Floods in Asia
While northen parts of Thailand are struggling with floods and landslides, in Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province, local communities have been attending disaster risk reduction (DRR) training from World Vision.…
Heavy rain falling almost non-top for 24 hours has left parts of Thailand’s Chiang Rai province under water. Chiang Rai is Thailand’s northernmost province, and borders both Laos and Burma.…
It’s been 9 years since the 26 July floods in Mumbai, when the Mithi river broke its banks flooding some of the city’s most densely populated areas. The poor state of…
Odisha Update: 3 bodies have been found in Bargarh district, Odisha. The bodies were in a car that was swept away in flood waters on Monday 21 July 2014. It…
A record 170 mm of rain in 36 hours has hit the Magadan Oblast region in Russia’s Far East with widespread flooding, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency.…
Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported earlier today that, after several days of steady rain, flooding is affecting the 5 provinces of Sakon Nakhon, Prachin Buri, Si Sa…
Yet another Indian state, this time Madhya Pradesh, is struggling with heavy monsoon rain and the ensuing floods. Heavy rain has been falling in the region since Monday 21 July…
Below is an update to our earlier report on the situation in Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Rammasun which wreaked storm damage across parts of Vietnam, as well as…
In similar circumstances to the recent heavy rainfall and overflowing rivers in Nepal’s Far Western Region, the bordering Indian state of Uttarakhand has seen around 5 consecutive days of constant…
Several days of non-stop rain in Nepal, particularly the Far Western Region, has forced the Mahakali River (also known as the Sharda River) to burst its banks. Local police said…
Torrential rainfall on 19 July caused flash flooding in Istanbul. The flash flooding comes just weeks after parts of the city suffereed in similar circumstances in early June this year.…
According to initial reports by Vietnam’s National Steering Committee on Flood and Storm Prevention and Control, Typhoon Rammasun has killed at least 6 people in Vietnam, with a further 3…
While the city of Varanasi, Utter Pradesh, India, still awaits the completion of its new storm drainage system, heavy monsoon rain over the last 48 hours has left wide areas…
Update 19 July 2014 – More information has since been released about the flooding that struck parts of Mindanao and Western Visayas on 16 July 2014. Two hours of torrential…
A report from the National Disaster office of Papua New Guinea says that more than 45,000 people have been affected by flooding in Gulf Province and Southern Highlands. No deaths…
MANILA, 18 July 2014 (IRIN) – Mixed messages related to “No-Build Zones” in coastal areas of the Philippines, including those devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013 can create a…
