Chile Faces $1.5 Billion Costs of Flood Damage
Chile is now facing around $1.5 billion in construction costs and economic reactivation in the flood-hit north of the country. But based on preliminary analysis, Fitch Ratings believes that insurance…
Author: Richard Davies
Water Insecurity Costs the Global Economy $500 Billion Per Year
Water insecurity costs the global economy some US$ 500 billion annually, according to Global Water Partnership (GWP). Water insecurity – droughts, floods, sanitation and inadequate water supply for populations, food…
Kenya – Bus Swept Away by Floods in Mandera County
Floods may have claimed yet more lives in Kenya, this time in Mandera County in the north of the country. A 60 seater bus has been swept away by a…
Kazakhstan – 15,000 Evacuated as Melting Snow Causes Floods in 4 Regions
Higher temperatures during the last fews days of March, and then again from 06 April, have increased the melting of snow and caused widespread flooding in central and eastern Kazakhstan…
Floods, Climate Change and Canada’s Property Insurance Crisis
A new report by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) claims that climate change will erode the conditions necessary for property insurance to remain available and affordable in many…
Storm Brings Floods to Fort Worth and North Texas
Rainstorms during the morning and afternoon of Monday 13 April 2015 resulted in flash floods in Fort Worth and other areas of north Texas. The National Weather Service issued a…
Twitter and Real-Time Flood Maps
In a joint study, two Dutch organisations, Deltares and Floodtags, have developed a way to derive real-time flood maps using a combination of flood modelling and data mining from social…
Brazil – Photos of Acre State and Rio Branco Floods March 2015
Floods affecting affected thousands of people in the state of Acre, northern Brazil, from 23 February 2015 onwards, when some of the state’s rivers, in particular the River Acre, overflowed.…
More Flood Deaths in Kenya and Tanzania
Although nowhere near the scale of flooding seen in Malawi or Mozambique earlier this year, recent flood events in Kenya and Tanzania have had a significant impact on daily life…
EU Provides Aid for Bulgaria, Italy and Romania Floods
Last week the European Commission (EC) announced plans to grant aid worth €66.5 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund to Bulgaria, Italy and Romania following the flood disasters in…
RE.bound – New Insurance Product to Support Risk-Reduction Projects
Last week, a team of private sector companies announced the first step toward creating a new financial product designed to support risk reduction projects and resilient infrastructure investment. Together with…
Dutch Plans to Solve Flood Issues at Bentiu Refugee Camp, South Sudan
Dutch flood prevention experts are working on plans to alleviate flooding in the Bentiu refugee camp in South Sudan. The camp is notoriously flood prone. It is home to around…
Vietnam – New Reservoirs to Control Floods in Ho Chi Minh City
Plans have been announced to create new reservoirs to control flooding in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The work is expected to start later this year with the pilot project,…
Mexico – Veracruz to Get Emergency Funds for March Floods
Earlier this week the Interior Ministry in Mexico declared emergency status for 18 municipalities in the state of Veracruz that were affected by floods, heavy rain and hailstorms. The severe…
Kashmir Floods – Officials Say 44 Killed, 12,000 Homes Damaged
The state government of Indian controlled Jammu and Kashmir issued some official figures for the recent floods and landslides that hit the state in late March this year. Revenue Minister…
Kenya Floods – 1 Killed in Kajiado, 2,000 Displaced in Kisumu
Heavy rain which resulted in deadly floods in Siaya County, in south-west Kenya a few days ago has now affected other areas of southern Kenya, leaving 1 dead and 2,000…
