Floods

Death toll rises to 66 in India’s monsoon mayhem

NEW DELHI, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Days of relentless monsoon rains have killed at least 66 people in India,…

At least 29 killed in India monsoon floods: officials

NEW DELHI, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Days of intense monsoon rains across northern India have left at least 29…

Two dead in southwestern Japan after ‘heaviest rain ever’

KURUME, Japan, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - At least two people were killed in torrential rain in southwest Japan on…

Heavy rains and flooding pummel US northeast, one dead

NEW YORK, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - The northeastern United States was inundated Monday with heavy rain and flooding across…

At least 42 dead in Haiti floods, landslides

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- At least 42 people were dead and 11 missing in Haiti afer heavy rains at the…

Toll from DR Congo floods rises to nearly 400: official

BUKAVU, DR Congo, May 7, 2023 (AFP) - The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in…

Rwanda counts cost after floods, landslides kill 130

RUBAVU, Rwanda, May 4, 2023 (AFP) - Rwandans grieved Thursday for lost loved ones and destroyed homes after powerful floods…

Flooding triggers emergency in Auckland, forces cancellation of Elton John concert

  Wellington, New Zealand | AFP | Friday 1/27/2023  A state of emergency was declared in Auckland on Friday after…

Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildren

by Ashraf KHAN Agence France-Presse CHANDAN MORI, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistani three-year-old Afshan's trip to school is a high-wire balancing…

Displaced by flooding, Nigerians in desperate need of help

Ahoada, Nigeria | AFP | by Alexandre MARTINS LOPES It was pitch black when the waters came, forcing mother Fortune Lawrence…

Floods swallow cars, swamp houses in ‘major’ Australian emergency

Melbourne, Australia | AFP | Flash floods swamped hundreds of homes in southeastern Australia Friday with waterlogged residents now facing…

Floods force evacuations in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Thousands were warned to flee their homes in southeastern Australia on Friday to escape surging floodwaters…

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