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[quote:Anonymous Coward 17867:MV8xMDgzMzRfMTcwNTk4Nl81RTgwQTk2] Gaia Man RIGHT again!!!! To: Common Sense User ID: 588 6/14/2005 11:09 am EDT Re: The Future of your country?..ask and I will tell you,... Dear Gaia Man:You recently stated that great floods will start in Europe this year.Am I to understand these floods will be due to excessive rainfall,causing rivers to flood?I ask this because earlier on,you mentioned The Netherlands being flooded by a great flood in the middle of next year.Could you be more specific about this?Thanks. ---------------------------------------- Dear soul, The Great Flood of The Netherlands is of a later date and due the rising of the sealevel. The floods in Europe will be seen this year! In many,many countries. And Holland will see them too. But it are 2 seperated events! And: 6/21/2005 11:03 am EDT Re: The Future of your country?..ask and I will tell you,... For the floods to see, yesterday in the UK was an example what we will see this year through the biggest parts of Europe. ============================================ Now: Floods cause chaos in southern Germany Tue Aug 23,11:59 AM ET Severe floods caused havoc in southern Germany as rivers burst their banks and towns were cut off from the outside world, authorities said. The flooding was worst in the rural area surrounding the popular Alpine ski resort Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria after heavy rains overnight intensified on Tuesday, weather services said. The town, where 105 liters per cubic metre fell overnight, was almost completely cut off on Tuesday when the Partnach dam burst, turning the town´s main road into a surging river and flooding hundreds of cellars. Alarm bells began ringing on Monday night after flooding in Eschenlohe, about 12 kilometres (seven miles) to the south, prompted police to evacuate people from their homes in boats. By Tuesday afternoon most of the town was under water after the Loisach river burst its banks in one place. Floodwaters here and in several rivers in Bavaria reached levels higher than those seen during the spring of 1999, when the area had its worst floods in a century. All train traffic between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the state capital Munich was suspended, while more 1,000 firefighters, soldiers and police officers were sent to this area alone to reinforce local rescue services. An equal number of volunteers came forward to offer their help throughout Bavaria, the authorities said. Emergency warnings were also sent out in three other regions of the state, in the towns of Kempten and Augsburg and all along the Ammer river in the Alps. At Kempten authorities warned that the level of the Iller river had risen by several meters and was lying less than two centimetres (an inch) below danger point and said they had evacuated 40 homes, including a centre for the handicapped. Near the nearby town of Sonthoven, the Iller dam broke its banks. Several roads in Bavaria were closed due to flooding and mudslides and the town of Balderschwang on the Austrian border could no longer be reached except by air. On the M8 highway cars were backed up for kilometres (miles) on Tuesday afternoon after it was closed because a bridge threatened to collapse. Earlier a 19-year-old was injured and dramatically rescued by a passing truck when his car slid and overturned on the highway between Wertach and Allgaeu, landing on its roof in a flooded field. The weather services said they were expected the rain to abate on Wednesday, especially in the Alpine region. In neighbouring Austria, two people have died in flooding since the weekend. Copyright © 2005 Agence France Presse. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agence France Presse. Copyright © 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Questions or Comments Privacy Policy -Terms of Service - Copyright/IP Policy - Ad Feedback AND: Floods sweep across Switzerland Floods have brought chaos to a large swathe of central Switzerland, triggering landslides and cutting roads and railway lines. At least six people are reported dead or missing, including two firefighters killed by a mudslide on Monday. Floods halted rail services through the Alps towards Italy and several major roads were closed and villages cut off. Floods have also hit towns in Austria and southern Germany and continue to affect Bulgaria and Romania. The area affected in Switzerland stretches from the Bernese Alps to St Gallen in the north-east. Torrential rain has lashed Switzerland for nearly three days, hampering efforts to clear debris and shore up flood defences. Over 1,000 people have been evacuated. Electricity was cut off and water contaminated as a consequence of inundation. Shipping on part of the River Rhine - flowing into France and Germany - was also halted after the water level rose. Alpine resorts hit About 400 people were evacuated in the village of Ibach in canton Schwyz after the River Muota burst its banks. The River Luetschine also flooded an area near Wilderswil and the Alpine resorts of Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen were cut off. Parts of the resort of Interlaken were also flooded and 150 people - many of them tourists - spent the night in civil defence facilities, the Swiss Info website reported. There are fears that the swollen river Aare could cause even more damage in Interlaken and the capital, Bern, where 300 people had to be evacuated from a flooded residential area. Swiss officials say the situation also remains critical around the swollen lakes of Thun, Brienz and Biel. Elsewhere in Europe: In Austria, over 100 houses were evacuated after a dam broke in the Tirol village of Pflach. Flooding has also affected the Lechtal Valley in Tirol and the Kleinwalsertal Valley in Vorarlberg. Stretches of motorway and dozens of roads have been closed in the west In Bavaria, southern Germany, the Alpine resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen has been hit by floods and some people have been evacuated. A disaster alert has been declared in most of the Alpine region and in the city of Augsburg In Bulgaria, where floods have killed at least 26 people and left 14,000 homeless, torrential rains flooded the north-western region of Montana Widespread floods in Romania have killed 18 people over the past week, and destroyed or damaged more than 5,500 homes, but the country was spared on Tuesday In Moldova torrential rain has damaged homes and other property near the capital Chisinau Torrential rain in Slovenia has washed out roads in several towns in central and eastern districts. Croatia has declared a