South Africa – Floods in Gauteng After a Month of Rain Falls in One Day
Update, 24 March 2018 Local media reported on 24 March that at least 7 people died when a bus was swept away by a flooded river in Lesotho. The incident…
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USA – Flood Rescues After Record Rain in California
Emergency services in California carried out several flood rescues after a powerful storm and record rain brought flooding and landslides. The storm lasted around 3 days and affected areas from…
Updated: Australia – Heavy Rainfall and Floods Hit New South Wales
Update, 23 March 2018 Heavy rain has now moved to the Mid-North Coast, with rain easing in the Hunter. There have been reports of flash flooding on the Mid-North Coast.…
Brazil – Storm and Floods in São Paulo Leave 3 Dead and 1,000 Displaced
A heavy rainstorm in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, 20 to 21 March 2018, left 3 people dead, dozens of homes destroyed and more than 1,000 people displaced. The…
Uruguay – Evacuations After Floods in South
Strong winds, heavy rain and floods affected several departments in southern Uruguay between 17 and 19 March, 2018, causing around 70 people to be evacuated. Carrasco, near Montevideo, recorded 173…
Dominican Republic – Record Rain Causes Flash Floods in North
Record rainfall in northern parts of the Dominican Republic have caused flash flooding in Puerto Plata province. Local media report that over 500 homes and businesses have been damaged. Comedores…
UK – Homes at Risk From Coastal Erosion Are Evacuated
Several houses in an area along England’s east coast have been evacuated after erosion brought them perilously close to the edge of a cliff. The foundations of some of the…
Madagascar – Tropical Cyclone Eliakim Leaves 17 Dead and 6,000 Displaced
Tropical Cyclone Eliakim made landfall on the peninsula of Masoala in north east Madagascar on 16 March, 2018. Meteo Madagascar issued red level warnings for heavy rain in Analanjirofo, Atsinanana,…
Spain – 1 Dead, 1 Missing as Storm in Andalusia Causes Flash Floods
At least one person has died and another is missing after a storm in Andalusia, southern Spain on 17 March, 2018. The storm brought strong winds with gusts of over…
Kenya – Deadly Floods Strike Again
Floods have once again wreaked havoc in several parts of Kenya. At least 15 people are thought to have died and hundreds forced to evacuate their homes over the last…
Brazil – Belo Horizonte Streets Turn Into Rivers After Torrential Rain
A short burst of torrential rain caused flooding chaos in the city of Belo Horizonte and other areas of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on Friday, 16 March, 2018.…
Burundi – Deadly Landslide in Bujumbura
A landslide triggered by heavy rain left at least 6 people dead and 3 injured in Burundi. The incident occurred early on 16 March near the Gasenyi river in the…
Uganda – Floods in Mbarara Leave at Least 1 Dead
A short period of torrential rain during the evening of 14 March, 2018, caused severe flash floods in Mbarara District, western Uganda. At least 1 person had died in the…
Romania – Hundreds Evacuated as Rivers Overflow
In similar circumstances to those recently seen in Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, rain and melting snow have caused flooding in Romania over the last few days. As of 15…
Croatia and BiH – Rain and Snowmelt Cause Landslides and Flooding
Rain and melting snow have caused flooding and landslides in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina over the last few days. Croatia Croatia’s State Protection and Rescue Administration (Državna uprava za zaštitu…
Kazakhstan – Hundreds Evacuated After Heavy Rain and Melting Snow Cause Flooding in East
Three days of heavy rain and melting snow have caused flooding in East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Flooding has affected the regional capital, Oskemen, and the districts of Ayagoz, Glubokoe,…
