TEHRAN, October 10 - At least five people were confirmed dead and five more remained missing on Wednesday after torrential rainstorms caused flash flooding on the Spanish island of Mallorca, authorities said.
TEHRAN, October 07 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani assigned a number of the cabinet ministers to mobilize emergency efforts and help victims of the floods that have paralyzed parts of the country’s northern provinces.
TEHRAN, September 25 - At least seven people, including two children, are dead and searches continue for five others after a five-foot (1.5 meter) wall of floodwater crashed through the streets of a town in western Mexico, state officials said Monday night.
TEHRAN, September 15 - Florence barreled into the Carolina coast and moved inland on Friday, knocking down trees, overflowing rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leading to the death of five people before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc.
TEHRAN, August 30 - As many as 85 villages were flooded in Myanmar after a dam failed, unleashing waters that blocked a major highway and forced more than 63,000 people from their homes, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, August 23 - India will not accept relief assistance from foreign governments for the flood-ravaged state of Kerala, the government has said, following offers of aid from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
TEHRAN, August 21 -More than 200 desperate Venezuelan migrants crossed the border illegally into Ecuador on Tuesday, fleeing misery at home as they raced to Peru before new rules requiring they hold a valid passport kick in.
TEHRAN, August 19 - The Indian Army has been called in to assist rescue operations in Kodagu, on the border with Kerala, on Saturday after widespread flooding left hundreds dead across the country.
TEHRAN, August 18 - The death toll from floods that have triggered landslides and sent torrents sweeping through villages in the Indian state of Kerala trebled Friday to 324, authorities said, amid warnings of worse weather to come.
TEHRAN, August 17 - Rescue workers use helicopters and boats to evacuate hundreds of people stranded on their home rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala where more than 160 people have died.
TEHRAN, July 30 - Monsoon floods in Myanmar have killed at least 11 people and forced more than 100,000 to flee their homes, government officials said on Monday, as rescue workers ferried stranded residents to safety by boat.
TEHRAN, July 25 - More than forty people died after a dam collapsed in Laos, sweeping several houses and causing damage, volunteers reported on social media.
TEHRAN, July 23 - Flooding triggered by a tropical storm has killed at least 20 people and left over a dozen missing in northern Vietnam, local media reports said.
TEHRAN, July 12 - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited flood-stricken parts of Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from the worst weather disaster in 36 years reached 176 and health concerns rose amid scorching heat and the threat of new floods.
TEHRAN, July 11 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited flood-stricken parts of Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from the worst weather disaster in 36 years reached 176 and health concerns rose amid scorching heat and the threat of new floods.
TEHRAN, July 11 - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed for the flood-stricken western part of Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from the worst weather disaster in 36 years passed 160 and health worries increased amid scorching heat and the possibility of new floods.
TEHRAN, July 10 - Three more people were rescued from a flooded Thai cave on Tuesday, officials said, bringing to 11 the number saved and raising hopes all members of the young football team who became trapped 18 days ago would survive.
TEHRAN, July 10 - Japan's top government spokesman said at least 155 people have been confirmed dead from the recent heavy rains, floods and mudslides that had struck western Japan.
TEHRAN, July 10 -Japan struggled on Tuesday to restore utilities and bring relief to the survivors of its worst floods in 36 years, facing health risks from broiling temperatures and a lack of water, while rescuers kept up an increasingly grim search for victims.
TEHRAN, July 07 - At least 45 people are missing as torrential rains that have killed 11 people pounded western and central Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with more than 1.6 million people evacuated from their homes.