Category Flash Flooding Alert

Four Dead In Flood Chaos In Southern Germany

Biblical Torrent Floods German Town At least four people, including a volunteer firefighter and a teenage girl, have died after floods in southwestern Germany.   Storms and torrential rain have caused chaos in parts of Baden-Wuerttemberg state, with pictures showing…

Severe flooding forces over 1,300 students to evacuate school in China

Firefighters evacuated over 1,300 students and faculty from a middle school in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Friday after they were trapped by a sudden flood.   Water began pooling around the school’s main gate at 11:00 Friday…

Major storm rips with large hail, damages property in Billings, USA

Courtesy: Viewer Photos For a storm that dropped less than a half-inch of rain, it still managed to pound parts of the region with quarter-sized to golf ball-sized hail, sometimes larger.   It appears smaller towns and the West End…

Mega Flooding Has Killed At Least 64 And Displaced More Than 400,000 In Sri Lanka

Hundreds of small boats navigated deep floodwaters that have inundated thousands of homes in the Sri Lankan capital to deliver aid and rescue the elderly and sick from rooftops, as forecasters warned of more heavy rain.   The heavily-indebted Government…

Massive Landslide Buries Homes 350,000 Displaced In Sri Lanka

Rescuers in Sri Lanka are searching for scores of people missing after massive landslides following days of rain.   The army told the BBC that 134 people remained unaccounted for after mudslides hit three villages in central Kegalle district.  …

Massive Landslide Kills 15 In Uganda, Africa

At least 15 people have been confirmed dead and scores still missing following a landslide triggered by heavy downpours in western Uganda’s Bundibugyo District Tuesday morning.   Bridges were washed away and some 200 homes destroyed in heavy rains that…

Massive Landslide Kills 42 In Ethiopia, Africa

Rescue efforts were underway on Wednesday following a landslide in southern Ethiopia that killed 42 people, police said.   Torrential rains in Wolaita, around 300 kilometres (195 miles) southwest of the capital Addis Ababa, wiped out roads and bridges, Cmdr.…

Tornadoes Wreak Havoc in Oklahoma and Nebraska