The Latest Breaking News on Floods

California: flash floods bury cars and strand tourists in Death Valley

Authorities describe ‘nearly an entire year’s worth of rain in one morning’ as deluge becomes second major flood at park this week

The Guardian - US · Aug 6, 2022

Flood ritual dies hard

Fears of flooding have returned again with news the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will discharge more water from the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to accommodate run-off from the North.

Bangkok Post · Aug 1, 2022

US: Death toll from Kentucky floods rises to 35 as rains continue

The death toll continues to mount as sustained rainfall threatens the battered state with more flash flooding.

Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2022

Monsoon rains, floods kill 140 more in Pakistan in a week

Pakistani officials say flash floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed 140 more people in the country's flood-affected areas in the past week

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

The Cardiff playground that's been shut for more than two years because it keeps flooding

The playground on Drovers Way in Radyr closed prior to the pandemic

Wales Online · Aug 1, 2022

Video shows stunning helicopter rescue of 83-year-old woman trapped in Kentucky floods

Woman was one of a family of five trapped in their attic by rushing flood waters that have sown chaos across the Bluegrass State

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Video shows stunning helicopter rescue of 83-year-old woman from Kentucky floods

Woman was one of a family of five trapped in their attic by rushing flood waters that have sown chaos across the Bluegrass State

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Many flood hit homes uninhabitable in Qld

Some areas of Queensland were affected by flooding four separate times during the 2021/22 disaster season, and 2000 homes are still uninhabitable.

AAP · Aug 1, 2022

Concern the Queensland floods could have spread fire ants, but minister says it's not likely

Fire ants can form a raft to move along waterways and there are concerns they may have spread during record floods in southern Queensland, but the Agriculture Minister says the floodwater was moving too fast for this to happen.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

Kentucky death toll climbs above 30 in flooding. About 50 bridges damaged, official says

HAZARD, Ky. — Four days into the flooding disaster after record rainfall in Eastern Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said the state and region are still in rescue and recovery mode to find missing people and identify the dead.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022