YANGON: The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has climbed to 384, with 89 people missing, the junta said on Saturday (Sep. 21). Yagi swept across northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar more than a week ago, triggering floods and landslides that have killed…
Death toll mounting from South Asia’s devastating monsoon
NEW DELHI: Torrential storms lashing India and Nepal have killed hundreds of people since June, official data showed on Tuesday (Aug 13), with flooding and landslides causing widespread devastation during the treacherous monsoon season. The deaths include scores in India this…
Why is China experiencing its worst flooding in 60 years?
A Chinese river basin where 110 million people live has been hit by the worst floods since 1963 despite massive mitigation efforts, particularly during the rule of Mao Zedong, overwhelmed by the impact of global warming and outdated infrastructure. Typhoon…
Ants’ nest causes flooding to a public reserve in New Zealand
Ants nesting in a circuit board resulted in the failure of the Tarawa Creek pump station, on New Zealand’s North Island, on Wednesday. There had already been 44mm of rain in the area in the previous two days when the…
The Australian State of New South Wales communities on high alert for flooding with 85,000 under evacuation orders, warnings
Communities along the Hunter and Mid North Coast north of Sydney remain on high alert as heavy rainfall totals exceeding 100mm are set to fall on Wednesday, while more than 85,000 people remain under evacuation orders or warnings. The State…
Rising seas blamed as flooding hits Pacific islands
Island nations in the South Pacific were cleaning up on Wednesday (8 December) after storms and tidal surges triggered widespread flooding, with rising seas caused by climate change blamed for the inundation. The Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and Federated States…
Nearly 200 die in floods across India and Nepal
Nearly 200 people have died in floods and landslides in India and Nepal, officials said on Thursday (21 October), with whole families buried in their homes and two young girls swept away as forecasters warned of yet more heavy rain.…
China’s Henan province witnesses torrential rains
China's Henan province witnessed torrential rains, resulting in a level IV emergency response to floods issued on Sunday, 19 September at 8am, local authorities said. From 8am Friday to 8am Sunday, heavy downpours hit the province, with average precipitation in…
Rain continues to lash parts of Japan; two people missing
Rain has continued to fall over vast areas from western to north-eastern Japan, disrupting transportation and business activities, with the public urged to remain vigilant over mudslides, flooding and swollen rivers due to the accumulated rainfall from last week. The…
It’s monsoon season and the death toll keeps rising
The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India climbed to 159, officials said on Sunday, with rescuers searching for dozens more missing. Experts say climate change has caused the annual deluge to increase in…
99 of 100 cities most at risk environmentally are in Asia
Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards/disasters, all but one are in Asia, and four-fifths are in India or China, according to a risk assessment published last week. Across the globe, more than 400 large cities with…
Dodge pickup truck located using underwater sonar
The James River is a tributary of the Missouri River. It is roughly 710 miles long and spans over 20,000 square miles of North and South Dakota with more than 70% of the river’s drainage occurring in South Dakota. River…
First fire, then Covid-19 and now floods for eastern Australia
In Sydney alone 3,000 people have been evacuated in the area worst hit by flooding, and there are fears up 54,000 more could be affected. Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud warned of a ‘potentially very dangerous situation’ in the worst-hit…
Indonesian floods kill five
Five people were killed, three more are missing and thousands are unable to return to their waterlogged homes after floods submerged parts of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, officials said Wednesday (Feb 26). The mud inundated the presidential palace, a major hospital…
Townsville Floods Get More Dangerous by the Hour
ABC News reports that the floods in northern Queensland have not reached their peak with more monsoon-like storms still to come. Up to 20,000 homes could be flooded in the coming days if the rain continues to fall in north…
More rain expected as Thailand flood death toll rises to 40
Persistent heavy rain well into what should be the dry season has triggered floods across the south, cutting road and rail links, threatening crops and affecting about 1.6 million people, said government officials. Unseasonable floods have killed 40 people, with…