Tag: floods
Floods in Sydney
Kelso Beach Reserve southwest of Sydney is under water. Stringers / X80002 (dpa) Just a few days after the most recent devastating floods in eastern Australia, thousands of people in…
Floods in Australia: 200,000 people asked to evacuate, Sydney spared
For more than a week, torrential rains have ravaged the east coast, moving from the state of Queensland to New South Wales. Australian emergency services ordered some 200,000 people to…
Australia hit by historic floods
Aerial view dated February 28 of flooding in Lismore, New South Wales. BRADLEY RICHARDSON/AFP More than 200,000 people have had to evacuate their homes in the state of New South…
Floods: tens of thousands of Australians evacuated
Tens of thousands of Australians were asked to evacuate their homes on Monday (February 28th) in the face of torrential rains which caused record flooding and forced some residents to…
Australian floods: death toll at 12 as rains head for Sydney
Floods ravaging Australia have killed at least 12 people, according to a new report, and the rains were heading towards Sydney on Wednesday where the authorities warned the population. For…
Strong storms – Australia: Heavy floods claim more lives – News
Three people have died as a result of the flooding in the state of News South Wales. Another victim was also recovered in Queensland, where ten people have died so…
“Life-threatening flash floods” in Australia
Atmospheric flows run at altitudes of 1,000 to 3,000 meters and act like water vapor highways, transporting moisture poleward from the tropics. Although they only cover about 10 percent of…
Floods kill seven in northeast Australia
MELBOURNE, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Flash flooding caused by severe storms has killed seven people in northeast Australia. Queensland State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk compared the weather to a cyclone as…
a week after the floods in Petropolis, the death toll continues to rise
Floods and mudslides left a devastated landscape in Petropolis on February 22, 2022, a week after their passage. SILVIA IZQUIERDO / AP A week after the violent storms which devastated…
A couple drowned in their car washed away by floods in New Caledonia
Europe 1 with AFP 07:46, February 21, 2022 A couple in their 70s drowned in their car on Sunday in New Caledonia after the vehicle was swept away by floods.…
Nearly 150 dead in floods in Petropolis
Rescuers pull out the body of a victim of a mudslide in Petropolis, Brazil, February 19, 2022. MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP Rescuers discovered new bodies on Saturday February 19 under…
In Brazil, the death toll from the floods in Petropolis rises
Aerial view after a mudslide in Petropolis, Brazil, February 16, 2022. FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR / AFP Brazil is experiencing a particularly deadly rainy season this year. Two days after the heaviest…