state of emergency along the Mura river, on the border with Slovenia, where it is shoring up flood defences. Tell us your experiences of the floods in Switzerland or other European countries using the form below. Do you have any pictures of the floods? If so, you can send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk I took the overnight train from Vienna to Bregenz last night - a journey that normally takes just over 9 hours, which yesterday took a full 20 hours. The major alpine pass has been closed and the train diversion took us through parts of southern Germany, where full grown trees joined other drift wood in rivers that were on the verge of bursting. Many fields are waterlogged, with the occasional road sign standing in the middle of what seems like a ever expanding lake. Mike, Vienna Commuting to work was a real headache the last days. Lake Lucerne flooded in many places and blocked roads which this morning was only open for public transport and bicycles. Trains operate only partly out of Lucerne and the SBB has arranged for replacement buses wherever possible. I hope it stops raining now for a couple of days so that the water can recede again. My sister´s wedding is on Saturday, with dinner on the shore of Lake Lucerne. Donat Wullschleger, Lucerne, Switzerland In Innsbruck we have high water since yesterday. Bridges, subways, promenades are closed. The fire brigade is busy with exhausting many cellars and flats and we get some soldiers from Italy to help us in the disaster areas. Michaela, Innsbruck, Austria Name Your E-mail address Town & Country Phone number (optional): Comments Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/4175944.stm Published: 2005/08/23 19:23:37 GMT © BBC MMV ======================================= AND: Back to Story - Help Troops called out as floods swirl across central Europe Mon Aug 22, 4:02 PM ET The armies of several central and eastern European countries were mobilizing to cope with heavy rains and floods which have killed nearly 70 people in the region this summer, with Romania and Bulgaria the worst hit. In Bulgaria, the army was called out both near the capital Sofia and in the country´s east, two regions where at least 24 people have been killed and 14,000 left homeless in flooding since June. The troops are clearing river beds, building dikes and rebuilding bridges, houses and roads, Defence Minister Vesselin Bliznakov told bTV television on Monday. "The army has cancelled a (military) exercise in order to help out in the devastated regions," Bliznakov said. The flooding has also destroyed farmland in Bulgaria, sending the prices of vegetables soaring to double their normal rate. The UN´s World Health Organisation estimated last week that one in four Bulgarians have been directly affected by the flooding. In neighbouring Romania, the worst affected country in the region, the toll from atrocious weather over the past week rose on Monday to 18, with one missing. Storms since Tuesday have hit nearly 500 towns and villages in the north and centre, destroying some 200 homes and damaging more than 4,000 others, as well as about 700 bridges. More than 1,400 residents have been evacuated from flooded areas while hundreds of police and soldiers were deployed to help victims. In July, Romania experienced its worst flooding in 30 years, leaving 24 people dead and causing damage estimated at 650 million euros (780 million dollars). On Monday, the water began to recede as there has been no rain since Sunday, but more was expected Tuesday, the environment ministry warned in a new alert. Further to the west in Slovenia, civil defence and firefighter units on Monday built embankments along the Mura river, in the country´s northeast, to prevent further flooding after the heaviest rains in 50 years, Slovenian state radio reported. The floods washed out roads in several towns in central and eastern Slovenia, the radio reported, adding that total damage has exceeded one billion tolars (4 million euros, 4.9 million dollars). The water level of the Mura exceeded its average level 4.6 metres (15 feet one inch), local authorities said. In the southern Austrian province of Styria, two people -- a 50-year old woman and her 77-year-old stepmother -- were killed over the weekend after their house was washed away by a mudslide triggered by the rains in the village of Gasen. In the southern Austrian province of Carinthia, some 100 litres of precipitation per square metre fell from Saturday to Monday, the most intense rains since 1948 there, meteorologists said. In western Hungary, a freight train derailed on Monday after the rains washed away the tracks, but no injuries were reported. Floods were reported to be worst in the country´s west. Despite the damage, these are not the worst floods to hit central and eastern Europe in recent years. In 2002, the flooding of the Elbe and Danube rivers and their tributaries killed hundreds and prompted the evacuations of tens of thousands in Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Slovakia. Copyright © 2005 Agence France Presse. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agence France Presse. Copyright © 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Questions or Comments Privacy Policy -Terms of Service - Copyright/IP Policy - Ad Feedback =============================================== Gaia Man RIGHT again!!!! To: Common Sense User ID: 588 6/14/2005 11:09 am EDT Re: The Future of your country?..ask and I will tell you,... Dear Gaia Man:You recently stated that great floods will start in Europe this year.Am I to understand these floods will be due to excessive rainfall,causing rivers to flood?I ask this because earlier on,you mentioned The Netherlands being flooded by a great flood in the middle of next year.Could you be more specific about this?Thanks. ---------------------------------------- Dear soul, The Great Flood of The Netherlands is of a later date and due the rising of the sealevel. The floods in Europe will be seen this year! In many,many countries. And Holland will see them too. But it are 2 seperated events! And: 6/21/2005 11:03 am EDT Re: The Future of your country?..ask and I will tell you,... For the floods to see, yesterday in the UK was an example what we will see this year through the biggest parts of Europe. ============================================ :bump: [/quote]
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What will happen to your country the coming years? I have the power to see,
if you like to know. But a warning, for some the future is not so bright.
But if you wanna know, I Gaia Man will give you the answer.
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