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By Ikram Kouachi ANKARA (AA): More than 38,640 people have been displaced due to devastating floods in Libya, the UN migration agency said on Friday. At least 11,300 people are dead and 10,100 missing according to the latest figures from the Libya Red Crescent. At least 38,640 individuals were displaced in Derna due to Storm […]

13th Sep 2023

Libya: 5,300 killed by devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel

By Ikram Kouachi Tripoli, Libya (AA): The death toll from devastating floods in Libya’s eastern city of Derna has risen to 5,300, the country’s official news agency reported on Tuesday. In a statement, the Interior Ministry in the East Libya of the government appointed by the House of Representatives said that thousands of people are […]

11th Jun 2023

Pakistan: Heavy rains kill 28 as Cyclone Biparjoy heading towards coastal areas

(Agencies) : At least 28 people, including women and children, died after heavy rains battered parts of Pakistan on Saturday, local media reported. Meanwhile, The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday urged people to stay away from shorelines as Cyclone Biparjoy, which is heading towards the coastal areas of Pakistan and India, lay at […]

10th Oct 2022

Nigeria: 76 dead after boat capsizes in Anambra state

By Olanrewaju Kola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): The death toll in a boat accident in southeastern Nigeria has risen to 76, officials said Sunday. A vessel with 85 people capsized due to heavy flooding in Ogbaru, an area in the state of Anambra, on Friday. Garba Shehu, a spokesman for Nigeria’s President, said authorities have […]

10th Sep 2022

Pakistan floods interrupt education of 3.5M children: UN

By Riyaz ul Khaliq ISTANBUL (AA): The devastating floods in Pakistan have interrupted the education of nearly 3.5 million children, the UN said in a report on Friday. The report, released when UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is on a two-day solidarity and support visit to Pakistan, said the floods have also hit the refugees […]

26th Aug 2022

Pakistan declares national flood emergency as death toll from rain-related mishaps hits 900

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD (AA) Pakistan declared a national emergency and called in the army to assist the civil administration in relief and rescue operations as the death toll from rain-related incidents surpassed the grim figure of 900. The decision was made in a three-hour meeting late Thursday night after authorities said floods had affected […]

10th Jul 2022

Pakistan: Massive rains, flash floods kill another 15, claiming 100 lives since June

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Heavy rains along with flash floods and windstorms claimed 15 more lives across Pakistan over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll since June 1 to nearly 100, authorities and local media reported on Saturday. Torrential downpours struck almost the entire country, including the Islamabad-controlled part of the […]

21st Dec 2021

Malaysia: 14 dead in ongoing floods

By Pizaro Gozali Idrus JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA): At least 14 are dead in floods that have ravaged Malaysia since Saturday, local news reported on Tuesday. Eight bodies have been recovered in the western state of Selangor, where the capital Kuala Lumpur is located, along with six others in the neighboring Pahang state, and four […]

28th Aug 2020

Afghanistan: Over 150 dead as floods devastate parts of Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The death toll from flash floods triggered by torrential rain across Afghanistan crossed 150 on Thursday, with the country’s military engaged in rescue and relief operations. The country’s State Ministry for Disaster Management said the devastating floods caused havoc in 13 provinces, leaving at least 151 people […]

16th Aug 2020

Bangladesh: Death toll from floods rises to 217

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 217 on Saturday amid the deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in the south Asian country, said health officials. Of the total deaths, 182 drowned while 19 died of snakebites and 13 in thunderstorms, and three from other diseases, […]

26th Jul 2020

Bangladesh: Floods death toll up as conditions worsen

.By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 111 people have now died in Bangladesh due to floods that have ravaged the country’s northern parts for almost a month, authorities said on Saturday. Eleven more fatalities were reported in various flood-hit areas as the situation continues to deteriorate since the onset of monsoon […]

13th Jan 2020

Palestine: Israel floods Gaza farmland, causing $500,000 in damage

By Nour Mahd Ali Abu Aisha and Cagri Kosak GAZA (AA): Israel’s uncontrolled opening of a dam’s gates has caused $500,000 worth of damage to agricultural areas in Gaza, the Palestinian Agriculture Ministry said Sunday. Large swaths of farmland in eastern Jabalia and Beit Hanoun were damaged while poultry and bees in beehives perished […]

5th Jan 2020

Indonesia: Jakarta flooding kills 60

By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): The death toll from severe flooding and landslides that struck the Indonesian capital Jakarta over the New Year rose to 60, the state-run disaster management authority said Sunday. The capital city of Jakarta, West Java province and the western province of Banten on the island of Java have been the […]

23rd Apr 2019

Iran: 79 people killed by floods

By Muhammet Kursun TEHRAN (AA): Relentless rains and flooding have killed 79 people and injured 1,000 others in Iran, according to an Iranian official on Monday. Several Iranian provinces have been ravaged by a wave of torrents since last month. “The floods have hit 25 provinces and affected the lives of 10 million people […]

4th Apr 2019

Iran: Death toll from flooding rises to 62 as US hinders aid

By Muhammet Kursun TEHRAN (AA): The death toll from a wave of flooding across Iran has reached 62, local officials said Wednesday as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the U.S. of preventing humanitarian aid from reaching flood-hit parts of the country. Ahmad Shojaei, head of Iran’s forensic medicine directorate, said at least 62 people […]

18th Mar 2019

Indonesia: 70 dead, 59 injured in floods in Papua

By Mahmut Atanur JAKARTA (AA): At least 70 people have died and 59 others injured in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua, the country’s national disaster agency said on Sunday. The severe flooding in the town of Sentani near the provincial capital Jayapura was caused by torrential […]

25th Sep 2018

Nigeria: Death toll from floods hits 108

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Death toll from Nigeria’s floods has risen to 108, the country’s official relief agency said on Monday. In a statement, the National Emergency Management Agency said 441,251 people were affected in 50 municipalities. The agency said 141,369 people were displaced by the floods that have affected 12 of […]

27th Aug 2018

India: Death toll from Kerala floods climbs to 445

By Adem Salvarcioglu (AA): The death toll from floods and landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala has risen to 445, local media reported Sunday. Triggered by torrential monsoon rains, the floods and landslides have affected 800,000 people, while more than 5,600 people were shifted to relief camps. The search for 15 missing […]

18th Aug 2017

Bangladesh: Floods kill 61 in last 5 days

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): More than 60 people have died in flood and natural disasters in the north and northeast parts of Bangladesh since August 12, an emergency official said Thursday. Naznin Shamima, officer-in-charge of the Control Room at the Department of Disaster Management told Anadolu Agency that 61 people had died in the last five […]

31st Jul 2016

Pakistan: 26 killed after bus washed away by flood

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 26 passengers, most of them children, were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests was washed away by a flash flood in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said. The bus was carrying 32 passengers to a wedding celebration when it was hit by the flood and flung […]

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