Latest Floods News
Storm eases in Greece but flood risk remains high amid rising river levels
VOLOS, Greece (AP) — Bad weather eased in central Greece on Friday leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month. Divers located the body of missing pilot, a day after a helicopter...
As migration surges in Americas, 'funds simply aren't there' for humanitarian response, UN says
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Countries in the Americas are reeling as the flow of migrants reaches historic levels, but international “funds simply aren’t there” for humanitarian needs, a United Nations official said. Ugochi Daniels, deputy director of operations for the International...
Storm Elias slams into a city in central Greece, filling homes with mud and knocking out power
VOLOS, Greece (AP) — A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of central Greece on Thursday, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes. The storm — called Elias — caused extensive flooding in the central city of Volos and left...
New storms batter central Greece as government prioritizes adapting to effects of climate change
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — New floods following torrential rain swept Wednesday across swathes of central Greece already battered by deadly storms weeks earlier, once again damaging roads, flooding homes and causing power outages in the city of Volos and the island of Evia. At least...
UN summit of world leaders, by the numbers: The longest speech, the language that dominated and more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly all the world's on stage, and all the men and but 20 women merely players. That's what a less-inspired Shakespeare might have written about this year's U.N. General Assembly meeting of leaders, which concluded Tuesday. Over six days, a cavalcade of...
8 people electrocuted as floods cause deaths and damage across South Africa's Western Cape
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Eight people including four children were killed by electrocution in two separate events after days of heavy rain caused floods in impoverished informal settlements near the South African city of Cape Town, emergency services said on Tuesday. Four...
Flood-hit central Greece braces for new storm as military crews help bolster flood defenses
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Emergency services in central Greece were on alert Tuesday as storms headed toward areas hit by massive floods this month. Municipal and military crews using excavators reinforced flood defenses along rivers near the central cities of Larissa and Trikala....
At least 6 people are dead and 12 missing after flash flood in Guatemala sweeps homes into river
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Heavy rains caused a flash flood in Guatemala’s capital early Monday sweeping several humble homes into a river and leaving at least six people dead and 12 missing, including 10 minors. Guatemala's National Disaster Reduction Coordinator said in a statement...
Flooding in the Mexican state of Jalisco leaves 7 people dead and 9 others missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Flooding in the western Mexico state of Jalisco killed at least seven people and left nine others missing Monday. Emergency personnel arrived early Monday afternoon after the Jalocote stream overflowed its banks, according to the state of Jalisco on the platform...
Libya's top prosecutor jails 8 officials for potential negligence in the deadly collapse of dams
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday he ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams earlier this month, a disaster that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city and left...
