Even an hour-long rain generates flooding and waterlogging in many areas.

Flooded institutions paint grim picture of our students' situation

Catastrophic floodwaters can topple houses, sweep away cars like matchboxes and turn basements into death traps within minutes. Time and again, nature demonstrates its overwhelming force, and we're at its mercy

Every monsoon, Chattogram residents brace themselves for the annual ordeal of ankle- to knee-deep water flooding the low-lying areas following rainfall.

It is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate flooding completely, for floods are intricately linked to the very survival of people in this delta country.

Our craze to build and pave has led us to create cities of concrete and asphalt. Canals and wetlands are paved over.

Riverside people from northern Bangladesh devastated by floods twice this season, are now losing their houses and lands to erosion.

Flooding caused by torrential rains on Nigeria's border with Niger has left 49 people dead and another 20 missing, the emergency services said yesterday.

At least 312 people are killed and more than 2,000 left homeless as heavy flooding hits Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, leaving morgues overflowing and residents desperately searching for loved ones.

Areas of Japan are on high alert as heavy rains and flooding continue for a second day, following Typhoon Etau.

Hundreds of residents south of Sydney are forced to flee their homes because of rising floodwaters.