Flooding triggered by heavy rains in central Congo killed at least 22 people, including 10 from the same family, a local official said Tuesday. The hourslong rainfall in the district of Kananga in Kasai Central province destroyed many houses and…
Death toll from South Korea’s heavy rain rises to 40, 9 missing
The death toll from heavy rain in recent days in South Korea rose to 40, while nine others remained missing, relevant authorities said on Monday. A total of 40 people had been found dead in southeastern North Gyeongsang province and…
Kherson flooding: Ukraine evacuation boat attacked by Russia, killing 3
Three people were killed after Russia attacked a boat carrying evacuees from a flooded area in Kherson, the regional governor said. Ukraine has been trying to rescue people trapped on the Russia-held eastern bank of the Dnipro River since the…
Zelensky visits area flooded by destroyed dam in southern Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky has travelled to the region of southern Ukraine flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam to observe ongoing evacuations, he announced on Telegram on Thursday. Masses of water were continuing to flow out of the reservoir…
80 localities under flood risk after Kherson dam destruction- Ukrainian PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Tuesday said about 80 settlements were under threat of being flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Kherson Region. Earlier, the Russia-appointed mayor of the city of Nova Kakhovka,…
Italy floods leave 9 dead and force 13,000 from their homes
More than 20 rivers have burst their banks in Italy, leaving nine people dead and forcing 13,000 from their homes after six months’ rainfall fell in a day and a half. Almost every river flooded between the north-east coast at…
Death toll from Brazil floods rises to 40
At least 40 people have been killed after heavy rains caused floods and landslides, along the Atlantic coast in the Brazilian State of São Paulo over the weekend, according to officials. About 39 people died in São Sebastião in south-eastern…
Freezing weather claims 104 lives in Afghanistan in 2 weeks
Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 104 lives including children and women in Afghanistan over the past two weeks. The spokesman for the Ministry of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Shafiullah Rahimi, said on Monday in Kabul. In…
Biden declares disaster in California amid deadly storms
United States President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in the state of California, as the latest in a succession of storm systems brought heavy flooding to already waterlogged regions and threatened snowfalls of up to two metres (six…