Flooding News
After causing catastrophic flooding in south eastern Texas, Hurricane Harvey weakened to a Tropical Depression and moved inland over Louisiana on Thursday, 31 August. As the storm moves north eastward,…
Precipitation extremes – in terms of both excess and deficient rainfall – has caused serious disruption with widespread socio-economic impacts in many countries in recent weeks. Here is a glance…
Update, 14 September 2017: In a report of 12 September, International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies gave more detailed damage assessments of the floods in Niger of…
Update, 31 August 2017 Building Collapse in Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai At least seven people have died after a building collapsed in the Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai, on 31 August,…
Heavy rainfall in El Gezira state (Sudan) destroyed more than 100 houses and caused the displacement of a number of families. No serious injuries were reported. On Sunday, rains hit…
Massive amounts of rain brought by Hurricane Harvey have caused catastrophic flooding in parts of south eastern Texas, including Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galveston Counties, as well as Harris County…
Severe flooding has been reported in northern Uganda over the last few days, leaving 2,000 people displaced and 2 people missing. Heavy rain has also affected western parts of the…
Heavy downpours followed by flash floods have wreaked havoc across Sudan. Camps for the displaced have been hit exceptionally hard. The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources has warned people…
Emergency services in Northern Ireland were called on to carry out dozens of flood water rescues after heavy rain and flash flooding that began 22 August 2017. Flooding was also…
NASA’s Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at the cloud top temperatures of newly reborn Tropical Depression Harvey. At 11 a.m. EDT on Aug. 23, Harvey regenerated into a tropical…
Flooding has affected around 2 million people in 24 districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, over the last 7 days. At least 72 fatalities have been reported. Uttar Pradesh is the…
Flash flooding hit parts of the the Kansas City metro area between 21 and 22 August. This is the second time in two weeks the city has been under water.…
Dozens of cars were swept away and piled up after raging floods and mudflows in Sudak, a popular tourist resort on the Black Sea in Crimea. Local government sources say…
The flood situation in the state of Bihar, India, worsened over the weekend when a further 51 deaths were reported. The recent fatalities bring the death toll to 253 in…
The Department of Disaster Management in Bangladesh has said that the death toll from the flood situation that began in mid August has increased to 117, according to local media…
Heavy rain in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 15 August, triggered a deadly landslide in a mountainous area close to the western banks of Lake Albert. Parts…
