floods

At least 11 people have been killed in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul after an extra-tropical cyclone struck the region on Friday, according to the state’s authorities. The storm caused torrential rains and helicopter…

Heavy rains swept through Pakistan’s northwest on Saturday, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least 20 people dead and 80 injured, authorities said. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Karak districts of Khyber…

The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is “hugely worse” than before the Kakhovka dam collapsed, the U.N.'s top aid official warned Friday. Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths said an “extraordinary” 700,000 people are in need of…

The World Health Organization has rushed emergency supplies to flood-hit parts of Ukraine and are preparing to respond to an array of health risks including trauma, drowning and waterborne diseases like cholera, officials said on Thursday.…

Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, sending water gushing from the breached facility and risking massive flooding. Ukrainian…

The people of Jordan woke up on Monday to witness floods sweeping away crops and affecting roads, while large hailstones smashed into cars and windows in a chaotic scene. Heavy overnight rain on Sunday in the southern and eastern parts…

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to leave the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima a day earlier than scheduled to lead the response to flooding which hit the north of her country this week, two sources said on Saturday.…

A heavy storm that struck northwestern Syria late on Saturday caused damage to dozens of camps for displaced people due to flooding. The western countryside of Idlib province experienced heavy rain overnight, causing damage to…

Although Nakhon Ratchasima province, in northeastern Thailand, is located on a huge plateau at 200-250 meters over sea level, and many factories and industrial estates have moved to it as it used to be called a no-free province. However, it…

Less than a month after Banteay Meanchey’s and widespread flooding and Preah Vihear’s flood warning, another border province is in danger of possible flooding. Pailin’s Department of Water Resources and Meteorology sent out a warning to…