Tag: flooding

Submerged in 1.2 metres of water, the whole site—including low-lying cabins and facilities—is now covered in 100 millimetres of mud and debris.

Church leaders are calling for prayer amid the flood crisis impacting communities in northern Queensland.

ADRA Australia chief financial officer Melville Simonsz has been seconded to the global ADRA network’s emergency response team in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.

Heavy rain in a north-eastern state of India earlier this month has caused major floods and landslides, leaving hundreds dead and millions displaced.

Severe flooding in Myanmar following Cyclone Komen has affected 1.1 million people across 12 of the country’s 14 states.

Seventh-day Adventist relief workers are distributing food and other essential items in Myanmar after heavy flooding killed at least 46 people and affected more than 210,000.

Heavy rains and strong winds have caused havoc across New South Wales' east coast, with 200,000 homes still without power in Sydney, Central Coast and the Hunter Region.

Thousands of people have been affected over the weekend as Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam took an unexpected change of course, crashing into key populated areas of Vanuatu with winds of up to 270km per hour.

As clean-up and recovery operations ramp up, communities devastated by Cyclone Marcia are banding together for strength and looking to the outside for help.

Adventist relief workers have been deployed to the areas of the Philippines hardest hit by typhoon Hagupit, which killed at least 27 people and caused widespread flooding, church leaders said on Wednesday.