Flooding And Tornado Continues Threaten Australia

Disaster after another in the world in recent decades. Both catastrophic geology, hydro-meteorological, biological and human-induced. Records of the National Disaster Management , during the last three decades, the disaster in the world increased by about 350 percent. This significant effect on the economy and global society.

Earthquake events in Haiti in 2010, floods in Pakistan, 2010, and 2011 floods in Thailand's economy more and more degrading to poor countries and emerging markets. "While floods in Australia, New Zealand earthquakes, and earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011, shows that rich countries are not immune to the risk of disaster" Global economic losses from disasters, the average in the 10 years since 2000 is U.S. $ 110 billion, where total insured losses of around U.S. $ 35 billion. Meanwhile, global disaster caused economic losses of U.S. $ 130 billion.

In 2011, losses increased by almost two-fold. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011 caused losses of U.S. $ 220 billion, or 3.4 percent of Japan's GDP, or nearly one-fifth of Indonesia's GDP today. Similarly, floods in Thailand in late 2011 caused 754 deaths, 10 million people suffering, and loss of U.S. $ 45 billion. Thailand's economic growth dropped about 2.4 percent.

After being hit by the flood that has not ended to this day,A mini-tornado has destroyed homes in the city of Townsville in north-eastern coast of Australia, this tornado winds damaged 40 homes and cut off the electricity to 7000 residents.

Tornadoes occurred for 10 minutes at 111 kilometers per hour. This tornado also uprooted some trees and nine people were reported injured. Department of Public Safety told the Australian Associated Press (AAP) about 30 houses have been damaged, including some of whom have lost their entire roof due to a mini tornado hit ..

Townsville's worst damage is concentrated in the area around a radius of one kilometer, in the suburb of Vincent, Pimlico and Gulliver, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told reporters in Cairns in the north of the country on Tuesday morning that there were initial reports are very sad of a very bad storm in Townsville on Tuesday morning.

"It seems to be something akin to a mini tornado, has taken the roof of the house and there are a lot of vegetation down and it causes great damage," he said.

He said preliminary reports indicate that the damage could be as bad as the devastating storm Gap in Brisbane a few years ago, when more than two dozen other homes were destroyed and 4000 damaged.

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Floods in Australia

Almost 9,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in the town of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales as floods continue in southeast Australia. The Murrumbidgee river is predicted to peak at 10.9 m, sparking fears that the town's levee may be breached. Police, the military and the emergency services were all helping with the evacuation, local media said. Days of heavy rain have caused flooding across three Australian states and left at least two people dead.

Parts of Queensland and Victoria are also affected.

On Tuesday, emergency personnel and officials in Wagga Wagga said they were ''monitoring'' the rising water and the levee. The expected peak is higher than a major flood in the area in 1974, and reportedly the highest since 1844, Australian media said. Prime Minister Julia Gillard told reporters that military resources have been deployed and are standing by to render aid if necessary.

"We've got floodwaters across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria," she said. "For the people of Wagga particularly, this is a very anxious time."

Police have gone door-to-door in the town to encourage people to leave.

Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after record-high summer rains drenched three states over the past week, swelling rivers and forcing dams to overflow. In the worst-hit state of New South Wales, authorities ordered 8,000 people to leave their homes in the inland city of Wagga Wagga, where flood waters were expected to breach an 11-metre levee and swamp houses and the main business district.

Thousands of people in Wagga Wagga moved to shelter at local schools, while the centre of the town, home to around 60,000 people, was deserted on Tuesday. "If the levee is breached, we would expect significant inundation and we would expect that to happen very quickly," State Emergency Service Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch told reporters.

Heavy rains across Australia's east over the past week also prompted flood warnings in the northern Queensland state, and in Victoria, where residents in some small towns have been warned to prepare to evacuate if conditions worsen. Two people have been killed in flood waters over the past week.

The heavy rains filled Sydney's Warragamba Dam, which overflowed on the weekend for the first time in 13 years, while Canberra's Cotter Dam has filled with water spilling over a new dam wall currently under construction. The national government has made the military available to help with the floods, but said it was too early to determine the cost of damage or impact on the economy.

