Tag Archives: Flood

By Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News At least 10 people have died and more than 20 are missing after storms caused flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.  Helicopters are flying over the region searching for people who have been left stranded. In some areas, the flooding is so severe that helicopters have been unable to land and ...

The Kenyan government has postponed the reopening of schools by a week due to the ongoing floods that have killed more than 80 people so far.  Data shows schools across the country have been adversely affected by the floods, Education Minister Ezekiel Machogu said in a statement late on Sunday.  “The devastating effects of the rains in some of the ...

By Kelly Ng,BBC News At least 39 people have been killed in Pakistan after days of unusually heavy rains battered the country’s southwest. Some of those killed were farmers struck by lightning while harvesting wheat, authorities said. Images online show swathes of farmland engulfed by rainwater. Flash floods have also disrupted power supplies and transportation networks. Pakistan has experienced an ...

Nearly 60 people have died since the start of this month in heavy rains and flooding that has hit several parts of Tanzania, the government said.  The coastal region of the East African country is one of the worst affected, with floods damaging thousands of farms there, Mobhare Matinyi, the government spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday.  “Serious flood ...