Skip to main content

Flood

Illustration 3d letter blocks forming the word news
Spain floods death toll hits 95: rescuersNews

Spain floods death toll hits 95: rescuers

Madrid, Spain | AFP - The death toll from devastating flooding in Spain has climbed to 95, rescuers and officials said on Wednesday, making it…
SourceSourceOctober 30, 2024 Full article
Satellite Image: Cameroon Floods
Image of the day: Devastating flooding in the Far North region of CameroonNews

Image of the day: Devastating flooding in the Far North region of Cameroon

Since July 2024, heavy rainfall and rising water levels in major rivers, including the Chari River, have caused severe flooding in the Far North region…
SourceSourceOctober 30, 2024 Full article
Image: Abstract globe (s. climate news, climate change, heat)
Spain declares three days of mourning after deadly floods: ministerNews

Spain declares three days of mourning after deadly floods: minister

Madrid, Spain | AFP - Spain will observe three days of mourning from Thursday after rare flash floods that have killed at least 62 people…
SourceSourceOctober 30, 2024 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods, environment)
Bodies found in flood-hit Spain: regional leaderNews

Bodies found in flood-hit Spain: regional leader

Madrid, Spain | AFP - Several bodies have been recovered by emergency service workers in flood-hit parts of Spain's Valencia, the head of the regional…
SourceSourceOctober 30, 2024 Full article
A new app tracked coastal flooding during hurricanes Helene and MiltonNews

A new app tracked coastal flooding during hurricanes Helene and Milton

TAMPA, Fla., USA | USF - A web-based application that gathers crowdsourced data to identify flooding and inform policy in coastal communities provided University of…
SourceSourceOctober 29, 2024 Full article
Image: 3D-render globe (s. monsoons)
Death toll in Philippine storm rises to 110News

Death toll in Philippine storm rises to 110

Manila, Philippines | AFP (Updated) - Rescuers in the Philippines searched a lake and scoured isolated villages on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people…
SourceSourceOctober 27, 2024 Full article
Image: Flooded town with residential buildings and trees
Growing flood risks overlooked in vulnerable, climate-skeptical regions of the USClimate

Growing flood risks overlooked in vulnerable, climate-skeptical regions of the US

University of Michigan | MP - A recent study has revealed a troubling geographic intersection between flood risk, climate change skepticism, and social vulnerability in…
SourceSourceOctober 24, 2024 Full article
Hurricane Helene is pictured (Sept. 25, 2024) from the International Space Station as it orbited 257 above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi
Record-breaking heat from climate change supercharged Hurricane Helene’s deadly impact across U.S. Southeast, study saysClimateNews

Record-breaking heat from climate change supercharged Hurricane Helene’s deadly impact across U.S. Southeast, study says

Late on September 26th, Hurricane Helene made a catastrophic landfall in Florida’s panhandle as a Category 4 hurricane, unleashing a relentless barrage of high winds,…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 9, 2024 Full article
Global water resources at risk: WMO report warns of increasing hydrological instabilityClimate

Global water resources at risk: WMO report warns of increasing hydrological instability

The year 2023 marked a critical low point for global water resources, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) latest State of Global Water Resources…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 7, 2024 Full article
Image: Elephants near river
Flash flooding kills three in northern ThailandNews

Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand (AFP) - Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday, as visitors evacuated…
SourceSourceOctober 6, 2024 Full article
Image: City view
Search continues for missing in deadly Bosnia floodsNews

Search continues for missing in deadly Bosnia floods

By Elvis BARUKCIC, with Mina PEJAKOVIC in Belgrade | AFP Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - The search for dozens of people reported missing in floods…
SourceSourceOctober 5, 2024 Full article
Climate disasters linked to rising domestic violence against women, study findsClimate

Climate disasters linked to rising domestic violence against women, study finds

A groundbreaking study from University College London (UCL) reveals a troubling connection between climate shocks - specifically landslides, storms, and floods - and increased intimate…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 3, 2024 Full article
Hurricane Helene -destruction
100 dead in storm Helene damage, flooding across US southeastNews

100 dead in storm Helene damage, flooding across US southeast

By John Falchetto | AFP Valdosta, United States - At least 100 people have been killed after destructive floods ripped through the US southeast, officials…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2024 Full article
Cities can curb floodplain development with existing toolsClimate

Cities can curb floodplain development with existing tools

A recent paper published in Oxford Open Climate Change sheds light on an unexpected trend: many U.S. cities are successfully avoiding development in flood-prone areas,…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 19, 2024 Full article
Stronger summer storms threaten urban areas with flooding risksClimate

Stronger summer storms threaten urban areas with flooding risks

Recent research shows that summer storms tend to be more frequent and intense over urban areas compared to rural surroundings, raising concerns about the increased…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 11, 2024 Full article
Flooding: the unexpected biggest threat to desertsScience

Flooding: the unexpected biggest threat to deserts

A new study from the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, in collaboration with the University of Paris Cité, has revealed a…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 10, 2024 Full article
Image: Houses in water
Bangladesh’s flood response turns crisis into cooperationNews

Bangladesh’s flood response turns crisis into cooperation

By Shafiqul Islam, Tufts University | 360info Bangladesh has shown how its 'engineering diplomacy' approach to managing a flood crisis could be a pathway to…
SourceSourceSeptember 6, 2024 Full article
New model enhances accuracy of flash flood predictionsScience

New model enhances accuracy of flash flood predictions

An international team of climate scientists has developed a new approach that offers significant advancements in predicting life-threatening flash floods triggered by extreme rainfall. This…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 30, 2024 Full article
Image: Abstract globe (s. climate news, climate change, heat)
12 dead, more than 20 missing after Yemen floods: Huthi mediaNews

12 dead, more than 20 missing after Yemen floods: Huthi media

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP) - Flash floods triggered by torrential rainfall have killed at least 12 people and left more than 20 others missing…
SourceSourceAugust 28, 2024 Full article
Image: Flooded town with residential buildings and trees
Urban street networks, building density shape severity of floodsScience

Urban street networks, building density shape severity of floods

Researchers’ new analytical model can assess neighborhood-level hazards globally By University of California - Irvine Cities around the globe are experiencing increased flooding due to…
SourceSourceAugust 19, 2024 Full article
Fire globe - abstract (s. climate. temperatures, forever chemicals, wildfires)
Floods kill 54 in northern Chad: governorNews

Floods kill 54 in northern Chad: governor

N'Djamena, Chad (AFP) - Floods in Chad's northeast province of Tibesti have killed at least 54 people, the authorities said. The flooding in the region…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2024 Full article
Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disastersClimate

Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters

By American Phytopathological Society An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube DeltaNews

Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube Delta

By Ani SANDU | AFP Mahmudia, Romania - Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in…
SourceSourceAugust 1, 2024 Full article
New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environmentsClimateScience

New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environments

By Joey Pitchford | North Carolina State University As climate change causes storms to intensify, new tools are needed to map where flooding occurs in…
SourceSourceJuly 31, 2024 Full article