A report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in UK released yesterday claims that increased flood risk is the greatest threat to the UK from climate change. Models of…
Summer storms with heavy rain and hail, brought flash flooding to some areas of the UK yesterday, 8 July 2014. The Met Office say that some parts of England and…
Heavy rain forced levels of the Seveso River in Milan to overflow. Parts of the city saw flooding, including some of the city’s metro stations. The city’s traffic, including trams…
Sistema Nacional de Emergencias (SINAE) in Uruguay are reporting flooding in the departments of Paysandú, Artigas, Salto, Durazno and Canelones. A total of 1450 people have been displaced by the…
In February this year, the department of Beni in northeastern Bolivia was decimated by floods. Other areas of Bolivia were also affected but the flooding in Beni was by far…
More heavy rain and floods have struck across several southern provinces in China. The latest flood disaster first struck on 3 July 2014, affecting Xinjiang, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. Flooding…
Japanese TV companies and RIA Novosti, the Russian new agency, are reporting that 87,000 people (37,666 households) in the Kumamoto prefecture of Japan have evacuated their homes because of the…
On Friday 4 July 2014 Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger declared a provincial state of emergency for Manitoba as a result of the surge of flood water heading towards the province…
The Baztan river in Navarra, northern Spain has burst its banks and flooded parts of the town of Elizondo. An area of low pressure passing over parts of central and…
Levels of the Paraguay River in the country’s capital Asunción currently stand at over 7.20 metres. The river has already flooded parts of the city’s Cateura landfill site, “El vertedero…
According to some reports, the heavy rainfall in New York City flooded parts of the subway system earlier today, closing the service on lines 1,2 and 3 between Times Square-42nd…
Over the weekend of 28 and 29 June 2014, areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, saw over 200mm of rain fall in just a few hours. In fact in some…
After storms and heavy rain brought flooding to Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, many parts of New York state have been affected by flooding in the last 24 hours. The US…
While the levels of the Mississippi River are rising quickly to flood stage, residents and businesses of Clarksville, Missouri have been told there is no money available for flood-fighting efforts.…
Storms, tornadoes, strong winds, hail, heavy rain and floods hit across central parts of USA yesterday, Tuesday 1 July 2014. Hundreds of thousands were left without power in parts of…
China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday 1 July 2014 reporting that 134 people have been killed in floods so far this year. The statement also said…
