Flooding News
The National Hidro-Meteorological Service in Bolivia (SENAMHI) have issued an orange alert for intense rain expected in La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz and Beni Departments over the next few days.…
Ecuador’s risk management secretariat, Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SGR) has issued a detailed report on the damages and impacts on public health, physical infrastructures and production caused by the…
President Obama officially declared the December floods in the state of Washington a natural disaster yesterday, 03 February, 2016. The declaration means that federal disaster aid can be made available…
More flooding hit Queensland earlier today, 03 February, this time in the the state’s remote north west. Last week, one man died and several were rescued after floods in the…
Observed periods of heavy rainfall in Tanzania since 14 January, 2016, continue to cause flooding in different regions of Tanzania, including Morogoro, Katavi and Dar es Salaam. On 28 January…
Researchers at Penn State University have suggested drawing on social media resources to aid flood relief efforts, based on analysis of the Colorado floods which occurred in 2013. “FEMA (the…
Northern Ecuador, in particular the Province of Esmeraldas, was affected by torrential rainfall between 24 and 25 January 2016. Since then, at least 2 of the province’s 7 cantons have…
INDECI, the National Institute of Civil Defence in Peru report that heavy rain and flooding in province El Dorado, San Martín Region has left 1 person dead and two people…
A weekend of wild weather across Australia, including a cyclone, thunderstorms and flooding, has left 1 person dead, prompted dozens of flood rescues and left thousands without electricity. Western Australia…
Heavy rain in Tasmania has caused flash flooding, mostly in eastern parts of the state over the last 2 days. The rain continues to fall as several roads have been…
BANGKOK, Jan 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of severely malnourished children has spiked in northern Rakhine state in Myanmar, a European Union agency said, after floods six months…
The UK’s 8 week long flood nightmare continues after heavy rain – reportedly from the remnants of Storm Jonas – caused flooding in areas of England and Scotland on 27…
A storm in Geelong, Victoria, Australia on 27 January 2016 dumped more than double the January monthly average rain on parts of the city in just 1 hour. Avalon, a…
The North Island of New Zealand has seen heavy rain and thunderstorms over the last 2 days as former tropical cyclone Victor sweeps past the country. Yesterday, almost 50 mm…
Colombia Civil Defense (La Defensa Civil Colombiana) says that heavy rain since Monday 25 January, 2016, has caused flooding and landslides in remote areas of the department of Nariño. A…
Malawi‘s Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services yesterday 25 January, 2016, issued a five-day weather forecast for heavy rainfall for Central and Southern Regions of the country. Since then…
