State of Emergency in Madre de Dios, Peru
A state of emergency was declared in the Peru region of Madre de Dios after heavy rainfall on 27 January caused the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers to overflow.…
Author: Richard Davies
11 Dead in Mozambique Floods
Days of heavy rain and severe flooding in several areas of Mozambique has left 11 dead and hundreds homeless. The worst affected areas are Nhamatanda, Buzi and Chibabava districts in Sofala…
Floods Expected in Dublin
Flood warnings have been issued in Dublin for the coming weekend. The flood risk is a result of high tides from around midday on Friday 31 January 2014. A further…
Jakarta Under Water Again
Many areas of Jakarta, particularly East Jakarta, were under water yet again after heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in the city. Some affected areas were under as much as 60cm…
Queensland on Flood Alert
Warnings of tidal floods, heavy rain and strong winds have been issued for residents along Australia’s north Queensland coast. A Tropical Cyclone (likely to be named Tropical Cyclone Dylan) formed…
Indonesia – January Floods Have Killed 137
Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said yesterday that 137 people have died and 1.1 million have been evacuated due to floods and landslides in Indonesia since the beginning of…
Floods and Landslides in Catamarca, Argentina
Heavy rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in the province of Catamarca, north west Argentina. On 24 January 2014, at least 13 people died in landslides in the region, with…
174,000 Insurance Claims Made After UK Floods
UK insurance companies have now had chance to assess the costs of the floods that hit the country in late December 2013 through to early January 2014. Yesterday, the Association…
4 Killed in Floods in Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
Nearly 25cm of rain in 24 hours caused deadly flooding and landslides in the town of Rurrenabaque, Beni Department, in the north of Bolivia. The rain fell on Saturday 25…
More Flood Deaths in Indonesia
There have been more deadly flood incidents in Indonesia over the weekend, as authorities have released new figures and statistics regarding the flood disaster in Jakarta. Siau island, North Sulawesi…
Philippines – Agaton Floods Update
The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) today updated the figures on the recent flood disaster that struck the southern Philippines earlier this month. The disaster initially…
Indonesia – Floods, Disease and Food Shortages
After deadly floods across Java (most recently Kudus), Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan Islands, the island of Bali has now suffered from flooding and landslides after torrential rain and strong winds…
Florida Tides More Extreme
A study by a group of 3 scientists including Mark E. Luther, he associate professor of physical oceanography at the University of South Florida, claims that high and low tides…
Paris Needs Better Flood Defences
A report released today by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which is based in Paris, said that the city hasn’t invested enough in flood defences over recent…
Deadly Floods in Kudus, Indonesia
Indonesia is another country, along with Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and unusually England, that has suffered from severe flooding throughout the whole of January 2014. The flooding in Jakarta made headlines…
More Rain and Flood Misery for Bolivia
Bolivia has been suffering from severe weather and flooding for several weeks. Every single department (administrative region) has been affected by the flooding, and there is more still to come…
