Flooding News
A storm dumping torrential rain caused severe flooding in parts of Kentucky and Tennessee yesterday, 07 July, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency in both states. Several locations…
The flooding in areas along the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers in China continues, as officials report that 140 people have died and 41 are missing since the severe weather began…
Floods in Turkey’s Ordu Province in the Black Sea Region have left 2 people dead and at least 1 other missing. Dozens of buildings have been damaged and some local…
Several days of heavy rain and flooding in southern and eastern China has left at least 128 people dead and over 40 missing, according to Chinese authorities. Some areas have…
Monsoon rains have brought flooding and landslides to several states in India over the last week. At least 30 people are dead or missing after floods in Chamoli and Pithoragarh…
Update, 04 July 2016: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Disaster Management Agency (PDMA) say that, as of 09:30, 04 July, search and rescue teams have recovered 16 bodies of flood victims in…
A period of heavy rain in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, has left at least 30 people dead and several houses destroyed or washed away, according to local media reports.…
A storm and heavy rain flooded parts of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don late on Thursday 30 June 2016. A state of emergency has since been declared. Rostov-on-Don is a…
Storms bringing hail, lightning, strong winds and torrential rain, caused severe flooding in the Las Vegas area yesterday, 30 June 2016. Flash Flood Warnings were issued by the Nation Weather…
Heavy rains and flash floods in Sudan have destroyed 1,160 houses and damaged another 1,320 homes, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in a bulletin…
Over 50,000 people have been affected by recent floods in East Java Province, Indonesia after heavy rainfall on 30 June. A period of heavy rain forced several rivers to overflow…
West Virginia officials have confirmed the total number of deaths due to the floods that first struck on 23 June now stands at 25 (note: this figure was later revised…
Severe flooding in parts of West Virginia has prompted Governor Early Ray Tomblin to declare a state of emergency for 44 counties in the state. Local media are reporting that…
The UK’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has issued a new report highlighting the importance of adapting urban areas to flooding (see below). The report comes at a…
DHAKA, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladesh has seen a near-record number of deaths this year from a phenomenon that appears to be worsening with climate change: lightning strikes.…
Further floods and landslides in Indonesia, this time in North Sulawesi, have left at least 4 people dead, 1 missing and around 40 houses destroyed. The disaster in North Sulawesi…
