Floods

Villagers in southern China are complaining of poor government support after the worst flash flooding in decades struck their homes, submerging roads, wiping out farms, and causing weary buildings to collapse. 

The Houston pediatrician who lost her job over a social media post blaming MAGA Texans for the deadly floods is now apologizing.

A town in New Mexico was hit with devastating flash flooding on Tuesday, leading to homes and businesses being flooded and swept down river after heavy rainfall led to the Rio Ruidoso rising about 20 feet within an hour.

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that while there will be investigations to look into the flooding in Texas, from what we know so far, the National Weather Service did what it was supposed to

At least 49 people have been reported dead as a result of the catastrophic flash-flooding that occurred on Friday near the city of Kerrville, Texas, after torrential rainfall overflowed the Guadalupe River to historic levels.

At least 20 people have died as a result of severe flooding and weather across multiple states, including a nine-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water in Kentucky and a teen firefighter who was killed while responding to an emergency rescue in Missouri.

On Monday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said that while there are changes that need to be made to FEMA, the agency has been fully cooperative with helping the state out with the recent flooding in Kentucky, the state’s disaster

Spain is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods this week that killed more than 200 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Saturday.

China’s Ministry of Water Resources logged the most floods recorded in a single season since China began keeping records in 1998.

China’s eastern heartland is facing massive floods affecting hundreds of thousands of people and triggering an emergency declaration in Jiangxi.

Three people were missing on Saturday after massive thunderstorms and rainfall in southeastern Switzerland caused a landslide, authorities said.

Floods ravaging the southern province of Guangdong, China, killed four people, and ten more are missing, Chinese state media reported Monday.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was hit by exceptionally heavy rainfall this week, bringing flash floods that caused at least four fatalities and virtually shut down the city of Dubai.

Floods from the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to flee.

There is no such thing as a natural disaster only the failure of humans to prepare for events beyond their control, a United Nations office warns.

Eurostar services to and from London were canceled Saturday after a tunnel under the River Thames became flooded due to heavy rain.

Libya’s eastern government said that China will take the lead in rebuilding the flood-ravaged city of Derna.

The mayor of Derna and seven other top officials have been arrested for negligence in connection with the catastrophic flood.

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar is accused of exploiting the devastating Derna floods to tighten his grip on the eastern half of the country.

The Libyan Red Crescent on Thursday said the death toll from the flood in Derna, Libya, has reached 11,300 – and may continue to climb, as more than 10,000 people are still missing.

The World Meteorological Organization says Libya’s thousands of flood deaths could have been avoided with a good early warning system.

Angry Chinese citizens this week defied massive government propaganda, and challenged China’s vast army of censors, to blame state policies and mismanagement for deaths from typhoon flooding.

The Chinese Communist Party’s ruling elite, including dictator Xi Jinping, have utterly vanished while typhoon floods ravage provinces like Hebei this week.

Chinese Communist Party authorities scrambled to respond to devastating floods in southwest Chongqing and Sichuan, China.

Residents of the Kherson region in Ukraine find themselves dealing with new hardships thanks to the breach of the Kakhovka Dam on Tuesday, including flooded homes, drowning, disease, and even landmines dislodged by floodwater from the Dnipro River.

California is bracing for a “bomb cyclone” that will accompany several “atmospheric rivers” starting Wednesday, bringing high winds and heavy rain and snow to a state that has been drenched since last week.

The New Zealand Herald, the former British colony’s newspaper of record and most-circulated daily, appeared keen to blame the disaster on climate change — despite explicitly stating that “this specific weather event had not been analysed regarding the influence of climate change”.

The European Union tsar in charge of the bloc’s 2050 net zero push has called to implement a national commemoration day for those allegedly killed by the “climate crisis”.

China hit an unusual trifecta of natural disasters last week, experiencing torrential rains in the south, record-setting heat in the central and eastern regions, and a tornado slamming into the massive southern port city of Guangzhou.

The Democrats so-called $1 trillion infrastructure bill contains funding for the left’s favored climate change projects.

Chinese state media on Thursday celebrated the “civilian heroes” who rescued each other during the devastating Henan Province floods, ignoring complaints about the confused and inadequate response of Chinese officials and the disastrous planning decisions that made crowded Henan so vulnerable to flooding.

BERLIN (AP) – The death toll from flooding in Western Europe climbed above 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters.

BERLIN (AP) – More than 30 people have died and dozens of people were missing Thursday in Germany and neighbouring Belgium after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse.

China’s state-run Global Times newspaper claimed on Wednesday that “chewing grass,” a slang term for light eating, had become a booming trend among China’s youth due to their preoccupation with health and fitness.

An Oklahoma woman is alive and well after being rescued during torrential flooding in the area on Wednesday morning. 

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un addressed his nation’s only legal political party, the communist Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), on Wednesday with an optimistic speech that nonetheless acknowledged that his regime had failed to achieve its five-year goals in “almost all sectors.”