Category Record Flood Alert

New Zealand Cleans-up After Record Floods

Record flooding strikes Rader, Missouri, USA

Residents in one small Webster County town say the flood waters got higher than anyone can remember early Friday morning.   It was a rushed morning in the Corle household, as the water from the Osage Fork of the Gasconade…

Severe lightning destroys a family’s house in Harris County, Texas, USA

Thunderstorms battered the Chattahoochee Valley for much of the afternoon, taking down trees and power lines and leaving thousands without power.   Lightning strikes also caused a Harris County house to go up in flames, and we talked to residents…

Devastating flooding kills at least 3 with many missing in Texas and Oklahoma, USA

‘Worst I’ve seen’ At least three people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in flash flooding in the southern US.   Two people were killed in weather-related accidents in Oklahoma and a man lost his life in…

Severe Flooding Strikes With Historic Flooding On The Way In Oklahoma And Texas, USA

Flash floods forced more than 1,000 evacuations and numerous rescues across Oklahoma and Texas, as officials warned a “historic” deluge was still to come on Sunday.   One firefighter in Oklahoma drowned after being swept away by flood waters. The…

Severe hailstorm devastates Bengaluru city, India

Kids walking through a water logged road in Ashwini Layout, Bengaluru on Saturday (Photo: R. SAMUEL, SATISH B.) The city was hit by another hailstorm on Saturday, crashing trees and electric poles, and sending evening peak hour traffic into a…

State Of Emergency After Historic Extreme Flooding Strikes Albania

At least four rivers have overflowed and the largest bridge in the Balkans has been destroyed due to extreme flooding in southern Albania and Greece, flooding that the Albanian prime minister has called some of the worst the country has…

Record rains flood 100’s of homes along with landslides causing devastation in Nicaragua

Nicaraguan authorities say a 5-year-old girl is dead after record rains unleashed landslides and flooding that swamped hundreds of homes.   The country’s Institute of Territorial Studies reports that 14.9 inches (378 millimeters) of rain fell in just 24 hours,…