Amite River Breaks Banks Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana
After some heavy rainfall over the weekend, the levels of the Amite River, which runs to Lake Maurepas, are a cause for concern. Prairieville saw 1.32 inches (3.35cm) of rain…
Author: Richard Davies
Flash Floods in Bay County, Florida
A storm and heavy rainfall in the Bay County area of Florida on Sunday 23 February 2014 left several roads under water. Although the rain and floods were slight in…
River Levels Threaten Pittsburgh Floods
As with Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and New York state, the warmer weather. Four consecutive days of temperatures over 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the state brought with it snow melt, rain…
Snow Melt Floods in New York State
The warmer weather brought some flooding to parts of New York state late last week and over the weekend. In Sunset Bay NY, residents had to evacuate their homes and…
Warmer Weather Brings Floods to Ohio
Like other northern states in the USA, Ohio has seen a fair amount of flooding over the last few days after a spell warmer weather and rainfall. Snow melt, rain…
20 Evacuated After Floods in Indiana
Indiana also saw its share of snow melt flooding over the weekend and late last week. The flooding comes on the heels of record snowfalls throughout the U.S. On Friday,…
Ecuador: Flooding in 3 Provinces
Heavy rainfall since 18 February has brought flooding to three provinces in Ecuador. The northern province of Pichincha, which includes the capital Quito, the coastal province of Esmeraldas and the…
3,000 Evacuated in San Juan Floods, Argentina
Around 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after storms and heavy rainfall led to widespread flooding in the San Juan province of Argentina. Some local media put the…
Official 2013 Floods Figures for Jammu Region, India
Minister of state for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Aijaz Ahmed Khan gave some officila figures for the floods that had strcuk the region of Jammu during 2013. In a written…
2 Children Die in Sabah Floods, Malaysia
Floods that struck the Sabah region of Malaysia on 13 February 2014 have now affected around 50,000 people. The recent flooding has been described as the worst in the region…
Flood Threats Across Europe
While much of the UK is enjoying the antics of the its government in the face of the flooding across southern England, other areas of Europe also face a weekend…
Floods Follow Heat in Adelaide
Residents of Adelaide just experienced their wettest 24 hours since the sixties. Up to 9:00am on Friday morning, 75.2 mm of rain fell on central areas of Adelaide, making it…
More Flooding in Brittany, France
Four departments of France are currently on orange alert after storms and heavy rain brought flooding to areas of Brittany, France. Météo France say that heavy rain is likley to…
Burundi Floods – Bujumbura Death Toll Rises
As expected, the death toll is rising in Bujumbura. The landslide and flood disaster struck the Burundi capital of Bujumbura on 10 February. The flash flooding and landslides caused so…
River Thames Levels Threaten Floods in South East England
Levels of the River Thames are now so high that thousands of homes along the river are at risk of flooding. Hundreds of people have been evacuated already. Levels of…
Deadly Floods and Landslides in Burundi
Around 10 hours of torrential rain during the night of Sunday 9 February and into the early hours of today has led to floods and landslides in the Burundi capital,…
