Flooding And Natural Disasters

A Canadian stamp paying tribute to first responders in times of flooding. 2018

Yesterday was World Tsunami Awareness Day. One of worst ever recorded happened in Japan; the booklet of stamps commenorates the establishment of the awareness day. 2016

The natural disasters remembered on the stamps of this thread don't include many fires. Fire disasters deserve more attention. Stamps honoring firefighters, 2009. Photograph of California now.

St. Petersburg is the Russian "Venice" and also suffers from frequent flooding. The second most powerful flood occurred on September 23, 1924. To help the victims, stamps with an additional cost and overprint were issued: for damaged by the flood Leningrad







sunken barge in front of the Hermitage

100 years before, in November 1824, the strongest flood happened in St. Petersburg. Water rose to 421 centimeters.

This event Pushkin described in the poem "The Bronze Horseman"



In 2011, the dam started protecting the city from floods. A road connecting St. Petersburg and the city of Kronstadt was laid along the dam.

Another stamp paying tribute to firefighters from a country frequently ravaged by wide-spread fires in brush land and residential areas, Australia 1997.

Italy's stamp of 2009 calls for high awareness of the threat of forest fires, photo of 2017 in Italy. The pines so typical of Italy burn terribly well.

The most terrible earthquake in the history of Europe happened 110 years ago in Italy. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Messina Strait. The cities of Messina, Reggio di Calabria and Palmi were destroyed, killing more than 70,000 people. After an earthquake, a tsunami hit the cities





The first to Messina arrived sailors of the Russian Navy and in a few hours the sailors of the British Royal Navy arrived. In six days they were able to save 2,000 people from under the ruins



In 1912 a monument to Russian sailors was erected in Messina








In 1910 the cruiser Aurora arrived in Messina and he was given awards for officers and sailors of the Russian fleet.



so far on Russian auctions you can find such medals

Canadians honored fire fighters in their new set of stamps on first responders. Wild fires have destroyed large areas of Alberta these last years, photo.

Sweden is a country with vast stretches of forest. During this summer's heat and drought wild fires destroyed untold square miles of forest even up at polar circle levels. These forests are normally cool and even boggy next to rivers and lakes. stamp of 1975

The summer of 2018 was so warm and dry that Germany suffered huge wild fires in peat bogs!, landscapes normally characterized by being soggy with water. It was almost impossible to control them because the ground will not carry heavy equipment and burns deeply. Stamp pays tribute to volunteer fire fighters, 2002

The wild fires in Greece this summer took many lives because people could not escape the rapidly advancing flames. Stamp of 2018 honors the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Special Disaster Unit.

The countries of the former Yugoslavia are very familiar with the ravages of wild fires. They all have dry hot summers and mountainous terrain in which it is next to impossible to control forest fires from the ground. stamp of 1987

In their stamp of 1977 Senegal urges people to be aware of the dangers of causing wild fires. Overgrazing contributes to drought - the skeleton shows what can happen to the cattle of herders. Photo of wild fire in S. Africa.

Even the small country of Luxembourg had wild fires during the hot drought summer of 2018. Nothing comparable to those in other parts of the world, but locally devastating nevertheless. stamp honoring 150 years of National Fire Fighters, 2009

in a few days there will be 30 years to a terrible earthquake in Armenia. On December 7, 1988, the northern part of the country was destroyed in half a minute. Armenia lost 25,000 dead and 40% of its industrial potential. The city of Spitak and 58 villages were completely destroyed. In the first time for many years, the USSR Post has issued stamps with additional price to help victims.



all the Soviet republics sent detachments of rescuers and builders for the restoration of the republic. 111 countries of the world sent doctors, products and medicines and medical equipment