Flooding News
Severe weather including strong winds, hail and record rainfall affected parts of southern-central Chile from 29 January, in particular areas of Santiago Metropolitan, O’Higgins, Valparaíso, Maule, Araucanía and Bío Bío…
At least 1 person has died, 5 are missing and over 7,000 are displaced after Tropical Cyclone Ana made landfall in Fiji early on 31 January, 2021. Many parts of…
At least 5 people have died in a landslide in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The landslide struck in Mumeng in Bulolo District, early on 27 January 2021. The slide…
Update, 29 January 2021: Local media in Burundi report that heavy rain over the last few days caused flooding and landslides in parts of the northwestern Citiboke Province. As of…
A powerful storm brought heavy rain, snow and strong winds to parts of California on 27 January 2021. This is the third storm to affect the area in recent days.…
Further heavy rain has triggered flooding and landslides in the city of Florianópolis and areas of Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Flash flooding and landslides were reported in Florianópolis after heavy…
Disaster authorities report that 6 people have died in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in Sofala Province early on 23 January 2021. Previously the storm caused wind damage…
Authorities in Indonesia say the country has seen 185 natural disasters since the start of the year, including earthquakes, tornadoes, landslides and floods. According to the National Disaster Management Agency,…
Tropical Cyclone Eloise formed over the Indian Ocean on 17 January and moved towards Madagascar, making landfall close to the coastal town of Antalaha in Antsiranana Province, on 19 January,…
Update: Flash flooding and landslides were reported in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, after heavy rainfall on 21 January, 2021. Damage to homes prompted and evacuations were…
Storm Christoph brought heavy rain to parts of the UK from 19 January, 2021, increasing river levels in parts of North Wales and the North West of England. The UK’s…
At least 41,200 people have been impacted floods brought by heavy rainfall in North West Syria. According to a report by Save the Children, flooding swamped over 60 camps housing…
Heavy rain has caused flooding in several parts of Bolivia over the last few days, in particular in the departments of Cochabamba and La Paz. Cochabamba Department Civil Defence reported…
Paraguay’s National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) reports it is distributing humanitarian supplies to around 4,000 families affected by flash floods in the Municipality of Concepción. Flash floods struck in around 7…
Disaster authorities in Indonesia report that over 20 people have died and thousands have been displaced by recent flooding in South Kalimantan and North Sulawesi Provinces. Authorities in the country…
As many as 843 people moved to 17 emergency shelters after flooding from in Tamil Nadu, south India. Days of heavy rain caused the Thambirabarani river to break its banks…
