Floods submerged hundreds of hectares of dragon fruit farms in south Vietnam, residents told AFP on Thursday, with many villagers forced to seek shelter on higher ground. The flooding in Binh Thuan province was triggered by heavy rain and the discharge of water from an irrigation reservoir...
District councils in low-lying areas say they have cut day-to-day services such as bin collections to fund pumping stations. The costs of preventing major floods caused by extreme weather and excessive rainfall have fuelled a growing financial crisis...
Rescuers in China scrambled on Friday to locate dozens of people still missing a week after the year's most powerful typhoon roared into the southern province of Hunan, while emergency workers rushed to seal breached dykes on swollen rivers.
Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future.
Hundreds of people are living submerged in floodwater in the suburbs of Hanoi, a week after torrential rains in northern Vietnam caused rivers to overflow their banks.
Changing weather patterns have left this country grappling with the ever-growing threat of extreme conditions destroying land - and leaving millions displaced.
President Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Vermont that makes federal funding available to help people and communities affected by flooding from July 9 through July 11 caused by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl...
Just an inch of water can cause roughly $25,000 of damage to a property, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Unfortunately, there’s a common misconception many consumers don’t realize until it’s too late: homeowners insurance typically does not cover flood damage. For that coverage, you need a separate flood insurance policy.
Tropical Storm Debby made its second US landfall early Thursday – this time in South Carolina – and is unleashing torrential rain, tornadoes and destructive flooding in North Carolina.
Debby is expected to bring up to 25 inches of rain across parts of the Southeast. It will also cross over to the Atlantic Ocean and return to shore this week with more strength.
A dam burst in the town of Dalnerechensk in the far east of Russia overnight on Aug. 6, regional authorities told state-owned TASS news agency. This marks the fourth such case in two weeks.
Coastal Georgia and the Carolinas will get drenched after Tropical Storm Debby stalls over the Southeast, as the storm could dump more than 2 feet of rain and cause potentially catastrophic flooding.
Thunderstorms and torrential rain brought another wave of violent floods Tuesday that caved in roads, crushed vehicles, pushed homes off their foundations and led to dramatic boat rescues in northeastern Vermont, nearly three weeks after flooding from Hurricane Beryl.
More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in north-west North Korea have been rescued in airlifts and other evacuation work supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, state media has reported.
With an increase in summer storms, it is possible that you could find yourself in a flooding situation. But do you know how we get these heavy rain situations and what you can do if you encounter flood waters in your area?
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