France Floods – Insurers Expect €1.4 Billion Cost
The Association Française de l’assurance (AFA) say that 77,000 insurance claims have already resulted from the floods and that the French insurance industry expect this figure to rise to around…
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UK – Torrential Rain Causes Flash Floods in South London
Torrential rain caused flash floods in London and parts of southern England yesterday, 07 June, 2016. Some areas of south London saw over a month’s worth of rain in just…
Australia – Floods in Tasmania Force More Evacuations as Death Toll Rises
Tasmania State Emergency Service (SES) say that the state has experienced some of the worst flooding in at least 40 years, with record rain falls and record river heights recorded…
Australia – Storms and Floods in South East Leave 3 Dead
Storms that began on 04 June resulted in strong winds, high surf and heavy rain across south east Australia. Some areas have seen over 400mm of rain over the last…
Texas Floods – 11 Dead, Rivers at Record Levels, Governor Declares Disaster
Update: The bodies of the remaining 4 missing soldiers swept away by flood waters during a training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, have now been found. A total of 9…
France Floods – 1 More Dead, Levels of the Seine Rise in Paris
Another flood related death has been reported in France, bringing the total number of fatalities to three since 29 May, 2016. The flood situation in the previously affected areas in…
Germany – Deadly Floods Hit Bavaria
Update: 03 June 2016 Police in Lower Bavaria reported late on 02 June 2016 that the body of a sixth victim has been found. The 65-year old man was found…
France – Thousands Evacuated After River Levels Hit 100 Year High
Continued heavy rain in France from 29 May has left the two departments of Seine-et-Marne and Loiret suffering major flooding and a further 8 departments in France experiencing serious flood…
Haiti Floods – 3,000 Houses Damaged in Ouest Department
Heavy rain in Haiti has resulted in further flooding, particularly in Ouest Department, where the city of Léogâne in Haiti was flooded for a second time in 6 weeks. According…
Brazil Floods and Landslides – 1 Dead, 3 Missing in Recife After 235mm of Rain in 12 Hours
Over 200 mm of rain in just six hours has caused landslides and flooding in areas around Recife, the capital of Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco. Recife Civil Defence say…
Germany – Floods in South Leave 3 Dead
A storm and heavy rain from late 29 May 2016 caused flooding in parts of southern Germany which has left at least 3 people dead. The worst hit area is…
Texas Floods – Death Toll Rises, Prisons Evacuated
Six people have now been reported to have died in flooding that has affected parts of Texas since 26 May 2016. On Sunday 29 May, 2016, a woman died after…
Texas Floods – 2 Dead, 3 Missing in South East Texas After 420mm of Rain in 24 Hours
Record rain of 420 mm in 24 hours triggered floods in south east Texas on Thursday, 26 May 2016. Officials say that at least two people were killed and three…
Italy – Millions at Risk of Floods and Landslides as Mitigation Projects Delayed
A recent report by the environmentalist association Legambiente says that millions of people remain at risk of floods and landslides in Italy because local municipalities are delaying risk reduction and…
Iraq – JRC Study Says Mosul Dam Failure Would Affect 6 Million
A recent study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s in-house science service, says that over 6 million people would be affected by floods in the event of…
Sri Lanka Floods – With Social Media, “We Could Have Saved More Lives”
Sri Lanka’s deadly landslide and torrential rain point to weaknesses in sharing disaster updates. ARANAYAKE, Sri Lanka, May 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For the first 48 hours after a…
