  Jiujiang
--Taiwan - Tainan county. Hualien, Pingtung]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/28/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/8/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>12</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>93000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage>356000000</dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Fung-Wong]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>533900</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>7.283</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["Torrential rains from Thursday to Saturday have left two people dead and resulted in flooding that forced the relocation of 53,800 people in east China. The flooding along the Chuhe River system in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces is the worst since 1991, with water levels in some sections exceeding warning levels or even historical records.The flood crest of the Xianghe river, the system's main stream, reached 14.19 meters at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Quanjiao, Anhui, 0.2meters higher than the previous recorded high.The river's flood crest at the Xiaoqiao hydrological station in Jiangsu hit 12.62 meters at 7:33 p.m. Saturday, only one centimeter lower than the historical records". local residents surrounded by the flood water in Chuzhou City in central China's Anhui province on August 2, 2008. "Caused by tropical storm Fung Wong, heavy rainfalls triggered floods in large areas of Chuzhou City on August 1 and August 2, demaging roads, bridges, river banks and power facilities"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>114.41</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>32.56</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in India</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["The Brahmaputra and its tributaries were flowing above the danger mark in at least six places. Thousands have been displaced overnight with the Brahmaputra breaching a vital embankment along Majuli, South Asia's largest river island.""In Bangladesh, perennially inundated because so much of it is low-lying delta, more than half of the districts were under water. More than one million families were affected by flooding, according to government officials; the death toll after a week??s heavy rains stood at 58""According to the country??s meteorological department, Bangladesh received just under 29 inches of rain in July, about double the average. Bangladesh also felt the brunt of greater rain upstream in northern and northeastern India, as swollen rivers broke through their banks on their way down to the Bay of Bengal, said Saiful Hossain, executive engineer of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, a government agency".."In Nepal, unremitting rains for the last two weeks flooded swaths of the heavily populated southern plains, known as the Terai Region, on the border with India. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, nearly 10,000 people were displaced, and 84 had been killed""SAPTARI, 31 July 2008 (IRIN) - Heavy flooding in eastern Nepal is affecting hundreds of families...We haven't experienced such heavy rainfall for 20 years...".On July 31: "The authorities have issued a flood warning in anticipation of heavy inflow in the next couple of days and the dam is likely to release the entire inflow into the river to maintain the level at 2,283.5 ft. The people living on the banks of Kapila river (India) have been asked to move to safer places.]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_87&amp;country=India&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_87</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>27.5</geo:lat><geo:long>89.79</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3343</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3338</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>87</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[India]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Assam, eastern districts of Lakhimpur and Jorhat; Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, eastern Nepal]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Brahmaputra]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/20/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/8/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>20</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>142</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>225000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[monsoonal rainfall]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>283800</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>7.231</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["The Brahmaputra and its tributaries were flowing above the danger mark in at least six places. Thousands have been displaced overnight with the Brahmaputra breaching a vital embankment along Majuli, South Asia's largest river island.""In Bangladesh, perennially inundated because so much of it is low-lying delta, more than half of the districts were under water. More than one million families were affected by flooding, according to government officials; the death toll after a week??s heavy rains stood at 58""According to the country??s meteorological department, Bangladesh received just under 29 inches of rain in July, about double the average. Bangladesh also felt the brunt of greater rain upstream in northern and northeastern India, as swollen rivers broke through their banks on their way down to the Bay of Bengal, said Saiful Hossain, executive engineer of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, a government agency".."In Nepal, unremitting rains for the last two weeks flooded swaths of the heavily populated southern plains, known as the Terai Region, on the border with India. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, nearly 10,000 people were displaced, and 84 had been killed""SAPTARI, 31 July 2008 (IRIN) - Heavy flooding in eastern Nepal is affecting hundreds of families...We haven't experienced such heavy rainfall for 20 years...".On July 31: "The authorities have issued a flood warning in anticipation of heavy inflow in the next couple of days and the dam is likely to release the entire inflow into the river to maintain the level at 2,283.5 ft. The people living on the banks of Kapila river (India) have been asked to move to safer places.]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>89.79</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>27.5</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Nepal]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Canada</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-76.99:43.64:-60.99:51.64&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-68.99&amp;EventY=47.64&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_95.