United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that approximately 25,000 people have been affected by heavy rain and flooding the department of Nariño, Colombia. A total…
The National Agency for Disaster Administration (NADMA) says that over 5,000 people are still displaced after flooding in Sabah and several states in Peninsular Malaysia since 23 January, 2017. Some…
Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) says at least 96 [people have died in flooding that affected 12 southern provinces in the country from early January. Flooding still…
Further severe weather, including heavy rain, flooding, lightning and thunderstorms, has affected parts of Zimbabwe over the last few days. In mid January, flooding forced around 30 families to evacuate…
A group in the USA representing environmental, insurance, housing and disaster mitigation interests is urging regulators to implement proposal to expand consumer choice for US flood insurance program. The National…
A period of heavy rain in Indonesia between 26 and 29 January 2017 caused flooding in parts of North Sulawesi and Bangka-Belitung Province. Indonesia’s BNPD says that around 7,000 people…
Flooding affected parts of French Polynesia from 22 January 2017 after a period of heavy rain. Over 200 mm of rain in 24 hours was recorded in Tahiti-Faa’a on Tahiti…
Heavy rain caused by the tail-end of a cold front and low pressure area has caused deadly floods in Eastern Visayas and Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Over 13,000 people have been…
The number of victims of the flood disaster in southern Thailand continues to rise as the flood situation continues in 6 provinces. However, the Thai Meteorological Department are warning of…
Flooding forced around 30 families to evacuate their homes in near the Marimba River in Budiriro, a western suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday 13 January, 2017. Meanwhile Meteorological Services…
The Environment Agency in England says that over 550,000 homes were protected by flood defences as stretches of the East coast of England were hammered by high waves and storm…
The disaster management agency in Honduras (Copeco) reports that at least 4 people have died and 6 are missing after storms and floods affected areas along the Caribbean coast from…
As a part of the city’s response to the devastating “Tax Day Floods” of 2016, Mayor Sylvester Turner recently announced the formation of Houston’s Storm Water Action Team (SWAT). It…
Communities along the east coast of England have been told to prepare for large waves and possible flooding throughout Friday 13 January and into Saturday morning. The Environment Agency said…
Heavy rain since Thursday 05 January, 2017, has caused floods in parts of the province of Luanda, Angola. According to Angola News Agency ANGOP, the flooding damaged 1,800 homes in…
According to the latest report on the flood situation in the south of the country. Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) says that the number of fatalities has…
