World news about “Flood” published by euronews.
Flood alerts in France as river levels riseSeveral areas of France to the south-east of Paris are on special alert after serious flooding. Although a period of heavy rain has given way to drier… 06/05/2013
Anger erupts in Argentina over deadly flash floods There is widespread anger in Argentina over the authorities response to deadly flash flooding. Local government officials were greeted with insults as they… 05/04/2013
Fatal flash floods hit Buenos Aries province Flash floods in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province, have left close to 60 people dead and forced 1,500 to evacuate their homes. People drowned… 04/04/2013
Argentina hit by deadly flash floods A month’s worth of rain in a day has led to deadly flash floods in and around the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. More than 30 people have been killed as… 03/04/2013
Heavy rain in Buenos Aires kills at least six – nocomment Torrential rains killed at least six people in Buenos Aires while flooding brought the city streets to a standstill and inundated several houses. The water… 03/04/2013
Deadly flash floods ravage Mauritius A day of mourning has been declared in Mauritius after at least 11 people lost their lives in savage flash floods that caught the Indian ocean island by… 01/04/2013
Mauritian capital Port Louis rocked by heavy floods The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has been hit by severe floods. At least 10 people have been confirmed dead after over 150mm of torrential rain lashed the… 01/04/2013
Azores hit by floods – nocomment Portugal’s Azores islands continue to face harsh weather conditions after the islands were hit by floods on March 14. Cars, homes and roads have been… 16/03/2013
Flood alert Dams that protect urban areas from flooding sometimes fail, resulting in catastrophic damage. But what can be done to prevent such disasters? Robert Meijer… 11/03/2013
Flood rescueA woman stuck in her car is rescued from flood waters by a man during heavy rain in north of Athens. 22/02/2013
Australia: tropical storm Oswald floods – nocomment After tropical storm Oswald struck Australia on January 21, the northern part of the country faced major flooding. Emergency workers rescued around 20 people… 26/01/2013
S Africa: 15,000 crocodiles vanish – nocomment The Rakwena Crocodile Farm has lost its 15,000 crocodiles after floods in the northern part of South Africa. They escaped when the owners opened the enclosure… 25/01/2013
A man carrying his baby walks through flood watersAn Indonesian man carrying his baby walks through flood waters in west Jakarta. Heavy monsoon rains swamped parts of the Indonesian capital and left more than… 19/01/2013
Severe flooding hits Jakarta – nocomment Heavy monsoon rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. 17/01/2013
Heavy rain floods Paphos Asprogemos Dam over flowing in Paphos following a few days of heavy rain. Sent by Savvas Kyriacou 08/01/2013
Heavy floods hit Malaysia – nocomment Floods have hit eastern Malaysia, killing one and forcing over 22,000 people to evacuate. 28/12/2012
Floods in Rantau Panjang, MalaysiaA resident wades through his flooded village on 27 December, 2012. The flood situation in the north eastern states of Malaysia has worsened, with the number… 27/12/2012
Widespread flooding in southwest England disrupts holidays – nocomment Heavy rain hits Devon, England, flooding homes and forcing travellers to find alternative routes to get home for the Christmas break. 24/12/2012
Philippines villagers rescued in typhoon devastation – nocomment With 350 people dead and nearly 400 missing, Philippines now have to face the devastation of floods washing away emergency shelters in the aftermath of… 07/12/2012
283 dead in landslides and floods in southern Philippines – nocomment Hundreds of people are still missing, with 283 dead in the wake of typhoon Bopha. Nearly 87,000 people are taking temporary shelter in gymnasiums and school… 05/12/2012
Typhoon Bopha hits Philippines killing 4 people – nocomment At least four people were killed in typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year. The storm slammed into a southern island… 04/12/2012
Heavy rains and flooding hit northern California, USA – nocomment Northern California residents are hit with heavy rainstorms, knocking out power to thousands in San Francisco and Sacramento, causing moderate flooding in a… 04/12/2012
UK braces for flash floods – nocomment Strong winds and heavy rainfall battered parts of the UK for a second day with Devon in the west of England facing some of the worst conditions. Flash… 23/11/2012
Japan : memorial bamboo candles – nocomment Each year, a three-day event gathers Hita City’s inhabitants together around illuminations. This year, the event celebrates memories of those who died during… 10/11/2012
Pilgrims flee as Lourdes deluged – nocomment Some 450 Catholic pilgrims were evacuated from Lourdes in south western France after heavy rains flooded the city and surrounding area. 22/10/2012
