November: Italy’s Month for Floods
After the severe flooding in Italy’s Marche and Abruzzo provinces between 10 and 13 November, Italy’s 3b Meteo have been quick to point out that November may well be considered…
Author: Richard Davies
Flash Floods in Jakarta
As expected at this time of year, heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in various parts of Jakarta, Indonesia. The heavy rainfall began late on Wednesday 13 November, and continued…
Somalia Floods Update
A statement from the Puntland government said that the death toll from the recent storm there could be as much as three times higher than the original estimate of 100.…
Floods in Abruzzo and Marche, Italy
Italy has suffered a further bout of severe flooding. At least seven people have died in floods in Italy in the last 5 weeks. Last month there were floods in…
Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Report
Germanwatch, a research group for sustainable development and global equity, has released its 9th Global Climate Risk report to coincide with the climate summit 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. The summit…
Tropical Storm Floods Somalia
Somalia has suffered further flooding just days after the Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, appealed to the international community to provide assistance for the victims of floods that had ravaged…
Haiyan Hits Vietnam and China
After Typhoon Haiyan caused devastation across the Philippines, it moved across the South China Sea, making landfall in Quang Ninh province in Vietnam on 10th November. Wind speeds were recorded…
Niger Floods Could Bring Famine
Niger suffered flooding during August and early September this year, and it is believed that the country could now be facing poor harvest and severe food shortages as a result.…
Construction Work Causes Breach in Gujurat Canal
Construction work on embankmanets is believed to have caused a breach in a canal whihc forms part of the Ukai dam irrigation system. Nearby farmland was flooded as a result…
Super-typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in Philippines
Despite days of preparation for the arrival of Category 5 Super-typhoon Haiyan (referred to as ‘Yolanda’ by meteorologists in the Philippines), early reports indicate at least four people have died…
Floods and Food Security in North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, known as North Korea, is a nation of 24 million people living in a largely mountainous country. Its leaders pursue a strongly isolationist policy…
Somali President visits Flood-hit Jowhar
The town of Jowhar is the capital of the Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia, about 90km north of the capital, Mogadishu. It lies in the valley of the Shabelle…
Flash Floods in Western Singapore
To residents of Singapore, it must seem like every time it rains there are floods. There’s a long list of significant floods that have affected Singapore between 2010 and 2013…
Two Tropical Storms to hit the Central Philippines within a week
Tropical Storm “Wilma” (TS30W) made landfall on the morning of Monday 4 November 2013 in Surigao del Sur province on the island of Mindanao in the Republic of Philippines, thereafter…
Storm Sonia: Floods in Sinaloa, Mexico
The concern in Mexico over the potential of Tropical Storm Sonia dissipated on Tuesday 5th November, along with the storm itself. However, the fall-out from the storm could bring further…
Aims to End Flooding in Uyo, Nigeria
Godswill Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom, said yesterday 5th November 2013, that plans to secure the state capital from flood disasters are being looked at, but the costs to…
