カテゴリー: Flooding
More than a million people have been urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan, leaving at least one dead and two missing. Scientists say the climate crisis is intensifying the risk of heavy rai…
Authorities in Hiroshima and northern Kyushu issue evacuation alert amid unprecedented rainfallMore than a million people have been urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan, leaving at least one dead and…
At least 21,000 refugees displaced after heavy rain devastates Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the latest in a series of disasters to hit the areaThe process of rebuilding has begun once again for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh after a week o…
More than 1,100 homes in North Korea were damaged, thousands of people evacuated and farms and roads washed away after days of heavy rains brought flooding, state media reported.North Korea floods damage more than 1,000 homes, state media rep…
Authorities in Henan province more than triple the confirmed number of people killed in disasterChinese authorities have raised the official death toll in last month’s devastating Henan floods to 302, with at least 50 still missing.The announcement mor…
Shelters swept away as activists say people stuck in Cox’s Bazar are highly vulnerable to the ‘rapidly changing climate’At least six Rohingya refugees were killed by landslides or drowned in flooding after rain inundated refugee camps in Bangladesh ove…
Reporters confronted in street and accused of ‘smearing China’ amid increasing sensitivity to any negative portrayals of ChinaForeign journalists reporting on the aftermath of China’s flooding disaster have faced hostile confrontations in the street an…
Death toll from heavy monsoon rains on western coast climbs to 76, with nearly 90,000 people evacuated Rescuers in India combed through mud and debris on Saturday in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll from heavy monsoon rains climbed to…
Extreme rainstorms are continuing their path of destruction, dumping 260mm on the city of Xinxiang in just two hoursThousands of people remain trapped in areas of central China as floods continue to batter the region after record-breaking rainfall. At …
Dramatic footage shows the moment an aluminium plant exploded in China’s central Henan province after a record-breaking rain storm. Local government officials said Dengfeng Power Group’s plant exploded when flood waters from a nearby river breached a w…
Heavy rains have flooded parts of central China’s Henan province, upending the lives of tens of millions and leaving at least 12 dead. More than 20cm of rain fell in one hour in Zhengzhou, the regional capital, flooding the city’s subway system and maj…
More than 30 people have died in the Indian city after an intense burst of rainfall caused flooding and landslides, as changing monsoon patterns because of the climate crisis lead to more extreme rains across India.The landslide in the eastern sub…