Tag: floods
The distress of the inhabitants of Nord-Pas-Calais hit again by floods
In France, more than 10,000 homes are without electricity in the north of the country. Nord-Pas-de-Calais affected by major flooding for the second time in less than 3 months. An…
Estelle Doutriaux, mayor of Bourthes: “We are convinced that we will have repeated floods”
Floods return to Pas-de-Calais, two months after an already dramatic month of November. While this department in the north of the country has been on orange alert again since Sunday…
Floods and tornadoes hit Europe
Flooding threatens several river basins in parts of Europe, where mainly regions around the Elbe are at risk. In the German city of Dresden, the river has risen four meters…
deadly floods in Bukavu and the South Kivu region
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), around forty people died and many others are missing after the heavy rains which fell on most of the province of South Kivu,…
Several dead in Thai floods
Six people have died after heavy rain caused flooding in Thailand. Tens of thousands of people have had their homes flooded after several days of intense rain in southern Thailand.…
Australian downpours were followed by unprecedented floods | Foreign countries
In the state of Queensland, it has been raining for a whole year. In the state of Queensland, located in northeastern Australia, heavy rains have been record heavy and caused…
Climate change hits East Africa – years of drought suddenly changed to violent mud floods | Foreign countries
Hundreds of people have died in the floods and hundreds of thousands have had to flee their homes in Somalia alone. Heavy rains have plagued East Africa for a month…
70 dead in floods in Kenya
-Unfortunately, we have lost 70 people across Kenya due to these rains and about 36,160 families have been forced to flee, Ruto said in a speech to the nation on…
new rain vigilance and new floods?
The recession has been underway for three days in Pas-de-Calais, but it risks slowing down or even being interrupted by the arrival of new precipitation this Monday, November 20. The…
Major floods in southern Sweden after torrential rain
The emergency services in southern Skåne have received several alarms about cars stuck on flooded roads and water-filled basements during Thursday. One of those affected is Francisco Vilaplana, who lives…