Rappler's latest stories on torrential rains
Washington DC hit by torrential rain, flooding
Footage from local TV stations and posted on social media shows vehicles submerged on roads near major landmarks like the Washington Monument, with some motorists standing on the roofs of their cars as floodwaters rise
One dead, two missing as Taiwan battles floods
UPDATED Cars homes and businesses are left underwater after 600 millimeters of rain falls in under 11 hours in some areas
Thousands stranded as flash floods hit Cagayan de Oro
UPDATED The City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office is on yellow alert Military trucks have been deployed to rescue residents
Floods kill 24 in Vietnam, more rains expected
Coastal Binh Dinh province reports the biggest death toll with 16 people killed since heavy rains began on December 12 according to an official online report from the national flood and storm control committee
Nearly 300 dead or missing from China flooding – media
As of Monday morning more than half a million people in the hardest hit provinces of Henan and Hebei are displaced with 125 000 people in urgent need of basic assistance
Torrential downpours wreak havoc in north Europe
By Tuesday morning some 45 days worth of rain had fallen in just 24 hours along the French Belgium border according to Belgium s meteorological institute
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Black weekend as storms lash Italy, Switzerland, France
At least 4 people are killed as landslides triggered by torrential rain slam into buildings on either side of the Swiss Italian border Sunday November 16 a day after floods in southern France killed 5 people
60 dead in Burundi flood disaster
Torrential rains hit the city late Sunday and houses in the poorer parts of town are often built from mud bricks
Rappler Newscast | August 19, 2013
2 provinces are put under a state of calamity Death toll in Cebu ferry collision rises 52 President Aquino rejects calls to abolish the pork barrel
Defining resilience to climate change
Climate scientists call evolving extreme weather conditions the new normal
