Thailand is bracing itself for more flash floods today, with torrential rain forecast to hit two provinces, as the authorities struggled to reinstate road and rail networks in the south which has been inundated by water over the past week.
Nearly 10,000 people in the Malaysian states of Kelantan and Terengganu have been evacuated due to floods, amid the annual monsoon season.
Unrelenting rain along the Huaihe River, China's third-longest waterway, has pushed the water level to a record high and fanned concerns over possible floods, Huaihe water conservation commission said on Wednesday.
The death toll from Indonesia's flash floods and landslides rose to 17 on Wednesday, with nine people missing and 32 others injured, a disaster agency spokesman said.
Severe flooding across the country has left hundreds dead or missing since the rainy season began in early June, and the disaster response effort has exposed some challenges.
Record rainfall means Li Jianqiang is preparing for a visit from an old adversary; floods. He has been on "dike watch" since 1981.
At least 58 people have been killed in northern Pakistan and India by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
Landslides and floods in central Indonesia's North Sulawesi Province have left four people dead, one missing and hundreds of houses damaged, an official of the local disaster mitigation agency said on Wednesday.
Floods, landslides and mud flows have killed 22 and displaced 197,000 in southern China since heavy rain began Saturday, prompting emergency response to evacuate affected people and prevent further damages in crops and buildings.
Death toll from floods and landslides in western Indonesia's Central Java Province has risen to 43 on Monday, with 19 others missing, an official at the national disaster management agency said.
Five people were killed, one went missing and five others sustained serious injury after flash floods and landslides hit West Java province in western Indonesia on Sunday night, a local disaster agency top official said on Monday.
Rescue troops on Monday recovered at least seven more bodies from a landslide site in Sri Lanka's central Kegalle district bringing the total death toll from Sri Lanka's flash floods and landslides to 92, the Disaster Management Center said.
The weather has gone from extremely hot to extremely wet. Now, several major rivers passing through townships such as Shah Alam, Subang and Sungai Buloh are threatening to burst their banks
Landslides and floods in West Sumatra province of Indonesia have left five people dead, two people missing and forced over 4,000 others to flee homes, head of provincial disaster agency official said on Monday.
Rain-triggered floods and landslides in four provinces since Friday have left at least 28 people dead or missing.
The Eid- ul-Adha festival passed off as low key affair Monday in Indian- controlled Kashmir, as there were no celebrations in wake of the last month's devastating floods.
The recent floods and rainstorms in China's northeast regions have hit trade with Russia.
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