Flood News

8:32 AM EST
1/27/2012 Fears of looming food shortage in BurundiThere are fears of a looming food shortage in Burundi after heavy rains damaged two successive harvests, say officials. The affected crop accounts for the country's June to December harvest that represents 15 percent of the annual production.

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Flood, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Social Issue, Poverty

12:16 PM EST
1/25/2012 Rescue effort for landslide survivors continuesRescue efforts are continuing in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) gas-rich Hela Province, a day after what officials have described as one of the Pacific nation's worst landslides ever.

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Flood, Rescue

8:39 AM EST
1/17/2012 Shelter key issue for Washi survivorsOne month after tropical storm Washi pummelled parts of the southern island of Mindanao, shelter remains the key challenge facing tens of thousands of survivors. With more than 50,000 houses damaged or destroyed, some 26,000 survivors remain in 56 overcrowded evacuation centers.

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Flood, Relief And Aid Organization, Politics, Government, Safety Of Citizens

9:49 AM EST
1/10/2012 Record rains swamp HoustonLight rain was forecast for Houston Tuesday after record rainfall totals drenched the region on Monday. City roads were flooded and thousands of Houston residents, including at least five schools, were without electricity.

Source:AHN Topics:Weather, Report, Weather News, Disaster And Accident, Flood

8:23 AM EST
1/10/2012 Flood-affected schools reopen, but challenges remainA decision to re-open schools in flood-hit northern Mindanao is being cited as key to re-establishing normality even though there are still huge challenges. For one thing, classrooms are being shared between evacuees and students.

Source:IRIN Topics:Education, School, Disaster And Accident, Flood

10:49 AM EST
1/6/2012 Floods leave Angolan returnees strandedSeveral thousand Angolan returnees from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of what promises to be a very wet rainy season in parts of southern Africa.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Disaster And Accident, Flood, Politics, Refugee

8:16 AM EST
12/30/2011 World Bank grants $500M for Philippine flood recoveryIn an attempt to help in the reconstruction effort after Tropical Storm Washi, the World Bank on Thursday granted $500 million to the Philippines government. The storm, which brought heavy rains and flash floods to the southern Philippines between Dec. 16 and 18, reportedly killed 1,200 and left nearly 376,000 homeless.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Flood, Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, International Economic Institution

9:17 AM EST
12/28/2011 More evacuations in flood-hit MindanaoTen days after tropical storm Washi caused severe flooding on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, leaving over 1,200 dead and thousands homeless, thousands more people have been evacuated from their homes following fresh flooding, officials say.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Refugee, Disaster And Accident, Flood, Relief And Aid Organization

2:42 PM EST
12/22/2011 Indonesian girl lost to tsunami returns to family seven years laterA girl believed drowned in the massive December 2004 tsunami in Indonesia has been reunited with her family seven years later.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Flood, Human Interest, Curiosity

7:42 AM EST
12/20/2011 Philippines declares national emergency after weekend floodsPhilippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday declared a national calamity after visiting areas in and around southern Mindanao island where Typhoon Washi killed almost 1,000 people.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Flood, Weather, Report, Weather News, Meteorological Disaster