Floods in Alberta, Canada
36 hours of torrential rain in Alberta, Canada, brought horrific flooding to areas of western Canada. As much as 10cm of rain fell on Thursday 20th June. So far there…
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Floods and flooding in North and South America
Floods Mexico June 2013
Update: On 20th June, a tropical storm warning was in effect for Punta el Lagarto to Tuxpan. It is feared that the tropical storm will prodcue heavy rainfall of up…
May 2013 Floods Summary
Below is a summary of the major floods from around the world during May 2013. As you would expect, spring time will bring floods to areas normally under ice and…
Floods in Galena, Alaska
Snow melt in spring time presents a flood hazard to many around the world. I myself live in an area of Germany near the River Oder which often sees huge…
Floods in Colombia 2010 to 2013
What is it like to have 3 years of almost constant heavy rainfall? Colombia has endured extreme flooding over the last few years. The rainy season in Colombia lasts from…
Flash Floods in Texas, May 2013
Torrential rain has caused severe flooding in Texas, claiming the lives of at least two people. Rescue services have spent the day rescuing residents who are trapped by the floods…
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…
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…
