‘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…

Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’ | Floods News

Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’ | Floods News

The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 29, with at least 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defence agency. The authorities in Rio Grande do Sul have declared a state of emergency as rescuers continue to search for…

Kenya flooding death toll climbs to 70 since March | Floods News

Kenya flooding death toll climbs to 70 since March | Floods News

More than 120,000 people have been displaced, Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing. Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, according to a government spokesperson, twice as many as were reported earlier this week. Kenya and other countries…

Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China’s Guangdong | Floods News

Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China’s Guangdong | Floods News

The Chinese government has issued its highest-level rainstorm warning and evacuated more than 100,000 people as rain continues to lash the south of the country. Beijing raised the alert on Tuesday as ongoing storms threatened to worsen already massive flooding in Guangdong province. Four people were reported killed over the…

Heavy rains, lightning in Pakistan kill at least 50 people | Floods News

Heavy rains, lightning in Pakistan kill at least 50 people | Floods News

At least 50 people have been killed in heavy rains and lightning across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said, as authorities declared a state of emergency in some regions. Farmers harvesting wheat died after being struck by lightning. Rains caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest…

Mass evacuations as floods in Russia’s Kurgan region set to peak | Floods News

Mass evacuations as floods in Russia’s Kurgan region set to peak | Floods News

Kurgan and Tyumen regions of Russia, and parts of Kazakhstan, are threatened by some of the worst flooding in history. Authorities in Russia are warning people to evacuate affected areas as Russia’s Kurgan and Tyumen regions and swaths of northern Kazakhstan are flooded. Tens of thousands have already abandoned their…

At least 33 killed in Afghanistan as heavy rains set off flash floods | Floods News

At least 33 killed in Afghanistan as heavy rains set off flash floods | Floods News

Most casualties have been from roof collapses, while some 600 houses have been damaged or destroyed, authorities say. At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, according to the government’s disaster management department. “From Friday onwards, because of the rains…

Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000 | Floods News

Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000 | Floods News

Water levels on rivers in Russia and Kazakhstan continue to rise and flood whole villages and cities, with more than 100,000 people evacuated and the Kremlin warning a “very, very tense” situation was expected to worsen. Fast-melting snow and ice has caused rivers in Russia’s southern Urals, western Siberia as…

Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 110,000 people as record floods set to worsen | Floods News

Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 110,000 people as record floods set to worsen | Floods News

Kremlin says weather forecast is ‘unfavourable’ with western Siberia expecting peak flooding in three to five days. More than 110,000 people have been forced to evacuate in Russia and Kazakhstan after fast-melting snow swelled the Ural River, Europe’s third-longest, causing it to burst its banks and flood cities and towns…