Flooding News
Thousands of people have been displaced by a second wave of flooding in Peninsular Malaysia. Parts of neighbouring Thailand have also been affected. Meanwhile more flooding in East Malaysia has…
The UN says thousands of people are forced to sleep outside and are without clean drinking water after ongoing floods damaged homes and water points in the Republic of Congo…
Update, 21 December 2019: Further heavy rain from 19 to 20 December flooded roads in parts of South East England. Heavy rain also triggered landslips along railway lines, severely disrupting…
The Red Crescent in Iran reported widespread flooding in the southern provinces of Hormozgan, Khuzestan and Bushehr. Flooding began around 16 December, 2019, after a period of heavy rain in…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reports that at least 600,000 people have now been affected by ongoing floods in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Further heavy rain has triggered flooding and landslides in Uganda. At least 7 people have died and hundreds left homeless in Central and Eastern Regions since 13 December, 2019. Uganda…
Severe weather including strong winds, heavy rain and snow has affected Portugal over the last few days. News agency Lusa says flooding has affected dozens of locations in Beja, Évora…
At least 24 people have died after a landslide buried a mine in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Ituri province is in the far north east…
Disaster authorities in Indonesia report that flooding has affected parts of West Sumatra and Central Sulawesi provinces over the last few days. West Sumatra In West Sumatra, flash floods hit…
A second wave of floods has hit parts of Johor State in Malaysia. Disaster authorities said on 15 December, 2019 that 3,835 residents had been evacuated. Over 50 shelters have…
A powerful storm hit parts of southern and western France late on 12 December. Winds of up to 174 km/h caused major damages. Heavy rain and flooding was reported in…
National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) in Peru reports that heavy rain and floods since 06 December have affected parts of Huánuco and San Martin Regions. Homes, schools, roads and…
Days of heavy rain has caused flooding in parts of Trinidad. Flooding was reported in Pernal, Debe, Barrackpore, Siparia an Princes Town. Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Rural Development and…
Severe weather impacted parts of south-east Queensland, Australia, from 12 to 13 December, 2019. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology reported rainfall rates of 120mm per hour in Southport, Queensland. Cars were…
Heavy rainfall in south east Ecuador has caused flooding and landslides in Morona-Santiago Province. According to Ecuador’s National Risk and Emergency Management Service (SNGRE), the worst affected area is the…
Local media in the Maldives report that severe weather caused flooding in Malé on 11 December 2019. Some areas recorded more than 80mm of rain in 24 hours. Streets of…
