Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency on the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão, after deadly floods which killed at least nine people and forced 1,500 from their homes.

At least eight people were killed after flooding on Cape Verde's Sao Vicente island overwhelmed emergency services and cut key roads, a regional civil protection councillor said on Tuesday.

South Africa is studying whether some of its largest cities should take out flood insurance after a series of disasters in ...

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South Africa is considering a new kind of flood insurance for its high-risk cities, which could mean faster payouts when disasters happen.

The KwaZulu-Natal Human Settlements Department has revealed plans to close all Transitional Emergency Accommodations by ...

Nigerian weather forecasters on Wednesday warned that parts of 21 of the country’s 36 states are likely to experience ...

BEIJING -- Heavy rains in northwestern China caused flash flooding that killed at least 10 people and left 33 missing in ...

Torrential rains in Nigeria’s Adamawa state kill 25 and leave 11 missing as flash floods displace over 5,500 residents, ...

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly but north-easterly in the extreme south, ...

Top among the states that the agency warned may witness flood were Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Niger, Ogun, Adamawa, among others ...