Deadly Storm and Flash Floods Hit Peshawar, Pakistan
A severe storm has struck the Pakistan city of Peshawar and other areas of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the north-west of the country, resulting in at least 38…
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12 Areas of New South Wales Declared Natural Disaster Zones
Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan and New South Wales Emergency Services Minister David Elliott have declared 12 areas in New South Wales to be natural disaster zones after the devastating storms and floods…
China – Crops and Homes Damaged by Floods and Storms in 6 Provinces
Chinese government sources say that between 18 and 20 April 2015, south-central, south-eastern, and also south-western provinces of the country were affected by floods and severe weather including heavy rainfall,…
3 Killed in Floods After 300mm of Rain in New South Wales, Australia
Storms across the Sydney Metropolitan, Central and Mid North Coast, Hunter and Illawarra areas of New South Wales, Australia have brought widespread destruction and raging floods. With strong winds of…
32 Dead – Bolivia Counts Cost of Rainy Season
While the recent rainy season (October 2014 to April 2015) in Bolivia wasn’t as severe as last year, it still left 32 people dead. 52 municipalities declared a state of…
Chile Faces $1.5 Billion Costs of Flood Damage
Chile is now facing around $1.5 billion in construction costs and economic reactivation in the flood-hit north of the country. But based on preliminary analysis, Fitch Ratings believes that insurance…
Unregulated Development Exacerbated Kashmir Floods
The Jhelum Valley received unparalleled rains during September 2014. However, the inconvenient fact remains that the Kashmir flood disaster was notably exacerbated by human interventions in the river basin, reports…
Kenya – Bus Swept Away by Floods in Mandera County
Floods may have claimed yet more lives in Kenya, this time in Mandera County in the north of the country. A 60 seater bus has been swept away by a…
Kazakhstan – 15,000 Evacuated as Melting Snow Causes Floods in 4 Regions
Higher temperatures during the last fews days of March, and then again from 06 April, have increased the melting of snow and caused widespread flooding in central and eastern Kazakhstan…
JRC Report: Extreme Floods in Europe to Double Over Next 30 Years
Flood damages across Europe as the climate warms are likely to be considerably higher than previously thought, according to new research, reports Roz Pidcock for Carbon Brief. Without efforts to…
Storm Brings Floods to Fort Worth and North Texas
Rainstorms during the morning and afternoon of Monday 13 April 2015 resulted in flash floods in Fort Worth and other areas of north Texas. The National Weather Service issued a…
Twitter and Real-Time Flood Maps
In a joint study, two Dutch organisations, Deltares and Floodtags, have developed a way to derive real-time flood maps using a combination of flood modelling and data mining from social…
More Flood Deaths in Kenya and Tanzania
Although nowhere near the scale of flooding seen in Malawi or Mozambique earlier this year, recent flood events in Kenya and Tanzania have had a significant impact on daily life…
EU Provides Aid for Bulgaria, Italy and Romania Floods
Last week the European Commission (EC) announced plans to grant aid worth €66.5 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund to Bulgaria, Italy and Romania following the flood disasters in…
Dutch Plans to Solve Flood Issues at Bentiu Refugee Camp, South Sudan
Dutch flood prevention experts are working on plans to alleviate flooding in the Bentiu refugee camp in South Sudan. The camp is notoriously flood prone. It is home to around…
Cambodia – Elevated Wells Reduce Risk of Disease After Floods
In autumn 2013, several parts of Cambodia were severely affected by flooding, leaving many rural water supplies unusable and unsanitary. Unclean water and lack of sanitation and hygiene are among…
