A landslide triggered by heavy rain struck a remote gold mine in West Papua on May 16, killing six and leaving 14 missing. