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Heavy monsoon rain in Mumbai, India, has brought wide areas of the city to a standstill. Roads have been blocked, rail services interrupted and flights delayed. Some power generating plants…
Floods hit parts of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana on Thursday, 18 June 2015 after heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Two people have died in the floods…
Flooding has affected parts of southern, central and eastern China over the last 4 days. According to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, 18 people have been killed in storm and…
The Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, a joint venture between the Netherlands, Bangladesh and the World Bank, was announced yesterday. The plan will focus on developing sustainable flood protection in Bangladesh.…
Local authorities say that Nicaragua and Honduras have experienced heavy rainfall during the first two weeks of June, causing floods which have left a total of 8 people dead and…
Monday was a day of mourning to commemorate the victims killed in Tbilisi as a result of the floods that struck on 13 and 14 June 2015. Flags on public…
Officials say that at least 12 people were killed in the flash floods that struck in Tbilisi, Georgia, between 13 and 14 June 2015. Latest figures say that around 24…
The flood situation in Assam in north-east India has now affected 15 districts, as levels of the Brahmaputra and tributaries continue to rise. With heavy rains continuing in Arunachal Pradesh…
Reports from Nepal say that over 40 people have been killed and over 80 injured in floods and landslides in the Taplejung district of eastern Nepal. Many more are thought…
Northern parts of Louisiana, in particular the city of Shreveport and the parishes of Bossier and Caddo, have experienced major flooding after the Red River overflowed. May 2015 was the…
A new partnership was announced today to develop better early warnings systems for floods and other natural disasters for countries in the developing world. The UK government and the UK…
Authorities in Paraguay say that levels of the Paraguay River in Asunción are moving closer to flood stage. The latest figures say that the Paraguay River stood at 5.45 metres.…
Garbage and waste from Guatemala City is blocking parts of Las Vacas river, increasing the risk of flooding and the spread of disease, according to authorities in Guatemala. The disaster…
Southern provinces of China have been plagued by heavy rain over the last 5 weeks, many of them enduring the wettest May for 40 years, according to China’s National Meteorological…
According to analysis by Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, the severe weather and floods that hit Texas and Oklahoma during May 2015 will likely result in $3…
Guatemala‘s disaster management agency, Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED), said that over 8,000 people have been affected by heavy rainfall, which has caused landslides and floods, since…
