カテゴリー: Flooding
Ekkapol Chantawong, who spent nearly three weeks underground in 2018, forced to spend night on roof of homeThe coach of the young Thai footballers who captured the world’s attention when they spent nearly three weeks trapped in a cave has found himself…
South Korea’s intelligence service says it has ‘detected signs’ Kim Jong-un ordered executions of 20-30 officialsNorth Korea may have executed multiple officials over damage from devastating floods in July that wrecked thousands of homes and left up to…
Nearly 300,000 people forced to flee after monsoon rains, which have killed 42 people in India and BangladeshNearly 300,000 Bangladeshis are taking refuge in emergency shelters from floods that inundated vast areas of the country, disaster officials sa…
Schools and university shut down in Tripura state after persistent heavy rain, and situation expected to worsen Incessant rain across Tripura, a state in north-east India, has created what has been described as the state’s worst flood situation in the …
North Korean state media has accused South Korean outlets of spreading rumours about flood damage and casualty numbersRussia has pledged humanitarian assistance to North Korea after devastating floods damaged thousands of homes and caused an unknown nu…
So far this year officials warnings have been issued for 25 floods, and China is only halfway through its peak flood seasonHalfway through the peak flood season, China has already experienced the highest number of significant floods since record keepin…
Torrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing at least 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing. The bridge over a river in Shangluo, Shaanxi province, buckled at about 8.40pm on Friday ‘due to a sudden downpour and flash…
President Xi Jinping calls for ‘all-out efforts’ to find more than 30 people after incident in Shaanxi provinceTorrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing, state media has said.T…
Six people dead, thousands evacuated and transport disrupted after at least 20 floods in major rivers China has been experiencing heavy and widespread rainfall since the start of the rainy season, which runs from May to September. It has resulted in at…
Heavy rainfall flooded streets and triggered landslides in China’s south-western municipality of Chongqing, the state broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday. In Kaizhou district, more than 450 people were displaced as water levels from the Nan and Puli…
Government opens hundreds of shelters for displaced people as heavy rains cause rivers to burst their banksThe death toll from floods in Bangladesh this week has risen to eight, leaving more than two million affected after heavy rains caused major rive…
Heavy rainfall in Guangdong causes flooding, landslides and mudslides, while northern China gripped by heatwaveGuangdong province in southern China has once more experienced severe flooding, two months after the late April floods and landslides led to …
China’s state broadcaster reported on mudlsides in the Fujian province, disrupting traffic and forcing rescuers to evacuate residents after heavy rainfall in the region. Across other parts of China, the government issued an alert for high temperatures …