Flooding News
Flash flooding has affected parts of Lilongwe, capital city of Malawi, after a period of heavy rain since late December, 2019. According to Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA)…
Update 04 January 2020 Disaster authorities report that, as of 04 January 2020, a total of 53 people have now died in flooding and landslides in Greater Jakarta since disaster…
Around 300 families have been displaced by flooding in Eastern Province, Zambia. Flooding began in late December, 2019. As of 01 January, 2020, over 200 families had been displaced in…
Severe weather including heavy rain and flooding has left 5 people dead in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. Local media, quoting officials from Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades (INGC), said…
Massive flooding in Jakarta Metropolitan Area in Indonesia has left 21 people dead and thousands displaced. Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported flooding in 268 locations across the metro…
Dozens of houses have been damaged or destroyed and hundreds of people displaced after heavy rain and flooding in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. Local media reported that over 50 homes have…
Disaster authorities in Peru are responding to incidents of flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain over the last 7 days. On 28 December heavy rain in Junín department triggered…
Storms brought record rainfall to parts of Tennessee and Alabama from 29 December, causing flash flooding in which 2 people died. In Tennessee, several roads were closed in Williamson County,…
At least 5 people are missing after flash floods in North Labuhan Batu Regency, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Flooding hit the villages of Pematang and Hatapang in North Labuhan Batu…
Two people have died and more than 2,000 evacuated after Tropical Cyclone Sarai brought strong winds and heavy rain to south-east Fiji. The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in Fiji…
At least 8 people are missing after torrential rain triggered flash floods and mudslides in Tolima Department, Colombia. The disaster struck during the early hours of 26 December, 2019. According…
At least 12 people died in Rwanda following a torrential rain on 25 December, 2019. According to disaster officials, the torrential rain destroyed 113 houses and wide areas of crops…
At least 14 people have died and 33 injured after torrential rain caused flash flooding in the city of Bujumbura, Burundi. According to Burundi Red Cross, torrential rains and strong…
More flooding has affected wide areas of Sri Lanka over the last few days. At least 6 people died in flooding in the country earlier this month. According to the…
At least 6 people have died in Indonesia‘s Riau Province after heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides over the last few days. Days of heavy rain caused several rivers…
Storm Elsa brought winds of 160 km/h and heavy rain across parts of northern Portugal and Spain on 19 December, 2019. At least 2 weather related fatalities were reported in…
