Kenya – Flash Floods in Nairobi After 3 Hour Storm
Residents of Nairobi, Kenya, were caught up in flash floods late on 28 April, 2016 after a storm brought heavy rainfall that lasted for nearly 3 hours. It is not…
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Houston Floods – Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Prevented $5 Billion Damage
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District officials estimate that the Addicks and Barker reservoirs prevented $5.1 billion in monetary damages during the major floods that hit Houston…
Haiti – Deadly Floods Hit Port-au-Prince, 4,000 Homes Damaged
Floods have struck once again in Haiti, this time in areas around the capital, Port-au-Prince. Local civil protection authorities say that several people have died and over 4,000 homes have…
Houston Floods – President Declares Major Disaster
On Monday, 25 April, the USA federal government granted Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request for Individual Assistance for Fayette, Grimes, Harris, and Parker counties after the major floods of 18 April. At…
Ecuador – 4 Dead, 4 Missing After Rivers Overflow in Alluriquín, Santo Domingo
Two rivers overflowed in Alluriquín, in the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador, during the early hours of 26 April 2016. According to Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat (Secretaría…
Kenya – Floods in Mombasa Damage Homes and Leave 1 Dead – More Heavy Rain Forecast
Flooding hit parts of Mombasa county, Kenya, on Sunday 24 April, 2016, after torrential rainfall that began late on Saturday and continued throughout the night. The floods have damaged homes…
India – 18 Dead as Floods and Landslides in North East Affect Thousands
A week of heavy rain in north eastern areas of India has resulted in floods and deadly landslides in 3 states in the region. As many as 18 people have…
Angola – Further Floods Affect Luanda, 19 Dead, 800 Families Homeless
The recent flood situation in Luanda, Angola, appears to have worsened and the latest report from the National Service for Civil Protection and Fire (SNPCB) says that at least 19…
Uruguay – Over 10,000 Remain Displaced by Floods as Further Heavy Rain Hits
Over 10,000 people remain displaced by flooding currently affecting all 19 departments of Uruguay. At least 10 people have died as a result of severe weather in the country in…
Tropical Cyclone Fantala Triggers Heavy Rainfall and Flooding in Coastal Kenya
Tropical cyclone Fantala, the strongest on record in the Indian ocean, triggered spiralling winds that caused an insurgence of moist air from the Indian ocean to the adjacent coastlines of…
Texas Floods – 7 Deaths Confirmed in Houston Area, Flood Warnings Remain
Authorities in Houston, Texas, have confirmed that 7 people have now died in flood-related incidents since the flooding struck on Monday 18 April. Water levels at some sites are already receding…
Angola – 9 Killed in Floods in Luanda
At least 9 people have died in floods in the Municipality of Cacuaco, in the north of Luanda, Angola, according to news agency ANGOP. Quoting information from Cacuaco’s fire service,…
Russia – Spring Floods Leave 8,000 Homes Damaged
Russia’s Emergencies Minister, Vladimir Puchkov, confirmed in a statement yesterday that 12,000 people, across 119 communities in 18 regions, have now been affected by the recent floods in the country.…
Haiti – Floods in Léogâne Damage Hundreds of Homes
Torrential rain affected the Ouest Department of Haiti, causing the Rouyonne River to overflow in the city of Léogâne on 13 April, 2016. Léogâne is a city of around 120,000…
Texas – Flood Deaths Reported in Houston, State of Disaster Declared for 9 Texas Counties
At least 3 people have died in the floods in Houston since yesterday. Some areas saw as much as 17 inches of rain. Authorities estimate a total of 240 billion…
Texas – Flash Flood Emergency in Houston After 12 Inches of Rain in 24 Hours
A Flash Flood Emergency has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Houston Metro area after torrential rain hammered parts of the city over the last 24 hours.…
