Flooding caused by the rain has devastated cities and towns across west and central Africa in recent days ... but that was before the floods hit Maiduguri, which has added at least 30 people ...

In the last two weeks of August, more than 1.5 million people were displaced across 12 countries in West and Central Africa due to ... said that even before the floods, residents in Borno were ...

Parts of the Sahara Desert have seen 600 percent of the average rainfall in the past 30 days, causing extreme floods.

Mathias Goemaere, a field coordinator for MSF, said that even before the floods ... across 12 countries in West and Central Africa due to floods, and about 465 have been killed, according to ...

That means floodplains in the Houston area will include more homes than ever before. Most lenders will require mortgage holders to buy flood insurance under the new maps, even if the home wasn't ...

Devastating floods ... before the floods hit Maiduguri, which has led to the death of 30 people in the region. Meanwhile, in Niger, more than 265 have been reported dead, and in Chad, around 487 ...

(Audu Marte/AFP/Getty Images) Before the dam collapse in Nigeria, heavy rainfall caused flooding in Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Niger, all part of Africa's Sahel region that usually receives little rain.

Parts of Europe have seen catastrophic flooding as a month’s worth of rain ... from Austrian Railways and Vienna public transport before travelling. Move to a safe area as soon as possible ...

Torrential rains have hit a broad swath of West and Central Africa in the past few weeks ... is a field coordinator for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Maiduguri. Even before the floods hit, the community ...

With the new maps, some residents who were never in the flood zone before may find themselves in it now. Being included in the flood zone may require them to purchase flood insurance to protect ...