"It is impossible to quantify economic damage until the flood waters subside," Prime Minister Julia Gillard told reporters in Canberra. But the Premier of New South Wales Barry O'Farrell earlier said the damage bill could be as high as A$500 million ($530 million). The flood waters, however, will not have a major impact on Australia's major winter crops, which have already been harvested, the government's chief commodities forecaster ABARES said on Tuesday.

"Winter crop harvest was complete before the flooding happened," ABARES chief commodities analyst Jammie Penm told Reuters. "That's the largest crop component in Australian production. He said the rains could cause local damage to summer crops, such as sorghum, cotton and soybeans, but it was too early to make an assessment. "Some of the crops might not necessarily die when they submerge. Some of the crops can survive even after floods," he said.

"It is too early to make an assessment in preciseness, because we have to wait for the waters to subside."

In early 2011, Australia suffered disastrous floods which killed around 35 people, swamped 30,000 houses, wiped out roads and bridges and flooded coal mines, denting exports and economic growth. "Should the levee fail and the water enters the CBD and other areas in Wagga Wagga, then people need to be in the evacuation centre, not in their homes or businesses,'' said State Emergency Services deputy commissioner Dieter Geske.

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Washi storm could touch the figure of more than 2,000 people.

The Philippine government said the brunt of the 1079 residents affected by flash floods reported missing. Floods triggered by the storm itself Washi that make great damage on the island of Mindanao. City of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan reportedly swept away by flash floods discharged them. Most of the victims killed were residents of both cities.

Initially the number of victims lost only approximately 51 people, but local officials update the number of people missing, because after it was revealed that migrant workers living in rural areas also lost.

"Until now confirmed the death toll reached 1080 people. Meanwhile, 338 of thousands of others affected by the  Washi  storm plus 10 thousand homes owned by residents who reportedly damaged," he said as quoted by the Philippine Government.

Tens of thousands of people now living in evacuation centers. They are now threatened spread of disease acquired in the evacuation centers are filled with the refugees. Meanwhile, the United Nations (UN) is looking for donors to help provide clean water and adequate sanitation for the survivors.

This situation is in need to fix this as soon as possible, to avoid disease outbreaks that will add to the difficulty of the victims who are hungry and lost family and friends, The disaster that struck the Philippines is regarded as the worst ever happen. UN to assess damage from the disaster itself is considered to be equivalent to the tsunami disaster.

While the number of victims killed during the incident allegedly because some people fall asleep. Washi storm that hit, causing high winds and water of the river overflowed so that resulted in landslides. 

When approximately 1079 people were missing and the death toll officially been set at 1080 souls, it is feared the death toll could soar high. It is estimated the death toll may touch the figure of more than 2,000 people.

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Philippines hurricanes and floods Victims rises

The number of victims of storms and flooding in the southern Philippines reached more than 1,000 people and rescue workers continued to search for the bodies of victims. Local officials said they expect the numbers will continue to rise in the coming days.

President Benigno Aquino who visited the affected areas in Mindanao island Tuesday (20/12), said officials have an obligation to find out why so many victims died and why there is no coordination of disaster management. "If we want this tragedy as the last one, we need to learn from our mistakes," Aquino said in a meeting in the coastal city of Cagayan de Oro.

He instituted this great floods a national disaster so there will be a special budget allocation for the handling of post-disaster. Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes still live in temporary refugee camps. The government conducts relief operations for an estimated 300,000 people affected by floods.

The BBC in Cagayan de Oro, one of the areas most severely hit by floods, said the food aid supply is sufficient, but the flood victims are in need of clean water and medicine.
'Cemetery worthy'

Funeral mass was conducted in a number of places and many of those angry because the corpses go unpunished. Mayor of Cagayan de Oro, Vicente Emano said the bodies removed from residential areas into one place vacant while waiting for decent burial place.

However, a villager who claimed to find lost relatives who are very "concerned."

"They treat the body like an animal and let them in the hot sun without a cover."

In Iligan, another town that was flooded, the government began a burial that is not sought after by relatives.

"We moved the bodies to a safe place so it does not threaten public health," said Iligan Mayor Lawrence Cruz told Reuters news agency.

He told the AFP news agency that the DNA samples and fingerprints taken from the bodies before burial separately.

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