Chaiyaphum: Child Drowns as Flash Floods Persist

Chaiyaphum: Child Drowns as Flash Floods Persist

Picture courtesy of Kaoded. Authorities in Chaiyaphum province have issued an urgent warning to parents to closely supervise their children during the school holidays, following the drowning of a young boy in a flash flood-swollen stream. The incident occurred in Ban Bung Wian, Village 4, Pong No...

Over 45,000 People Affected by Somalia Flash Floods

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have affected more than 45,000 people across Somalia since mid-April, with at least four reported fatalities, according to the United Nations. In a report released on Wednesday, April 30, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that the floods are worsening an already dire humanitarian situation in a country grappling with reduced international aid and increasingly extreme we…