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Sep 19, 20242 min read
Nigeria flags flood risk in 11 states as Cameroon releases dam water
LAGOS - Nigeria's hydrological services agency has warned of potential flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it was...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
Central Europe flood deaths rise as citizens race to build defences
WROCLAW, Poland - Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
Factbox-Central Europe experiencing worst floods in at least two decades
WARSAW - Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and...
Sep 18, 20243 min read
Central European floods leave trail of devastation; new areas to evacuate
WROCLAW, Poland/OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of...
Sep 17, 20243 min read
Central Europe braces for further flooding 'apocalypse' as death toll rises
JESENIK/LITOVEL, Czech Republic - Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday as others in...
Sep 17, 20242 min read
Nigerian flood victims face long wait for medical help
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - People in Nigeria's flood-hit northeastern Borno state are struggling to get medical care as overwhelmed aid...
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Floods claim more lives as torrential rain pounds central Europe
JESENIK, Czech Republic/WARSAW - The death toll from flooding in central Europe rose to eight on Sunday as thousands of people were...
Sep 15, 20243 min read
Floods in Romania kill at least four people as rain batters central Europe
VISNOVA, Czech Republic - At least four people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in eastern Romania on Saturday,...
Sep 14, 20242 min read
Floods in Myanmar leave 19 dead, displace thousands
At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Death toll in Vietnam from typhoon impacts rises to 226, as pressure eases in Hanoi
HANOI/THAI NGUYEN - The death toll in Vietnam from typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 226 on Thursday,...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Hanoi flooded by swollen river as Typhoon Yagi leaves 179 dead
HANOI - Vietnam's capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high,...
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Deadly typhoon Gaemi made worse by climate change, scientists say
SINGAPORE - A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving...
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