Floods in Uttar Pradesh, India
Severe flooding on a massive scale across much of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has caused chaos and displaced around half a million people so far. Fatalities have risen…
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Floods in Asia
West Bengal Flood Defences Collapse
The monsoon is a time when flood defences – walls, embankments, levees, dams – are relied on the most in India. It’s also the time when those defences are put…
Flood Warning for Eastern Thailand
Thailand’s National Disaster Warning Centre said that the eastern part of the country could see heavy rain and flash flooding from around 17th July to 19th July 2013. The provinces…
Floods in North Korea, July 2013
Two people have been reported killed by floods in North Korea in the last few days. Around 760 people have been left homeless as a result of the floods. The…
Soulik floods China and Taiwan
Tropical storm Soulik hit north east Taiwan on 12th July, and continued on to mainland China, reaching Fujian province on 13th July. It continued over mainland China heading north west,…
Floods in Sichuan, China July 2013
Update 12th July 2013: China and Taiwan braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik 33 dead in Sichuan province, 166 still missing 5 dead in Inner Mongolia Floods…
Floods Nepal July 2013
More torrential rainfall has brought further flooding in Nepal. The country suffered in early June at the same time nearby states in India – Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh – were…
Bihar Floods July 2013
Yet another state in north and eastern India is suffering from floods. In the last few days hundreds of villages in Assam have been under water. Before that the states…
Why Uttarakhand?
After the evacuation of over 100,000, the complete destruction of towns and villages, the terrible deaths of as many as 1,000, and with many of the stranded still missing, I…
Assam Floods Worsen
Update: 10th July 2013 The flooding in Assam deteriorated further. As of Wednesday 10th July 2013, there were around 400 villages in 11 districts under water (Assam has 27 districts…
Floods Thailand July 2013
Nearly 13cm of rain has fallen in a 24 hour period on 4th July 2013 in the Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand. Particularly badly affected was the Takua Pa district.…
Floods in China as Rumbia Hits
Tropical Storm Rumbia reached the Leizhou Peninsula in the south of Guangdong province in southern China on 1st July. Upon landfall the storm weakened but still resulted in torential rain,…
June 2013 Floods Summary
June 2013 must go down as one of the worst months of flooding in recent times. Last month saw nearly 300,000 people displaced as a result of flooding, including floods…
Laos Floods June 2013
Rice shortages could result after heavy rains flood the Nam Xan river in the Bolikhamsai Province of Laos. Heavy rain over the weekend of 22nd to 23rd June 2013 has…
Assam Floods June 2013
Update, 4th July 2013: Assam state government says, as of 2nd July 240 villages were severely affected 3,340 hectare (ha) of farmland under water 3 relief camps set up in…
More Floods in China
Update: Tropical Storm Rumbia has resulted in storms and floods across southern China. See our full update on Storm Rumbia in China here. Chongqing, Zhejiang, Hubei and Anhui Four provinces…
