Floods in Asia
Research by the University of Southampton shows that a change in the patterns of tropical storms is threatening the future of the Mekong River delta in Vietnam, indicating a similar…
Typhoon Haima is approaching the Philippines with maximum sustained winds of 225kph and gusts of 315kph By Beh Lih Yi JAKARTA, Oct 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Aid agencies were…
Coastal defences could be designed to better withstand powerful storms triggered by climate change, a study of wave dynamics suggests. Improving seawalls could help limit loss of life and damage…
At least 24 people have died in flooding in Central Vietnam after a period of heavy rain triggered by a tropical depression. Vietnam’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) says that severe…
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in the Philippines reports that over 50,000 people have been affected by Typhoon Sarika (known locally as Karen). Almost 40,000 people were…
India is facing one of its most serious droughts in recent memory – official estimates suggest that at least 330m people are likely to be affected by acute shortages of…
Heavy flooding affected more than a million people in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam between July and August 2016, with 45 dead and more than 200,000 in relief camps.…
In a report issued late yesterday, Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) said that 3 people have been killed by floods in Nakornsawan province. Wide areas of farmland…
Typhoon Chaba left a trail of destruction in South Korea on Wednesday, 05 October, after dumping over 280 mm (11 inches) of rain in some areas. Chaba is thought to…
In a floodlist article of 25 August, 2016, it was reported that the Bihar State disaster management department in India had estimated that the current floods had affected almost 3…
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) reports that, as of 30 September, heavy rain from Typhoon Megi has caused flooding and landslides in the provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi. CMA…
Recent floods in Andhra Pradesh have left at least 17 people dead, thousands displaced, and caused damage to around 50,000 hectares of crops. As with the neighbouring state of Telangana,…
At least 11 people have died after several days of flooding in the Indian state of Telangana. Parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam and Maharashtra states have also been affected…
The recent magnitude 7.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami warning in northern New Zealand reminds us that tsunamis are unpredictable and can strike any time. If you live in a tsunami…
After the harrowing impact of tsunamis on coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 that killed up to 230,000 people, and on the Japanese coast in March 2011…
The death toll from the flood disaster that struck in Garut Regency, West Java, has now risen to 33. Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB) said yesterday that a search…
