What exactly is causing the worst floods in Thailand? Now, Bangkok is going underwater – and this could be a sign of things to come. Consider ourselves warned.
Nov 082011
May 142011
A torrential downpour created havoc in Penang this morning. Continue reading »
Feb 022011
A “life-threatening” cyclone is expected to hit the coast of Northern Queensland, Australia at around 10.00pm. It comes in the wake of devastating floods which swamped large parts of Queensland recently.
Meanwhile, a colossal winter storm has struck the United States. It is expected to affect a third of the population. And over here in Malaysia, we have floods in the south of the peninsula. Climate change? sign of the times?
Updates from Cairns, north Queensland below:
Oct 032010
Ecological deterioration, landslides, accumulation of algae, vast islands of floating debris, cracks in surrounding areas: serious problems have surfaced in China’s massive Three Gorges Dam.
One dam in the southern province of Guangdong was so badly damaged by floods and on the verge of collapse that authorities had to make plans to demolish it. See CRIENGLISH.com report here. Continue reading »
Jan 152009
Blog reader Anak Kuching shares with us his thoughts about the floods that hit the Sarawak capital:
Many comments both official and unoffical have been made each time there is a flood in Kuching. The 2009 flood – was it as bad as the last one in 2004? Perhaps just as bad but the media didn’t highlight some of the areas as intensely this time like they did in 2004. Was it due to the fact it was supposed to be a happy week for Sarawakians on the Chief Minister’s 50th wedding anniversary?
I have heard of floods in the same areas as before. Locals blame it ignorantly or otherwise on the barrage and causeway across to Bako. I am pretty sure these two (the barrage and causeway) played a role in the flood. To what extent, perhaps one will have to go further back into the history of floods in Kuching and its surrounding areas and make comparisons then and now.