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Now that the 2019 monsoon season has come to an end in India, we look back at the season as a whole and explore what changes in climate might mean for flood risk across South Asia in the future.
Continue readingTyphoon Hagibis, the worst storm to hit the country in 60 years, made landfall in Japan on 12 October, bringing widespread flooding and landslides across eight prefectures.
Continue readingTyphoon Lekima (known as Typhoon Hanna in the Philippines) caused widespread damage and flooding across eastern China, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Continue readingThe countries of India, Bangladesh and Nepal experienced widespread, severe flooding in July 2019, coinciding with the two year anniversary of the deadly, 'unprecedented' monsoon flooding of 2017 in the same region.
Continue readingThe island of Kyushu in southern Japan has been affected by wide-scale flooding and landslides over the past week, bringing widespread disruption to millions of residents, businesses and transport networks across the region.
Continue readingOn 20 May 2019, 14 tornadoes swept through the US Midwest, exacerbating widespread flash flooding in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.
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