Flash floods News

Colombo - Torrential rains continued to lash Sri Lanka after Wednesday's floods and landslides killed 25 people and left over 18,000 homeless, in most parts of the country.

Dozens of people have been killed and over 56,000 evacuated to shelters as Typhoon Pablo, or Bopha, the strongest typhoon in a year, continues to batter the southern Philippines. (Updated.)

Despite losing his fight against undefeated Palm Springs boxing star Timothy Bradley, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao shared part of his prize money with his constituents in Sarangani, Philippines, who lost their homes due to flash floods.

With 6.0-6.2 magnitude earthquakes in Italy and Japan and flash floods in Afghanistan, it has become a heartbreaking weekend for many.

Prison inmates in the province of Bataan in the Philippines have skipped breakfast the past two days in order to donate their food budget to victims of flash floods in Northern Mindanao.

Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao has cancelled his trip to the U.S. in order help flood victims in Northern Mindanao as death toll in the Dec.16 flood devastation reached 1500 with over 1,000 more missing.

The death toll in the Philippine flash floods devastation has reached more than 1,200 as 16 more dead bodies were found over the weekend as far as 60 miles away from the site of the Dec.16 flash flood tragedy.

Giant waves measuring at least five meters high hit part of Southern Thailand Sunday, forcing residents in the affected areas to flee as their houses were swept away by the storm-induced waves from the sea.

A pregnant dog and two other 'Azkals', a local name for stray dogs, have done their share in saving the lives of their masters during the rampaging floodwater that hit low lying villages in Mindanao, Southern Philippines

Local authorities in Southern Philippines have decided to scrap plans for mass burial of unclaimed and decomposing bodies of flash flood victims following the devastation caused by Tropical Storm "Washi" that hit the low lying villages Friday night