Tropical Cyclone Lusi has struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu causing flooding, destroying houses and crops and causing one reported death. The Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office issued cyclone…
The heavy rainfall that has inundated the province of Gauteng over the last two weeks has been described by the South African Weather Service as “highly unusual”, adding that more…
Chinese news agency Xinhua reported last week that at least 10 people had died in the Republic of Congo’s main cities of Brazzaville and Point Noire after their houses were…
At least seven people have been reported killed and another 58 injured in flood-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh in India, due to heavy rains and hailstorms, along with damage to…
Further reports emerged yesterday afternoon of the extent of flooding in the northern parts of South Africa, with a woman missing after her car was swept away by floodwaters in…
Following weather warnings from the South African Weather Bureau about possible heavy rains and flooding in the five northernmost provinces of the country, reports of widespread flooding in Mpumalanga province…
The tropical depression that battered Fiji last week has moved away toward the Tonga islands, and has been reclassified to a Category One Tropical Cyclone. Tonga Cyclone Kofi (16P) has…
The small northwest Queensland town of Dajarra, south of Mount Isa, was hit by heavy rains Thursday night, 27 February 2014, which led to flash flooding and the evacuation of…
Floods in Paraguay during the last three days have displaced over 500 households and caused one fatality. Paraguay has seen heavy rainfall earlier this week, with 222mm (8.75”) reported in…
Twenty two evacuation centers have been set up in Fiji as a result of the storms, heavy rain and flooding currently affecting parts of the country. Heavy rain has affected…
Just when Indonesians thought the worst was over, and had returned to clean their homes of mud and debris from earlier flooding, fresh floods from weekend downpours have again forced…
The Bolivian Vice Ministry of Civil Defence (SINAGER) has reported that, as of Friday 14 February 2014 the rainy season in Bolivia had affected 58 691 families in 143 municipalities…
Heavy rains during the second week of February 2014 have washed away portions of Mtenguleni-Madzimawe Road in Chipata District in the Eastern province of Zambia, near the border with Mozambique.…
Three children have died and 206 houses have been destroyed in the Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces of northern Mozambique as heavy rains continue to pound the country. The rains…
The torrential rains and flooding over the past two weeks at the Tokwe-Murkosi Dam in south-central Zimbabwe that have affected more than 22,000 people in the dam’s basin and about…
A 38-year old Canadian woman is still missing after being swept away while crossing a flooded ravine in southern Uruguay on Friday 2nd February. “Two people of Canadian citizenship tried…
