Floods Worsen in Bihar, India
Bihar – sometimes known as India’s “flood state” – has endured weeks of floods as a result of heavy monsoon rainfall. So far this year, 171 people have died as…
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India Floods Update 2013
It’s difficult to keep up with all the floods that have caused so much chaos across India since the start of this year’s monsoon floods that first began in earnest…
Floods in Cambodia
Like much of South and South East Asia, Cambodia has been suffering from floods since the monsoon rains began. The flooding in Cambodia started in early August. Since then 13…
Malaysia – Flash Floods in Kuala Lumpur
After heavy rainfall on 01 September 2013, flash floods affected several parts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There have been no reported causalities. The worst to suffer the city’s commuters as…
Floods in Taiwan
Tropical Cyclone Kong-Rey bombarded Taiwan with torrential rainfall and widespread flooding on 29th August. The worst hit areas were the west coast and southern provinces. In the space of 24…
Flooding in Laos
In June FloodList reported that monsoon rains had resulted in flooding in the Bolikhamsai Province of Laos on 22nd and 23rd June. Levels of the River Nam Xan rose rapidly…
Red Cross Appeal to Support 75,000 Hit by Philippines Floods
Red Cross Press Release 27 August 2013 Today, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched a preliminary emergency appeal for 1.68 million Swiss francs…
Philippines Flood update
With the flooding in Manila receding, the region of the Luzon north of the capital is still struggling with heavy rainfall and the effects of Tropical Cyclone Trami, which locally…
Khabarovsk, Russia
Over 50,000 people have been affected by the floods currently inundating Russia’s far east. It has been labelled the worst flooding in 120 years. More than 6,200 houses have been…
Pakistan Flood Update
Pakistan officials released figures and statistics on Sunday 25th August 2013, about the floods that have been affecting the country since July this year. The figures state that: At least…
Floods in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh Heavy rainfall has brought devastating floods to areas of Madhya Pradesh in India, while water levels of the Narmada and Betwa rivers are flowing above danger levels. The…
West Bengal Floods
Floods have struck other areas of the Indian state of West Bengal over the weekend. On Friday 23rd August I reported that floods defences in Malda, West Bengal, had failed…
Malda Flood Defences Fail Again
On 16th July 2013 I wrote about the failure of flood defences in Malda, West Bengal. The collapsed river embankment, which broke on 14th July, was in the Gajol and…
Russia Flood Map – Before and After
Huge amaouns of rainfall throughout August has left Russia’s Far Eastern province experiencing the worst floods in 120 years. The affected areas are Khabarovsk, Amur and the Jewish Autonomous region.…
More floods in Myanmar
Rangoon and parts of southern Myanmar have seen severe flooding in recent days. Mynamar was hit by severe flooding in late July 2013. As many as 25,000 people were evacuated…
Pakistan Floods Update
Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) have released updated figures regarding the recent flooding situation across the country. Rains have affected 931,074 139 flood-related fatalities 804 wounded in floods 3,826…