UK: Hundreds evacuated as deluge causes flooding – nocomment Parts of northern England were hit by flooding following heavy downpours, with some areas experiencing more than a month’s rain in 24 hours. 26/09/2012
Deadly flash floods in India – nocomment Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 30 people in India’s remote northeast over a three day period, forcing more… 25/09/2012
Flood hit Colombian city of Barranquilla – nocomment Flash floods lashed the Colombian coastal city of Barranquilla, filling city streets with water and sweeping away cars. 23/08/2012
Chile: High seas strand ship – nocomment The Hong Kong registered Ocean Breeze cargo vessel ran ground near the Port of San Antonio in central Chile. Three military helicopters were used to evacuate… 17/08/2012
Two million flood victims in Phillipines – nocomment Heavy rains pounded the Philippines capital, prompting a new danger alert as emergency workers rushed food, water and clothes to almost two million people… 09/08/2012
Half of Manila under water after torrential rains – nocomment Non-stop torrential rains pounded the Philippine capital and nearby provinces, triggering floods that covered half of Manila and forced thousands to flee… 07/08/2012
Typhoon-stranded residents rescued in China – nocomment Emergency teams used helicopters to rescue 25 people in China’s flooded northeastern Liaoning Province on Sunday, as the death tool from a typhoon climbed to… 06/08/2012
Heavy rainfall in Beijing – nocomment The Chinese capital was hit by the heaviest rain storm in six decades. At least 10 people were killed. 22/07/2012
Mudslides in Austria – nocomment Heavy rains hit the province of Styria, in central Austria, causing floods, landslides and mudslides. One person has been killed, according to emergency… 22/07/2012
India ravaged by floodsA boy affected by floods in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, uses a temporary raft July 12,2012. India’s annual monsoon has claimed 109 lives and left… 17/07/2012
Russia under waterAn icon hangs on the wall, with dirt from the floods marked on it, in the town of Krymsk in Krasnodar region, southern Russia.REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko 09/07/2012
Deadly floods in Russia – nocomment A seven-metre wave killed at least 139 people when it hit the Russian Black Sea town of Krysmk early on Saturday, July 7. Several residents suspect the… 09/07/2012
Poland: heavy storms cause serious floods – nocomment A sudden heavy storm in the Lower Silesia region of southwestern Poland left dozens of homes flooded, collapsed buildings and extensive damage to roads and… 07/07/2012
Heavy floods force evacuation in Wales – nocomment Around 150 people have to be rescued from homes and caravans after severe floods hit west Wales 10/06/2012
Agriculture: sowing the seeds of the future While traditional agricultural methods can be very productive it is still important to keep up with new developments, as demand for foodstuffs grows. The … 04/05/2012
Floods in Russia – nocomment Spring floods caused flooding in Russia. Worst affected was Mordoviya near the Volga River, about 700 km southeast of Moscow. 15/04/2012
Thailand: Road repairs – nocomment After the last year’s severe flooding, Thailand’s road are being repaired all around the country. According to the Transport Minister, more than 940 damaged… 18/02/2012
High winds and heavy rain lash UK – nocomment More than 100,000 homes lost their electricity supply in Britain on Tuesday as storm winds of up to 90 miles-per-hour (56 km/h) uprooted trees which knocked… 04/01/2012
A homemade boat to beat the floods in ThailandA man uses a makeshift raft to travel through a flooded street in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Chaiwat… 25/11/2011
Heavy rainfall in Spain – nocomment Flash floods hit the Spanish town of Onda at the weekend. 22/11/2011
Climate change refugees could end up trapped Hundreds of millions of people fleeing storms, droughts or floods caused by global warming could end up trapped in disaster areas, according to a report from… 01/11/2011
Portugal Hit By Flash Floods – nocomment After Ireland, Italy and Spain, Portugal is also hit by floods. 28/10/2011
Flash floods hit southern Spain – nocomment Lagares river in Vigo, Galicia, has flooded causing damages in houses and infrastructures. 27/10/2011
Ireland: Dublin under water – nocomment The equivalent amount of rain that normally falls in the month of October fell in 24 hours in Dublin, Ireland. 25/10/2011
Thailand: Floods reach Bangkok – nocomment Heavy rain is wreaking havoc in Thailand. Authorities try to do what they can to protect the capital, Bangkok. 22/10/2011
Children play as floods advance in BangkokChildren play in water as floods advance in their neighborhood at Sai Mai district in Bangkok. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 22/10/2011
