The weather continues to present unpleasant surprises. Powerful downpours hit the city of Taif, causing a real flood. On the streets washed with powerful streams of water, cars and people were carrying. Heavy rain across Saudi Arabia has caused flooding … Read More
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. File picture by Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via AP Germany’s national railway operator has estimated that last week’s flooding caused damage worth €1.3 billion (£1.1 billion) to its network, offering another glimpse of the extent of the … Read More
German Bundeswehr soldiers help to clean up the debris following heavy rainfalls, in Bad Muenstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany, July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen/File Photo Summary Safe disposal of tonnes of trash to take weeks Germany pioneered modern waste management … Read More
KABUL (Reuters) – Rescuers in Afghanistan continued to search amidst mud and rubble for missing people on Saturday after flash flooding this week killed around 160 people and washed away homes across the country, officials said. Thirteen provinces, mostly in … Read More
FILE – This Feb. 17, 2021 file photo shows an empty irrigation canal at a tree farm in Corrales, N.M., with the Sandia Mountains in the background, as much of the West is mired in drought, with New Mexico, Arizona, … Read More
At least three people have been killed by flooding on the Italian island of Sardinia, according to authorities and local media. In Bitti, a town in the province of Nuoro, streets were turned into rivers of mud that covered cars … Read More
