Some 3,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to flooding and landslides

Image: Andiswa Mjungula cleanes up the home in Rosehill, after it was badly damaged by a mudslide caused by a burst municipal pipe.Picture: Bongani MbathaA Durban family had a narrow escape when a mudslide swept into their house early on Thursday.Ncumi...

Fiji declares a state of disaster over flooding and landslides that have killed at least six people and displaced thousands.

THE weather bureau yesterday warned of possible landslides and flashfloods in Mindanao as moderate to heavy rains are expected due to the wind convergence and northeast monsoon. Forecaster Cris Perez said that in the next 24 to 48 hours, most parts of ...

About 10,000 people have been affected by new floods and landslides in the central and southern Philippines following days of heavy rain.

Author of IPCC 'extreme weather' report is among those displaced by flooding

Light to moderate rainfall spawned by the tail-end of the cold front could trigger another landslide in northern and eastern Mindanao as had happened in Compostela Valley, weather forecasters warned Thursday.

Floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in south-eastern Brazil have killed at least six people and forced thousands from their homes.

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.

while a northeast monsoon is affecting Northern luzon. “Visayas and Mindanao will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Eastern and Southern Mindanao which may trigger ...

Some 150 more bodies were recovered in Iligan City on Christmas Eve, bringing the total death toll from the flashfloods and landslides unleashed by tropical Storm Sendong last December 16 to over 1,200, authorities said.

The intense rains over the state of Santa Catarina, located in Brazil’s South Region, caused, once again, floods in several cities. Since September 08, floods, flash floods and landslides have hit 96 cities in the region and nearly 1 million people have been affected.

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