カテゴリー: Flooding
A fourth straight day of rain brought by an ‘atmospheric river’ has damaged roads and homes and forced more than 400 households to evacuateTorrential downpours that have battered New Zealand for four days straight have caused floods that could take yea…
A third straight day of rain has brought flooding, landslips and road closure to both the North and South islandsTorrential rain has slammed the west and north of New Zealand’s South Island for a third straight day, forcing hundreds to evacuate their h…
Government accused of inaction as downpours leave schools destroyed, homes ruined, crops failing and cholera on the riseMore than 580 people have died and thousands have lost their homes across Pakistan as torrential rains batter the country.An estimat…
Further heavy rainfall forecast after deadly lightning strikes and flooding last weekThe monsoon season in India and Pakistan is well under way, with further heavy rain events expected in parts of south-west India over the next week or so. The states o…
Knee-deep water leaves roads and homes badly damaged and businesses losing billions of rupees in goods and revenueFlash floods across Pakistan have killed at least 310 people and injured hundreds, with the government issuing warnings of further extreme…
Claimants say they are experiencing serious negative impacts and demand Swiss-based Holcim pay compensationResidents of an Indonesian island threatened by rising sea levels have begun legal action against the cement producer Holcim.The claim for compen…
Another 12 missing in flash floods in Sichuan and Gansu, as some areas receive double their monthly rain in less than two daysFlash floods in south-west and north-west China have left at least a dozen dead and put thousands of others in harm’s way, sta…
One of the poorest countries is experiencing disastrous consequences because of the developed world’s use of fossil fuels, says Prof Steve MartinThis is a moving and disturbing story (‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis i…
Homes, roads, bridges and power stations also badly hit with Balochistan province faring worstAt least 77 people have died in rain-related incidents across Pakistan in the past three weeks, the country’s minister for climate change said on Wednesday.Th…
Young volunteers are leading rescue teams helping women and girls hardest hit by catastrophic flash floods in SylhetEver since she was a little girl, Amina Ahmed has been afraid of the water. Growing up in Sylhet, north-east of Bangladesh, the heavy ra…
Rising water levels on the Imjin River caused by suspected release prompts holidaymakers and residents to leaveNorth Korea appears to have released water from a dam near its border with South Korea, prompting vacationers in the neighbouring country to …
Staff use makeshift rafts and boats to transport patients and bring painkillers and medicines to those trapped at homeWhen the flood water roared into her home in Assam, Jyoti Bora* saw the morphine pills she takes for head and neck cancer swept away a…
In the 1980s, farmers in Bangladesh went from paddies to ponds, letting salt water flood their land. Now millions are left counting the costAsadul Islam peers into his pond in south-west Bangladesh and watches as hundreds of caged crabs float past bene…
At least 60 people have been killed and millions need help after floodwater submerged 80% of Sylhet district in what aid agencies say is the worst monsoon in 20 years Continue reading…
India’s monsoon season has been worse than usual, sweeping away possessions and leaving people huddling on raised groundPeople living in Assam, in north-east India, are usually stoical about the flooding that occurs to a greater or lesser extent every …