Flooding from ex-Cyclone Ita Closes Highways in New Zealand
As predicted in an earlier report, the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Ita reached New Zealand late last week bringing flooding and landslides in its wake. Fortunately, as with its duration…
Author: Ed Hill
Ita leaves Australia headed for New Zealand
Tropical Cyclone Ita, which has left a swathe of destruction across the south western Pacific Ocean, causing over 20 deaths in the Solomon Islands and devastating sugar cane crops in…
Flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Claims up to 10 Lives
Following flooding in Tanzania’s central Dodoma region in March 2014, which caused several deaths and destruction, including the derailment of a train , further flooding has occurred, this time in…
Threat of Imminent Kariba Dam Wall Collapse Denied
Following on the heels of the reported near collapse of the incomplete Tokwe Mukorsi dam in Zimbabwe, a certain degree of confusion surrounds the condition of the Kariba Dam on…
Tropical Cyclone Hellen – 3 Dead, 1300 Displaced
Tropical Cyclone Hellen (21S) is currently approaching the coast of Mozambique as a Tropical Disturbance, having affected both the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte and the northwestern parts of Madagascar.…
Dredging the Somerset Levels
Dredging has commenced in the River Parrett as part of Somerset Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan. The UK Environment Agency has announced that dredging of a 200m (220 yard)…
Floods in Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
The Kenyan county of Kisumu, on the banks of Lake Victoria, suffered flooding following heavy rains last week. It was reported on Wednesday 26 March 2014 that more than 60…
Third Tropical Depression of 2014 approaches Philippines
A low pressure area over the western Pacific Ocean east of Mindanoa, Philippines, has developed into a Tropical Depression and has been designated the name “Caloy”, the third tropical depression…
The (Slow) Death of a Heritage Railway Line
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the commencement of construction of the heritage railway line in Knysna, South Africa, known as the ‘Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe’. It will be a sad…
Floods Worsen Suffering in South Sudan
Floods in South Sudan have increased the woes of those communities displaced by the civil war. Amongst the turmoil of civil war in one of the world’s youngest countries, flooding…
6 Dead in Oman Floods
In further flooding in the Persian Gulf area, heavy rainfall over northern Oman over the weekend led to the deaths of six people, with one person still reported missing. Two…
Flood Death Toll in South Africa Climbs to 32
Heavy rains and floods over the northern and eastern parts of South Africa during the last two weeks have led to the deaths of at least 32 people, 25 of…
Manual Dredging Reduces Flooding in Boko, Togo
Lake Zowla lies in the southeastern part of the Maritime region of the Togolese Republic on the southern coast of the ‘bulge’ of west Africa. Lake Zowla (also called Lake…
Eight Die in Swaziland Floods
Heavy rains affecting South Africa and Mozambique over the last two weeks have also caused damage and casualties in the small landlocked kingdom of Swaziland, situated between the two countries.…
Great Calgary Flood Tunnel
As another part of our series on flood tunnels, below we look at the future Calgary flood tunnel project that was announced in November 2013 as a potential part of…
Flood Maps in the USA
Flood Maps in the USA are used by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to identify flood risk and provide the basis for setting the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) flood…
