Flooding in Mozambique has killed at least 36 people and displaced nearly 70,000, the United Nations said on Friday, as residents braced for a fresh storm surge.

A powerful earthquake and flash floods which struck Afghanistan this week killed at least 38 people and damaged hundreds of homes, the presidential palace said on Thursday, offering aid to victims.

Massive summer floods have killed four people and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across two Australian states on Tuesday, disrupting air and rail travel and coal production.

Three people were dead and dozens trapped on the roofs of their homes in north-eastern Australia on Monday as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of properties and threatening thousands more.

Any rational and objective analyst of India’s water and development policies has to conclude that if the country continues with its past and present practices, the country will face an unprecedented water crisis around 2025 the magnitude and extent of which no other earlier generation had to face.

Floods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta have left at least 11 people dead, authorities said on Friday as murky brown waters submerged parts of the city's business district, causing chaos for a second day.

Floods killed 673 people and affected about 120 million in China last year, officials said on Saturday.

The flood situation in Assam on Monday worsened with the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continuing to rise leaving nine persons dead and rendering 10 lakh people homeless in 16 districts.

Anticipating a second wave of floods to hit Kaziranga National Park after incessant rains over the last week, authorities Saturday put on high alert all wildlife rescue teams of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC).

Four persons died after being swept away by flash floods triggered by incessant rains in Kapkot area of Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district, officials said on Friday.