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_95&amp;country=Canada&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Sun, 3 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_95</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>47.64</geo:lat><geo:long>-68.99</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3354</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3346</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>95</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Canada]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[New Brunswick, Edmundston]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/3/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/4/2008</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>9315</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.747</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-68.99</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>47.64</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in Pakistan</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["Due to high floods at Warsak, Nasir Bagh, and Charsadda Road, more than 80 villages were flooded, endangering masses?? life and property.The floods have caused massive damage with crumbling walls, the communications?? system gone haywire, causing a severe food shortage, with people forced to spend their lives under open skies, taking refuge atop buildings, trees and even electricity poles."]]></description>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_96&amp;country=Pakistan&amp;location=PAK&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=FF-2008-000123-PAK</link>
  				<pubDate>Sat, 2 Aug 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_96</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>33.92</geo:lat><geo:long>71.7</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FF-2008-000123-PAK</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3353</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3347</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>96</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FF-2008-000123-PAK]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Peshawar, and NWFP (northwest frontier provinces)]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>8/2/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/4/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>100</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>35</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>200000</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>32490</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.988</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["Due to high floods at Warsak, Nasir Bagh, and Charsadda Road, more than 80 villages were flooded, endangering masses?? life and property.The floods have caused massive damage with crumbling walls, the communications?? system gone haywire, causing a severe food shortage, with people forced to spend their lives under open skies, taking refuge atop buildings, trees and even electricity poles."]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>71.7</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>33.92</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Mali</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[United Nations relief officials warned that heavy rains across West Africa have brought renewed flooding to the region, threatening the homes and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people...more than 50,000 people in seven West African countries have been affected by floods so far, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). In Mali, at least six people are reported to have died in the capital, Bamako, because of the floods, while the rising waters of the Senegal River have displaced about 4,600 people in southern Mauritania. Another 10,000 people have been forced from their homes in Togo and that country??s trade links with Burkina Faso have been disrupted after the rains made nine bridges unusable. ""At least nine people have been killed as torrential floods have submerged entire villages in Togo, the country's Minister for Transport and Highways said Saturday in a televised address. Nine major bridges have been wiped out, stranding villagers in flooded hamlets, Ekpao Talaki said. As many as 5,000 people have been rendered homeless, according to the government's web site, but aid workers say the number could be much higher" "The floods were caused by unexpected heavy rains in Togo's south, which have swollen the Hao and Zio rivers north of Lome"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-11.15:9.31:4.85:17.31&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-3.15&amp;EventY=13.31&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_92.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_92&amp;country=Mali&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_92</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>13.31</geo:lat><geo:long>-3.15</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3350</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3343</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>92</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Mali]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/15/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>8/4/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>21</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>9</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>1090000</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>7.66</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[United Nations relief officials warned that heavy rains across West Africa have brought renewed flooding to the region, threatening the homes and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people...more than 50,000 people in seven West African countries have been affected by floods so far, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). In Mali, at least six people are reported to have died in the capital, Bamako, because of the floods, while the rising waters of the Senegal River have displaced about 4,600 people in southern Mauritania. Another 10,000 people have been forced from their homes in Togo and that country??s trade links with Burkina Faso have been disrupted after the rains made nine bridges unusable. ""At least nine people have been killed as torrential floods have submerged entire villages in Togo, the country's Minister for Transport and Highways said Saturday in a televised address. Nine major bridges have been wiped out, stranding villagers in flooded hamlets, Ekpao Talaki said. As many as 5,000 people have been rendered homeless, according to the government's web site, but aid workers say the number could be much higher" "The floods were caused by unexpected heavy rains in Togo's south, which have swollen the Hao and Zio rivers north of Lome"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-3.15</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>13.31</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Mauritania]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Togo]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in New Zealand</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[People were forced out of their homes yesterday as roads and schools were closed and floodwaters raced across farmland in North Canterbury.A winter deluge left rivers swollen and creeks overflowing, bringing chaos to the region.Heavy rain fell across North Canterbury, delivering up to 200mm to Cheviot and about 130mm to Amberley over 24 hours, Many schools were shut due to surface flooding and the closure of rural roads. The highway was closed between Blenheim and Woodend as slips, flooding and rock falls made driving treacherous]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=164.42:-46.22:180.42:-38.22&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=172.42&amp;EventY=-42.22&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_91.