Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

September 3, 2020: At least 24 people have been killed and 11,000 people have been displaced after heavy rains causing flooding in Madhya Pradesh, India. Heavy rainfall caused the Narmada River at Hoshangabad to rise around 2 m above the danger mark. According to the India’s Disaster Management Division, recent flooding has affected 33.000 people across 1,906 villages and 28 districts of the state. A total of 11 197 homes have also been damaged.

September 3, 2020: Deadly flooding in Parwan, Afghanistan has claimed lives of at least 190 people. Floodwater completely destroyed 1,055 houses and almost 3 000 were partially damaged. 

September 8, 2020: Thee massive floods in the Bhuji River of Dhorpatan Municipality in Baglung district of Nepal has claimed lives of at least 17 people. The flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall washed away around half a dozen of houses. At least 21 people swept away by the flood are still missing.

July 20, 2020: At least 62 people have killed in Bangladesh due to floods caused by monsoon rainfall. According to a government report, at least 51 people were drowned and others were killed by lightning strikes . A total of 18 district out of country’s 64 districts have been affected by current natural disasters . According to the disaster management and relief center, nearly 2.25 million people were affected by the flooding and at least 20,000 have been forced to leave their homes.

July 16, 2020: Severe flash floods in South Sulwesi Province of Indonesia have claimed lives of atleast 15 people. According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, more than 4 000 people have been affected in six subdistricts in North Luwu.

July 19: Two building collapsed due to heavy rainfall n Mumbai has claimed lives of at least 12 people. In the Fort area, at least ten people died after a six-story residential building collapsed amid heavy rainfall. Another three-story tenement collapsed in Mumbai's western suburb of Malad killed two people.

July 21, 2020: Flash floods in Delhi have claimed lives of at least four people. Safdarjung recorded 74.8 mm rainfall on Sunday, the highest 24-hour July downpour since 2015. Many parts of the capital city registered almost 100 mm (3.9 inches) of rainfall.

July 21, 2020: According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division of Nepal, the Narayani River at Narayanghat Bridge has already reached danger level. The water level has reached 9.897 m and is continuously rising at Devghat. The Meteorological Department has predicted flooding along Narayani river on July 21 and July 22, 2020. There is also high risk of flooding in Bagmati, Kankai, Koshi, Kamala, Bagmati, Babai, Rapti West rivers of these two days. In this case, the water will flow across the river banks and to road. The people are requested to remain at high alert.

July 21, 2020: District Administration Office of Sindhupalchowk has issued a notice warning that Kerung Tso Lake situated at Khasha in China might burst and cause floods in the Bhotekoshi River. The people living near the banks of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality and Barhabise Rural Municipality have been asked to relocate to higher areas following potential outburst of Kerung Tso lake in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China. Chinese authorities have already started relocating their citizens to upper parts in view of the potential threats of the lake outburst.

July 13, 2020: Landslide and flooding caused by heavy rainfall have claimed lives of 62 people and left 49 others missing this July, Nepal's Disaster Risk Management Center confirmed. Highest fatalities from landslide has been reported from Myagdi district. At least 18 people died two separate landslide disaster in Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality and Malika Rural Municipality of Myagdi district. Ten people died in Barekot Rural Municipality of Jajarkot district , seven in Bajhang, five in Kaski, three each in Lamjung and Gulmi, two in Sindhupalchowk and one each in Tanahu, Shankhuwasabha, Doti and Kalikot district of Nepal. On other hand, one person died due to flooding in Raghuganga Rural Municipality of Myagdi district and another person died in Kamal Rural Municipality of Jhapa district. Meanwhile, floods have also caused havoc in several districts of Terai region of Nepal.

July 9, 2020:  Flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall along Bhotekoshi Corridor in Sindhupalchowk district of Nepal has claimed lives of two people and left 17 other missing. The swollen Bhotekoshi river swept away more than 30 house on Wednesday midnight.

June 16, 2020: At least three people have been killed or missing due to flash floods in Kwara, Nigeria and destroyed 100 houses in Akwa Ibom. A bridge embankment collapsed in Oko-Erin leaving one person dead and two others missing. Heavy downpour destroyed 100 houses and displaced 300 people in Eket Local Government Area.

June 18, 2020: At least 63 people have been killed or are missing as rainfalls continue to batter southern parts of China, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. Torrential downpours unleashed floods, mudslides and landslides in various parts of south China. Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi provinces as well as Chongqing municipality  are some of the hardest hit provinces. About 228,000 people have had to seek emergency shelter due to the disaster in China since June 2, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.

June 14, 2020: A severe thunderstorm in Budapest, Hungary has claimed life of a person and caused damaging floods. Fatality has been identified as a 66-year-old woman, who lost her life in a flash flood in Tótvázsony, Veszprém county.  Thunderstorms are forecast to continue in the capital Budapest till June 18, 2020.

June 14, 2020: Recent flooding in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey has claimed lives of one people and damaged more than 250 houses. A man trying to clean his flooded barbershop died after he got electrocuted due to a short circuit caused by water damage. According to Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas, the municipality has deployed 840 personnel and 430 vehicles to help with flood clean up and repair operations. The country's meteorological agency has forecast more heavy rain and thunderstorms over central Anatolia on June 15, 2020.

May 4, 2020: At least six people have been died and around 5,000 have been displaced as intense rains continue to flood parts of Uganda. Severe flooding has affected parts of the Isingiro District, including the sub-counties of Kabuyanda, Mwizi, and Birere from last week. A section of tarmac road was also washed away by floods in Isingiro, Southern Uganda following torrential rains.

April 28, 2020: Seven people watching a football match in Morocco have been killed in a flash flood that swept across the pitch. Heavy rainfall caused the nearby river to swell which flooded the football field in Tizert, in the Taroudant region of Morocco.

April 21, 2020: Severe flooding in Afghanistan over the past weeks has claimed lives of at least 56 people and injured 31 others. The worst flood affected Provinces are Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Farah, Faryab, Parwan, Takhar, and Ghor.  Around 600 houses have been destroyed and more than 3 000 partially damaged.

April 21, 2020: Severe flooding has claimed lives of at least 36 people and injured 42 people in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. About 45 other people injured, 3,500 homes destroyed when the Mulongwe river flooded in Uvira city on Friday 17 April, 2020. About 1,000 families have been said to homeless. According to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the city of Uvira and surrounding areas in South Kivu have been the worst affected.

April 21, 2020: Severe flooding and landslides in Rwanda and Burundi have claimed lives of at least nine people and affected 27,000 people from April 17 to 20, 2020. Heavy rainfall triggered landslides in the district of Gicumbi in the Northern Province of Rwanda, with the most affected areas being Nyankenke and Kageyo sectors. Heavy rainfall wiped off the cobblestone road in an area commonly known as "Ku Ntaraga" in Kimisagara. Meteo Rwanda has issued heavy rainfall warnings until April 26, 2020.