Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare? By Austyn Gaffney and Somini Sengupta Chad ...
Central Europe has been plagued by intense flooding this week, killing at least 23 people, according to Reuters. While it’s difficult to draw a conclusive link between this event and climate ...
Flash floods are the No. 1 cause of weather-related deaths in the United States.More people die from floods every year than tornadoes, lightning or hurricanes. On average, flooding kills 89 people ...
Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed. By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa Reporting from Dakar, Senegal, and Maiduguri ...
And, the floods can be attributed to climate change. According to IRC, the Central Sahel region of West Africa, where temperatures are rising 50% faster than the global average.
Within weeks, catastrophic floods swept across four continents. Typhoons triggered landslides across Southeast Asia and inundated Shanghai. A slow-moving storm, unusual for this time of year ...
IMD observed a ‘well Marked low pressure area’ over northwest Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring region and consequently issued heavy rainfall and flash flood warning in warning in Uttarakhand and ...
Eight reported dead in floods over past two days More than 10,000 evacuated in Czech Republic Bridge in historic Polish town collapses Budapest readies for rising river Danube JESENIK, Czech ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's government warned of possible flooding in 11 states following the release of water from a dam in neighboring Cameroon. The Nigerian hydrological agency said on ...
Economic losses due to the latest flooding in central Europe are significant. The first estimations show that the cost of the current floods alone could surpass a billion euros, but the precise ...
Severe flooding has ravaged large parts of Central Europe, claiming at least 20 lives as numerous Church institutions have suffered significant damage. Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria ...
At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said, as aid agencies reported more than 1,000 people had ...