Flood News
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Last-minute Flood Warning Saved Over 900 Nepal Students, School Head Says
Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi was at his school in Nepal's Bidur last Wednesday (Aug 26) when his accountant entered, shouting: "The...
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Nepal Needs Help in Technical Areas, Not Search and Rescue, Foreign Minister Says
Nepal needs foreign help in specialised and technical areas in which it does not have expertise in the aftermath of...
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Thirty dead in Beijing following heavy rain
Thirty people were killed in Beijing as of midnight on Monday (Jul 28) as almost a year's worth of rain...
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Motorists to get flood alerts from ERP 2.0 on-board units
Motorists using the ERP 2.0 on-board unit (OBU) will receive real-time alerts when travelling along or approaching roads affected by...
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Australian authorities airdrop supplies to farmers stranded by flood crisis
Helicopters were being used on Sunday (May 25) to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state...
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Floods strike thousands of houses in northern Philippines
Floodwaters reaching more than 4m high swamped thousands of houses in the storm-battered northern Philippines on Tuesday (Nov 19) after...
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Nepal closes schools after heavy rains kill 100
Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the...
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Myanmar Junta Makes Rare Request for Foreign Aid to Cope With Deadly Floods
Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request on Saturday (Sep 14) for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that...
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Heavy Rains Trigger Landslides in Nepal, 11 Killed, 8 Missing
Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and...
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Death toll from Indonesia floods, landslides rises to 26
The death toll from flash flooding and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 26, an official...
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South Korea landslides, floods kill 7, over 1,000 evacuated
Seven people have died, three were missing, seven injured and thousands evacuated in South Korea on Saturday (Jul 15), officials...
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Death toll rises to 66 in India's monsoon mayhem
Days of relentless monsoon rains have killed at least 66 people in India, government officials said on Wednesday (Jul 12),...
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Storms cause major tornadoes, flooding around US south
Residents across several southern US states have been assessing damage and picking up the pieces after tornadoes and strong winds...
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Australia's floods: Why the country is battling weather again
Floods caused by torrential rain are hitting large swathes of eastern Australia, inundating hundreds of homes and forcing authorities to...
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China coal prices hit record high
China's thermal coal prices surged to fresh record highs on Wednesday as recent floods in a key coal producing province...
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Strong typhoon cuts power, causes flooding in northern Philippines
Several communities remain flooded and without power after a strong typhoon battered the Philippines' northernmost islands, the authorities said on...
