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When talking about the Sahara desert, everyone probably thinks of the intense heat and vast, dry sand. But surprisingly, many areas of this desert have been flooded afte…
The measures Vienna is taking to prepare for extreme rainfall could provide lessons for other cities dealing with flooding.
According to legend, the deluge is a divine punishment for the stubbornness of human disobedience. Many recent traces show that these events are real.
Although the last flood in Russia's Far East region caused billions of dollars in damage, it also brought many benefits and a positive impact on the entire Amur River ba…
The country's Far East is suffering a serious flood when 6,018 houses in Amur, Khabarovsk provinces and Jewish autonomous regions are submerged in water and more than 20…
A new flood occurred in the French town of Lourdes forcing 450 pilgrims to evacuate and shut down some shrines. Large-scale cleanup has been carried out here on October…
Nearly 200 factories in central Thailand province were closed; hospitals in northern Bangkok must evacuate hundreds of patients; Prime Minister Yingluck had to postpone…
Heavy rains from early June helped reduce severe drought in central and southern China but led to flooding that left at least 54 people dead and more than 100,000 people…
Hundreds of policemen, soldiers and rescue workers are trying to find 9 missing in floods and landslides after heavy rains in southern Japan.
Heavy rains caused flooding and landslides that buried hundreds of houses and more than 50 people in central Indonesia. Rescue workers are currently working hard to brin…
Floods from prolonged heavy rains have claimed the lives of at least 45 people in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India. In neighboring countries, Pakistan, storms…
On May 1, local officials of local emergency departments said that in the Russian Urals industrial zone, floods flooded more than 160 houses and about 750 people were ev…
A second flood forced Malaysian authorities to evacuate more than 90,000 people in the state of Johor in the southern part of the country. The first flood had caused mor…
Director of Animal Health Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Bui Quang Anh expressed concern about the risk of outbreaks of bird flu in the Centr…