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Flooding and landslides affected the state of Nagaland in India since late July, 2018. By early September 48,821 families in 538 villages of 11 districts had been affected. At least…
Tropical Storm Gordon made a second landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border late on Tuesday, 04 September, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph / 112 km/h, according to…
Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have caused deaths and destruction in northern Vietnam and neighbouring parts of China. According to latest reports, at least 9 people have…
Over 10 inches (254mm) of rain fell in areas of Pennsylvania and Maryland, USA, on Friday 31 August, 2018, causing major flash floods. At least one person has died and…
Nigeria’s Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has warned communities in Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Anambra, Delta and Bayelsa states that increasingly high river levels could cause major flooding. At least 3…
Monsoon rains have caused a dam in Myanmar to overflow, inundating the nearby township of Swar and surrounding villages in Bago region. At least 50,000 people are thought to have…
A low-pressure system brought torrential rain and flooding to parts of central and southern Taiwan from 23 to 26 August, 2018. Seven people have died as a result of the…
Hurricane Lane unleashed torrential rainfall in parts of Hawaii from 22 August, 2018, causing flooding and landslides. Hurricane Lane weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved…
Local media in Afghanistan are reporting that at least 11 people have died in flash floods in the eastern province of Kunar, along the border with Pakistan. Heavy rain fell…
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) reports that heavy rains in Sudan since mid-July have caused severe flooding. As many as 8,900 families…
Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, yesterday declared a State of Emergency in Dane County following heavy rains and flooding that caused widespread damages to the area. National Weather Service (NWS)…
At least 10 people have died in flash floods in the Calabria Region in southern Italy. The Raganello creek, which runs through a deep mountain gorge in the Pollino National…
Tropical Storm Bebinca brought torrential rain to parts of South East Asia from 17 August, 2018, causing flooding and landslides that have affected 130,000 and left at least 2 dead.…
Heavy rains have battered parts of the southwest Indian state of Karnataka since 14 August, 2018, causing severe flooding and landslides. The worst hit area is Kodagu district, close to…
As many as 324 people have lost their lives and over 300,000 have been displaced in Kerala, south west India. The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, said the state…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that 19 people have died in flooding in Niger since July this year. As of 13 August, a…