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_91&amp;country=New%20Zealand&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_91</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>-42.22</geo:lat><geo:long>172.42</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3351</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3342</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>91</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[North Canterbury]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/30/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/31/2008</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>26210</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.196</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[People were forced out of their homes yesterday as roads and schools were closed and floodwaters raced across farmland in North Canterbury.A winter deluge left rivers swollen and creeks overflowing, bringing chaos to the region.Heavy rain fell across North Canterbury, delivering up to 200mm to Cheviot and about 130mm to Amberley over 24 hours, Many schools were shut due to surface flooding and the closure of rural roads. The highway was closed between Blenheim and Woodend as slips, flooding and rock falls made driving treacherous]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>172.42</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-42.22</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Canada</title>
  				<description><![CDATA["The 19,000-square-kilometre Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island's northeast coast has recently experienced "record-breaking" warmth and substantial amounts of rain"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-66.51:47.97:-50.51:55.97&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-58.51&amp;EventY=51.97&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_90.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_90&amp;country=Canada&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_90</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>51.97</geo:lat><geo:long>-58.51</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3352</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3341</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>90</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Canada]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Gambo, central Newfoundland, Baffin Island Park]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/30/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/31/2008</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>160100</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.982</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA["The 19,000-square-kilometre Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island's northeast coast has recently experienced "record-breaking" warmth and substantial amounts of rain"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-58.51</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>51.97</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Orange flood alert in Ukraine</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=16.38:44.17:32.38:52.17&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=24.38&amp;EventY=48.17&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_86.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_86&amp;country=Ukraine&amp;location=ROM&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Orange&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-000117-ROM</link>
  				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Active</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Orange</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>2</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Orange</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_86</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>48.17</geo:lat><geo:long>24.38</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-000117-ROM</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3344</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3337</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>86</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-000117-ROM]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Carpathian Mountains, Ivano-Frankivsk in southwestern Ukraine, northern Romania."Authorities in the breakaway Dniester region are preparing the evacuation of 50,000 people from settlements on the overflowing Dniester river, according to Itar-Tass"]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Prut, Dniestr]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/22/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/30/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>9</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>30</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>172000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage>300000000</dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[heavy rain]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>55710</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.177</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>24.38</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>48.17</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active>1</dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>7/31/2008 6:00:37 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Romania]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Moldava]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Philippines</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[Piddig and Pasuquin towns in the Philippines suffered extensive flooding that displaced more than 6,000 people. "The rain, which resulted from a powerful typhoon that pounded Taiwan and the Philippines, led authorities to urge some 70,000 people to evacuate in the historic areas of Kyoto and Kanazawa. A ferocious torrent gushed through Japan's sixth largest city of Kobe, sweeping bystanders off their feet and into the water. Four people were killed" "An unidentified village chief in Nantou County in central Taiwan told Sanlih Television that rampaging flood waters had reached a mountain village, prompting some 1,000 people to prepare to evacuate"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=112.97:19.35:128.97:27.35&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=120.97&amp;EventY=23.35&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_88.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_88&amp;country=Philippines&amp;location=TWN&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-000120-JPN,TC-2008-000118-TWN</link>
