About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...

In Ishikawa, Japan, heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides, causing at least six fatalities. The area is still recovering from a significant earthquake earlier this year. Over 540 ...

Six people have been killed and 10 others are missing after record rainfall caused floods and landslides in parts of Japan's Ishikawa prefecture. The cities of Wajima and Suzu, which are still ...

The Philippines faces a harsh and often unforgiving reality due to the increasing severity of super typhoons. Year after year ...

THE Klang Valley and other parts of Malaysia often faces flash floods nowadays – like the one on Tuesday, which I’m sure caught KLites by surprise and caused mass disruption to traffic and ...

In the February 1942 incident, 136 laborers from the Korean Peninsula and 47 Japanese workers died ... dedicated to uncovering the history of the flooding disaster. Since the group's founding ...

Japan has provided over four million dollars to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on humanitarian grounds to improve water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in the flood affected areas ...

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Even an inch of flood water can cause $25,000 worth of damage, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). But standard homeowners insurance policies don't cover flooding.

The city of Charleston is moving forward with purchasing almost 115 acres of land in the Church Creek basin in West Ashley ...

But while homeowners insurance covers a lot, it rarely covers flooding caused by rainstorms, hurricanes or other severe weather. You need flood insurance to cover repairs to your home and ...