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Friday 29 September 2023 Dublin: 16°C

# flash floods

This year
2023
Death toll rises to 55 after two weeks of monsoon rain in Pakistan
Eight children were among the 12 people confirmed dead yesterday.
All time
Floods displace thousands in Malaysia
The Meteorological Department warned that heavy rain was expected to persist in 12 of the country’s 16 states and territories throughout tomorrow.
More than 110 dead after flash floods in Indonesia and East Timor
Dozens more remain missing.
Record rain and flooding prompt evacuations in Australia
Sydney’s main reservoir was filled to overflowing for the first time in 30 years, officials said.
At least 18 deaths and 200 people are missing after glacier disaster in India
Most of those missing were working at the two power plants. Some were trapped in two tunnels cut off by the floods and by mud and rocks.
Snow, rain and flash floods leave dozens dead in Afghanistan and Pakistan
At least 43 people are dead in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
At least four reported dead as Pacific storm batters California
Tens of thousands of homes are without power, and hundreds of flights have been cancelled due to the storm.
Dozens die in Afghan flash floods - and there's "nothing left" for the survivors
The death toll currently stands at almost 60, but is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue.
14 dead after 'dramatic' storm hits Italian island of Sardinia
Among the dead was an entire family of four Brazilian immigrants who drowned in their basement flat.
Death toll in Colorado floods rises to four
Four people have been confirmed dead in Colorado, and 80 remain unaccounted for, following “biblical” flash floods.
Photos: Rescuers race against time as India monsoon toll nears 600
Relief teams are working to rescue tens of thousands of people who have been left stranded after flash floods and landslides.
Torrential rains hit desert Jordan, floods sweep Middle East
In northern Jordan, relief workers distributing aid to Syrian refugees were injured in a “stampede” in a camp where hundreds of tents have been destroyed by the rains.
In photos: Torrential rains deluge Manila
The Philippines’s capital has been turned into a “water world” in a deluge that has killed at least 23 people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee.
Philippines prepares for mass burial of storm victims
The tropical storm killed at least 650 people this weekend and left over 800 missing, according to the Red Cross.
Death toll rises to 650 after Philippines storm
More than 800 people are still missing after flash floods that swept away houses and splintered families.
Death toll in Filipino flash floods rises to 436
Many people were killed as they slept in their beds and tropical storm tore through two cities.