  				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_88</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>23.35</geo:lat><geo:long>120.97</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-000120-JPN</glide:number>
<glide:number> TC-2008-000118-TWN</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3342</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3339</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>88</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-000120-JPN, TC-2008-000118-TWN]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Philippines]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Northern Luzon, Taiwan, western Japan]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Togagawa river]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/28/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/29/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>4</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>76000</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm "Fung-wong"]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>61670</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.568</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[Piddig and Pasuquin towns in the Philippines suffered extensive flooding that displaced more than 6,000 people. "The rain, which resulted from a powerful typhoon that pounded Taiwan and the Philippines, led authorities to urge some 70,000 people to evacuate in the historic areas of Kyoto and Kanazawa. A ferocious torrent gushed through Japan's sixth largest city of Kobe, sweeping bystanders off their feet and into the water. Four people were killed" "An unidentified village chief in Nantou County in central Taiwan told Sanlih Television that rampaging flood waters had reached a mountain village, prompting some 1,000 people to prepare to evacuate"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>120.97</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>23.35</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>7/31/2008 7:00:27 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3><![CDATA[Japan]]></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Japan</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[On July 28, the waters of the Togagawa river in Kobe rose suddenly and swallowed more than 10 people, killing a woman and three children who were playing on the riverbank.The total length of the Togagawa river is only 3 kilometers, including its tributaries. On the same day, a river flooded in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. About 50,000 people were evacuated]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=128.38:31.88:144.38:39.88&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=136.38&amp;EventY=35.88&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_93.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_93&amp;country=Japan&amp;location=JPN&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-000120-JPN</link>
  				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_93</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>35.88</geo:lat><geo:long>136.38</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-000120-JPN</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3349</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3344</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>93</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-000120-JPN]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Japan]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Western Japan, Kobe]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/28/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/29/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>2</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>5</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>50000</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>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>52420</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>5.497</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[On July 28, the waters of the Togagawa river in Kobe rose suddenly and swallowed more than 10 people, killing a woman and three children who were playing on the riverbank.The total length of the Togagawa river is only 3 kilometers, including its tributaries. On the same day, a river flooded in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. About 50,000 people were evacuated]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>136.38</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>35.88</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Mexico</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[In New Mexico, "Meteorologists said the mountainous area had gotten more than 6 inches of rain and more rain is forecast for the area over the next few days"]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-110.79:25.79:-94.79:33.79&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-102.79&amp;EventY=29.79&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_85.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_85&amp;country=Mexico&amp;location=MEX&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=TC-2008-000111-MEX</link>
