Tag: floods
The municipality takes measures after floods: “Something may have happened”
The county administration says that the area is wrongly planned. Someone like Birgitta Gunnarsson (C), deputy chairman of the municipal board, disagrees with: – This area is planned in the…
Floods and landslides kill at least ten people
Torrential rains, triggering flash floods and landslides, have killed at least 14 people in Nepal and left nine missing, police said on Sunday, July 7. Floods in neighboring India and…
Four dead in floods in India | News in brief
At least four people have died in floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern India, say representatives of the country’s government. The floods have affected more than a million people.…
US Midwest floods due to heavy rains | News in brief
At its worst, almost half a meter of water has rained in three days in Iowa and South Dakota. In the central US, residents of the states of Iowa and…
Sri Lanka closes schools after floods
Updated 04.10 | Published 04.05 share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A boy plays in waterlogged streets in Biyagama, a suburb of Sri Lanka’s largest city, Colombo. Photo: Eranga Jayawardena/AP/TT At…
Heavy rains caused severe floods in southern Germany | Foreign countries
It has rained every day as much as a month’s worth of rain. Yrjö Kokkonen, Elsa Osipova The southern part of Germany, especially Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, have been hit by…
Afghan death toll rises in fresh floods
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screenMany homes have been destroyed in the heavy rains that hit Afghanistan. Authorities report rising death toll. Archive image. Photo: AP/TT Heavy rains cause new and…
In Brazil, after historic floods, solidarity is organized in pain
After violent floods, southern Brazil is devastated. The tragedy left more than 150 dead and nearly 600,000 displaced… A toll that could increase with the return of the rains since…
In Afghanistan, flash floods kill at least 311 people – L’Express
More than 300 people died during flash floods in the northern province of Baghlan, in Afghanistan, the World Food Program (WFP), a UN agency, announced to AFP this Saturday, May…
More than 60 dead in floods in Afghanistan
share-arrowShare unsaveSave At least 62 people have died in connection with floods in northern Afghanistan during Friday. According to local authorities in Baghlan province, the floods were caused by heavy…