Tag: Floods
Venice flooded by highest water levels in 22 yrs
Heavy rains and high winds left Venice almost completely flooded on Monday after surrounding sea levels rose to their highest in 22 years.[MORE]
Floods submerge City of Water
Authorities in the Italian city of Venice have issued a flood alert, warning that the sea was due to rise 1.60 metres above its normal level, the highest for 30 years.[MORE]
Gunnedah flooding eases
Flooding of the Namoi River has begun to recede in Gunnedah, in north-west New South Wales, after peaking overnight at 7.8 metres.[MORE]
Gunnedah declared natural disaster area
The New South Wales Government has extended its natural disaster area to include Gunnedah in the state's north. [MORE]
Rain threatens more Brazil landslides
Fresh rainfall threatened to spark more landslides in Brazil's flood-devastated Santa Catarina state as officials reported four more deaths caused by a mudslide, bringing the total number of victims to 109.[MORE]
Gunnedah escapes serious flood damage
Gunnedah appears to have escaped serious damage following flash flooding in northern NSW.[MORE]
Tamworth floodwaters receding: SES
The New South Wales SES says some of the flooding in the state's north is easing.[MORE]
Tamworth declared disaster zone after flash flooding
Tamworth has been declared a natural disaster are, after flooding caused damage to infrastructure, homes and rural properties.[MORE]
Floodwaters peak in storm battered Tamworth
The SES is continuing to respond to calls for help after heavy rain caused flooding at Tamworth in north-western NSW.[MORE]
Tamworth braces for severe flooding
The city of Tamworth in northern NSW is bracing itself for major flooding this morning.[MORE]
Flash flood warning
Motorists in northern Tasmania are being advised to take care on the roads with flash flooding expected from heavy showers and thunderstorms.[MORE]
Brazil troops move to quell looting after landslides
Brazil sent hundreds of state and federal police officers to quell looting by homeless and hungry landslide victims facing the threat of disease after heavy flooding that authorities say killed more than 100 people and displaced 54,000.[MORE]
Call for better Albany drainage
An environmental group says Albany's drainage standards should be improved to cope with increasingly wild weather.[MORE]
Brazil flooding death toll skyrockets
At least 80 people are dead and tens of thousands homeless after severe flooding and landslides in southern Brazil.[MORE]
Brazil landslides kill 65, officials call for help
Isolated towns in southern Brazil appealed for medicine and other supplies as the death toll from landslides and floods rose to 65 and many areas remained cut off from clean water and power.[MORE]
Car swept away in floodwaters
Many roads in the far north of South Australia are impassable because of heavy rain.[MORE]
Dozens killed in Sri Lanka clashes
Up to 27 soldiers and 120 Tamil Tiger fighters have been killed in heavy fighting in Sri Lanka, as government forces close in on the rebel's headquarters in the town of Killinochchi.[MORE]
Brazil floods kill at least 45, uproot thousands
Rescue workers rushed to help residents in flooded towns in southern Brazil after landslides and floods caused by heavy rain killed at least 45 people and forced 20,000 from their homes.[MORE]
Locals support family of 4yo dam victim
The tiny town of Blackwater in central Queensland is rallying around the family of a four-year-old girl who drowned at the Bedford Weir.[MORE]
Floods kill 20 in Brazil
Brazilian authorities have declared a state of emergency in the southern state of Santa Catarina where at least 20 people have died following weeks of heavy rains and flooding.[MORE]
Swimmers warned to avoid inflatable-barrier dams
Swimmers will be warned to keep away from modified dams similar to one which gave way in central Queensland, leading to the death of a 4yo girl.[MORE]
Child missing after central Qld weir burst
Police have confirmed a four-year-old girl is missing after the partial collapse of a weir in Blackwater.[MORE]
One missing after central Qld weir rupture
Police are searching for at least one person after a storage bladder on weir burst in central Queensland this afternoon.[MORE]
5 dead, thousands evacuated in Philippines floods
Five people have drowned and thousands of people have been evacuated after heavy flooding in the northern Philippines.[MORE]
Blackwater weir bursts, 4 feared missing
It's feared 4 people are missing in central Qld, where a storage bladder holding 10,000 megalitres of water on top of a weir burst.[MORE]
