Flooding News
The anticipated a nor’easter along the Atlantic coast of the USA dumped heavy rain of over 70 mm (2.75 inches) in some places on Tuesday 09 December 2014. Some news…
Heavy rainfall in northern Greece has left some areas on flood alert due to high river levels. Athens saw 69 mm of rain fall between 07 and 08 December. However…
Major flooding in Fiji over the weekend resulted in the death of one man, with another still missing, as well as damage to roads and a water treatment plant. One…
The heavy rain affecting parts of Italy earlier this week moved eastwards to drench several areas of Bulgaria yesterday. Flooding has been reported in the north west and south east…
Over 140 mm (5.5 inches) of rain has fallen in some parts of northern Peru in the last 24 hours. The heavy rain has caused flooding and mudslides in the…
Heavy rain and flooding has once again hit parts of Italy, including Sardinia, Umbria, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Lazio, including areas around the capital, Rome, where two people died. ANSA have…
A new study by the World Food Programme has found that one people affected by floods struggle with price peaks on food for up to eight months after the shocks.…
A further 11 people have died in floods in Morocco, just 1 week after torrential rain caused flash floods in the south of the country, leaving as many as 36…
A number of flash flood warnings were issued for parts of California after a storm drenched southern parts of the state, including Los Angeles, yesterday 2 December. There remains a…
France has once again been bombarded with storms and heavy rain, causing floods across the south west of the country. Around 92 mm of rain fell in Perpignan, the capital…
Climate change is increasing the recurrence and intensity of extreme phenomena such as cyclones, hurricanes, floods and droughts, making disaster risk reduction (DRR) paramount. As the United Nations Climate Change…
More heavy rainfall in Morocco has prompted authorities to issue high level flood warnings. The severe weather has spread to affect parts of southern Spain, the Canary Islands and Algeria.…
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) declared a state of emergency in the Gaza Strip yesterday, following days of heavy rainfall. The rain has caused localized flooding and…
A heavy storm triggered flash floods in south east France yesterday, Thursday 27 November 2014. Later on Thursday the French Interior Ministry confirmed that one woman had died in the…
The number of victims in the recent floods in Morocco has now risen to 32 as the severity of the situation becomes clearer and the emergency teams carry out further…
The office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) released the official report on Thailand’s social development for the third quarter of 2014 yesterday. The report says that…
