The new, £26 million ($40 million USD) Morpeth flood scheme in the north-east of England, was officially opened in Monday, 24 August, 2015. It will protect residents by storing millions…
Researchers from UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have developed a visualisation tool to predict the economic damage caused by coastal flooding around estuaries. The method…
Three people died in the city of Constantine, northern Algeria, after torrential rain hit on Monday 24 August 2015. WMO figures say that 98 mm of rain fell in the…
As announced earlier this month, the EU sent a team of civil protection experts to help with damage assessment and disaster recovery in areas of Macedonia hit by flash floods…
A severe storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to parts of New South Wales, including Sydney, from the afternoon of 24 August 2015 and through to the early hours…
At least 7 people have died and 3 remain missing after floods struck yesterday 24 August 2015 in Artvin province in Turkey. The province is situated on the Black Sea…
At least 600,000 people are currently affected by recent flooding in the state of Assam, north-east India. The state has been blighted by floods since the start of this year’s…
Heavy rainfall and strong winds in parts of southern France over the weekend have left 3 people dead. A couple died after their car washed away by flood water in…
The national emergency department, Sistema Nacional de Emergencias (SINAE), in Uruguay, report that 4,158 people have been displaced by flooding over the last few days. Flooding has been reported in…
In a report issued last week, UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niger said that recent floods that began in late July have affected over 20,000…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Myanmar have confirmed that the death toll of the flood disaster now stands at 103. Heavy monsoon rainfall, combined…
Heavy rain and ensuing floods in north-eastern areas of the Indian state of Maharashtra have left at least 5 people dead in the city of Nagpur. According to local media…
The EU is to send a team of civil protection experts to help with damage assessment and disaster recovery in areas of Macedonia hit by flash floods earlier this month…
At least 500 people, including locals and tourists, have been evacuated after major floods struck in Corigliano and Rossano Calabro in the province of Cosenza in Calabria. Many of those…
Update: The bodies of three of the missing flood victims have been found, Moroccan authorities said on Thursday 13 August 2015 The victims – a woman and two girls –…
At least 5 people have been killed in floods in the Gao Region of Mali that began on 08 August 2015. Heavy rainfall reportedly affected north-eastern Mali on 8 August…
