Flooding News
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) is reporting that floods caused by heavy rain since 15 July have affected around 60,000 people in Kachin…
The flood situation in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan has now left almost 300,000 cut off, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). An official update from yesterday,…
Heavy rain over the past week has caused flash floods and triggered rivers and lakes to overflow in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The worst hit area is…
The Iranian Red Crescent are reporting that, based on initial assessment reports from their Relief and Rescue Organisation, at least 11 people have been killed, 30 injured and 12 people…
The rapid melting of snow and glaciers due to higher temperatures between 01 and 15 July 2015 have triggered mudflows in the Shugnan District in the eastern region of Gorno-Badakhshan,…
Three people – a mother and two of her children – died in flash floods in Ohio late on Saturday 18 July 2015. The floods swept away the family’s mobile…
Heavy rainfall since Wednesday 15 July 2015 has resulted in flooding in at least three regions of Guyana, including the capital Georgetown. WMO report that 127.5 mm of rain fell…
Indonesia’s disaster management agency, BNPD, have reported flooding in the regencies of Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat, in the Aceh province or special region of Indonesia. Heavy rain since the…
Storms and floods have affected three southern states of Brazil since 10 July 2015, leaving 3 dead, 79 injured and nearly 1,000 displaced. According to the Civil Defense of the…
Update, 16 July 2015: Associated Press are reporting that the body of a third victim has been found in a mobile home park in Johnson County, close to where one…
Australia Red Cross are reporting that initial assessments suggest that 10,000 people have been affected by flooding and heavy rain in the Solomon Islands, which has caused damage to houses…
A landslide caused by recent heavy rain has prompted disaster management authorities in Guatemala to evacuate over 300. The landslide occurred during the morning of Saturday, 11 July 2015, in…
The US President has declared a disaster for the Red River flooding in Louisiana during the period 18 May to 20 June 2015. The declaration was announced yesterday, 13 July…
Several states in northern India have seen heavy rainfall over the last few days, causing rivers to overflow and buildings to collapse. Reports say that at least 19 people have…
Heavy rain has continued to fall in parts of Central America, causing overflowing rivers and floods in areas of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Local media in Nicaragua are reporting that…
International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Afghanistan have reported that flash floods in the Shuhada district of Badakhshan Province have damaged or destroyed at least 110 houses. IOM Afghanistan say…
