Floods in Asia
Teams from police and fire departments alongside troops from Japan’s Self-Defence Force continue to search through mud and debris looking for the many people still feared missing in the mudslide…
Two people have died and dozens evacuated as a result of landslides and flooding after torrential rain in South Korea. Heavy rain began on 05 July 2021. Ministry of the…
Disaster authorities in Indonesia report flooding and landslides in Aceh Province in the north of Sumatra Island have affected more than 6,000 people since 05 July 2021. Floods accompanied by…
Heavy rain, floods and landslides have caused fatalities and destroyed homes across Nepal during the first two days of July 2021. According to figures from NDMA, 10 people have died,…
Over 60,000 people have evacuated their homes after several days of flooding in Jiangxi Province in southeast China. According to the official state-run press agency Xinhua, flooding began in the…
As many as 20 people are feared missing in central Japan after a huge landslide hit Atami city in the prefecture of Shizuoka following days of heavy rainfall. Videos showed…
Disaster authorities in the state of Assam, north eastern India, reported on 30 June that overflowing rivers have affected over 7,000 people in the last 24 hours. A total of…
Almost 20,000 people have evacuated their homes after flooding in Heilongjiang Province in northern China. Thousands of people are also affected by flooding in nearby parts of Inner Mongolia. China’s…
Over 2,500 people have evacuated their homes in response to rising river levels in Amur Oblast in the Far East Region of Russia. As of 28 June, 764 homes were…
Thousands of people have been affected by flooding after days of heavy rainfall in northern and eastern India and neighbouring countries caused rivers to rise above the danger mark in…
Five fatalities have been confirmed, with a further 19 people reported missing after heavy monsoon rainfall in Nepal triggered floods and landslides. Disaster authorities in Nepal have reported over 70…
At least 10 people have died in Bhutan after heavy monsoon rainfall triggered flash flooding in a remote mountain camp in Laya. Meanwhile rain has also triggered flash floods and…
Tropical Storm Koguma made landfall in Thai Binh Province in northern Vietnam early on 13 June 2021. According to disaster authorities in Vietnam, the storm weakened into a tropical depression…
The Southwest Monsoon arrived in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with dramatic effect on 09 June, 2021. More than 200mm of rain falling in less than 12 hours. Roads were inundated with…
Flash floods swamped areas around the city of Ankara, Turkey, on 09 June 2021. Worst affected was the metropolitan district of Mamak, Ankara Province. Videos shared on Social Media showed…
As many as 17 people have now died and over 25,000 displaced as a result of the severe weather in Sri Lanka since 03 June 2021. According to the latest…
