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One of the biggest storms to hit Japan in decades, super typhoon Nanmadol triggered landslides and brought record-breaking rain to south-west Japan. Two people have died and 90 were left injured, whilst nine million people were told to evacuate their homes.
Continue readingKentucky and Virginia were hit by severe flooding at the end of July and into August 2022, leading to the loss of at least 33 lives and damage to homes and infrastructure.
Continue readingNew South Wales was hit by another wave of flooding in July, causing at least one fatality and affecting around 50,000 people. This was the fourth major flood to hit greater Sydney in two years, with heavy rain falling on ground already saturated after an unusually wet summer.
Continue readingFrom 9 May 2022, Bangladesh and India began to experience a wave of storms which brought widespread flooding and landslides, affecting over 2 million people and causing at least 60 fatalities.
Continue readingBetween 8 and 21 April 2022, the slow-moving storm Issa brought long periods of heavy rain to KwaZulu-Natal which caused flooding and mudslides in Durban and surrounding areas, affecting over 40,000 people.
Continue readingQueensland and New South Wales have experienced some of the worst flooding ever seen after areas received almost a year's worth of rain in just a few days, with at least 12 fatalities reported.
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