Three-year-old Isabella Severo dos Santos was caught in her home when water from the broken pipe flooded the Campo Grande neighborhood. Water shot 65 feet into the air from the pipe and forced many emergency rescues.
“Our job was to get people out of their homes as the flooding spread,” Col. Sergio Simoes told GloboNews TV as rescue teams used rubber dinghies to reach areas of the neighborhood inundated with water. Continue reading
One person has died from Tropical Storm Chantal it blew past the southern cost of the island of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic. A fireman who had been trying to clear a storm drain was washed away by flood waters and later found drowned. Continue reading
Heavy rain in China’s Sichuan province has led to a landslide that has buried at least 30 people under mud and debris.
Rescuers with search dogs are on the scene of the slide in the city of Djiangyan. Officials on the scene say there could be as many as 40 buried under the landslide. A local official said “11 families” were buried under the dirt. Continue reading
The chief minister of Uttarakhand state in India says near 3,000 people are still missing after flash flooding and landsides devastated the region.
Vijay Bahuguna said the exact number of deaths will likely never be known but that over 800 people are confirmed dead in the state. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated from the area and reports say that hundreds of people are still trapped in remote regions of the state. Continue reading
Officials in the Uttarakhand state of India say the confirmed death toll from flash flooding and landslides is now 600.
More than 40,000 people are still stranded in the mountains of the region and are being airlifted by military helicopters. The rescue efforts are being intensified after forecasts of more downpours this week. Continue reading
The Indian government has launched a massive rescue operation to save survivors in Uttarakhand state where at least 150 are now confirmed dead.
State Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna called the flooding a “Himalayan tsunami”. Officials estimated the number of dead could be well over 1,000 but it will be impossible to get a total until after they can survey the entire region. Continue reading
Military troops are now leading rescue operations in the flood-torn northern states in India including the use of helicopters to rescue stranded civilians.
Officials have confirmed the deaths of 138 people with hundreds more still missing.
In addition to the flooding, landslides are now a serious threat to the region. In Nepal, a landslide killed 22 and has 18 people missing. Continue reading
India officials have listed the latest confirmed deaths from widespread flooding in the northern part of the nation at 70. Hundreds are still missing after heavy rains have washed buildings into the rivers along with cars and heavy equipment.
In addition to thousands being forced to leave their homes, officials say at least 75,000 people on a religious pilgrimage are trapped in the region because flooding has cut off all roads to the southern part of the country. Continue reading
Officials say the death toll of 19 is expected to significantly rise after heavy flooding in northern India.
In one instance, an entire three-story apartment building was swept into the flood swollen Ganges river. At least 40 residents of the apartment building are reportedly missing. Continue reading
Budapest, Hungary is facing historic flooding of the Danube River that is driving thousands from their homes after heavy rain across central Europe.
The river is expected to crest at 29.5, just a foot below the river’s flood fences at 30.5 feet. The previous record high was 28 feet in 2006. At least 1,200 people from 28 towns have been forced to leave their homes. Continue reading