The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Relentless monsoon rains across the northeastern states leave a trail of deaths and destruction.

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At least 3,018 people displaced and 265 houses destroyed in the floods in central Nigeria as more rains are feared.

Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.

Flood victims are crying out for solutions to help prevent the further decimation of their communities by future extreme weather events.

Several people remain missing in state of Niger after torrential rains submerged town of Mokwa

As Taree and NSW’s mid-north coast reel from flooding, questions are moving beyond immediate recovery to how crises could be handled in the future

US president to plead with supreme court to overrule block on policy; rubbish mounts up in NSW mid-north coast while Queensland floods threaten conservation

Heaps of ruined furniture, broken electricals and sodden, mould-breeding carpet represent the damage and heartbreak from last week’s inundation. The challenge now is what to do with it

While some support funds have become available, others are still being finalised, as a flood recovery co-ordinator takes charge of the clean-up efforts.

The New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped from earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from what a sheriff called “ongoing and severe plumbing failures."