The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Ajaccio (France) (AFP) - Brutal storms with winds gusting up to 224 kilometres per hour (140 miles per hour) left five people dead on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica early Thursday, including a 13-year-old girl who was killed when a tree fell onto her campground bungalow, authorities said.

Second flood warning is in force at Bhadrachalam and Dowleswaram

More than 70 people have been killed and 14,500 homes destroyed by Sudan's seasonal downpours and floods, a senior official said Thursday. The death toll since the rainy season kicked off in May stood at 77 people, Brig. Gen.

Fierce thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds hit the French island of Corsica on Thursday morning, killing at least five people, including a teenage girl, and injuring dozens of others, local authorities said.

Beijing (AFP) - Sixteen people were killed and many left missing in flash flooding in northwest China, state media reported Thursday, as the country battles extreme weather that has shuttered factories and caused rolling power cuts.

Parts of New Zealand hit by third consecutive day of torrential rain

The only way to learn is from the river, like our old people did when they sat on its high banks of red and green

Flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the western Chinese province of Qinghai has killed 16 people, state media reported on Thursday, with an additional 36 missing.

Chinese state media say that 16 people have died and 36 others are missing after a flash flood in western China’s Qinghai province

Heavy rain is continuing to pelt New Zealand, causing further disruptions and road closures from a storm that has already forced hundreds to evacuate their homes

Wellington (AFP) - Hundreds of families on New Zealand's South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after dramatic flooding prompted a state of emergency in three regions.