Floods worsen in southern Africa
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Officials in economically ravaged Zimbabwe issued new warnings Wednesday of floods, as fears grew that flooding in neighboring Mozambique would be more extensive than in 2001 when 800 people died.
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A number of homes in the Borders are flooded after winds and rain continues to batter much of the country.
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Flooding across much of West and Central Africa has killed at least 75 people and threaten around a half million, according to UN officials and government ay as several countries reported worsening conditions.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Water levels are falling in some parts of flood-hit Pakistan, enabling rescuers to reach areas cut off for days, but more bad weather is on the way, officials said on Monday.
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The death toll from weekend flash floods in southwest Ethiopia has climbed to 194, state television said as rescuers fought heavy rains to save up to 20,000 people marooned by the waters.
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Floods in Mozambique have killed 29 people and wrecked thousands of homes after torrential rain and hurricanes swept through the country in the past two weeks, the government said on Wednesday.
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Floods that have crippled much of Indonesia's capital worsened Sunday, inundating scores of districts and leaving about 145,000 homeless, officials and witnesses said.
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Thousands of people in Mozambique who have been left homeless by recent flooding faced fresh misery Thursday from a tropical cyclone which was bearing down on the southern African nation.
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A Kariba Dam floodgate is opened by Zimbabwe and Zambia prompting fears of further flooding downstream.
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The heaviest rainfall in 35 years has displaced 150,000 people in eastern Uganda since August and the rain has been "worsening by the hour," authorities said Friday.
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Zambia said 1.5 million people would be displaced by floods and aid agencies warned the lives of tens of thousands were in danger on Monday as rising waters inundated southern Africa.
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Flood waters caused misery, cut essential services and forced evacuations in widely spaced parts of the globe today.
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Parts of the UK are at a "serious" risk of flooding on Sunday, according to the Environment Agency.
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BEIRA, Mozambique  - Heavy rains from a cyclone sparked more flooding in Mozambique on Sunday, worsening a humanitarian crisis that has already killed 45 people and forced 140,000 from their homes.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Water levels are falling in some parts of flood-hit Pakistan enabling rescuers to reach areas cut off for days but more bad weather is on the way, officials said on Monday.
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Ethiopia braced for more damage from deadly nationwide flash floods as the government warned unusually heavy seasonal rains could force the release of water from dangerously swollen dams.
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Zimbabwe faces the threat of renewed  flooding which has destroyed homes and put new pressure on the  country's ailing economy, disaster management authorities said  on Wednesday.