Our specialist event response team monitors global conditions to ensure you can respond rapidly as major flood events occur. Find recent events on the map below or search all commentary, footprints and reports below the map.
On 20 May 2019, 14 tornadoes swept through the US Midwest, exacerbating widespread flash flooding in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.
Continue readingSix weeks after Tropical Storm Idai hit Mozambique, Cyclone Kenneth made landfall, ranked as a category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale with wind gusts of up to 270kph.
Continue readingOur event response team has produced a flood footprint and commentary for the widespread flooding in Quebec province, as a result of continued rainfall and snowmelt.
Continue readingTwo months’ worth of rainfall fell within nine hours to cause flooding across the city of Rio de Janeiro, resulting in an estimated 10 fatalities. Read the full report here.
Continue readingFlash flooding in March 2019 has caused widespread disruption across Iran, with some cities receiving almost half of their annual rainfall in just one week and a reported 70 fatalities at time of writing.
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