Floods in Asia
How our floating homes will help people in flood-prone countries, by Nandan Mukherjee, University of Dundee for Conversation. Around 40% of the global population live in coastal areas less than…
At least three people have died in the north east of Turkey after heavy rain caused flash floods and landslides in Arakli district in Trabzon Province on 18 June, 2019.…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Philippines says that over 45,000 people have been displaced by flooding on Mindanao Island. Most of those displaced (44,955 people…
BHUBANESWAR, India, June 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Six weeks after India’s eastern state of Odisha was battered by the strongest storm since 2013, officials are considering how to build…
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Mongolia reports that as many as 12 people have lost their lives in recent flooding in the country. Mongolia Red Cross said that heavy…
An update from China’s Ministry of Emergency Management of 17 June reveals that 88 people have now died as a result of heavy rain, floods and landslides in southern and…
Flooding has affected over 35,000 people in Samarinda City in East Kalimantan Province in Indonesia, according to local disaster authorities. According to the country’s disaster management agency BNPB (Badan Nasional…
Major floods hit Ankara, Turkey on 09 June, 2019, damaging houses, businesses and roads. Ankara Metropolitan Municipality set up a Disaster Coordination Center (AKOM) soon after the flooding struck. AKOM…
Thousands of people have been displaced by flooding on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi over the last few days, according to the country’s disaster management agency BNPB (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan…
Strong winds, heavy rain and flash floods hit several parts of Yemen from 08 June, 2019, causing major damages and at least 3 deaths. Yemen Meteorological Services reported that Aden…
Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Tajikistan and neighbouring Afghanistan. Tajikistan Heavy rain from around 04 June to 07 June, 2019, caused mudslides and flooding in…
As least seven people have died after heavy rain and flooding in the provinces of Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guizhou in southern China over the last few days. Jiangxi Severe weather…
Local media in the Maldives are reporting that heavy rain has caused flooding in the northern islands of the country over the last few days. Maldives Independent, quoting National Disaster…
Over 1,000 people have evacuated their homes in parts of Sarawak State, Malaysia, after flooding following heavy rain from 02 June, 2019. Belaga district in Kapit Division is by far…
Heavy rain in northern areas of Vietnam has caused deadly flooding and landslides. The country’s Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported flooding and landslides in Ha…
Heavy rain and floods in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has left 7 dead and 9,000 displaced. According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, rainstorms have affected 21 counties of seven…
