Floods in Asia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At-risk communities in disaster-prone Asia are warning that they have “no hope” of coping with more climate catastrophes and some even fear…
Authorities have issued evacuation orders after days of heavy rainfall in south and western Japan. One person has died and 2 are missing after a mudslide destroyed 2 houses in…
Disaster authorities report that 21 people have lost their lives and 4 are still missing after severe flooding in areas of Hubei Province in Central China. Hubei’s Emergency Management Department…
Update 14 August 2021: As of 14 August, 34 people have died in Kastamonu Province, 6 in Sinop Province. Nine people are in hospital due to serious injuries and one…
The Disaster Management Division (DMD) in India reported on 11 August that flooding has affected over 250,000 people in the eastern state of Bihar over the last few days. Seven…
Severe floods and landslides have caused major damages in several provinces of Turkey‘s the Black Sea Region after heavy rain on 10 August 2021. Emergency teams carried out dozens of…
Disaster authorities in India report over 400 villages in the state of Uttar Pradesh have been flooded after several rivers broke their banks. As of 09 August 2021, India’s Disaster…
Over 80,000 people have evacuated their homes in responses to flooding in wide area of Sichuan Province, southwestern China. The province has seen heavy rain since 06 August. China’s National…
Regions of Russia‘s Far East are facing yet another wave of flooding after days of heavy rain caused river levels to rise. Yevgeny Zinichev, head of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency…
Officials in Madhya Pradesh, India, report that as many as 24 people have now died as a result of the flooding and heavy rainfall that has affected the state since…
Disaster management authorities in Indonesia report at least 2 people died and hundreds of homes were damaged by floods and landslides across 5 provinces in the first week of August.…
State media in North Korea report that floods in the north east of the country have damaged or destroyed hundreds of houses and forced 5,000 people to evacuate. Flooding began…
The Parwati (also Parbati) river is at record levels in the state of Rajasthan, India. India’s National Disaster Management Authority reports that at least 3 people have died in floods…
Iran Red Crescent Society (IRCS) reported flooding in the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan provinces, Tehran, Zanjan, Semnan, Qazvin, Kurdistan, Kerman, Mazandaran and Hormozgan from 01 August. IRCS teams…
Air Force, Army and Disaster Response Forces have rescued thousands of people stranded by flooding in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh…
Air Force helicopters and rescue teams from the Indian Army were deployed to flooded areas in the state of West Bengal in eastern India on 02 August 2021. As of 03…
