Flooding News
Tropical Storm Pabuk made landfall in the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, on 04 January, 2019. On 06 January, Thailand’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD) reported that over…
Over 100 people have now died as a result of landslides and flooding in the Philippines following days of heavy rain brought by Tropical Depression “Usman”. Usman first hit the…
Disaster management authorities in Indonesia say that at least 15 people have died and 20 are still missing after a massive landslide struck on 30 December in West Java province.…
Severe weather in Sri Lanka from late December has affected over 125,000 people. At least 2 people died and 5 were injured according to Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Agency. The…
Hundreds of people have lost their lives after a major tsunami hit coastal areas of Sunda Strait in Indonesia on 22 December, 2018. The Sunda Strait is the strait between…
Local media and civil defence authorities in Bolivia have reported severe flooding in areas of La Paz and Cochabamba Departments over the last few days. Viceministerio Defensa Civil (VIDECI) said…
Heavy rain between 16 and 18 December caused flooding in several southern provinces of Thailand, including Nakhon Si Thammarat, where local media report that one person died and one is…
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Owen dumped record rainfall in North Queensland from 15 to 16 December, 2018. Queensland Police warned that the “significant rainfall has resulted in an increase in water flow…
Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in several provinces of Indonesia, including Riau, East Java and Bali, leaving at least 9 people dead. Damaging floods were also reported in West…
Flash flooding on 11 December, 2018, caused severe transport problems in parts of Vancouver, Canada. Roads and highways were submerged. Local news reports said that emergency crews responded to at…
Disaster officials in Vietnam say that at least 2 people have died in flash floods that have affected central parts of the country over the last few days. The victims…
Heavy rain over the last few days has caused flooding in parts of the Mediterranean and Middle East, including Israel, where evacuations have been carried out, and Cyprus where at…
A second storm in a week has caused further flooding and mudslides in California, USA. Following the storm earlier this week that affected burn scar areas in northern California, a…
Record rainfall in the Maldives caused flooding on Wednesday 05 December in parts of the capital, Malé. Local media, quoting Maldives meteorology department, said the capital had experienced a record…
Flooding and landslides have affected several provinces in Indonesia after a period of heavy rain that began around 26 November, 2018. At least 11 people have died and 2 are…
At least 3 people have died and several are still missing after heavy rain trigged a landslide in Quindío department, western Colombia. The landslide occurred at the educational institution San…
