Floods in Asia
In Cambodia, a country particularly prone to natural disasters, the European Commission is supporting communities to build up their resilience against the recurring onslaught of floods, droughts and typhoons. ActionAid…
Heavy rain and storms last week in Sri Lanka have left at least 1 person dead and around 200 homeless. Meanwhile flooding yesterday in the Maldives has left half of…
BAGROT VALLEY, Pakistan, Dec 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nestled at the foot of five snow-capped mountain peaks in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan province, the villages of the Bagrot valley face…
POLONNARUWA, Sri Lanka, Jan 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rice farmer Weerasinghearchchilage Darmarathana is used to periodic flooding in his low-lying village of Galella in central Sri Lanka. The 60-year-old…
A week of severe weather has left over 40 people dead in the Philippines, prompting the government to declare a “state of national calamity.” Tropical Cyclone Melor Philippines authorities say…
The National Disaster Management Authority – Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) – in Indonesia report that flooding in Aceh Province since 11 December 2015 has affected over 50,000 people and…
Philippines authorities say Tropical Cyclone Melor, known locally as “Nona”, made landfall in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro on 15 December, its fifth landfall in the last 3 days in the Philippines. Authorities…
Malaysia’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) report that flooding in several states has forced almost 3,000 people to evacuate since 11 December 2015. NDMA say there are currently ongoing flood…
The Tamil Nadu government confirmed in a statement today that 347 people died in floods in the state since 01 October 2015 and continued into November where 27 people were…
Climate change is not the only guilty party for the recent floods in Chennai. The scale of the disaster was magnified by a rampant disregard for town planning, and the…
By Nita Bhalla and Sandhya Ravishankar CHENNAI/NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of poor lower-caste families who lost their homes and jobs after devastating floods swept southern…
As the southern Indian city of Chennai still struggles to cope after floods that have cost hundreds of lives and left thousands homeless, India says climate change is to blame.…
Sri Lanka‘s Department of Meteorology has warned of heavy rainfall across parts of the country over the next few days. Forecasters say 100 mm of rain can be expected which…
Heavy rainfall triggered flooding and landslides over the last 2 days on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesia’s Disaster Risk Reduction National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) say that at least…
The death toll from the floods in Tamil Nadu has risen to 269, according to a statement made by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the Indian Parliament today. Rescue and…
South east India has seen further heavy rainfall over the last 2 days. Areas of Tamil Nadu, including the state capital Chennai, are once again fighting floods after a period…
