Flooding News
Hurricane Matthew severely damaged water supplies and sanitation systems in the Caribbean nation, report Makini Brice and Anastasia Moloney. LES CAYES, Haiti, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Health officials…
Typhoon Chaba left a trail of destruction in South Korea on Wednesday, 05 October, after dumping over 280 mm (11 inches) of rain in some areas. Chaba is thought to…
Hurricane Matthew made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Les Anglais in the Sud Department of Haiti during the morning of 04 October 2016. The storm dropped significant amounts…
Flooding in the city of Durango, capital of Durango state, caused the deaths of at least 5 people between 29 to 30 September 2016. The flooding affected several areas of…
Areas north of Adelaide, South Australia, were flooded after the Gawler and Wakefield rivers overflowed on 01 October, 2016. This is the second flood event in South Australia in the…
A survey by the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, shows that over 15,000 (15,237) homes and businesses were flooded during the…
The US President has declared a federal disaster for the storms and floods that struck 8 counties of Iowa during late August 2016. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that…
Local media are reporting that 2 people have died in floods in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The floods were caused by a short period of heavy rain on Sunday…
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) reports that, as of 30 September, heavy rain from Typhoon Megi has caused flooding and landslides in the provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi. CMA…
Torrential downpours brought flooding to parts of South East Michigan, in particular the Detroit metro area, and neighbouring parts of Ontario, Canada, with the city of Windsor mostly affected. Around…
Tropical Storm Matthew has caused severe flood and wind damage in parts of the Eastern Caribbean, including the islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.…
Recent floods in Andhra Pradesh have left at least 17 people dead, thousands displaced, and caused damage to around 50,000 hectares of crops. As with the neighbouring state of Telangana,…
At least 11 people have died after several days of flooding in the Indian state of Telangana. Parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam and Maharashtra states have also been affected…
As much as 7 inches (177 mm) of rain from 25 September caused flash flooding in parts of Central and South Texas. Schools have been closed in San Marcos and…
Research with flood-affected children reveals serious impacts on well-being but also a desire to take on a role in flood risk management. Lancaster University researchers found that factors impacting on…
The death toll from the flood disaster that struck in Garut Regency, West Java, has now risen to 33. Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB) said yesterday that a search…
