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The Serbian Interior Ministry declared an emergency situation on Monday 7 March 2016, after floods hit the municipalities of Čačak, Lucani and Arilje in central and eastern Serbia. Areas of…
Saturday’s storm across parts of central and northern California caused flooding that forced dozens to evacuate their homes. At least one person has died in the floods. The fatality occurred…
BANGKOK, March 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After months of food and water shortages caused by drought and frost, Papua New Guinea is suffering floods and mudslides affecting 2,000 people…
Heavy rain that began in late February has resulted in several overflowing rivers and landslides in northern and central Bolivia. La Paz Department As a result of the heavy and…
At least 24 people have been killed and many more are missing after floods struck in city of Lubango, Huíla, in southern Angola. Angola news agency ANGOP reports that heavy…
Heavy rain in south eastern Brazil has caused a deadly landslide in São Sebastião, São Paulo State, and widespread flooding in the streets of Rio de Janeiro city, where some…
A cold front caused heavy rain on Sunday 28 February in northern and western parts of Haiti, causing flooding in Grand’Anse Department, and also in Cap-Haitien and Limonade in Department…
Parts of East and West Java, including Jakarta, Indonesia, experienced heavy rain that began on 25 February 2016, causing floods in the two provinces that have left one person dead…
Intense rain affected northern areas of Bolivia on Saturday 27 February 2016. A landslide in an area of La Paz has damaged several houses and forced almost 30 people from…
Peru continues to struggle with severe weather following the floods and landslides in Puno, Areuipa, Cusco and Junín that left one dead and one missing earlier this month. At least…
The low pressure Atlantic front “Golia” has affected the whole of Italy since the 27 February 2016, causing intense storms and torrential rainfall, with snow in the north and rain…
Heavy rainfall in Malaysia has caused the third wave of flooding in the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. A torrential downpour that began early on Saturday 27…
Heavy rainfall that began on Friday 26 February, 2016, resulted in flash floods in northern areas of Jamaica in particular the parish of St James. Significant flooding was reported in…
Indonesia’s Nasional Disaster Management Authority (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana – BNPB) says that the influence of El Niño delayed the start of this year’s rainy season. January would normally see…
In Indonesia, Jakarta’s Disaster Management Agency, BPBD, reported earlier today that heavy rainfall in Greater Jakarta and the surrounding areas has caused flooding across several parts of the city, causing…
Intense rain and increasing river levels have been reported in Bolivia since 23 February, 2016. So far Bolivia’s rainy season, under the influence of this year’s strong El-Niño, has mostly…
