Flooding

Floods in southern Brazil · Brazilian state of Rio Grande so Sul flooded · Guaiba Lake overflows to new record high.

Unprecedented heavy rainfall in Brazil has caused devastating floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that has left more than a 100 dead.

Extreme flooding events are increasing with climate change. Research shows how clearcut logging increases risks to communities and ecosystems.

Right now, much of East Africa – including Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda – is awash with water. Over the past few weeks, unusually heavy rains have pummelled ...

Animal dubbed 'Caramelo' was trapped for days, balancing on two strips of slippery asbestos after flooding hit the Porto Alegre area.

The precarious situation prompted Canoas Mayor Jorge da Silva to urgently request assistance to prevent the animal from falling. Volunteer rescuers, aided ...

So far, 107 people have died in the severe flooding in southern Brazil as emergency responders race against time to save people trapped in homes and other ...

About 24 hours after it was first spotted and with people clamoring for the rescue of a horse social media users nicknamed Caramelo, a team in Brazil's Rio ...

The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, civil defense said on Thursday, as rescue operations continued and authorities ...

Storms are expected to pummel Brazil again, as the South American nation grapples with the deadly fallout of last week's extreme weather, which submerged ...

Unseasonably heavy rains have led to massive flooding in Brazils southern state and at least one hundred people dead and many without shelter.

Rescue brings rare good news to southern Brazil, devastated by worst flooding in 80 years that has killed more than 100.

Medicines departed for flooded areas of Harris County, Texas, this week, along with support to 12 countries over the past seven days.

More than 100 people are injured, according to officials, as torrents of water sweep through entire villages.

Officials say residents were unprepared for the heavy flash floods, adding that the death toll could rise.

At least 50 people have died, and more than 100 were injured in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan on Friday, ...

Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee said there had been flooding in more than five districts in Baghlan and that more than 150 people were stuck and in need ...

Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee told Reuters that there had been flooding in more than five districts of Baghlan after heavy rains and that some families ...

Within a month of floods that killed 70, Afghanistan once again faces the wrath of devastating floods after heavy rainfall. Huge loss of life, ...

Death toll may rise as search continues for victims under mud and rubble and as more rain approaches.

NEW DELHI: At least 50 people have died in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan on Friday, a spokesman for.

Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state reached 126, according to local ...

A view of the flooded Beira-Rio stadium, home of the Sport Club Internacional in Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 7. REUTERS/Diego Vara.

Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee told Reuters that there had been flooding in more than five districts of Baghlan after heavy rains and that some families ...

Even as the death toll from unprecedented flooding crossed 100 people, conditions are expected to take a turn for the worse in Brazil's southern state of Rio ...

Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state reached 126, according to local ...

The flooding in Rio Grande do Sul is shaping up to be one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazil's history.

Updated May 10, 2024. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sending humanitarian aid to those affected by the recent rains in Brazil's southern ...

Heavy seasonal rains have set off floods in the northern province of Baghlan and the nation's capital, Kabul.

More heavy rain is forecast for Brazil's already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people.

Katiane Mello (L) and her husband James Vargas cry before leaving their flooded home in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 9, 2024.