Floods in Asia
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) in Sri Lanka reports that stormy weather including strong winds, heavy rainfall and flooding, has affected almost 40,000 people in the country since 06 September.…
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Sept 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a small village in northern Afghanistan, nestled in barren mountains and cut off from main roads, Arsam points to what is…
Further flash floods and heavy rain have affected parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northern Pakistan. On 28 August FloodList reported that at least 16 people had died after flash…
Typhoon Maysak brought strong winds and heavy rain as it swept across the Korean Peninsula on 03 September. South Korea In South Korea, much of the damage from Maysak was…
Disaster authorities in Nepal report that at least 12 people have died and 41 are missing after flooding and landslides in central Nepal. Heavy rain is thought to have triggered…
Thousands of people have been forced from their homes after rivers broke their banks in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, western India. Maharashtra In Maharashtra, recent heavy rainfall in…
More severe flooding struck in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Authorities report that at least 24 people have died and 11,000 were rescued after flooding struck from…
At least 17 people have died and over 10,000 damaged in floods in the state of Odisha, eastern India. Days of heavy rainfall affected the state from 25 August, with…
After further damage assessments following the severe flash flooding in eastern and central Afghanistan on 26 August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that…
Record rainfall in Karachi, Pakistan in late August caused widespread damage in the city, with at least 27 fatalities reported. Heavy rainfall and urban flooding affected Karachi and surrounding areas…
As monsoon rainfall continues to cause chaos in Karachi and surrounding areas of Pakistan‘s south eastern Sindh Province, flash flooding in northern parts of the country has caused at least…
Afghanistan‘s National Disaster management Agency (ANDMA) reports flooding has affected eastern provinces of the country after heavy rainfall from 25 August 2020. At least 35 people have died in the…
Heavy monsoon rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in Sindh Province, Pakistan, including the provincial capital, Karachi. According the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) in a report of 25 August,…
One person has died after heavy rainfall and flooding which has affected wide areas of northern Thailand since 20 August. Thai Meteorological Department reports that Phrae, capital of Phrae Province,…
Flash floods in northern Turkey have killed at least 4 people, with a further 11 people thought to be still missing. Flooding struck in Giresun Province in the Black Sea…
Disaster authorities in India report flooding in the states of Madhya Pradesh over the last few days. According to a report of 23 August by India’s National Emergency Response Centre,…
