ROME – Around 80% of Venice is underwater in what has been described as “apocalyptic devastation.” Those were the words of President of Veneto Luca Zaia as Italian authorities scrambled...
Floods triggered by torrential rains have left almost 50 people dead in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, an official told Reuters on Saturday (September 28). The state, India’s...
Super Typhoon Lekima hit Eastern China on Saturday (August 10) blasting the coast with 200 km/h winds and bringing with it heavy rains which have led to mass evacuations, flooding, uprooting trees and...
Over 21,000 people have been evacuated Wednesday following continuous torrential rain in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to the provincial emergency management department. In the region, a total...
Floodwaters rose, trees bent and currents coursed in North Carolina on Thursday (September 13) as the first bands of Hurricane Florence rolled in. White-capped flooding lashed homes and buildings and drowned street...
The southern Indian state of Kerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August following the worst flooding in a...
The death toll from the torrential rains that have battered western Japan reached 200, authorities said Thursday, as search and rescue missions continue to find dozens still missing in the...
Some of the worst flooding in a century has sent the rat population of Paris scuttling onto the French capital’s streets. With the River Seine reaching its highest level in...
Michel Delpuech, head of the Paris police body, told reporters on Sunday that the Seine’s waters were set to peak later in the evening or early on Monday, close to...
