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 by Staff Writers Nairobi (AFP) April 17, 2018
Fourteen people have died as a result of days of torrential rains and flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's economic capital, police said Tuesday. "The balance sheet has worsened. This morning, we have reached 14 killed," city police chief Lazaro Mambosasa told reporters. The number killed has been slowly rising as heavy rains have continued to hit the East African nation since the weekend. On Monday, Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda ordered primary schools closed for two days and advised families to leave inundated areas in a bid to limit the loss of life.
Human-engineered changes on Mississippi River increased extreme floods Cape Cod MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 A new study has revealed for the first time the last 500-year flood history of the Mississippi River. It shows a dramatic rise in the size and frequency of extreme floods in the past century - mostly due to projects to straighten, channelize, and bound the river with artificial levees. The new research, led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), also uncovered a clear pattern over the centuries linking flooding on the Mississippi with natural fluctuations of Pacific and Atla ... read more
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