Heavy rain in Serbia and Bosnia has caused rivers to flood, killing some and forcing thousands to flee as the water rises and landslides bury homes.
The South African National Parks is keeping camps in the Kruger Park closed because of floods, which have killed up to six people in Mpumalanga.
A low-lying bridge has washed away in Mabopane, Pretoria, after heavy rains resulted in flooding in various parts of Gauteng.
Several areas in Johannesburg are flooded, says the Gauteng provincial government, and emergency services are working to provide aid.
Construction companies have damaged an ecosystem and wrought havoc in a farming community in Cape Town and winter rains have exacerbated the problem.
Three children were killed in separate incidents when their homes collapsed during heavy rains in Limpopo over the weekend, authorities said.
With more storms on the way in Britain, the government and the United Kingdom’s insurance industry are engaged in mutual finger-pointing.
The latest bout of heavy rains in Northern India has brought the total to over 580 people killed by heavy monsoon rains across India since June.
The City of Cape Town has spent nearly R1-million helping victims of the recent floods on the Cape Peninsula with blankets, meals and baby packs.
The city of Cape Town has stepped up relief efforts to help households affected by floods over the weekend, says a disaster management spokesperson.
Thousands of houses were also flooded after torrential rains, storms and landslides hit Russia’s Krasnodar region near the Black Sea.
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/ 28 November 2011
In the wake of the start of the COP17 conference on climate change, six more people have been killed in floods after sever rains in KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 25 October 2011
Two people died and hundreds were stranded in Northern and Eastern Ireland after torrential rain closed roads and put Dublin on an emergency footing.
Thai troops have reinforced vulnerable river barriers after a sudden rise in the water level set back efforts to contain the worst floods in decades.
Torrential downpours in Algeria have killed at least 10 people and ruined hundreds of homes. A mother and her infant daughter are also
The United Nations says 62 people have been killed and thousands forced from their homes since the start of the year by flooding in northern Namibia.
Heavy rains caused havoc in Johannesburg on Sunday night with paramedics and police rescuing trapped motorists and evacuating shack dwellers.
Fears increase that many emerging farmers could be wiped out following the floods, if government does not assist them as promised.
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/ 27 January 2011
Victims of recent flooding will get R50-million in aid from the National Lotteries Board.
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/ 24 January 2011
Developing farmers were the worst victims of the floods that have hit various parts of the country, a parliamentary committee said on Monday.
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/ 23 January 2011
The death toll from floods and landslides that devastated a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro has reached 803, authorities said on Sunday.
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/ 23 January 2011
The body of a woman who’s car was swept off a bridge by flood waters was found in Postmasburg on Saturday, Northern Cape paramedics said.
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/ 22 January 2011
The death toll from the floods has risen to 70, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs said on Friday.
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/ 21 January 2011
Australia, Brazil, Thailand, the Philippines, South Africa … is there a pattern to the floods that seem to be drowning half the world?
Towns hit by Brazil’s deadliest flooding disaster on record were on Wednesday waiting for millions of dollars in aid as the death toll climbed to 712.
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/ 19 January 2011
Government will not compensate farmers for their flood-damaged crops, Minister of Agriculture Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Tuesday.
After a tragic Monday which saw the death of a fireman and others rescued from floods, the water level at the Hennops River in Centurion had subsided.
A fireman has drowned and countless other people are missing after massive flooding around Gauteng on Monday.
The Brazilian military sent troops and helicopters on Sunday to rescue stranded survivors of floods and landslides that killed hundreds of people.
Brazil is suffering its worst-ever flood disaster after mudslides near Rio de Janeiro this week killed more than 500 people.
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/ 14 January 2011
The City of Johannesburg is preparing for possible flooding on Friday, Johannesburg emergency services said.
Driving rains sent tonnes of rusty red earth sliding into Brazilian mountain towns, killing at least 287 people and leaving dozens more missing.