30 die in Iran's unprecedented floods: o...

TEHRAN, March 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 30 people died in the flash floods that ravaged most parts of Iran over the last days, Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said in a statement on Wednesda

10 dead in Afghan floods, hundreds rescu...

KABUL, March 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people died following flash floods in western Afghanistan while local officials have rescued more than 400 people trapped by a heavy snowstorm in central regio

Kenya forecasts flash floods in some are...

NAIROBI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Kenya meteorologists on Monday forecast flash floods due to heavy rainfall towards the end of March after a prolonged dry spell across the east African nation. Stella Au

Severe floods kill at least 2 in U.S. Mi...

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Severe floods affecting a number of Midwestern U.S. states have killed at least two people, local officials said on Sunday. The floods, caused by a "bomb cyclone" sto

63 killed after flash floods strike east...

JAKARTA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Sixty-three bodies have been retrieved after flash floods hit Indonesia's easternmost Papua province on Saturday night, and a search and rescue operation is still ongoin

63 killed after flash floods strike east...

Sixty-three bodies have been retrieved after flash floods hit Indonesia's easternmost Papua province on Saturday night, and a search and rescue operation is still ongoing for dozens still missing, a

At least 42 killed, dozens missing as fl...

JAKARTA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- More than 42 people were killed and dozens of others went missing as flash floods hit Indonesia's easternmost Papua province Saturday night, a local disaster agency offi

UN partners Malawi to contain fallout fr...

LILONGWE, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) has joined with Malawi in effort to contain the recent floods that have left 56 dead, according to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs

Flood-affected thousands require humanit...

KABUL, March 12 (Xinhua) -- More than 10,000 households have been displaced following the latest heavy floods in Afghanistan's southern and western provinces, the UN Office for the Coordination of Hu

Mozambican flood victims seek refuge in ...

LILONGWE, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Some Mozambicans affected by floods in their country are seeking refuge in Malawi, local authorities confirmed on Monday. Adverse weather that brought heavy and continu