Floods in Iraq, May 2013
Cities in southern Iraq have been suffering from floods since early May. The heavy rainfall was unexpected by many, and certainly wasn’t anticipated to continue for so long. In fact…
Asia
Floods in Asia
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…
Ho Chi Minh City: Too Big to Flood
With a background of such horrific recent flooding (see our post on floods in Vietnam, 2008 to 2012), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) this week claimed that Ho Chi Minh…
China Floods May 2013
The southern China rainy season seems well upon us, with plenty of floods resulting from the monsoon rains across the region. Warnings of the Yangtze river levels reaching higher limits…
Vietnam Floods: 2008 to 2012
Vietnam has suffered from horrific floods in the last few years. In 2008 over 60 people were believed to have been killed by flooding which affected the north and central…
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…
Floods in Philippines 2009
In September 26, 2009 Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines at the border of Aurora and Quezon provinces causing havoc and destruction. Maximum winds were around 85 km/h. Records show the…
Pakistan Floods 2010 Infographic
Below is an infographic about the devastating floods in Pakistan during 2010, which we reported on here. At one point during the floods, “one fifth of the total land mass…
Pakistan Spider Web Trees
When it comes to the effects of flooding, it’s safe to say we should always expect the unexpected. For example, in recent posts, I’ve talked about the victims of floods…
Flooding in Jakarta, April 2013
Three thousand people have been affected by flooding in Jakarta on April 19 and 20. The floods were a direct result of heavy rainfall on Wednesday. However, there are wider…
North Korea Floods 2012
The floods which hit North Korea in the summer of 2012 were so devastating that the country is still suffering today. The ongoing problem has affected a lot of the…
Flash Floods in Malaysia, April 2013
Reports from Kuala Lumpur have said there was a massive thunderstorm on the early evening of 10th April, from around 17:30. The storm and heavy downpour that accompanied it lasted…
Central China floods 1931
As another part of our series on historic floods, here we look at the devastating floods that hit central China in 1931, one of which hit the Yangtze River with…
Pakistan 2010
The year 2010 was a significant one for flooding. China, Korea and countries across South East Asia, all suffered from terrible floods, many of them resulting in loss of life…
Flooding in China, 2010
The floods during 2010 in China are considered to be one of the most damaging of all floods. China had suffered terrible floods before, in particular the 1998 flooding of…
