Kamares anti-flood works ahead of schedule
Larnaca is continuing its anti-flood works, with the project in the area of Kamares now ahead of schedule, the city’s district self-government organisation (EOA) said on Thursday.
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More storms coming as Leonardo swells rivers, bursts aquifers in Spain and Portugal
Authorities in southern Spain have evacuated residential areas out of fear a major river could overflow and warned of landslides caused by bursting aquifers on Friday after Storm Leonardo swept ...
One man dead, a woman missing, as Storm Leonardo hits Spain and Portugal
An elderly man died in flood waters in Portugal and a woman was swept away by a swollen river in Spain after trying to rescue her dog, as Storm Leonardo ...
No funds yet for major water projects in Famagusta
Famagusta district self-government organisation (EOA) is awaiting answers from the government over the construction of two major water-related projects its president Yiannis Karousos told the Cyprus News Agency.
The projects ...
New Zealand rescuers seek landslide survivors as weather havoc kills two
Rescue workers combed rubble on Thursday at a campsite in New Zealand as they searched for the missing, children among them, following a landslide triggered by heavy rains that snapped ...
Authorities ready for extreme weather in Paphos
The Paphos district government organisation (EOA) is on alert, with four crews on standby as extreme weather is expected to strike the region, EOA president Charalambos Pittokopitis said on Thursday.
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One reported dead as flash floods sweep through Athens
A woman was killed on Wednesday night after being struck by a car swept along by floodwaters in southern Athens, as intense rainfall triggered widespread flooding across the capital.
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Kamares flood control project to ease chronic flooding, says district chief
Larnaca’s Kamares flood control project, due for completion in 2027, will largely resolve the area’s long-standing flooding problems, Larnaca district government chief Angelos Hadjicharalambous said on Saturday.
He said ...
Flash floods kill 37 in Morocco
At least 37 people were killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rains on Sunday in Morocco’s Atlantic coastal province of Safi, 330 kilometres (205 miles) south of the capital Rabat, Morocco’...
Floodwater begins to recede in north, efforts continue to mitigate impacts
The level of floodwater in the north began to recede in the north during the early hours of Wednesday morning, with Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci saying that water ...
Opposition perplexed as north ‘parliament’ convenes during flood
Opposition members of the north’s ‘parliament’ expressed their confusion on Tuesday after the Turkish Cypriot legislature convened despite residential neighbourhoods within a 15-minute walk of the ‘parliament’ in the ...
North hit by severe floods – one dead
One man has died after severe floods hit swathes of northern Cyprus on Monday night and Tuesday.
The man, named as 57-year-old Ercin Fevzi, had been missing since Monday night, ...
Polis Chrysochous ‘on alert’ after weekend flooding
Polis Chrysochous is “on alert” after bearing the brunt of Storm Byron and facing extensive flooding over the weekend, the town’s mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said on Monday.
He told ...
Road closed as Polis Chrysochous floods in storm
The road linking Polis Chrysochous and Latchi was closed on Sunday as heavy rainfall brought about by Storm Byron caused floods in the town and the region.
With heavy rainfall ...
Severe weather floods Nicosia, over 60 calls to fire brigade
More than 60 calls were made to the fire brigade on Wednesday as severe weather caused widespread flooding and disruption across the Nicosia district.
Among the incidents reported was a group ...
Post-wildfire flood control works underway
Agriculture ministry representative Nikoleta Iona on Thursday said the first phase of flood control works being carried out in light of the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and ...
Northern China flash flood kills 9, Xinhua reports
At least nine people died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported on Sunday, with three others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash ...
Car fished out of flooded road in Larnaca
The fire department hauled a car out of a flooded road on Wednesday night, after heavy rainfall in the district.In a separate incident in Larnaca, firefighters pumped water out ...
Flooded Paphos hospital ‘was built with a lot of shoddy work’
The Paphos general hospital, which flooded during heavy rain on Saturday night, was “built with a lot of shoddy work”, the town’s mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Sunday.
“No ...
South Korea says ready to offer flood relief to North Korea
South Korea is ready to provide North Korea with relief supplies for damage caused by recent heavy rainfall, South Korea’s Red Cross said on Thursday, marking a rare outreach ...
Rain and floods add to misery of Sudanese displaced by war
Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who ...
Waterborne illness now threaten flood-ravaged southern Brazil
Waterborne diseases are now a risk in Brazil’s southernmost state, authorities say, as residents begin to return to flooded homes and clean up after catastrophic floods that killed at ...
Reports in flooded drug warehouse case (Updated)
By Nikolaos Prakas and Jonathan Shkurko
A report on a pharmaceuticals warehouse that flooded a few weeks ago has been turned over for review to the audit office, it emerged ...
Large quantities of medicines destroyed by flood
Water leakage into medical storage facilities of the health ministry through a damaged roof, resulted in large quantities of medicines being destroyed it was revealed on Wednesday.
The incident happened ...