As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds ...

Nigerian farmer Enoch Fater has barely slept in the last few days after water levels started rising at his paddy rice farm ...

Much of the flooding happened after Debby had left Georgia, unspooling over several days, carried by the overflowing Ogeechee River as it crossed several counties near South Carolina before ...

There is a River Flood Warning in effect through Wednesday afternoon. Minor flooding will continue as the river rises to ...

China has had a particularly long and terrible history of flooding. In the last 2000 years, the Yangtze River has flooded more than 1000 times. But it is the Hwang Ho or "Yellow River" that has ...

The body of Robert Macisaac, 59, was found in the Aspetuck River in Westport on Thursday afternoon, Fairfield police said. His truck was found about a mile (1.6 kilometers) upstream in the river ...

Chinese authorities issued more flood warnings for China’s Yangtze River on Friday, as heavy rains were forecast in provinces in the country’s south. At least 141 people have died or are ...

There were no train services between Hereford and Shrewsbury on Tuesday because of flooding on the line, with some parts blocked after a landslip. Several roads have also been closed. River levels ...

The woman was hiking in Havasu Creek, about a half-mile (800 meters) from where it meets up with the Colorado River, when the ...

Thousands of homes narrowly escaped serious flooding as river levels came "within centimetres" of breaching defences in Manchester. The Environment Agency said flood basins on the River Mersey in ...

Flooding occurs when a river bursts its banks and overflows onto the surrounding land. There are many factors which can cause a flood - often the natural landscape can influence flooding and human ...