Floods in Asia
The flood situation in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan has now left almost 300,000 cut off, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). An official update from yesterday,…
Heavy rain over the past week has caused flash floods and triggered rivers and lakes to overflow in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The worst hit area is…
The Iranian Red Crescent are reporting that, based on initial assessment reports from their Relief and Rescue Organisation, at least 11 people have been killed, 30 injured and 12 people…
The rapid melting of snow and glaciers due to higher temperatures between 01 and 15 July 2015 have triggered mudflows in the Shugnan District in the eastern region of Gorno-Badakhshan,…
Indonesia’s disaster management agency, BNPD, have reported flooding in the regencies of Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat, in the Aceh province or special region of Indonesia. Heavy rain since the…
In a statement made earlier this month, Pakistan Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahidullah Khan, expressed serious concern over the flood threat posed by Pakistan’s melting glaciers. The minister…
Several states in northern India have seen heavy rainfall over the last few days, causing rivers to overflow and buildings to collapse. Reports say that at least 19 people have…
International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Afghanistan have reported that flash floods in the Shuhada district of Badakhshan Province have damaged or destroyed at least 110 houses. IOM Afghanistan say…
According to a report issued earlier today, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided emergency food assistance to more than 150,000 people in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh after…
As northern areas of the Philippines suffered the onslaught of tropical cyclone Linfa (Egay), southern parts of the country have seen days of heavy rain and floods that have left…
Around two weeks of heavy monsoon rain has resulted in flooding in several areas of Myanmar leaving at least 6 people dead and over 8,500 forced from their homes. ASEAN…
Heavy rainfall has affected north-western and central-eastern China since 25 June, causing deadly floods and landslides in several provinces. Henan Province 6 dead 800 people evacuated Over 100 homes destroyed,…
Three districts in Assam have been hit with a new wave of floods from overflowing rivers. The districts of Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been affected by flooding over the…
Relentless heavy rainfall in Bangladesh has caused deadly floods and landslides in the south-eastern districts of Cox’s Bazar and neighbouring Bandarban. According to Reuters, a local police official confirmed that…
Flash floods raged through the market area of a remote community in Upper Dir district, a mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan. Local media say that the…
Torrential rain following in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kujira has caused flash flooding in the northern province of Son La, Vietnam. The floods struck on 24 June 2015. The…
