Plug the New York Subway
Residents of New York City will remember the chaos caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. One of the most talked about (and costly) issues after the storm was the flooding…
Americas
Floods and flooding in North and South America
32.4 Million People Displaced in 2012
The International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) earlier this week released some figures regarding people displaced by natural disasters in 2012. According to the report, in 2012, 32.4 million people around…
April 2013 Floods Summary
April 2013 we had more than April showers. Here’s a quick summary of the major floods that took place across the globe during April 2013. Forgive us if we have…
Flash Floods in Texas, 2013
It seems the flooding in the USA has moved further south over the weekend. Houston, Texas, was the latest area to be hit, after suffering torrential downpours and storms on…
Flooding of the Illinois River
One of the big rivers to burst its banks during the spring time floods in the Midwest, 2013, was the Illinois River. During April 2013, residents of towns like Peoria…
Midwest Floods Spring 2013
Springtime is here, and sadly that usually means floods for wide areas of the Midwest. So far the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri have been the areas most…
The St. Francis Dam Flood 1928
One of the most serious floods in US history was that of the St. Francis Dam in 1928. The dam was built a few years earlier, between 1924 and 1926,…
La Plata: The $ Billion Floods
And so the clear up of the floods in Buenos Aires and neighboring La Plata begins. According to the National News Agency of Argentina, Télam The Municipality of La Plata…
The Ohio River Flood 1937
In another of our “floods in history” series, we look at one of the most devastating floods to occur in the USA: the Ohio River flood of 1937. The damage…
The Johnstown Flood 1889
In our look at the some of the worst floods of the past, below is an overview of the fascinating story of the Johnstown flood of 1889 which was also…
Anger After the Floods in La Plata
It is not unusual for victims of flooding and other similar natural disasters, to show anger towards those in government, be it local or national. When people have lost so…
Flooding Hits La Plata in Argentina
It seems that the torrential rain and storms that hit the Argentina capital, Buenos Aires, earlier this week, soon moved south to hit the area of La Plata, the administrative…
Floods in Buenos Aires April 2013
The capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, has suffered from huge floods over the last 24 hours. It seems that torrential rainfall has caused chaos on the streets of the city.…
Villa Epecuén
Is this a modern day Atlantis? A town in Argentina that spent years under water has finally “come back to life” as the flood waters have receded after 27 years.…
Turn Around, Don’t Drown (TADD)
As part of a series of posts on cars, vehicles and driving during a flood, we thought we would include some information regarding the special safety campaign currently being run…
