Flooding News
Around 650,000 have people been affected by floods that hit northern and north-eastern districts in Bangladesh, the government said on Wednesday 13 July. In neighbouring Assam state, India, around 1.7…
Prolonged heavy rainfall is taking its toll in parts of north east India. A massive landslide in the state of Arunachal Pradesh on 11 July left at least 14 people…
Hours of heavy rain between 08 and 09 July caused severe flooding in Suleja in Niger state, Nigeria, which lies about 30 km north west of capital city Abuja. Local…
Update, 10 July 2017 Emergency crews continue to search for missing people after torrential rain of over 500 mm in 24 hours fell in parts of southern Japan on 05…
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs reported on 10 July that thunderstorms and heavy rainfall between 06 and 09 July caused flooding in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jingjinji) region. The severe weather also…
Disaster authorities in Vietnam have reported flooding in several northern provinces after days of heavy rain that began around 01 July, 2017. Neighbouring parts of China have also been severely…
Further heavy rain in parts of central and southern China has caused flooding and landslides, affecting 11 provinces and around 9.5 million people. Parts of southern China are still recovering…
Update, 04 July 2017 More deaths have been reported in Pakistan after heavy rain between 26 and 30 June 2017. Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that 11 people…
Update, 04 July 2017 The flood situation in the north eastern Indian state of Assam has worsened since our report of 30 June (see below). According to a report of…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) in Nepal has said that at least 11 people have died as a result of landslides and floods in the country over the last…
Hours of heavy rain between 29 and 30 June, 2017, caused surface flooding in parts of eastern Germany, including the capital Berlin and surrounding areas of Brandenburg. The rain began…
Heavy rain triggered a massive landslide in Sichuan province, southwestern China in the early hours (local time) of Saturday 24 June, 2017. Meanwhile authorities report that 28 people have died…
Periods of heavy rain over the last 7 days have caused floods and landslides in parts of Central America. Civil protection authorities have reported 4 fatalities in El Salvador and…
Severe weather, including heavy rain and thunderstorms, affected central and southern Chile from 16 June, causing casualties and damages. According to official reports, the areas most affected are in the…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niger says that heavy rain between 13 and 14 June, 2017, caused severe damage and flooding in several…
One person has died and around 160 were evacuated after a major storm caused flooding in the Haute-Loire department of France from 13 to 14 June 2017. Météo France said…
