Iran – 3 Killed, Hundreds Displaced After Floods in North West
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) reported heavy rain and flash floods in several provinces in the north and west of Iran after heavy rain on 12 April 2023. Heavy…
Iraq
Iraq – Deadly Flash Floods in Erbil, Kurdistan
At least 8 people have died and more are feared missing after flash floods struck in the city of Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, for…
Iraq – Severe Floods Hit Erbil, Kurdistan
Severe flooding struck in parts of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq on 30 October 2021. According to the Iraqi Red Crescent, a short period of heavy rain during the afternoon…
Iran – Floods Affect 8 Provinces After Heavy Rain
The Red Crescent in Iran reported flooding in 8 provinces of the country after days of heavy rain. The city of Aghajari in Khuzestan Province, recorded 90mm of rain in…
Iraq – Floods in Northern and Central Areas After Torrential Rain
Torrential rain has caused flooding in parts of northern and central Iraq. At least 5 people died after flooding caused a house to collapse in Diyala. Authorities said conditions in…
Changing Rainfall Poses Dilemma on Dams
A changing climate usually means changing rainfall patterns. And that means a headache for dam builders, reports Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network. LONDON, 23 May, 2019 − For the…
Iraq and Syria – Flooding Hits Syria Refugee Camps, Displaces Thousands Near Tigris River in Iraq
With the death toll still mounting from flash flooding in Afghanistan and Iran, the UN and relief agencies report that flooding has also affected thousands across parts of Iraq and…
Iran and Iraq – Hundreds Evacuated After Flooding
Flooding has affected areas of Iraq and Iran over the last few days, following the heavy rain and flooding in Saudi Arabia where Civil Defence reported that at least 12…
Iraq – Flash Floods Leave Thousands Displaced and 21 Dead
Update, 03 December 2018 Further heavy rain fell in Iraq from around 29 November according to media reports. Chinese News Agency Xinhua said the province of Nineveh declared state of…
Middle East – Heavy Rain and Flooding in Iran, Iraq and Kuwait
Unusually heavy rain in parts of the Middle East from 04 November has caused flooding in Kuwait, Iraq and Iran. According to WMO figures, Bushehr in Iran recorded 67mm of…
Iraq Kurdistan Region – 4 Killed in Duhok Flash Floods
At least 4 people died in flash floods that hit the city of Duhok in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Saturday, 05 May 2018. Duhok Civil Defense said that…
Iraq – Floods Affecting 200,000 in Relief Camps
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reported on 26 February that the torrential rain and flooding in Iraq 10 days ago have damaged shelters and communal infrastructure in camps for internally…
Levant – Flooding in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq After Heavy Rain
A storm sweeping across the Levant brought snow, heavy rain and some flooding to parts of south eastern Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and northern Iraq over the last few days. According…
Iraq – JRC Study Says Mosul Dam Failure Would Affect 6 Million
A recent study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s in-house science service, says that over 6 million people would be affected by floods in the event of…
Iraq – Floods Increase Landmine Threat in Diyala
The severe floods that struck in parts of Iraq during late October and early November 2015 have unearthed landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Diyala Governorate, according…
Floods in Iran and Iraq Leave almost 70 Dead – Fear of Cholera Outbreak in Iraq
Heavy rain and flooding since late October have left almost 70 people dead in Iran and Iraq. The UN have said that the flooding in Iraq has exacerbated a cholera…
