Tag: Floods
Recent downpour floods rivers partially
The recent wave of rainfall has resulted in increase in the flow of water in certain rivers.
According to details, partial floods have been...
3 dead as torrential rains cause flood within Nowshera
Three individuals have been reported dead as a result of flood within the Nowshera area on Wednesday.
According to reports, heavy rains inundated sewers which...
Philippines storm brings more floods, landslides
Four people were killed as another tropical storm swept across the Philippines on Wednesday, triggering landslides in the mountainous north and dumping more heavy...
Philippines rushes aid as floods kill 66
Philippine authorities scrambled to provide food and other emergency provisions Saturday to more than two million people affected by widespread flooding, as the death...
Five dead, seven missing in Philippine floods
At least five people were killed and seven were missing Tuesday as torrential rains triggered a landslide and widespread flooding in the Philippine capital...
India floods kill 34, hundreds of pilgrims stranded
Flash floods in mountainous northern Indian have killed at least 34 people and left hundreds of Hindu pilgrims stranded, officials said Sunday. Twenty-three workers...
NDMA isn’t afraid of floods
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir on Wednesday said that a comprehensive monsoon contingency plan has been devised to cope...
Beijing floods caused ‘significant losses’: official
Weekend floods in Beijing caused "significant losses" and casualty numbers are still being tallied, the head of the worst-hit district has said, as residents...
Canal breach floods four villages in Khairpur
Four villages were flooded under water due to breach in canal destroying standing crops on hundreds of acres of land.
According to details, a twenty-meter...
China censors coverage of deadly Beijing floods
Beijing's propaganda chief has ordered Chinese media to stick to good-news about weekend floods, according to a report, after the death of at least...
Russia arrests officials after deadly floods
Russia on Sunday announced the arrest of three local officials for negligence during flooding that killed 172 people and politically undermined President Vladimir Putin...
Flood-battered Japan warily eyes typhoon
Flood-battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday braced for a typhoon amid fears it could heap further misery on an area where at least 32 are...
5,000 cut off in landslide as Japan faces more floods
More than 5,000 people were cut off by landslides Sunday as more heavy rain and floods were forecast in southwestern Japan, where the death...
33% fear floods due to rains: poll
A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces showed that 33% believe that there is a threat of flood...
Flooding inundates 50 villages in Dadu
At least fifty villages were submerged under water in Dadu district as water flow in Gaaj river increased on Wednesday forcing the residents to...
Negligence to blame for Russia flood tragedy: press
The negligence of local authorities and a failure to learn from past disasters were a prime factor behind the flooding that claimed at least...
Floods in southern Russia kill at least 152
Russia on Sunday scrambled to deal with the aftermath of devastating flash floods that killed at least 152 people and swept away homes in...
