The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona.
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4. 大坝决堤引发的洪水灾吞噬了七十多人的生命。
More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst.
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5. 发生地震或水灾时，世界上一些未受影响的幸运地方可慷慨地帮助受灾人群。这次危机不同。
This is not the kind of crisis, like an earthquake or a flood, where some fortunate, unaffected parts of the world can generously assist those who are suffering.
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6. 洛杉矶附近已发生泥石流和水灾。总降雨量在通常干燥的区域超过五公分，破了几十年的纪录。
There have been mudslides and flooding near Los Angeles. Rainfall totals were above five centimeters in the normally dry region, shattering decades-old records.
That seems to have been linked to the catastrophic floods in Pakistan and huge forest fires in Russia which help explain the big food-price rises in the second half of last year.
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8. 陆军工兵师团同时也负责维护河堤，使新奥尔良不受类似近3年前卡特里娜飓风那样的水灾侵袭。
The Corps of Engineers also maintains the levees that protect the city from being flooded by a surge from a hurricane, such as happened nearly three years ago when Hurricane Katrina passed through.
And both droughts and floods are natural consequences of a warming world: droughts because it's hotter, floods because warm oceans release more water vapor.
In a perfect world, mission-critical databases would never be subjected to issues like hardware, network, or software malfunctions, nor would they be exposed to natural disasters like fire and flood.
Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
The focus of civilisation moves towards the poles, where temperatures remain cool enough for crops, and rainfall - albeit with severe floods - persists.
Some climatologists believe this warming feedback loop could intensify the Asian monsoon, triggering more violent storms and flooding in places such as Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Malnutrition will increase, as will the number of deaths from diarrhoeal disease. More storms and floods will cause more deaths and injuries, and cholera outbreaks will occur with greater frequency.
The warming of the planet will be gradual, but the effects of extreme weather events - more storms, floods, droughts and heatwaves - will be abrupt and acutely felt.
The warming of the planet will be gradual, but the effects of extreme weather events — more storms, floods, droughts and heat waves — will be abrupt and acutely felt.
There are almost 3500 polders in the Netherlands, and almost all of them are continually pumped dry to keep flood waters from destroying nearby homes and buildings.
This photo, taken October 23rd from NASA's TERRA spacecraft, shows Thailand mid-flood. Vegetation is shown in red, while flooded areas are in black and dark blue.
Khan says his group has provided cooked meals to one and a half million flood victims, treated more than 300 thousand patients and has given rations to 85,000 families.
The warming of the planet will be gradual, but the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, like intense storms, heat waves, droughts, and floods, will be abrupt and acutely felt.
Floods and landslides killed more than 70 people in south-eastern Brazil, almost 30 of them when a hotel in Ilha Grande, in Rio DE Janeiro state, was buried.
While high winds and earthquakes tend to grab the headlines, it is flooding that most frequently devastates, as has been demonstrated by the recent typhoon in the Philippines.
Ma said the case involved 480 reporters and others pretending to be reporters who asked for "shut-up fees" to keep news of a mine flood out of the public eye.
While the flood waters could last for a month or longer in some parts of the city, community organizers say they are worried about the longer term economic impact.
While the flood waters could last for a month or longer in some parts of the city, community organizers say they are worried about the longer term economic impact.
