The heaviest rainfall in 50 years has resulted in more than 400 deaths in the Kashmir region with thousands still trapped on rooftops as residents in both India and Pakistan are criticizing their governments for not doing enough to help them. In India, at least 217 people were reported to have died by Tuesday, with another 47,000 evacuated from their homes. The city of Siringar was still submerged,... 

Typhoon Haiyan is pictured in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite handout image taken on November 6, 2013. Thousands of people living in coastal areas of the Philippines are getting ready to evacuate as the first major storm of the rainy season is approaching the country. According to civil defense authorities, tropical Storm Rammasun is expected to strike eastern Philippines... 

Several vehicles fell about 40 feet after a portion of the Scenic Highway collapsed on April 30 in Pensacola, Florida. The worst floods in decades in the US states of Florida and Alabama have left at least one person dead and brought destruction across the South. The victim is an elderly woman who drowned Tuesday after high waters submerged her car on a highway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The... 

The house is submerged by floodwater in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on December 23, 2013. Brazilian authorities say floods and mudslides caused by heavy rain have killed at least 20 people and forced 40,000 others from their homes in southeastern parts of the country. The civil defense department of the Minas Gerais state said on its Monday website that 14 people were killed in... 

A new study carried out by the researchers in England has released the name of 20 cities which are at the highest risk of damaging floods. Scientists at the University of Southampton listed the cities that face the worst damage from floods and giant storms. The report illustrates that nearly all of them are in Asia and North America, five of them are in the United States, according to Live Science. The... 

Rescuers struggling to repair the damaged protective wall of a canal broken due to flash floods in Punjab Province. Senior Pakistani officials say heavy rains and flash floods over the past two weeks have claimed the lives of at least 98 people across Pakistan. According to government officials, 98 people died in flood-related accidents over the past fortnight, mainly in urban areas of the country. The... 

A Sudanese man sits next to his house in a flooded street on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum on August 10, 2013. Heavy rain and flooding in a region north of Sudan’s capital Khartoum have killed 36 people, state media says. “Thirty-six people were killed in Nile state and 5,000 houses were destroyed because of heavy rain and floods,” Sudan’s Radio Omdurman reported on Sunday. Khartoum... 

Flood wreaked havoc on the state of Queensland, Australia, in January 2011. Thousands of people in eastern Australia have been cut off from their homes by floodwaters, following thunderstorms and tornados that wreaked havoc to the region. Flooding, caused by heavy rain and stiff winds, continues in Australia. The State Emergency Service (SES) said Sunday that around 20,000 people had been cut off across... 

Unusually heavy rains have caused floods in Greece and southern Italy with torrents of water strong enough to carry away vehicles. One woman died of shock after being trapped in her car surrounded by raging waters. In Athens a woman in her 20s died of a heart attack prompted by a shock when she became trapped in her car by floodwaters. Another woman was rescued from her stranded vehicle as streams... 

A woman prepares food in the Jamam refugee camp in Upper Nile in South Sudan. The UN says at least 1,000 families have been affected by flooding in the impoverished eastern Sudan as some rural communities have been cut off by the rising floodwaters. More than 600 families lost their homes in the Wadelhilewe district of the Kassala state, while almost 400 others escaped the flooding and sought safety... 

The World Bank assessment suggests that Thailand economic growth will shrink to 2.4% from the previously projected 3.6%, following the recent flood in the country, Press TV reports. Experts believe it will probably take a year of hard work and billions of dollars before Thailand fully recovers. The cost of flooding is estimated to be around $43 Billion, but the amount is expected to rise further due... 

At least six people were killed when the Italian port city of Genoa was hit by flash floods during torrential rainfall. Five of the victims, including two children, died when the lobby of an apartment block in which they had sought shelter flooded. A woman was apparently crushed by cars being swept away by the water. The Genoa city website advised people not to leave their homes and to climb to the... 

It seems like our planet has gone mad or like someone is messing with our planet’s nature. The last few years were full of storms, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, cyclones, tornadoes, ocean vortexes, earthquakes and other anomalies like never before. This time the US state Arkansas is under siege by massive storms which caused deadly floods. CBS News reports that 5 people have already died and... 

An aerial view shows damage caused to a street after heavy rains in Nova Friburgo, Brazil, on Wednesday. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing hundreds of people. At least 335 people have been killed and the death toll is likely to rise after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Driving rains sent tons of rusty red... 

Disaster: Properties across central Queensland are inundated by floodwaters. The Fitzroy River was at 8.8 metres - and expected to rise to nine metres Woman, 41, drowns trying to drive across flooded road as natural disaster in Australia reaches ‘biblical proportions’. Australia’s disastrous floods have claimed their first fatality. A 41-year-old woman died after she tried to cross...