Floods, heat, then floods again, as England is battered by wild weather
LONDON (NYTIMES) – For the second time in a matter of two weeks, heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc across London, flooding train stations, [...]
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India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease
MUMBAI (AFP) – Rescuers waded through waist-deep mud in western India on Monday (July 26) to reach injured residents and start a massive [...]
Laughing in flood town was stupid, says Germany's Laschet as gaffe hits ratings
BERLIN (REUTERS) – Germany’s conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor apologised on Sunday (July 25) for laughing on a visit to [...]
3 dead, 5 injured amid monsoon rains in Philippines
MANILA (XINHUA, REUTERS) – At least three people died and five were injured in the northern Philippines after days of intensive monsoon rains, [...]
Frantic searches continue for loved ones in debris-strewn aftermath of China's record rains
MIHE, CHINA (AFP, NYTIMES) – With homes in ruins, pulverised roads and a sea of mud-coated cars, the once affluent central Chinese town [...]
Subway passengers trapped waist-high in floodwaters as Chinese river banks burst
BEIJING (REUTERS) – Heavy rain pounded the central Chinese province of Henan on Tuesday (July 20), bursting the banks of major rivers, flooding [...]
Germany floods: Before and after satellite images show devastation caused
More than 190 people have died as heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in parts of western Europe last week, with the German state [...]
Germany questions warning system after deadly flood
BERLIN (AFP) – As Germany mourns more than 150 people who died in floods and begins a mammoth clean-up task, questions are mounting [...]
Germany: The floods were a huge surprise and shock – lives turned upside down at care home
The once in a lifetime flooding in western Germany has been indiscriminate – creating victims from all of life’s ages and stages. In [...]
Death toll rises to 170 in Germany and Belgium floods
ERFTSTADT, GERMANY/WASSENBERG, GERMANY (REUTERS) – The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 170 on Saturday [...]