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May 11, 20242 min read
Afghanistan floods kill at least 153, Taliban interior ministry says
SHEIKH JALAL, Afghanistan -The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across...
May 11, 20242 min read
Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of...
May 11, 20242 min read
Death toll from floods in Brazil hits 126 as rain returns
CANOAS, Brazil -Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state...
May 8, 20243 min read
Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil -Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio...
May 5, 20242 min read
Heavy rains in southern Brazil kill nearly 60, over 70 still missing
SAO PAULO -Heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on...
May 4, 20242 min read
Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missing
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the...
May 2, 20242 min read
Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
NAIROBI -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes,...
Apr 27, 20241 min read
Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
NAIROBI - Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa...
Apr 22, 20243 min read
Floods swamp southern China, spark extreme weather fears
QINGYUAN, China -Floods swamped cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking...
Apr 19, 20242 min read
Russian villagers build homemade dam to keep out floods
PEROVSKY, Russia - As floods engulfed large parts of central Russia, residents of one village defied advice to flee their homes and...
Apr 10, 20243 min read
Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate over 100,000 people amid worst flooding in decades
ORSK, Russia -Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond...
Apr 8, 20242 min read
Record floods in Russia's Urals triggered by melting snow
MOSCOW -Swiftly melting snow triggered the worst recorded flooding in Russia's Ural Mountains, forcing thousands of people to flee...
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