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Update: 17 February 2017 A train derailed near Dammam, capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, on Friday 17 February after flooding from heavy rains damaged the railway line…
Heavy rain, up to 200 mm in some areas, caused flooding in parts of the Occitanie Region in southern France yesterday, 14 February. Météo-France issued an orange level alert for…
Record breaking rain and floods have destroyed crops and damaged infrastructure across areas of Western Australia (WA) over the last week. At least person has died and one is still…
Tens of thousands of residents in Northern California were ordered to immediately evacuate their homes on Sunday 12 February after erosion at the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville threatened to…
Over the last few days the provinces of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and Banten in Indonesia have been affected by heavy rain which has caused severe flooding and deadly landslides.…
Floods hit the Malawi capital Lilongwe during the morning of Friday 10 February, after the Lingadzi River burst its banks following 6 hours of heavy rain on Thursday 09 February.…
Civil defence authorities in Peru say that flooding has affected over 90,000 people in the northern region of Piura since heavy rain began to fall on 30 January. As many…
Parts of Northern California have been inundated with rain after a storm hit on Tuesday, 07 February, 2017. Some areas have recorded almost 7 inches (177.8 mm) of rain in…
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) is reporting that as many as 178,000 people in the Philippines remain displaced by flooding that first struck on 16 January,…
Peru’s National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) reports that as many as 1,877 houses have been destroyed by floods in Lambayeque region over the last few days. Over 60,000 people have…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that approximately 25,000 people have been affected by heavy rain and flooding the department of Nariño, Colombia. A total…
The National Agency for Disaster Administration (NADMA) says that over 5,000 people are still displaced after flooding in Sabah and several states in Peninsular Malaysia since 23 January, 2017. Some…
Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) says at least 96 [people have died in flooding that affected 12 southern provinces in the country from early January. Flooding still…
Further severe weather, including heavy rain, flooding, lightning and thunderstorms, has affected parts of Zimbabwe over the last few days. In mid January, flooding forced around 30 families to evacuate…
A period of heavy rain in Indonesia between 26 and 29 January 2017 caused flooding in parts of North Sulawesi and Bangka-Belitung Province. Indonesia’s BNPD says that around 7,000 people…
Flooding affected parts of French Polynesia from 22 January 2017 after a period of heavy rain. Over 200 mm of rain in 24 hours was recorded in Tahiti-Faa’a on Tahiti…