  				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_85</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>29.79</geo:lat><geo:long>-102.79</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>TC-2008-000111-MEX</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3345</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3336</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>85</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[TC-2008-000111-MEX]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Mexico]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[SW Texas, southern New Mexico, northeastern Mexico]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/21/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/29/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>9</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>1</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced>180</dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Cyclone "Dolly"]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>457300</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>7.091</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[In New Mexico, "Meteorologists said the mountainous area had gotten more than 6 inches of rain and more rain is forecast for the area over the next few days"]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-102.79</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>29.79</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2><![CDATA[USA]]></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Liberia</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[Intense and heavy rainfall in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 20 July caused the worst floods ever seen in Monrovia]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-18.21:2.23:-2.21:10.23&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-10.21&amp;EventY=6.23&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_84.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_84&amp;country=Liberia&amp;location=LBR&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=FL-2008-000112-LBR</link>
  				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_84</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>6.23</geo:lat><geo:long>-10.21</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number>FL-2008-000112-LBR</glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3346</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3335</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>84</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide><![CDATA[FL-2008-000112-LBR]]></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Liberia]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Monrovia]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/20/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/20/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>1</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause></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>33620</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.827</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[Intense and heavy rainfall in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 20 July caused the worst floods ever seen in Monrovia]]></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-10.21</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>6.23</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>8/11/2008 9:38:40 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Chile</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=-79.94:-43.12:-63.94:-35.12&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=-71.94&amp;EventY=-39.12&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_83.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_83&amp;country=Chile&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_83</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>-39.12</geo:lat><geo:long>-71.94</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3341</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3334</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>83</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Chile]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations><![CDATA[Central and southern regions. Walapane area - Nuwara Eliya, Hanguranketha, Padiyapellella.  Hambantota]]></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers><![CDATA[Rio Bueno, Bio Bio River]]></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/11/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/20/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>10</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead></dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause></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>161600</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>6.509</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes></dfo:notes>
				<dfo:longitude>-71.94</dfo:longitude>
				<dfo:latitude>-39.12</dfo:latitude>
				<dfo:active></dfo:active>
				<dfo:alertscore></dfo:alertscore>
				<dfo:alertlevel></dfo:alertlevel>
				<dfo:status></dfo:status>
				<dfo:datemodified>7/29/2008 6:20:55 PM</dfo:datemodified>
				<dfo:country2></dfo:country2>
				<dfo:country3></dfo:country3>
				<dfo:country4></dfo:country4></item>  			
			<item>
  				<title>Green flood alert in Taiwan</title>
  				<description><![CDATA[Officials said parts of the south had recorded up to 44 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.The storm started lashing Taiwan late Thursday. It headed away from Taiwan and toward southern China early Friday, packing winds of 52 mph, the Central Weather Bureau said.In the Philippines, the government disaster agency said two people died earlier this week as the storm pounded the country's northern corner with rain and strong winds]]></description>
  				<image>http://dma.jrc.it/services/directmap3/getmap.asp?mapservice=dma_weather&amp;Box=112.785:18.94:128.785:26.94&amp;Width=200&amp;Height=100&amp;AddOn=EQ&amp;EventX=120.785&amp;EventY=22.94&amp;Save=True&amp;FileName=dfo2008_82.png</image>
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  				<dfo:link>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2008sum.htm</dfo:link>
  				<link>http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=FL&amp;ID=2008_82&amp;country=Taiwan&amp;location=&amp;system=asgard&amp;alertlevel=Green&amp;glide_no=</link>
  				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 0:0 UTC</pubDate>
  				<dfo:status>Archive</dfo:status>
  				<gdas:eventType>FL</gdas:eventType>
  				<gdas:alertLevel>Green</gdas:alertLevel>
				<gdas:alertscore>1</gdas:alertscore>
				<dc:subject>FL_Green</dc:subject><asgard:ID>2008_82</asgard:ID><geo:point><geo:lat>22.94</geo:lat><geo:long>120.785</geo:long></geo:point><glide:number></glide:number>
				<dfo:oid>3340</dfo:oid>
				<dfo:uniqueID>3333</dfo:uniqueID>
				<dfo:ID>82</dfo:ID>
				<dfo:glide></dfo:glide>
				<dfo:country><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></dfo:country>
				<dfo:iso3></dfo:iso3>
				<dfo:locations></dfo:locations>
				<dfo:rivers></dfo:rivers>
				<dfo:began>7/18/2008</dfo:began>
				<dfo:ended>7/18/2008</dfo:ended>
				<dfo:duration>1</dfo:duration>
				<dfo:dead>19</dfo:dead>
				<dfo:displaced></dfo:displaced>
				<dfo:damage></dfo:damage>
				<dfo:main_cause><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Kalmaegi]]></dfo:main_cause>
				<dfo:secondary_cause></dfo:secondary_cause>
				<dfo:recurrence></dfo:recurrence>
				<dfo:severity>3</dfo:severity>
				<dfo:ha></dfo:ha>
				<dfo:hayden></dfo:hayden>
				<dfo:sqkm>17090</dfo:sqkm>
				<dfo:magnitude>4.709</dfo:magnitude>
				<dfo:modis></dfo:modis>
				<dfo:notes><![CDATA[Officials said parts of the south had recorded up to 44 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.The storm started lashing Taiwan late Thursday. It headed away from Taiwan and toward southern China early Frida