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At least 15 dead in Macedonian flash floods
2016-08-07 11:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Macedonia declared a state of emergency in its capital Skopje and neighboring districts on Sunday, a day after at least 21 people were killed in flash floods caused by a storm. Torrential rains flooded homes, swept away a section of the ring road around Skopje and wrecked cars late on Saturday evening. Northern suburbs of the capital were particularly hard hit, though the city center also suffered flash floods. Children were among those killed, a police spokesman said, adding that searches...
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Floods Devastate Pig Farms Across China
2016-08-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Recent heavy rainfall and floods have been devastating major pig and pig feed production regions across China over the last month.
Floods kill 22 people in India, 170,000 homeless
2016-07-11 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 22 people in India and forced more than 170,000 from their homes, officials said on Monday, as forecasters predicted more downpours in coming days. India's monsoon rains, though vital for agriculture, regularly bring death and destruction. The rain was 35 percent above average in the week that ended on July 6, the weather office said. Twenty people were killed in the central state of Madhya Pradesh where 70,000 people were left...
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Rain, floods in China kill around 100 people, wipe out crops
2016-07-05 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people, damaged more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to direct economic losses of more than 38 billion yuan ($5.70 billion), state media said on Tuesday. Premier Li Keqiang traveled on Tuesday to Anhui, one of the hardest-hit provinces, where he met residents and encouraged officials to do everything they could to protect lives and livelihoods. Li was also to visit Hunan province. Heavy rainfall...
Dozens dead in Pakistan and India after floods and landslides
2016-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: At least 58 people have been killed in northern Pakistan and India by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains. Floods in the Chitral district of Pakistan damaged houses and a mosque killing at least 30, officials said. Another 28 are now known to have died in floods and landslides in India's Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh states in recent days. Hundreds die in South Asian monsoon season floods every year. Bad weather has hampered rescue efforts in both countries....
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