Postponement of the demonstration this afternoon due to bad weather

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Postponement of the demonstration this afternoon due to bad weather Friday 16 February 2018 | 12:51 The coordination body of the demonstrations decided today to postpone the demonstration this afternoon because of the rains and bad weather. "In view of the adverse weather conditions and taking into account the security forces and citizens in this exceptional situation, it is decided to postpone the demonstrations of this day," the statement said in a statement.

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Heavy rains and floods hit the Iraqi capital Baghdad and paralyzed traffic

Friday, 16 February 2018 02:44 PM

Rain and flood in Baghdad

 

Mohammed Jamal wrote - AFP photography

 

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday witnessed heavy rain, causing high water levels in the streets and very slow traffic.

The Brazilians are suffering from the devastating effects of the floods that hit the city of Rio de Janeiro during the past period, after killing four people and causing the disruption of traffic and the flooding of houses and streets with torrential rains caused by heavy rains.

Pictures from France's Agence France-Presse showered residents of the Rio de Janeiro district as they cleared of flood debris that destroyed some homes, while many neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro cleared roads and streets from flood waters.

 Brazil has seen torrential rain, flooding and floods that have caused some homes to drown in many neighborhoods, while four people have been killed in separate areas due to the floods.

 

One of the children is playing with his bicycle in the middle of the water

 

High water levels

 

High water level

 

A car overturned due to rising water levels

 

Side of the flood

 

Floods hit Baghdad

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First Published: 2018-02-16

Water is flooding Iraq's streets after months of drought

Heavy rains in northern, southern and western Iraq over 24 hours fill dams and lakes and promise a long-awaited agricultural recovery.

Middle East Online

A temporary end to the water crisis? Iraq - The majority of Iraqi cities in the north, south and west of the country experienced heavy rains for the first time after months of drought, causing the sinking of main streets and the filling of some dams and lakes. "The amount of rainfall over the past 24 hours reached 26 mm in Wasit province, while rainfall in the central and southern governorates ranged from 10 to 20 mm," according to a report issued by the Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring Service on Friday. Several major areas and streets in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have been drowned by heavy rains over the past few hours. Iraq has been suffering for years from a steady decline in water revenues across the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, exacerbated the water shortage crisis and low rainfall in the country over the past years. In the eastern province of Diyala, the water resources official announced the filling of a major water dam north-east of the city. "The dam in the district of Khanaqin northeast of Baquba (capital of Diyala) was full after it reached full capacity of 388 million cubic meters due to rain from Thursday to Friday," said water resources director Muhannad al-Mamouri. "The heavy rain in the province over the past hours will reflect positively on the agricultural reality, which was affected by the past months because of drought." Iraq and Turkey agreed in March to activate the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries in 2014 concerning the water file, which included 12 paragraphs, most notably, cooperation in the management of the water resources of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and determining the water share of each country in the waters of the two rivers, And increasing water use in agricultural, industrial and drinking water fields. The crisis of water scarcity of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has exacerbated the problem of pollution in most of the southern provinces, where it reaches its peak in the province of Basra and the southern marshes, which became the site of industrial pollutants due to the poor water that reaches a large number of areas to reach the south, Which reaches the marshes.

[newbieDA]

wow that real bad flooding, never thought I see that in Iraq

[8th ID]

HHMMM... must be caused by global warming...

[davis411]

It's the rv signal 

open the flood gates

[NextYear]

Iraqis even postpone their demonstrations.  There is no hope

[DinarThug]

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Water is flooding Iraq's streets after months of drought

Heavy rains in northern, southern and western Iraq over 24 hours fill dams and lakes and promise a long-awaited agricultural recovery
 

 

16th February, 2018
The majority of Iraqi cities in the north, south and west of the country experienced heavy rains for the first time after months of drought, causing the sinking of main streets and the filling of some dams and lakes.

"The amount of rainfall over the past 24 hours reached 26 mm in Wasit province, while rainfall in the central and southern governorates ranged from 10 to 20 mm," according to a report issued by the Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring Service on Friday.

Several major areas and streets in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have been drowned by heavy rains over the past few hours.

Iraq has been suffering for years from a steady decline in water revenues across the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, exacerbated the water shortage crisis and low rainfall in the country over the past years.

In the eastern province of Diyala, the water resources official announced the filling of a major water dam north-east of the city.

"The dam in the district of Khanaqin, northeast of Baquba (capital of Diyala), was full after it reached full capacity of 388 million cubic meters due to rain from Thursday to Friday," said water resources director Muhannad al-Mamouri.

"The heavy rain in the province over the past hours will reflect positively on the agricultural reality, which was affected by the past months because of drought."

Iraq and Turkey agreed in March to activate the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries in 2014 concerning the water file, which included 12 paragraphs, most notably, cooperation in the management of the water resources of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and determining the water share of each country in the waters of the two rivers, And increasing water use in agricultural, industrial and drinking water fields.

The crisis of water scarcity of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has exacerbated the problem of pollution in most of the southern provinces, where it reaches its peak in the province of Basra and the southern marshes, which became the site of industrial pollutants due to the poor water that reaches a large number of areas to reach the south, Which reaches the marshes.