Views from the water in Minot, North Dakota

A boat ride into some of the hardest hit areas in Minot, North Dakota reveals severe flooding devastation. Street signs are almost completely underwater in some areas, in others garages are floating above their foundations. The smell of diesel fuel is in the air. Provided by 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs. LINK: Youtube

Flood volunteers begin filling sandbags

‘Sandbag Central’ is set to go for volunteers who start filling sandbags in Fargo Monday. Officials aim to have 3 million sandbags filled by March. To get there, they’ll have to work 8 hours a day. Sandbag stations can fill 5,000 bags an hour. LINK

Toowoomba Flood 2011.01.10

Amazing footage of East Creek near Chalk Drive / Chalk Lane rising and washing away lots of cars during Flash Flood in Toowoomba on Monday 10 January 2011. This is some of the best footage I have seen of the Flood and was taken from the second floor of our office which backs onto Chalk Lane.

It shows just how fast the creek turned into a torrent and quickly flooded Chalk Drive and Chalk Lane.

I also got some video of where the creek crosses Neil Street and some video of the aftermath and the huge amount of cars damaged and piled on top of one another in the Chalk Drive car park. LINK: Youtube

Heavy Rains Cause Iowa Dam to Fail

Emergency management officials in eastern Iowa say the Lake Delhi dam has failed and water is flowing over a berm. The area about 180 miles northeast of Des Moines is a weekend retreat with about 900 residents. (July 24)2010. LINK: Youtube

Ants create a lifeboat in the Amazon jungle - BBC wildlife

A flood hits a fire ant colony in the Amazon jungle. An amazing chance to see footage on how the species has adapted to water to protect their queen. LINK: Youtube

Flooded Louisville Free Public Library needs your help

Joshua sez, "Steve Lawson and the Library Society of the World are trying to raise money to help the Louisville Free Public Library, which was hit by horrible flash floods last week. Could you help us help the library out?"

So a lot of those books we sent them in the spring are now covered in water and sewage. And so are the bookmobiles. And the mechanical equipment for HVAC. And the data center. And $50,000 worth of new computers. The initial estimate is $1 million in damage, but they must just be guessing at this point. LINK: Boingboing

Louisville Free Public Library needs your help.

Nadi Fiji Floods

Flooding in Nadi, Fiji January 9th 2009. Filmed while driving to Nadi airport. LINK: Youtube