Tag: flooding

Rescue efforts continue after deadly Nigeria floods • FRANCE 24 English

Rescue efforts were ongoing Thursday after floods that swept through Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state this week left at least 30 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. #Nigeria #floods…

New hotel runs on clean energy, and growing threats of inland flooding | Eye on America

In North Carolina, we learn about the growing threat of severe flooding facing inland communities. and in Connecticut, we check in at the only hotel in the country…

Louisiana braces for Hurricane Francine to make landfall

ABC News’ Matt Rivers reports from Houma, Louisiana, where the outer bands of the storm are expected to hit the area within the next couple of hours. Subscribe…

More rivers spill banks in central European floods, death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

More rivers in central Europe spilled their banks on Monday in flooding that has killed at least 10 people from Poland to Romania and left many towns submerged…

Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana

Roads flooded near the Gulf Coast, and some areas braced for up to 10 feet of storm surge on Wednesday. New Orleans officials expressed confidence that pumps will…

Central Europe braces for more flooding as death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday, as others in central Europe began cleaning up after the worst flooding in…

Hurricane Francine packed ‘heavier of a punch,’ Louisiana mayor says

Kevin Clement, mayor of Thibodaux, Louisiana, discusses how his residents are being affected by the storm that made landfall early Wednesday evening near New Orleans as a Category…