Heavy rains lash Spain after deadly floods
Spain closed schools and evacuated residents as heavy rains lashed the country Wednesday, two weeks after its worst floods in a generation killed more than 200 people...
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Spain PM announces fresh flood aid
Spain on Monday announced fresh measures worth almost 3.8 billion euros to help stricken citizens recover from the country鈥檚 worst floods in a generation that have killed 222 people.
Thousands march in Spain over handling of deadly floods
Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday in Valencia to voice their anger at the authorities鈥� handling of deadly floods.
Spain drenched by wettest Oct on record
Spain was soaked in its wettest October on record last month which culminated in catastrophic floods that have killed 219 people and left dozens missing, the government said on Friday.
Spain counts cost a week after catastrophic floods
Rescuers resumed their grim search for missing bodies on Tuesday as Spain reeled from a week of loss after its worst floods in decades that have killed 218 people.
66,000 Cubans evacuated over flooding fears
More than 66,000 people have been evacuated in Cuba鈥檚 easternmost province Guantanamo, ahead of heavy rains that threaten a region already badly hit by Hurricane Oscar, local television...
Spain dreads more flood deaths as more rain expected
Spanish rescuers plunged into inundated garages to find bodies on Monday, a day after furious crowds heckled and hurled mud at the king and the prime minister following...
Locals hurl mud, insults at Spanish royals, PM on visit to flood zone
Furious locals pelted Spain鈥檚 royals and premier on Sunday with mud and cries of 鈥榤urderers!鈥�, forcing officials to cut short their visit to the town worst hit by the floods which have killed more than 200.
Spain flood deaths top 200, more troops join rescue
Rescuers on Friday raised the death toll in Spain鈥檚 worst floods for a generation to 205 as the government deployed more troops in an increasingly desperate search for survivors.
Spain urges hard-hit regions to stay home during flood rescue
Spanish authorities on Thursday told people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers raced to find survivors in the rare disaster that has left at least 95 dead.
Country sees nine flash floods in five months
Nine waves of flash floods hit Bangladesh in the past five months, affecting millions, many of them repeatedly, according to a presentation made by the Flash Flood Warning Centre at a discussion on Wednesday...
Spain races to save victims as floods kill 62
Spanish rescuers on Wednesday scrambled to save people trapped by surging tides of muddy water in floods that have killed at least 62 people in the eastern Valencia region...
Philippines races to reach stranded as storm toll rises
Philippine rescuers raced Thursday to reach residents still stranded by flooding in the hard-hit Bicol region, after torrential rains from Tropical Storm Trami submerged villages and killed more than 20 people.
BNP criticises govt 鈥榠naction鈥� as flood victims suffer
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday criticised the government, saying that it was not taking action to relieve people from the sufferings wreaked on them by the recent flood and...
Flood causes damage worth Tk 324cr in Mymensingh
The recent flood in Mymensingh caused damage to fisheries and agriculture estimated at Tk 324 crore, leaving many fish farmers severely affected, said the officials on Saturday...
Flood-hit people face scarcity of drinking water
The flood situation in Mymensingh division has started to improve although the flood-hit people were still prone to waterborne diseases amid scarcity of drinking water...
Flash flood toll reaches 10
The death toll from the ongoing flash flooding climbed to 10 with rivers overflowing their banks receding.
Flood puts hundreds at risk of starvation
The ongoing flash flooding puts hundreds of farmer families at immediate risk of starvation in Sherpur district, washing away the rice they stored from the previous harvest and also...
Flash flood moves downstream
The death toll from the ongoing flash flooding in Mymensingh division climbed to eight on Monday as two more people drowned in downstream areas where the flood affected more people.
Flood situation improves in Sherpur; death toll reaches eight
Three more bodies have been retrieved from several areas of flood-hit Sherpur district, raising the death toll from the natural disaster to eight...
Flash flood kills 3 in Thailand
Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday, as visitors evacuated hotels through knee-high muddy water and...
Worst-hit people get least help: CPD
The worst-affected people received the least relief assistance in the flash flooding that swept parts of Bangladesh in August affecting over 5.6 million people, revealed a...
Thousands in shelters as flash flood worsens
The ongoing flash floods that continued to sweep parts of Mymensingh division for the third day running on Sunday sent thousands of people to flood shelters opened by the government as the...
Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers
Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognise his once beautiful settlement.
Govt should attend to rescue, post-flood rebuilding in north
A QUARTER to a million people, especially at Nalitabari, Jhenaigati and Sribardipur spanning about 800 square kilometres in Sherpur are left stranded in a flash flooding that a heavy spell of rain in Bangladesh鈥檚 north and its adjacent hills upstream across the border in India caused in 24 hours until night on October 4. The height of the trans-boundary river...
Three killed as flash flood worsens in northern Bangladesh
At least three people were killed and thousands evacuated as the flash flood sweeping through parts of northern Bangladesh worsened, prompting authorities to seek help from...
14 killed in Bosnia floods
Heavy rains that flooded towns and touched off landslides left at least 14 people dead in Bosnia on Friday, authorities said....
Floods and climate change
THE August flood was a major milestone in Bangladesh鈥檚 long-term fight against climate change. A depression and severe monsoon rainfall caused exceptional water levels in the region which is prone to seasonal flooding. Millions of people were devastated in Noakhali, Cumilla, Lakshmipur, Feni, Chattogram and Moulvibazar. The disaster wrecked infrastructure...
Self-reliance in landscape management
FOR decades, Bangladesh has struggled to cope with the devastating impacts of floods and environmental degradation, leaning heavily on outdated methods and conventional civil engineering solutions. While these strategies may have provided temporary fixes, they have often failed to address the underlying, systemic issues 鈥� and in many instances...
Anger in Nepal over relief delays as flood toll hits 225
Survivors of the monsoon floods that ravaged Nepal at the weekend criticised the government on Tuesday for inadequate relief efforts during a disaster that killed at least...