The Latest Breaking News from Flood

Protecting floodplains is the need of the hour

Illegal construction work in floodplains reduces the capacity of rivers to contain a high level of water within their banks

The Hindu · Sep 13, 2023

BBMP to mark new SWD encroachments

BBMP Chief directs exec. engineers to identify encroachments in 10 days & take action against officials in case of delay. He also directs them to inspect flood-prone areas & fill potholes without delay.

The Hindu · Sep 13, 2023

Libya’s floods are result of climate crisis meeting a failed state

Storm Daniel was by no means the only factor behind the devastation wrought on the city of Derna

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023

Afternoon Update: Dutton accused of spreading falsehood about yes advocate; calls for fresh Qantas board; and a wine flood in Portugal

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023

New England braces for more rain after hourslong downpour left communities flooded and dams at risk

People in flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island are cleaning up even as they brace for more rain Wednesday

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Morning Mail: 10,000 missing in Libyan floods, police racism warning, Biden impeachment bid

Former Queensland officers say colleagues have gotten away with slurs

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2023

Libya fears a spiraling death toll from powerful storm floods

At least hundreds of people have died and thousands are feared missing in eastern Libya after Storm Daniel swept in, destroying dams and unleashing a torrent of muddy water that carried homes away.

WEKU · Sep 12, 2023

Cascades of red wine flood a city's streets in Portugal after huge tanks rupture

A viral video from the scene shows a "river of wine" coursing down a hilly street, sluicing over curbs. The wine escaped from two tanks at a distillery up the hill.

WEKU · Sep 12, 2023

More than 2,300 dead, 10,000 thousand missing in Libya's catastrophic floods

Catastrophic storm floods have killed at least 2,300 people in the coastal city of Derna, according to Libyan emergency services, as local officials say around a quarter of the eastern city was wiped away when a dam burst. Thousands more people are reported missing.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 12, 2023

Cyclone Tracy caused $200m of damage. A repeat now would cost $7.4bn, Australian insurers say

The estimate exceeds $6bn paid out by insurers for Australia’s costliest disaster, the 2022 NSW and Queensland floods

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2023