Flash Floods Across Sri Lanka Displace 46,000
Three days of heavy rainfall have caused flash floods in northern and central areas of Sri Lanka. Eastern, North-Central, Northern and North-Western provinces have all seen heavy rain since Saturday…
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4 Dead, 14,000 Evacuated after Floods in Thailand – Malaysia Border
Heavy rain and flooding has continued in southern Thailand and is now also affecting areas along the Thailand-Malaysian border. At least 4 states in Malaysia have suffered from severe flooding.…
Southern Thailand Floods Spread to Narathiwat and Yala Provinces
Yala and Narathiwat can be added to the list of provinces in southern Thailand currently experiencing heavy rainfall and flooding. Earlier this week floods struck in the provinces of Nakhon…
Central Java Landslide (Updated) – Death Toll Now 56
Update 16 December 2014 Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) have confirmed that the death toll from the landslide disaster now stands at 56, with a further 52 people still…
50 Villages Hit by Floods in Southern Thailand
Floods in the southern Thai provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phatthalung have forced evacuations in as many as 50 villages, some of which are under more than 1 metre…
One Million Trees for the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Malaysia’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister G. Palanivel has promised that the Malaysian government will embark on a three year tree planting project in the country’s Cameron Highlands. The tree-planting…
Bangladesh Floods Increase Food Prices and Malnutrition
A new study by the World Food Programme has found that one people affected by floods struggle with price peaks on food for up to eight months after the shocks.…
UN Declares State of Emergency After Gaza Floods
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) declared a state of emergency in the Gaza Strip yesterday, following days of heavy rainfall. The rain has caused localized flooding and…
Floods Cause 17.5 % Drop in Employment in Thailand’s Agricultural Sector
The office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) released the official report on Thailand’s social development for the third quarter of 2014 yesterday. The report says that…
Floods Cause Travel Chaos in Israel and Lebanon
Southern Europe isn’t the only place currently experiencing storms and high levels of rainfall. Torrential downpours have caused flooding across parts of Israel, the Palestinian territories and Lebanon. The latest…
Flood Resistant Rice Tested in Thailand
This week in Thailand, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) announced it has piloted a project to deploy the newly developed flood- and pest- resistant rice strain…
Thailand – Floods in Nine Provinces, More Rain to Come
The northeast monsoon has left at least 9 provinces in southern Thailand battling heavy rain and floods, as the country’s Interior Minister warns there could be more to come. Trang…
1 Year Prison Sentences for Flood Protestors in Cambodia (Updated)
Update 14 November 2014 Since the initial sentencing of the 7 protestors (reported below) there have been further arrests and convictions, according to human rights group Licadho. Cambodia’s Phnom Penh…
Meeriyabedda – How Disaster Preparation Broke Down in Sri Lanka
Torrential monsoon rain across parts of southern India and Sri Lanka during the last 4 or 5 days of October 2014, led to flooding and several landslides in Sri Lanka.…
High Tide Floods in Ca Mau Province, Vietnam
Some areas of Ca Mau Province in southern Vietnam are under 50cm (20 inches) of water after unusually high tides over the past few days. The high tide season along…
3 Dead After More Floods in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
The Cameron Highlands in Malaysia has once again experienced deadly flooding, just over a year after 4 people died in floods in the same region. Yesterday 3 people died and…
