Floods
Seven Asian expats were found dead in the floods from heavy rains that recently affected parts of the UAE, the Ministry of Interior announced on Friday. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir=&qu..
Three of them rescued; search teams are on the look out for others An expat family of eight members was swept away by strong waves in Al Mughsayl area of Dhofar Governorate in Oman on Sunday, local media reported. The Civil Defence and Ambulanc..
Hundreds of thousands of people in China have been evacuated in several southern and eastern provinces after unrelenting rains caused floods and triggered landslides. Two provinces upgraded flood warnings on Tuesday as rivers overflowed and floodw..
Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said Saturday. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but e..
"Some two million people have been stranded by floods so far," a senior Bangladeshi official says, adding that at least 10 people have been killed this week. Rivers in Bangladesh have burst their banks and caused the worst floods in the ..
Severe flooding has disrupted life in the northeastern state of Assam. Train and road transport services have been hit, making it harder for officials to send relief material to remote areas. The state’s disaster management officials told..
Rescuers searched for dozens of people still missing in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province on Sunday after heavy rains in recent days triggered floods and mudslides that have killed more than 440 people. The floods have left thousands..
Rising temperatures are accelerating the world's water cycle and triggering natural disasters such as droughts and floods, according to a new report led by Australian researchers. The report, published in Nature, released to the public on Thur..
Malaysia is seeking $3 million from the U.N. Green Climate Fund (GCF) to develop a national plan to adapt to climate change, the environment ministry said last week, amid deadly floods that have displaced nearly 70,000 people this month. ..
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