The UN and China have teamed up to share satellite data and space-based information for disaster risk reduction. The data will aid with the preparedness, mitigation and early warning actions…
According to a NOAA report released earlier this month, many coastal communities in the USA could experience a higher number a floods between now and April next year. In some…
Iran state television is reporting that at least 10 people have died in flash floods in the provinces of Tehran in the north and Hormozgan in the south. Six of…
Parts of north-eastern New Zealand are experiencing severe flooding after one month of rain fell in one day. During the last 24 hours, 97.2 mm of rain was recorded at…
Dominica will receive a payment of EC$6.5 million (approximately US$2.4 million) from the risk insurance facility for Eastern Caribbean states after the devastating storm and floods that struck in August…
The recent flooding in Utah has now claimed 18 lives, with 2 still missing. The deaths occurred in two separate incidents, one in the town of Hildale, on the border…
Major flooding brought by torrential rain hit parts of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, yesterday 16 September, 2015. In a statement issued late yesterday, the government confirmed that 4…
Heavy rain swept across many parts of northern Italy yesterday, Monday 14 September, causing flooding and landslides. A regional meteorological agency says that some areas of Emilia-Romagna saw over 300…
Flash floods in the border area of Utah and Arizona have left at least 8 people dead and 5 others missing. Local emergency services described the flash flood as a…
In a report from Japan’s disaster management agency, Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA), earlier today, Monday 14 September 2015, it was confirmed that the number of those killed in…
Heavy rain has been falling across parts of Ireland for the last few days. Some minor flooding was reported on Friday and Saturday 11 September, in particular in parts of…
Officials in Spain say that 4 people died in the flash floods that struck in southern areas of the country on Monday 07 September 2015. Initial reports said that one…
The Environment Agency in the UK is set to test flood responses in an exercise planned for Thursday 17 September in Guildford, Surrey, south east England. The EA say that…
In a recent report on the humanitarian situation in West and Central Africa Region Weekly, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that 302,000 people in…
Update 11 September 2015: Local media, police and disaster management authorities in Japan are reporting that several people have died and many more are missing after torrential rain, raging floods…
At least 2 people died and 5 are missing after floods and landslides in Laos and Vietnam after severe weather, including strong winds and heavy rainfall since Monday 07 September,…
