Flash Floods Kill 20 in Vietnam
At least 20 people have been killed in flash floods in central Vietnam on Tuesday 24th September. A further 6 people are reported as missing, with more fatalities a possibility.…
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Floods in Asia
Laos – Further Flooding in Southern Provinces
Southern Laos was badly hit by floods between 16h and 19 September, 2013, after heavy rainfall that lasted several days. The rainfall was the result of a tropical depression in…
Flooding in 15 Provinces in Thailand
Update: Around 8cm of rain fell in Khlong Yai in Trat Province, eastern Thailand, in a 24 hour period from 22nd September to 23rd September. A disaster zone has been…
4,000 evacuated after floods in Taiwan
Typhoon Usagi, which made landfall in China at around midday local time on 22nd September near the city of Shanwei in Guangdong, which is about 150km northeast of Hong Kong,…
Floods Hit Japan after Typhoon Man-yi
Typhoon Man-yi brought torrential rainfall and flooding to parts of Japan on Monday 16th September. Japan’s public broadcaster NHK say that in total 18 western and central prefectures have been…
Widespread Floods Across Indonesia
Floods have struck in various regions of Indonesia on Borneo, Sulawesi and Sumatra . The areas suffering are widespread and include the Indonesian provinces of East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Gorontalo…
Flash Floods in Northern Vietnam
Vietnam’s National Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention announced on 7th September that flash floods had struck in numerous northern provinces. Further flooding and landslides have been predicted for…
Floods in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Heavy rainfall on 9th September resulted in flooding in villages in the Zebak district of Badakhshan province, in north east Afghanistan. Askitol was reported as the worst affected of the…
Komsomolsk, Russia – Update
After the failure of the dam in Mendeleyev settlement, a suburb of Komsomolsk, there is further bad news for the Russian city. The Khabarovsk department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry…
Heilongjiang, China
Just across the border (and river) from the floods in Russia’s far eastern province, Heilongjiang in China is suffering a similar fate as its Russian neighbour. In a statement made…
Komsomolsk Floods after Dam Breaks
A dam burst in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in Russia’s Far Eastern region, after water levels of the Amur River rose. Around 300 houses have been flooded, affecting almost 1,000 people in a…
Flash Floods in Sabah, Malaysia
Flash floods struck yesterday in the Malaysian state of Sabah after around 2 hours of heavy rainfall. The worst affected areas are around the state capital, Kota Kinabalu, and suburbs…
Typhoon Toraji brings Floods to Japan
Further heavy rainfall is expected across western Japan over the next few days as a result of the fallout from Typhoon Toraji. Earlier this week the city of Tamba in…
Floods Kill 8 in Vietnam
The Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control in Vietnam have reported that floods and landslides in northern Vietnam over the last 2 days have resulted in 8 deaths. 10…
Flash Floods in Singapore
Many parts of Singapore, including central areas, suffered from flash floods during the morning of Thursday 5th September. The flash floods were caused by thunderstorms and unusually heavy rainfall. The…
Russia Far East Flood Update
Constant heavy rain over several weeks has resulted in record floods across the region of Russia’s Far East. The area now covered by the floods is almost incomprehensible in its…
