‘The future is dark’: Inside the Brazilian businesses shattered by floods | Floods News

‘The future is dark’: Inside the Brazilian businesses shattered by floods | Floods News

Rambo’s store is one of around 45,000 businesses in the state capital that have been impacted by these devastating floods. Porto Alegre’s Chamber of Store Managers estimates that the total cost to commerce in the city was 487.7 million reals ($91m) between April 29 through May 26. The floods began…

India’s river islanders return home in between floods | Climate Crisis News

India’s river islanders return home in between floods | Climate Crisis News

Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on the Brahmaputra River. The island, like 2,000 others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability as human-caused climate change makes…

Death toll in Indonesian floods, volcanic mud flows rises to 41 | Volcanoes News

Death toll in Indonesian floods, volcanic mud flows rises to 41 | Volcanoes News

At least 17 people still missing after heavy rains washed mud and cold lava down the slopes of Mount Marapi. At least 41 people have now been confirmed dead after hours of torrential rain triggered flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend….

Guardians of the glaciers – life alongside Pakistan’s vanishing ice | Environment

Guardians of the glaciers – life alongside Pakistan’s vanishing ice | Environment

Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan – As we make our way towards Pakistan’s first organic village, an intense one-hour trek along the rugged, steep and unfenced mountainside pathway from Mindoq-Khar, near Kharpocho Fort, my legs are shaking with a mix of fear and strain. The sharp mountain edges stick out threateningly, and…

More than 150 killed in Afghanistan flash floods, government says | Floods News

More than 150 killed in Afghanistan flash floods, government says | Floods News

Thousands of houses have been destroyed or damaged in the worst-hit northern province of Baghlan. At least 153 people have been killed in flash floods in northern Afghanistan triggered by torrential rains, the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has said. On Saturday, ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani put the number…

Floods kill 50 people in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province | Climate Crisis News

Floods kill 50 people in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province | Climate Crisis News

Officials say residents were unprepared for the heavy flash floods, adding that the death toll could rise. At least 50 people have died in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said, adding that the death toll…

Brazil flooding death toll hits 100 as government pledges aid | Floods News

Brazil flooding death toll hits 100 as government pledges aid | Floods News

Crews race to rescue survivors as floodwaters displace 160,000 people across southern state of Rio Grade do Sul. The death toll from tremendous flooding in southern Brazil has reached 100, the local civil defence agency said, as emergency crews continued to search for dozens of missing people. Nearly 400 municipalities…

‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands | Floods News

‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands | Floods News

Rescuers are rushing to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 90 people have been killed and more than 130 others are missing. The state capital of Porto Alegre has been virtually cut off by the flooding, with the…

‘It’s going to be worse’: Brazil braces for more pain amid record flooding | Floods News

‘It’s going to be worse’: Brazil braces for more pain amid record flooding | Floods News

The death toll has climbed to 56 in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, with tens of thousands displaced. Overpowering floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains are continuing to sweep southern Brazil, killing at least 56 people and forcing tens of thousands out of their homes, the government…