Storms Hit Central USA with Floods
Severe weather struck across several states in the USA yesterday. A storm brought heavy rain, hail, high winds, and flash flooding to part of Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois.…
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Floods and flooding in North and South America
Storms Bring Floods to North East USA
A storm system across the north east of the USA resulted in flooding in several states, including New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut over the weekend. New Jersey and…
Flash Floods in Slidell and New Orleans Area
As much as 2.24 inches (5.68cm) of rain fell in just 1 hour in Slidell, a city of around 27,000 people in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Slidell sits on the…
Official Figures on La Plata Floods, Argentina
Yesterday, Tuesday 25 March 2014, the Argentine Justice Ministry released some official figures regarding the death toll of the La Plata floods of April 2013, confirming that 89 people died…
Bolivia Farms Decimated by Floods
Oscar Cabrera, the Deputy Minister of the Bolivian Civil Defense, today gave some official figures regarding the ongoing flood disaster that Bolivia has endured since late December. According to his…
20,000 Hit by Floods in Rondônia, Brazil
Brazilian news agency Agencia Brasil reported yesterday that 20,000 people in the state of Rondônia are currently affected by flooding there. The floods first struck at the beginning of March…
Flood Forces 40 to Evacuate in Nova Scotia
Rising waters in a nearby river forced at least 40 people from Eskasoni First Nation to leave their homes on Thursday 13 March 2014. Canada’s Department of Aboriginal Affairs is…
Flood Maps in the USA
Flood Maps in the USA are used by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to identify flood risk and provide the basis for setting the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) flood…
Fears that Brazil’s Dams Caused Floods in Bolivia
There are fears that two new dams in the Brazilian state of Rondonia could have caused the extensive flooding seen in parts of Bolivia and more recently Rondonia in Brazil.…
Spring Floods in Montana (Updated)
The warmer, Spring weather over the last few days resulted in ice jams, snow melt, runoff and rising river levels in many parts of the US state of Montana. A…
Floods in Palm Beach County, Florida
As much as 5 inches (12.7cm) of rain on Wednesday 5 March fell in parts of Palm Beach County, Florida. Wide areas of the north eastern parts of the county…
Rivers Overflow in Áncash and Huánuco Regions, Peru
Heavy rainfall over the last week has brought further flooding to parts of Peru. On 28 February 2014, two rivers in the Huánuco region of Peru overflowed. The Huampal and…
USA – 1000s Evacuated in Storm and Floods, California
A thunderstorm that hit California over the weekend resulted in flooding and mandatory evacuations. There were also reports of landslides, sink-holes, power outages and injuries as a result of lightning…
500 Families Displaced in Asunción, Paraguay
Floods in Paraguay during the last three days have displaced over 500 households and caused one fatality. Paraguay has seen heavy rainfall earlier this week, with 222mm (8.75”) reported in…
Floods Worsen in Beni, Bolivia
The severe weather affecting Bolivia has continued. Santa Ana del Yacuma, a town in the Beni department, is at risk of being completely inundated. Flood water levels there are said…
Further Flooding Expected in Illinois
According to WBGZ Radio and local news, the director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Jonathon Monken, today warned that with snowpack at twice the normal amount, further “spring floods”…
