Flooding and Hailstorms Hit Andhra Pradesh, India
At least seven people have been reported killed and another 58 injured in flood-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh in India, due to heavy rains and hailstorms, along with damage to…
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Floods in Asia
Flooding in Southern Kazakhstan
Melting snow and heavy rain has left villages in Kyzylorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan fighting floods for the last two weeks. Villages in the Zhanakorgan region are thought to be…
More Floods in East Jakarta
The Ciliwung River has overflowed once again, flooding houses and businesses nearby in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta. A thunderstorm and heavy rainfall on Sunday 2 March 2014 increased river levels. Once…
More Flooding Forces Thousands of Indonesians to Re-evacuate
Just when Indonesians thought the worst was over, and had returned to clean their homes of mud and debris from earlier flooding, fresh floods from weekend downpours have again forced…
Official 2013 Floods Figures for Jammu Region, India
Minister of state for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Aijaz Ahmed Khan gave some officila figures for the floods that had strcuk the region of Jammu during 2013. In a written…
2 Children Die in Sabah Floods, Malaysia
Floods that struck the Sabah region of Malaysia on 13 February 2014 have now affected around 50,000 people. The recent flooding has been described as the worst in the region…
Indonesia – Floods Return to Jakarta, 1 Dead in Semarang
More heavy rainfall in Indonesia over the last 2 days, between 2 February and 5 February 2014, has left one person dead and thousands more displaced. Further heavy rain is…
Second Tropical Storm of 2014 Hits Philippines, 7 Dead
Tropical Storm Kajiki, named “Basyang” by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGAS), which struck the Philippines on Friday 31 January, was the second tropical storm to hit the…
Floods and Landslides in East Java, Indonesia
Incessant heavy rain caused flash floods in the regencies of Malang and Jombang, East Java province in Indonesia over the last few days. Further heavy rainfall is expected in the…
Jakarta Under Water Again
Many areas of Jakarta, particularly East Jakarta, were under water yet again after heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in the city. Some affected areas were under as much as 60cm…
Indonesia – January Floods Have Killed 137
Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said yesterday that 137 people have died and 1.1 million have been evacuated due to floods and landslides in Indonesia since the beginning of…
More Flood Deaths in Indonesia
There have been more deadly flood incidents in Indonesia over the weekend, as authorities have released new figures and statistics regarding the flood disaster in Jakarta. Siau island, North Sulawesi…
Philippines – Agaton Floods Update
The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) today updated the figures on the recent flood disaster that struck the southern Philippines earlier this month. The disaster initially…
Indonesia – Floods, Disease and Food Shortages
After deadly floods across Java (most recently Kudus), Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan Islands, the island of Bali has now suffered from flooding and landslides after torrential rain and strong winds…
Deadly Floods in Kudus, Indonesia
Indonesia is another country, along with Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and unusually England, that has suffered from severe flooding throughout the whole of January 2014. The flooding in Jakarta made headlines…
SMART Tunnel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flood tunnels are a component of a flood management system usually found in built-up urban areas where there is no space for surface canals or stormwater channels. A flood tunnel…
