Here is some photos of the flood in Hoedspruit - Su-Marie Hörstmann (Click on images for larger view.)

More than 250,000 people need immediate food aid

Lucina Waluhan’s only wish when she celebrated her 32nd birthday on Thursday was to see her three children again. Nearly a month since up to 30 feet of rampaging water inundated the city on Dec. 17, Lucina said she had not lost hope of seeing them on...

The Welsh government approves £1.3m towards a £3m flood relief scheme in the south Wales valleys.

The Department of Education’s health office in Northern Mindanao is seeking additional medical supplies as an official estimated that up to half of the class attendance suffered from respiratory ailments and skin and ear infections in the aftermath o...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged Ipswich residents to be bold and faithful amid the ongoing recovery from the city's devastating floods a year ago.

Looking back on the freaky summer that ended 35 lives and affected more than 500,000 square kilometres of Queensland.

Financial aid from the international community and Filipinos abroad continue to pour in for victims of Tropical Storm "Sendong" in Northern Mindanao.

Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state placed emergency teams on maximum alert on Thursday as heavy rains that have displaced 35,000 residents were forecast to continue, reviving fears of mudslides and flooding that killed about 900 people last year.

A funeral is to be held in central Queensland for an SES volunteer and flood hero who was killed in a freak accident.

A disease borne by the floods that had killed hundreds here and in Iligan City last Dec. 17 is killing people who had survived the disaster that struck the two cities at the height of Tropical Storm “Sendong.”

The year 2011 saw central and northern Luzon suffer from nature’s wrath when strong typhoons triggered widespread flooding that destroyed crops, public infrastructure and private property, and disrupted the lives of the regions’ 19 million residents.

The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has warned of widespread rains over Eastern and Southern Mindanao that may cause flash floods and landslides due to a low pressure area sighted east southeast of this seaport city.

At least five people die of leptospirosis and dozens are diagnosed with the disease in the aftermath of Typhoon Washi in the southern Philippines, officials say.

The victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong” in Cagayan de Oro City—and I suppose, those in Iligan City, as well—have been inundated with relief goods and medical attention they don’t need them anymore. What they need is the second phase of rehabi...

At least 80 children from this city were rescued after being trapped in the floods that inundated parts of the town of Kapalong in Davao del Norte where they were attending a youth camp on Tuesday, Kapalong Mayor Edgardo Timbol said.

Northern Territory Chief Minister Paul Henderson is preparing to inspect flood-damaged bridges north of Katherine as the Stuart Highway remains cut off.

A freight train has been derailed and two people were swept from their car in flooding that struck Australia's Northern Territories.

Barely a month into the Aquino presidency, green activists warned Cabinet officials of a looming climatic catastrophe.

At least twice this year, the Cagayan de Oro city government had been warned about possible adverse effects of the La Niña weather phenomenon, including sudden floods in the wake of strong storms that typically hit land between September and December.

Published : Saturday, December 24, 2011 00:00 Article Views : 45 Written by : Bernice Camille V. Bauzon THE United States government on Friday warned its citizens against travelling to southern Philippines, particularly in the flood-affected a...

The unclaimed bodies of storm victims earlier dumped in a sanitary landfill are now in a hangar at Lumbia Airport here.

By Vickie Frantz, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer Oct 22, 2011; 11:59 AM ET Farmer's fields are still flooded in this aerial view on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Rutland, Vt. National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen Vermont t...

BATANGAS CITY—The municipal council of Bauan in Batangas declared a state of calamity to immediately address the needs of residents in eight villages swamped by floodwaters on June 9. Municipal administrator Antonio de Lacy Jr. said by phone on Sunday that Friday’s declaration would enable the local government to release ...

A Catholic bishop and Maguindanao officials called on President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday to help unclog the Rio Grande de Mindanao.

Published: Friday, June 10, 2011 - 09:33 in Earth & Climate Venice – the City of Dreams – may have one less nightmare to deal with following a finding that the frequency of extreme storm surge events generated by Adriatic Sea tempests could f...

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"We Have Never Seen a Year Like This Before": Meteorologist Jeff MastersThe devastating tornadoes and rampant flooding that's rocked the nation this year has often left the public with more questions than answers when it naturally sought out 'big pictu...

COTABATO CITY—The death toll due to floods sweeping Central Mindanao rose to seven, as two more fatalities were reported on Tuesday. Disaster officials said Noel Hiso, 32, a militiaman from Carmen, North Cotabato, was caught by floodwaters while he was crossing the Malitubog River in Carmen, North Cotabato, about 5 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) – Heavy rain drenched a swathe of what had been drought-gripped southern and eastern China, killing 24 people and forcing more than 100,000 to evacuate, state media reported on Wednesday. The deaths have been concentrated in the po...