カテゴリー: Flooding
As the Texas flash flooding risk moved west, the National Weather Service pointed to the effect of burn scars from 2024After the extreme rainfall in Texas on 4 July, the flash flooding risk moved to New Mexico, with 89mm (3.5in) of rain falling in the …
Record temperatures and seasonal downpours raise fears of a repeat of the devastating flooding in 2022Glaciers across northern Pakistan have been melting at an accelerated pace as a result of record-breaking summer temperatures, leading to deadly flash…
Hundreds of homes, bridges and roads washed away in north Indian state after unusually heavy rainfallIndia’s mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has been left reeling after it was hit by rainstorms, flash floods and landslides, with dozens of people …
Family dies in Swat River, with witnesses saying they waited to be rescued for more than an hourAt least 32 people have been killed in Pakistan in recent flash flooding caused by heavy rains, including a family of tourists who died after being swept aw…
At least nine people died when floodwaters swept away children in a river in northern Pakistan and relatives who had jumped into the water to try to save them, officials have said. The family was having a picnic breakfast by the Swat River and the chil…
Despite attempts to build resilience by improving infrastructure and first response, extreme weather events and US aid cuts have left many feeling vulnerableWhen the monsoon rains came last September, they swept away most of the village of Panauti, in …
While some residents take to building houses in trees, officials recognise need for national response to climate disastersEvery summer, Dongting Hu, China’s second-largest freshwater lake, swells in size as flood water from the Yangtze River flows into…
Rescue workers continue to search for missing after storm brings two months’ rainfall to some areas in 24 hoursThe number of dead and missing after tropical storm Trami caused extensive flooding and landslides in the Philippines has exceeded 100, as th…
Tropical storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines as it made landfall on the northeastern coast. Trami brought torrential rain on the main island of Luzon, triggering widespread flood…
At least 30 stranded or missing and hundreds injured after heaviest monsoon rains in two decadesMore than 200 people were killed in Nepal over the weekend in what experts described as some of the worst flash flooding to have hit the capital, Kathmandu,…
Flooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall have killed at least 148 people in Nepal, officials have said. At least 50 others are missing. Rain began pouring down on Friday night and continued into Saturday, inundating low-lying neighbourhood…
At least 46 people, most of them children, drowned in the eastern state of Bihar while bathing in rivers swollen by recent floods in observance of Jivitputrika Vrat.At least 46 people have drowned, most of them children, while bathing in rivers and pon…
One person dead and several missing after deluge in Noto, still recovering from 1 January earthquakeHeavy rain pounded Japan’s north-central region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead and several missing, officials sai…
Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world isEurope floods – latest updatesPicturesque towns across central Europe are inundated by dirty flood water after heavy weekend rains turned tranquil s…
Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate crisisOn 10 May 2024, Haroon Nafas was in his family’s guesthouse in Baghlan, north Afghanistan, spending time with friends who had come to stay. …