The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Hundreds of Tasmanians lodge claims with insurance companies after severe floods

Tasmanians have begun assessing the damage from last week's devastating floods as hundreds wait to hear back from their insurance companies.

ABC News · Oct 18, 2022

Philippines town gives taxis a lift as floods become norm

HAGONOY, Philippines: In a town in northern Philippines where floods have become a perennial problem, motorcycle taxi drivers have modified their vehicles to keep passengers dry and high above the floodwaters.

Bangkok Post · Oct 18, 2022

Community bands together amid Victorian floods to save woman's Echuca home after sandbags stolen overnight

A woman had already evacuated Echuca, in Victoria's north, when someone took 300 sandbags protecting her property. But after a call for help was posted on Facebook, dozens of strangers came to their neighbour's aid.

ABC News · Oct 18, 2022

‘We’d have lost lives’: absence of translators in Shepparton flood response criticised

Volunteers have been the only way for the shire’s thriving multicultural community to seek help during the emergency

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2022

Nigeria races to assist flood victims; death toll tops 600

Officials in Nigeria say the death toll from this year's flooding has now risen to 603

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Pakistani flood victims in worst-hit province return home

Pakistani officials say that more than half of the flood victims in the country’s worst-hit Sindh province have returned to their homes over the past three weeks as the water gradually receded

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

The Loop: Echuca residents prepare for second flood peak, Medicare fraud claims, and *that* photo of Hailey Bieber and Selena Gomez

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ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

Australian floods could inundate or isolate 34,000 homes

An official has warned that 34,000 homes could be inundated or isolated in Victoria state as a flood emergency continues across parts of Australia’s southeast

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Flood-damaged Phuket returning to normal

PHUKET: Cleanup and relief operations were in full swing on Monday after the flooding that caused chaos on this southern island resort province on Sunday drained off and life began returning to normal.

Bangkok Post · Oct 17, 2022

Victorian authorities say residents in Kerang face being cut off for a week after SES conducts 650 flood rescues

Daniel Andrews announces a $351m emergency package to begin recovery from the floods

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2022