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Six dead in Venezuela rainstorms
Caracas (AFP) Nov 21, 2008 At least six people died in Venezuela after hours of torrential rain that set off landslides and flooding, damaged buildings and brought traffic to a halt, officials said Friday. Four died and a fifth was missing in the capital Caracas, where 73 homes were damaged, mainly in slums perched on hills around the city, said Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami. Two of the dead were small children dragged away by flood waters in a Caracas slum, said fire chief Delio Martinez. A 17-year-old pregnant girl and her baby brother died in a landslide in Zulia state, the head of civil defense said there. More were feared dead in other states, including western Trujillo where two bridges collapsed after four days of heavy rain. Venezuela's rainy season sometimes ends in October but heavy rain has pounded the country through November and is forecast to continue in the next 48 hours. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Deadly flash floods hit storm-battered Australian city
Brisbane (AFP) Nov 20, 2008Flash floods killed a woman and forced evacuations as torrential rain drenched Australia's battered city of Brisbane Thursday just days after it was hit by a violent storm, officials said. |
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