UN News - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and northeast Bangladesh being the highest in over 30 years. The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said in its alert on Tuesday,
Release - Flash flooding triggered by unstable conditions associated with a deep trough and a tropical wave caused severe damage in the island’s north on Sunday, with homes, vehicles and businesses submerged in deep water and landslides causing additional damage to public infrastructure. The south of
More residents were forced to flee their homes as the rivers quickly climbed over danger thresholds and as the floods in Sydney grew worse due to continuous torrential rains. Authorities reported that 50,000 people in New South Wales, the majority of whom reside in Sydney's western
The Canadian western province of British Columbia is now under a state of emergency following a heavy storm that caused landslides and massive floods in the region. In just two days, British Columbia experienced a month's worth of rain, which experts called an "atmospheric river." The
