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Photo: Fire Brigade Heavy rain in northern Italy has caused floods and landslides in the regions of Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria. Italy’s fire department, Fire Department, said they carried out 900 operations across the north in response to severe weather,…
Rain in Vietnam. Photo: clurross / Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Disaster management authorities in Vietnam report flooding in central areas of the country after severe weather including strong winds, lightning and heavy rain from around 15 October, 2019. Flooding affected…
Photo: AFAD Gaziantep Heavy rain in southern Turkey caused flash flooding in areas around the city of Gaziantep on 20 October, 2019. Local media said dozens of people were evacuated from flooded homes or rescued from vehicles trapped in flood…
Thousands of people have been displaced and dozens of homes destroyed after rivers overflowed in the Central African Republic. Over 6,000 people have been displaced by flooding in the capital, Bangui. Local media reported that the Ubangi (Oubangui) river broke…
Disaster officials in Sri Lanka report that at least 5 people have died after heavy rainfall, lightning strikes, floods and landslides in several provinces of the country. Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported that the severe weather has affected the provinces…
Photo By @AbdulBillowAli UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that overflowing rivers in Somalia have forced over 70,000 people to relocate to higher ground. Levels of the Shabelle river have increased after the onset of the…
Photo By @minafkamel Hours of heavy on 22 October, 2019, caused flash flooding across parts of Cairo, Egypt. Northeastern parts of Greater Cairo were the worst affected, including Nasr City and areas around Cairo’s international airport. Flights were delayed after…
Flood damage in Catalonia, 23 October 2019. Photo: Civil Protection, Catalonia Severe weather has once again hit parts of Spain, with storms and flooding reported in the Catalonia Region. At least 2 people have died and 3 are missing. One…
A puting beliung (small tornado) swept through three different villages in Batu city in East Java over the weekend, leaving one dead and over 1,000 residents displaced. The tornado destroyed about 20 houses, a telecommunications transmitter and parts of the…