A wave of deadly flooding in West and Central Africa left the remains of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies. The torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced ...

Devastating flooding has struck east Africa, with extreme rainfall wreaking havoc across several countries. Recent weeks have seen dozens of deaths in the region related to torrential rainfall, ...

JOHANNESBURG — At least 49 people were confirmed dead Wednesday as floods devastated one of South Africa’s poorest provinces, and officials said the toll was expected to rise as more bodies ...

Global warming intensified the rainy season in many African countries in 2024, sparking deadly floods, according to scientists. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) network said on Wednesday that ...

GENEVA — The U.N.’s refugee agency said Friday that destruction from flooding has displaced more than 3.4 million people in west and central Africa. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees ...

Authorities say the death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two weeks ago has risen to 101, with a 12-month-old baby the youngest fatality ...

The U.N.'s refugee agency said Friday that destruction from flooding has displaced more than 3.4 million people in west and central Africa. UNHCR said Friday that Nigeria's worst floods in a ...

Thus we have repetitive flood damage to the same properties. Fortunately we have not had the same level of deaths, 448, with about four dozen people unaccounted for in the South African flooding.

The models performed best for the 2012 flooding in Lokoja, a city at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers that has a well-defined floodplain. The worst performance was for the same flood event ...