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The UK’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has issued a new report highlighting the importance of adapting urban areas to flooding (see below). The report comes at a…
DHAKA, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladesh has seen a near-record number of deaths this year from a phenomenon that appears to be worsening with climate change: lightning strikes.…
Further floods and landslides in Indonesia, this time in North Sulawesi, have left at least 4 people dead, 1 missing and around 40 houses destroyed. The disaster in North Sulawesi…
Wide areas of Bangkok, Thailand, were flooded on 21 June after a period of heavy rain across the city. The flooding brought traffic to a standstill forced some schools and…
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have left at least 2 people dead and several missing in Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan. One man died in a landslides in Kamiamakusa…
At least 16 districts in Indonesia’s Central Java Province were affected by floods and landslides after a period of heavy rain between 17 and 18 June, 2016. Disaster management officials…
A fierce storm and torrential rain brought flash floods to parts of south-east Queensland on Sunday 19 June, 2016. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said that 178 mm of rain…
High levels of rain since 14 June 2016 have caused major flooding in the Peace River Regional District in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Dawson Creek and Chetwynd, around 100km west,…
The UN in Myanmar say that heavy monsoon rains since the beginning of June have caused flooding in several states and regions of the country, affecting at least 26,000 people.…
Update (20 June 2016): Severe weather, including heavy rain, strong winds and hail, has continued to affect southern China, causing more damage and casualties. Ministry of Civil Affairs say that…
A state of emergency for nine counties in Oklahoma was declared on 14 June 2016 after severe floods and storms in the state that began Saturday 11 June, 2016. The…
Civil defence officials in Colombia say that a deadly landslide occurred at around 14:00 on 10 June in Chocó Department, between Quibdó and Medellín. Colombia’s agency for disaster risk management…
A storm lasting several hours brought heavy rain and flooding to Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, Nigeria on Sunday 12 June, 2016. Local media say that the Iyi-Udele River that runs at…
The heavy rain has continued to fall in parts of Ghana, and more flooding has been reported, this time in Central Region. Local media report that at least 5 people…
The International Committee of the Red Cross says that flooding in Beledweyne since May 2016, Somalia has displaced tens of thousands of people who are now in need of food…
President Obama declared a disaster on 11 June 2016 for the 12 counties affected by recent floods in Texas. The declaration means that federal disaster aid will be made available…
