Flood Warnings in Italy as 2 People Killed in Rome
Heavy rain and flooding has once again hit parts of Italy, including Sardinia, Umbria, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Lazio, including areas around the capital, Rome, where two people died. ANSA have…
Author: Richard Davies
One Million Trees for the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Malaysia’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister G. Palanivel has promised that the Malaysian government will embark on a three year tree planting project in the country’s Cameron Highlands. The tree-planting…
RSO – Poland’s TV Flood Warning System
Next month will see the launch of a new disaster and severe weather warning system in Poland. From January 2015, residents of Poland will see messages about floods, storms, tornadoes…
Bangladesh Floods Increase Food Prices and Malnutrition
A new study by the World Food Programme has found that one people affected by floods struggle with price peaks on food for up to eight months after the shocks.…
2014 On Track for Hottest Year on Record as Higher Sea Temperatures Increase Flooding
The year 2014 is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record, according to preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This is…
11 More Dead in Morocco Floods
A further 11 people have died in floods in Morocco, just 1 week after torrential rain caused flash floods in the south of the country, leaving as many as 36…
UK Floods – List of Flood Defence Projects Announced
In a flurry of press releases sent out yesterday 02 December 2014, the UK Environment Agency announced a list of flood defence projects for England and Wales as part of…
Evacuations and Flood Warnings in California after Day of Record Rain
A number of flash flood warnings were issued for parts of California after a storm drenched southern parts of the state, including Los Angeles, yesterday 2 December. There remains a…
France Floods – 5 Dead, 3000 Evacuated
France has once again been bombarded with storms and heavy rain, causing floods across the south west of the country. Around 92 mm of rain fell in Perpignan, the capital…
Three Months of Flooding and Isolation in La Leona, Paraguay
Climate change is increasing the recurrence and intensity of extreme phenomena such as cyclones, hurricanes, floods and droughts, making disaster risk reduction (DRR) paramount. As the United Nations Climate Change…
More Heavy Rain in Morocco Prompts High Level Flood Warnings
More heavy rainfall in Morocco has prompted authorities to issue high level flood warnings. The severe weather has spread to affect parts of southern Spain, the Canary Islands and Algeria.…
UN Declares State of Emergency After Gaza Floods
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) declared a state of emergency in the Gaza Strip yesterday, following days of heavy rainfall. The rain has caused localized flooding and…
1 Dead, 3 Missing After Flash Floods in South East France
A heavy storm triggered flash floods in south east France yesterday, Thursday 27 November 2014. Later on Thursday the French Interior Ministry confirmed that one woman had died in the…
Death Toll Rises to 32 in Morocco Floods
The number of victims in the recent floods in Morocco has now risen to 32 as the severity of the situation becomes clearer and the emergency teams carry out further…
Floods Cause 17.5 % Drop in Employment in Thailand’s Agricultural Sector
The office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) released the official report on Thailand’s social development for the third quarter of 2014 yesterday. The report says that…
5 Dead, 16 Missing After Floods in Southern Morocco
Morocco news agency MAP are reporting that between three and five people have been killed and a further 16 are missing after floods in southern Morocco. The flooding was caused…
