Flooding News
The Red Cross reports that an estimated 90,000 people have been affected by flooding during this year’s rainy season in South Sudan. Flooding has damaged homes and agricultural fields, and…
Vehicles were flipped on their sides and homes severely damaged as powerful flash floods surged through areas along the border between Coahuila and Durango states in Mexico. Torrential rain struck…
State media in North Korea report that floods in the north east of the country have damaged or destroyed hundreds of houses and forced 5,000 people to evacuate. Flooding began…
Heavy rain has once again caused flooding and landslides in areas around Lake Como in northern Italy. Streams and small rivers overflowed in Como Province, Lombardy Region. Italian Fire Service…
The Parwati (also Parbati) river is at record levels in the state of Rajasthan, India. India’s National Disaster Management Authority reports that at least 3 people have died in floods…
Wild flash floods swept through areas of northern Trinidad after a short period of torrential rain on 03 August 2021. The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) indicated that the…
Iran Red Crescent Society (IRCS) reported flooding in the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan provinces, Tehran, Zanjan, Semnan, Qazvin, Kurdistan, Kerman, Mazandaran and Hormozgan from 01 August. IRCS teams…
Air Force, Army and Disaster Response Forces have rescued thousands of people stranded by flooding in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh…
At least 9 people have died and hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed after flooding in Sudan and South Sudan since 24 July 2021. Sudan In Sudan, the Blue Nile…
Air Force helicopters and rescue teams from the Indian Army were deployed to flooded areas in the state of West Bengal in eastern India on 02 August 2021. As of 03…
Heavy rainfall associated with the Southwest Monsoon has been falling in the Philippines since late July, causing flooding and landslides. According to authorities, over 60,000 people have been evacuated at…
Heavy rain has triggered more flash floods, mudslides and debris flows in areas of Utah, USA. One person died after being swept away by floods in Emery County. Areas of…
In one of the worst months on record, over 920 people have died in floods, landslides and other rain-related incidents worldwide in July 2021. July this year brought a seemingly…
According to national authorities in Niger, as many as 35 people have died as a result of flooding and heavy rains in the country since the start of the rainy…
As many as 113 people have now lost their lives in the catastrophic floods that struck in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan in late July 2021. Flooding struck in Kamdesh district in…
Severe flooding in Arauca Department in eastern Colombia has affected over 50,000 people since mid-July. Many of those affected are refugees from bordering Venezuela. The United Nations Office for the…
