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Several days of heavy rain has caused flooding in Guerrero and Chiapas states in Mexico damaging around 2,000 houses. Local media report that at least 3 people have died in…
Officials in Thailand are reporting that floods have affected areas of Phang Nga Province. The worst hit area is the village of Ban Bang Yai Village in Taku Pa District,…
Hurricane Hermine made landfall near St Marks, on the gulf coast of Florida at 01:30 EDT on Friday 02 September. It was downgraded to a post-tropical storm on 03 September.…
Torrential rain in the wake of Typhoon Lionrock caused severe flooding in North Korea, where at least 10 people have died. Severe flooding was also reported in parts of eastern…
At least four people have died in thunderstorms and flooding on Friday 02 September 2016 in the northern Iranian province of Golestan, according to Iran’s IRIB news agency. IRIB said…
According to a recent report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the flood situation in Sudan has deteriorated over the last 2 weeks in particular…
At least 11 people are dead after torrential rain from Typhoon Lionrock left towns flooded across northern Japan. Typhoon Lionrock made landfall on 30 August near the city of Ofunato,…
Prolonged rainstorms have affected central and southern areas of Honduras from the 28 August 2016, resulting in flooding and landslides in Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela. Evacuations have been carried out, more…
A series of summer storms that began on 26 August brought flash and surface flooding to areas around Cincinnati, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Colorado Springs and Denver in the USA. Homes…
Update (26 August 2016): On 25 August Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad issued a proclamation of disaster emergency for Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties in response to recent…
The recent spate of floods in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have affected almost 4 million people, according to officials. The Ganges at Bhagalpur in Bihar and…
A period of heavy rain has caused deadly flooding in several states in India over the last few days. Currently the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya…
In a press conference of 18 August, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said that, with over 40,000 homes impacted by the floods, “housing will be a major issue”. Local officials…
Update, 22 August 2016: Local media in Vietnam have reported that 7 people were killed as Typhoon Dianmu swept across northern Vietnam from 19 to 21 August. 2,000 families were…
The heavy rain and floods that began in June continue to affect hundreds of thousands in Myanmar. According to figures from Myanmar’s Relief and Resettlement Department, Ministry of Social Welfare,…
The UN says that the flood situation in Sudan has deteriorated further. In late July, the UN reported that 70 people had died and 80,000 affected by the floods. Since…
