Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were reported earlier this week. The East African country has seen weeks of heavy rains and severe flooding in
Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. That is more than double the number of deaths reported two weeks ago as the amount of rainfall
Water levels in some overflowing rivers in Russia were starting to drop on Monday, but flooding remains widespread, Russian state TV reports said. More than 5,000 properties in Russia’s Kurgan region, about 1,000 miles east of Moscow along the border with Kazakhstan,
Russian environmentalists have issued a dire warning over the threat of a radioactive leak threat as floodwaters near a uranium mine in the country’s Kurgan region. The Russian Urals region and northern Kazakhstan have been hit by the worst flooding in decades,
Concerns are growing over the potential spread of deadly diseases following severe flooding in Russia and Kazakhstan, resulting in bodies being washed out from their graves. Widespread displacement was reported along the border region between Russia and Kazakhstan, with hundreds of thousands
Discontent spread to the city of Orsk, where residents staged a rare protest on Monday demanding compensation after the local dam collapsed causing the flooding. Russia’s state-backed news agency Tass said nearly 10,000 homes, including 7,000 in Orsk alone were flooded as
Russian Orthodox priests took to the skies in a small aeroplane to pray for citizens following the collapse of a dam and flooding in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan on Monday. Footage posted by Russian media outlets, later circulated
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service warned people in Littlehampton of severe floodwaters in the wake of Storm Kathleen. “Our crews are supporting rescue operations in Littlehampton near Ferry Road and Rope Walk where the River Arun has burst its banks, leading
The Met Office has issued an urgent weather warning for nearly 20 regions with just hours to spare – see if you’re affected.
The Met Office is warning of severe rain lashing parts of Britain in hours, with two alerts running parallel over the next 48 hours.