Flooding News
According to a report issued earlier today, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided emergency food assistance to more than 150,000 people in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh after…
Hundreds of people have been affected by the overflowing Boconó river in Trujillo state, northern Venezuela. The flooding occurred on Wednesday, 08 July 2015, after around 4 days of heavy…
As northern areas of the Philippines suffered the onslaught of tropical cyclone Linfa (Egay), southern parts of the country have seen days of heavy rain and floods that have left…
Costa Rica saw further heavy rainfall and flooding on Monday 06 July and Tuesday 07 July 2015. WMO report that Puerto Limon saw 174.9 mm of rain fall in 24…
Floods in the state of Apure in Venezuela prompted President Nicolas Maduro to declare a state of emergency on Friday 03 July 2015. The floods came after 2 weeks of…
Floods and landslides have affected north-eastern parts of Colombia over the last few days. UN OCHA report that the departments of Arauca, Norte de Santander and Boyacá have all seen…
Around two weeks of heavy monsoon rain has resulted in flooding in several areas of Myanmar leaving at least 6 people dead and over 8,500 forced from their homes. ASEAN…
Heavy rainfall has affected north-western and central-eastern China since 25 June, causing deadly floods and landslides in several provinces. Henan Province 6 dead 800 people evacuated Over 100 homes destroyed,…
Three districts in Assam have been hit with a new wave of floods from overflowing rivers. The districts of Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been affected by flooding over the…
Costa Rica has experienced further heavy rainfall over the last few days which has left 19 communities isolated and forced over 700 people from their homes. Heavy rain and floods…
Relentless heavy rainfall in Bangladesh has caused deadly floods and landslides in the south-eastern districts of Cox’s Bazar and neighbouring Bandarban. According to Reuters, a local police official confirmed that…
Flash floods raged through the market area of a remote community in Upper Dir district, a mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan. Local media say that the…
Severe flooding in the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, south-western Russia, has left 1 person dead and forced hundreds from their homes. Reports say that over 500 homes across…
Torrential rain following in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kujira has caused flash flooding in the northern province of Son La, Vietnam. The floods struck on 24 June 2015. The…
Western parts of India have been battered by torrential monsoon rainfall over the last 48 hours. The state of Gujarat has felt the brunt of the downpour and the subsequent…
This month the world bank has announced approval for several flood and disaster prevention projects in parts of India and Pakistan with a total cost of over $800 million. In…