Italy: Floods in Rome – nocomment Rome mounted a major clean-up operation after flash floods hit the capital causing major traffic disruption, damage and one death. 22/10/2011
Thailand: floodwaters breach barriers near Bangkok – nocomment Hundreds of residents on the northern border of Bangkok gathered to fill sandbags, racing against time to protect the Thai capital from floods. 19/10/2011
Hurricane Jova causes floods in Mexico – nocomment Hurricane Jova slammed into Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 2 hurricane early on Wednesday, triggering mudslides that killed two people and injured six… 14/10/2011
Thailand : state of emergency declared – nocomment In one of the worst-hit provinces, Nakhon Sawan, a state of emergency is declared after the floodwater level rose at least 60 centimetres overnight. 13/10/2011
Thailand suffers widespread flooding – nocomment Hundreds of patients had to be evacuated from Pra Nakorn Sri Ayutthaya Hospital as flood waters continue to inundate Thailand’s historic capital. 10/10/2011
Crocodile invades home in Thai floods – nocomment A Thai rescue team successfully retrieved a crocodile that was swept into a local resident’s house by floods in the province of Uthai Thani. 02/10/2011
A family’s shelter in the PhilippinesA family takes shelter at a shed along a road after typhoons submerged their house in Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila October 1, 2011… 01/10/2011
China floods: situation worsens – nocomment Rain that fell on Monday in China is making a bad situation worse with water threatening to overwhelm large parts of the centre and the south of the country. 19/09/2011
Heavy monsoon rains floods in Pakistan – nocomment Pakistanis send relief goods to help more than 300,000 people left homeless by floods caused by monsoon rains. 18/09/2011
Cambodia under water – nocomment Heavy rain showers have led to floods in Cambodia but Cambodians do not seem too affected, especially children. 13/09/2011
An NYC car park in the wake of Hurricane IreneThe sun sets over a flooded parking lot as the sky clears from Hurricane Irene in Long Beach, New York August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene battered New York with… 29/08/2011
Flash flooding in Norway – nocomment Torrential rains caused severe flash flooding in Norway. All routes connecting southern and central Norway are closed because of the deluge. At least a dozen… 17/08/2011
Floodwaters submerge Metro ManilaA public jeepney vehicle passes through knee-high floodwaters brought about by continuous rainfall from Typhoon Muifa along a main street in Maceda, Manila… 02/08/2011
Flash floods hit South Korea – nocomment Over a 24 hour period, 400mm of rain fell on the South Korean capital, causing flash floods, further landslides, road closures and other transport delays. 27/07/2011
Typhoon brings record rainfall to Kochi Prefecture in Japan – nocomment A large, powerful typhoon is sweeping over the ocean off Shikoku in Western Japan, bringing record rainfall to Kochi Prefecture. The Meteorological Agency… 20/07/2011
Four year-old boy rescued from flood water – nocomment Villagers save a four-year-old boy stranded in flash floods in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state. 17/07/2011
Bad weather in Poland – nocomment Powerful storms devastated many villages in central Poland. 16/07/2011
A car travels through a flooded street in MogadishuThe Horn of Africa is in the grip of a major food crisis, with millions of people severely affected in drought-stricken areas, while others are flooded… 14/07/2011
Daring Chinese flood rescue – nocomment A group of stranded Chinese had to be rescued from a bridge after part of it collapsed due to heavy flooding in Sinchun Province, south west China… 05/07/2011
Chinese resident runs on a flooded stairwayA resident runs on a flooded stairway as floodwater pours into an underground garage amid heavy rainfalls in Chengdu, Sichuan province. REUTERS/China Daily 04/07/2011
Chinese graduates walk on waterStudents in graduation robes stand on a stone bridge submerged underwater at the flooded Donghu Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province. REUTERS/Darley Wong 21/06/2011
Floods in China – nocomment Residents in flooded villages on the outskirts of the eastern Chinese city of Zhuji stay stay in their homes despite heavy rain, and a lack of electricity and… 18/06/2011
Flash flood chaos in Turkey – nocomment Torrential downpours paralysed life in the Turkish capital, Ankara. An underpass was submerged and several cars were trapped in flood waters. 17/06/2011
Central China province hit by floods – nocomment Torrential rains triggered floods hit central China’s Hubei Province, with many houses and farmlands destroyed 11/06/2011
Floods in Southern Norway – nocomment Torrential rain hit Southern Norway washing out bridges, setting off mudslides and leaving some communities isolated. 11/06/2011
Deadly floods in south-west China – nocomment Rain-triggered floods have caused 14 deaths and left 35 people missing in a south-west region of China. The floods have forced at least 45,000 residents in… 08/06/2011
