Financial Tribune - Storage capacity of dams in Khuzestan, Kohkilouyeh-Boyer-Ahmad and Bushehr have been maintained at secure levels to help control possible flooding as autumn rains are reported in many parts of the country Dams in the southwestern and southern regions are ready to control possible floods forecast for the weekend. According ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman extended sympathies to Iraqi government and people over the cataclysmic flood in several areas in Iraq. Bahram Ghasemi sent a cable to Iraqi President Barham Salih, expressing condolences over the massive floods that hit several areas in Iraq on Tuesday. He offered his deepest sympathies to President ...

Tasnim A major rescue operation has been launched in Irans western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari after four women were reported missing in a flash flood that ripped through a village in Lordegan county, authorities said Monday. Rescuers got to work Monday looking for the victims in piles of debris that collected after a flash flood ...

Press TV - Barely a month after flooding and landslides that claimed dozens of lives in northwestern Iran, heavy downpours have once again hit many parts of the country. Shahin Fat-hi, of the Iranian Red Crescent Societys Search and Rescue Department, said on Saturday that as many as 12 provinces, including Tehran, Mazandaran, Isfahan, and Fars,...

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani in separate telephone conversations with governor generals of East, west Azarbaijan and Ardebil provinces ordered rapid use of all possibilities to relief victims of flood-stricken areas, including all possible assistances from neighboring provinces. He also talked with Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian, who is in area ...

Tasnim Heavy rains have contributed to flash floods in four northwestern provinces of Iran, affecting more than 1,000 people. Spring rains pouring in Irans provinces of East and West Azarbaijan, Kurdestan, and Zanjan, affecting 17 towns. Rescue teams have provided relief aid for 1,100 people in the flood-hit areas as of Saturday morning....

MNA Fars provincial Cultural Heritage Office has said Persepolis ancient relics has escaped possible damage by recent flooding which swept larger part of the province. Mr. Abdolreza Nasiri told reporters on Saturday that media stories that Persepolis had been inundated by rain water were inaccurate; no ancient monument including Persepolis Complex ...

Press TV- Blizzard, snow drifts, and flooding have besieged cities in several Iranian provinces, while cutting off access to many villages in other areas. Incessant snowfall in the northern city of Rasht over Friday and Sunday has blocked the highway linking it to the city of Qazvin. The situation has also caused authorities to ban heavy trucks ...

Haitian government officials say the death toll fromHurricane Matthew in the impoverished Caribbean country has soared to at least 339, suggesting that the figure could rise as the scope of destruction from the natural calamity is becoming clear. The officialsannounced the death toll on Thursday, marking a sharp increase from the 23 deaths previously ...

[caption id="attachment_119566" align="alignright" width="213"] Floods and damage caused by this natural phenomenon have increased due to factors such as increasing population, climate change and economic and residential development. Source: Hamshahri Online[/caption] According to the 2012 report by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction,...