Floods in Norway
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in parts of Norway because of flooding caused by heavy rainfall aggravated by the spring melting of snow in the mountains, Norwegian media reported on Thursday.
Some 50 roads were also shut and two railway lines were closed because of the flooding and landslides.
Southeastern Norway has experienced several days of heavy rains.
Tornado in South Cotabato, Philippines
A Tornado in South Cotabato, in the Philippines has destroyed eight houses affecting 33 families.
Flooding in Nawalparasi, Nepal
Floods swept away a road at Lokaha of Nawalparasi district. The Mahendra Highway, the national highway has been closed in this section.
Avalanche in Nepal
At least five mountaineers have been killed in an avalanche while returning from the peak of Mt Kanchenjunga in Nepal. Rescue helicopters have failed to locate them due to bad weather. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world located in Nepal.
China colliery flood kills 9
At least nine miners are dead and one reported missing in coal mine flooding in Zhangqiu in Shandong Province of China. The coal mine flood occurred on May 23, 2013 but local authorities confirmed the news today. Colliery owner and others involved in the accident have been taken in custody. Chinese coal mines are notoriously unsafe.
Other News:
Washington Bridge Collapses
An interstate highway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington State collapsed Thursday evening (May 23), injuring three.
The bridge, located about 60 miles (nearly 100 kilometers) north of Seattle on I-5, collapsed after being struck by an 18-wheel truck carrying a drill rig, various news sources reported.
The bridge, which was built in 1955, was rated as functionally obsolete — basically old — and fracture critical. That designation means there was no redundancy built into the structure of the bridge, so that if any structural component was damaged, the bridge could not support itself. About 18,000 bridges in the United States are designated as functionally obsolete.
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