Thai fishermen make the most of flooded roadsA man casts a fishing net into floodwaters in the Phunpin district of Surat Thani province, south of Bangkok. REUTERS / Sukree Sukplang 03/04/2011
A victim of floods in Pakistan stands outside his tentSix months after the floods that hit Pakistan, many Pakistanis still live in tent camps donated by aid agencies. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 31/01/2011
A man looks at the rising Brisbane RiverThousands of people were urged to leave the outskirts of Australia’s third-largest city, Brisbane, on Tuesday as flood waters raced eastwards after a surging… 11/01/2011
Severe floods hit AustraliaFlood waters rose across Australia’s northeast, covering an area bigger than France and Germany combined, inundating 22 towns, stranding 200,000 people, and… 31/12/2010
Pakistan planting for hope Six months ago, flooding in Pakistan killed 1,600 people, badly affected millions more and wrought billions of euros in material destruction. Today, Red Cross… 21/12/2010
Division over Arctic climate changeIn Greenland, the changes in the climate over the years are evident: icebergs are getting smaller, the winters are shorter. But not everyone is convinced that… 24/11/2009
Torrential rain floods Sicily and AthensViolent thunderstorms and torrential rains have caused chaos across southern Europe. In Italy, much of the Sicilian city of Catania was turned into a raging… 22/02/2013
Australia’s PM Gillard visits flood-hit BundabergAustralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has visited Bundaberg, New South Wales, the city hit hardest by severe floods caused by the tail-end of Cyclone… 31/01/2013
Deaths and desperate need for aid in flood-stricken MozambiqueFlooding in three southern states of Mozambique has killed at least 40 people, with several reports of a death toll of up to 70. Low-lying coastal areas of… 30/01/2013
Australia still feeling effects ex-tropical cyclone OswaldMoving down the coast of New South Wales, extreme weather conditions are still causing misery in eastern Australia. Two thousand, five hundred people have… 29/01/2013
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald kills three in AustraliaThree people have died in Queensland as the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Oswald continue to wreak havoc in eastern Australia. More than one metre of rain… 28/01/2013
Dramatic rescue of mother and baby from Australian floodsA mother and child have been rescued as flooding continues to wreak havoc across Australia. The pair became trapped in fast-rising waters in Bundaberg in… 27/01/2013
Floods leave areas of Mozambique submergedAn estimated 70,000 people have been displaced by severe floods in Mozambique, according to the United Nations. Severe rains have caused dangerously high… 26/01/2013
Two dead in Lebanon floodsAt least two people have been killed in Lebanon as a heavy rainstorm caused widespread flooding. Strong winds and rain also felled trees and damaged… 07/01/2013
Thousands forced out by floods in Rio de Janeiro stateThe neighbourhood of Xerem has been badly affected as more than 3,000 people across Rio de Janeiro state have had to leave their homes due to flooding… 04/01/2013
Floods force thousands from homes in BrazilHeavy flooding in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil has forced more than three thousand people from their homes. At least one person has died and eight others… 04/01/2013
Floods in northern France’s Nord-Pas-de-CalaisDays of heavy rain have caused flooding in France’s northern province of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. On the outskirts of Merville, the river Lys has risen by one… 28/12/2012
UK floods expected to worsen over ChristmasYou could be more forgiving if it was snow preventing you from getting home for Christmas. But in Britain, it is heavy rains that have left railway lines and… 24/12/2012
Many die and are displaced in Sri Lanka floodsAt least 32 people have been killed and nine are reported missing after more than a week of heavy rain swamped parts of Sri Lanka. Flooding in central, north… 24/12/2012
UK hit by floods once moreLarge parts of the UK are once more underwater. Six severe flood warnings are in place for the West Country and nearly 200 warnings for other parts of… 23/12/2012
Heavy rain continues to batter flood-hit BritainA renewed search for survivors is underway in North Wales following the discovery of a woman’s body after widespread flooding. It is thought the elderly… 28/11/2012
UK floods: Four dead, water levels still risingLarge areas of Wales and England remain on flood alert after several days of almost non-stop heavy rains caused devastation in many parts of both… 27/11/2012
UK floods force hundreds to emergency sheltersBritish forecasters have issued more than 200 flood warnings as heavy rains continue to lash England and Wales. Two people have been killed and hundreds have… 26/11/2012
