Floods in North Korea, July 2013
Two people have been reported killed by floods in North Korea in the last few days. Around 760 people have been left homeless as a result of the floods. The…
Author: Richard Davies
Soulik floods China and Taiwan
Tropical storm Soulik hit north east Taiwan on 12th July, and continued on to mainland China, reaching Fujian province on 13th July. It continued over mainland China heading north west,…
Floods in Sichuan, China July 2013
Update 12th July 2013: China and Taiwan braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik 33 dead in Sichuan province, 166 still missing 5 dead in Inner Mongolia Floods…
Floods Nepal July 2013
More torrential rainfall has brought further flooding in Nepal. The country suffered in early June at the same time nearby states in India – Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh – were…
Bihar Floods July 2013
Yet another state in north and eastern India is suffering from floods. In the last few days hundreds of villages in Assam have been under water. Before that the states…
Roanoke Floods, July 2013
Roanoke, Virginia, suffered from further flash floods as a result of a series of rain storms across southwest Virginia. The region had suffered from similar floods a week earlier, which…
Toronto Floods, July 2013
On Monday 8th July a severe storm hit Toronto flooding parts of the city in dramatic fashion. Around 10cm of rain fell in just a few hours, starting at around…
Why Uttarakhand?
After the evacuation of over 100,000, the complete destruction of towns and villages, the terrible deaths of as many as 1,000, and with many of the stranded still missing, I…
Assam Floods Worsen
Update: 10th July 2013 The flooding in Assam deteriorated further. As of Wednesday 10th July 2013, there were around 400 villages in 11 districts under water (Assam has 27 districts…
Floods Thailand July 2013
Nearly 13cm of rain has fallen in a 24 hour period on 4th July 2013 in the Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand. Particularly badly affected was the Takua Pa district.…
Floods in China as Rumbia Hits
Tropical Storm Rumbia reached the Leizhou Peninsula in the south of Guangdong province in southern China on 1st July. Upon landfall the storm weakened but still resulted in torential rain,…
June 2013 Floods Summary
June 2013 must go down as one of the worst months of flooding in recent times. Last month saw nearly 300,000 people displaced as a result of flooding, including floods…
Floods in Argentina
Last week the Paraná river in Paraguay broke its banks and the floods forced 800 people from their homes. The Paraná runs along the border between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.…
Germany Flood Pictures June 2013
In our efforts to report and document as many of the major flood events as we can from around the world, we have been working on building a library of…
Flood Re – UK Flood Insurance
“Flood Re” is the name given to the new UK flood insurance policy. The new policy is the long awaited replacement to the Statement of Principles agreement that was set…
Paraguay Floods June 2013
Update 2nd July 2013: Since the floods began over 12,000 people have been affected. The departments worst affected are: Alto Paraná, Misiones, Ñeembucú and Amambay. The city of Ayolas in…
