Melbourne floods will ‘break records’ – State Premier Fri, October 14, 2022 at 4:59 AM Reuters STORY: Large parts of Victoria state, southern New South Wales and the northern regions of the island state of Tasmania were pounded by an intense weather system with some taking more than […]
Higher cost of living expected after top food-producing regions suffer major flooding, Australia. There are also fears about the impact the flooding will have on the quality of grain on the east coast, with crops due to be collected later this year at risk of being submerged in […]
East Africa hit by drought, yet Kenya’s Lake Turkana is flooding Mon, October 17, 2022 at 7:53 PM BBC News As she sits on the parched, cracked earth that used to be her pasture, Anna Elibit is a woman living on the edge. Just a few yards from […]
Nigeria floods: ‘Overwhelming’ (6) disaster leaves more than 600 (6) people dead Ishaq Khalid & Elsa Maishman – BBC News, Abuja & London Mon, October 17, 2022 at 3:37 AM Recent flooding in Nigeria has become an “overwhelming” disaster, and many states were not properly prepared for them […]
Extreme flooding hits Crete, Greece Monday, October 17, 2022 Watchers.news A powerful storm hit the Greek island of Crete on October 15, 2022, causing flash floods described by the Greek Fire Department as extreme. Preliminary figures show 239 mm (9.4 inches) of rain fell in Sitia and 142.7 […]
Pakistan: World Bank estimates floods caused $40B in damages MUNIR AHMED Wed, October 19, 2022 at 4:53 AM ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan said Wednesday that the World Bank estimates this summer’s record-breaking floods have caused $40 billion in damages in this impoverished South Asian nation. The figure is […]
Storm ‘Nesat.’ Extreme rainfall hits Taiwan, causing huge agricultural losses. Massive landslide hits Taiwans Yilan County. Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Watchers.news Extremely heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm “Nesat” over the weekend hit parts of Taiwan, causing huge agricultural losses. The worst affected were farmers in the northern […]
Widespread heavy rain and flooding impacting Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, Australia Thursday, October 13, 2022 Watchers.news Severe Weather Warnings are in place for northern Tasmania, central and northern Victoria and southern inland New South Wales as widespread heavy rain, flash flooding, and damaging winds continue on […]
Severe flash floods hit southern Mexico Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Watchers.news A small area of low pressure, partially related to remnants of Hurricane “Julia” formed about 160 km (100 miles) south of the coast of southern Mexico. The system is dropping heavy rainfall over southern parts of the […]
At least 55 (5) killed or missing in Nepal flooding and landslides Wed, October 12, 2022 at 4:58 AM BBC News At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides across western Nepal in the past week, local media reported. The worst of the monsoon rains hit […]
