The Latest Breaking News on Floods

One person was confirmed dead in Japan on Monday after Typhoon Nanmadol slammed into the country, injuring dozens, but authorities downgraded warnings as the storm weakened after landfall.

The Irrigation Department has installed more pumps to speed up the draining of floodwater from around Bangkok into the sea.

Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit Japan in years, killed at least two people and brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to the west of the country on Monday, causing transport disruptions and forcing manufacturers to suspend operations.

Pakistan will "absolutely not" default on debt obligations despite catastrophic floods, the finance minister said on Sunday, signalling there would be no major deviation from reforms designed to stabilise a struggling economy.

Defence department told incoming Labor government more cost-effective ways were needed to respond to climate emergencies

Western NSW towns along the Namoi River have been inundated with water, prompting flood rescues and evacuations.

The remnants of a massive Pacific typhoon that battered a thousand-mile stretch of western Alaska was dissipating Sunday morning, as it continued posing risks to communities on the Northwest Arctic coast. Communities to the south begin assessing damage from one of the worst storms on record.

The clean up is underway in Gunnedah after the town's third major flood in a year, but authorities are warning more rain later this week could bring river levels back up.

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