Flooding News
Heavy rain has triggered deadly landslides in several locations in south eastern Bangladesh on Tuesday 13 June, 2017. Heavy rain has also caused flash flooding in Mizoram, India, where local…
Two people have died and over 250 forced from their homes after flooding in Choluteca Department, southern Honduras. A yellow level alert for heavy rain was issued on 10 June…
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in the Philippines is reporting that over 1,000 people have been affected by flooding in Matalam, Cotabato Province since 06 June.…
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reported on 07 June that heavy rain overnight (06 to 07 June) led to some flooding in parts of north eastern Scotland. Public transport was…
One person has died and as many over 40 people were evacuated when a storm and heavy rain caused flooding in parts of north eastern Serbia on Wednesday 07 June,…
NASA has released photos revealing the extent of flood water in parts of Sri Lanka in May 2017. Southern parts of the country were inundated after torrential rain between 24…
Recent floods in three provinces on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, have left at one dead and 3 missing, with over a dozen homes destroyed and thousands of people displaced. Indonesian Meteorological…
Several rivers in the Indian state of Assam have reached danger levels, affecting around 60,000 people from the 3 districts of Lakhimpur, Karimganj and Darrang. Assam State Disaster Management Agency…
Huge amounts of rainfall in parts of Taiwan on 02 June resulted in major flooding and mudslides in northern areas of the country. Some areas of New Taipei City recorded…
to The National Coordination of Civil Protection in Mexico has issued an Emergency Declaration for 127 municipalities in the state of Oaxaca after severe rain and flooding and rainfall from…
Increasing levels of the Uruguay River and its tributaries have forced around thousands to evacuate their homes in Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Uruguay Uruguay’s National Emergency System (SINAE) reports that…
Persistent rains and inaccessible roads were hampering efforts to airdrop and distribute aid in some areas, by Shihar Aneez and Nita Bhalla COLOMBO/NEW DELHI, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –…
Outbreaks of diseases such as dengue fever and cholera, and illnesses like diarrhea and dysentery, are often a threat in the aftermath of floods due to water-logging, writes Nita Bhalla…
Civil Defence officials in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, say that flooding has forced over 2,600 people to evacuate their homes. The flooding in the southern state…
Heavy rain and flooding have forced over 40,000 people to evacuate their homes in two northern states of Brazil. Persistent heavy rain since Friday 26 May caused flooding in the…
Over 1,000 families have been affected by flooding from the Ishim river in the Tyumen region of Russia. According to a report of 23 May 2017 from the International Federation…
