Floods in Asia
More than 400 people evacuated their homes after major flooding struck in Turkey‘s Black Sea Region late on 21 July 2021. Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency…
Massive rescue efforts are underway after heavy monsoon rainfall continues to wreak havoc in Mumbai and surrounding areas of the state of Maharashtra in India. Some areas in Maharashtra recorded…
Communities in West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan Provinces of Indonesia have endured days of flooding where homes have been submerged and thousands of families evacuated. The flood situation for many…
At least 12 people have died after being swept away by floods and mudslides in Tajikistan. Flooding and mudslides swept through villages in several districts of Sughd Region on 19…
As many as 33 people have lost their lives in the catastrophic flooding in Henan province in central China. Massive flooding struck the city of Zhengzhou and areas of Henan…
Over 20 people have died in rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northern Pakistan over the last 10 days. Many of the victims died when heavy rain or floods…
Update, 21 July 2021: As of 21 July, 12 fatalities were reported and 100,000 people had evacuated their homes in Henan province according to Chinese state media. The Henan provincial…
Flash flooding, storms and heavy rainfall have affected 15 provinces of Iran over the last week, causing fatalities, displacements and emergency rescues. The recent spate of severe weather began on…
China’s Ministry of Water Resources reports that two reservoir dams failed in locations near Hulunbuir City in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, on 17 July 2021. The dams failed…
Heavy Monsoon rainfall in western India has caused widespread damage and triggered flash floods and several landslides in part of the country’s largest city, Mumbai. Mumbai International Airport recorded 235…
At least 4 people have died, 3 are missing and dozens have been rescued by emergency services after flash floods in Oman following days of heavy rainfall. Authorities issued warnings…
Heavy rain on 14 July 2021 triggered flash floods and landslides in the Province of Rize in the Black Sea Region of northern Turkey. As of 15 July authorities in…
Days of heavy monsoon rainfall has triggered flooding and several landslides in northern India, affecting the states of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Rescuers have recovered 6 bodies after landslides…
Floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains swept away houses in two villages in the Aksy district in Jalal-Abad Region of western Kyrgyzstan on 12 July, 2021, close the border…
Around 300 people evacuated their homes in Kagoshima after torrential rain in Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the highest level warning for heavy rainfall for parts of southwestern…
BNPB, Indonesia’s disaster agency reported that 15,0000 homes were damaged in dozens of flood and landslide events throughout June this year. BNPB reported a total of 137 natural disasters across…
