Floods and landslides have affected north-eastern parts of Colombia over the last few days. UN OCHA report that the departments of Arauca, Norte de Santander and Boyacá have all seen…
Around two weeks of heavy monsoon rain has resulted in flooding in several areas of Myanmar leaving at least 6 people dead and over 8,500 forced from their homes. ASEAN…
Heavy rainfall has affected north-western and central-eastern China since 25 June, causing deadly floods and landslides in several provinces. Henan Province 6 dead 800 people evacuated Over 100 homes destroyed,…
Three districts in Assam have been hit with a new wave of floods from overflowing rivers. The districts of Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been affected by flooding over the…
Costa Rica has experienced further heavy rainfall over the last few days which has left 19 communities isolated and forced over 700 people from their homes. Heavy rain and floods…
Relentless heavy rainfall in Bangladesh has caused deadly floods and landslides in the south-eastern districts of Cox’s Bazar and neighbouring Bandarban. According to Reuters, a local police official confirmed that…
Flash floods raged through the market area of a remote community in Upper Dir district, a mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan. Local media say that the…
Severe flooding in the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, south-western Russia, has left 1 person dead and forced hundreds from their homes. Reports say that over 500 homes across…
Torrential rain following in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kujira has caused flash flooding in the northern province of Son La, Vietnam. The floods struck on 24 June 2015. The…
Western parts of India have been battered by torrential monsoon rainfall over the last 48 hours. The state of Gujarat has felt the brunt of the downpour and the subsequent…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working with Papua New Guinea’s Office of Climate Change and Development (OCCD) to develop early-warning systems for inland and coastal flooding. The new…
This month the world bank has announced approval for several flood and disaster prevention projects in parts of India and Pakistan with a total cost of over $800 million. In…
Costa Rica’s National Emergency Commission (Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias – CNE) are carrying out assessments of the damage caused by heavy rain and floods…
The Environment Agency in the UK is encouraging people to help their neighbours and communities by becoming flood wardens. Flood wardens are key in helping their community to be prepared…
According to the latest available figures from Assam State Disaster Management Authority ( ASDMA), there are currently over 27,000 people in the state still affected by the floods that began…
A recent conference on the critical role of risk and resilience in Financing for Development (FfD) has concluded development must be risk-informed to be sustainable. “Volatility is the new normal”,…
