Category: flooding

Louisiana Flooding Turns Deadly With Two Confirmed Storm-Related Deaths

At least two people have died in floodwaters in Louisiana after parts of the state saw over a foot of rain on Monday, according to state authorities. The Louisiana Department of Health said in a tweet Tuesday that a coroner had confirmed the death of a 33-year-old man found in a flooded vehicle, bringing the…


Florida Dismisses 2nd Breach Risk at Phosphate Reservoir

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Engineers and dam safety specialists evaluating the danger of a catastrophic flood from a leaking Florida wastewater reservoir determined that the threat of a possible second breach was “unsubstantiated,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said. Officials had said Monday that a drone discovered a possible second breach in the reservoir, whose east…


More Rain Coming for Soaked Northern NSW

More rain is on the way for the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) catchments soaked by widespread flooding two weeks ago, with minor inundation likely. The final remaining NSW residents forced from homes by floods have only just been allowed to return but another storm system capable of swamping already-soaked catchments is on…


Evacuations in North NSW, Rain Hits Sydney

A “potentially life-threatening” downpour that has flooded rivers and triggered evacuations along the New South Wales (NSW) coast has made its way to Sydney. Rain has plagued the city for most of the week, but the deluge arriving on Saturday will be on another level, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said. “We might see quite…


Snow Melt, Rain Causing Widespread Flooding in Germany

BERLIN—Rivers around Germany continued to swell Thursday, fed by melting snow and regular rain and leading to widespread flooding and disruptions to shipping traffic. Residents in the eastern community of Burkhardtsdorf in Saxony, not far from the Czech Republic border, built sandbag barricades outside their homes as the Zwoenitz river that runs through the town…


Parts of England Brace for Flooding as Storm Cristoph Hits

Parts of England are braced for flooding as Storm Cristoph starts to sweep across the country, bringing up to eight inches of rain to the hardest-hit areas. Flood warnings—meaning flooding is expected—have been declared for some parts of central and northern England and Wales, and many parts of the rest of the country are on…


Heavy Rain, Flooding in Far North Queensland

Widespread flooding rain is expected over far north Queensland for days after a tropical cyclone made landfall late on Jan. 3. Tropical Cyclone Imogen crossed the coast north of Karumba shortly before 11 p.m. before slowly weakening to a tropical low on Monday. About 1400 houses were left without power, but there were no reports…


Cloudbursts Cause Flooding Across NSW, Further Downfall Expected

A Woolworths and local motel have been flooded and the roof of an aged care facility has partially collapsed after an intense cloudburst in central-western New South Wales. Parkes received 31mm of rain in just 17 minutes during the Saturday afternoon downpour. By Sunday morning the town had recorded 52 millimetres in total. The storm…


A Year of Fire, Floods and Plague for Many

Dairy farmer Rob Miller has endured four fires and three floods in a year. The first blaze came on New Year’s Eve. “We were prepared, but I don’t think anyone could have prepared for last summer,” he told AAP from his Milton farm on the NSW South Coast 12 months on. He and his partner’s…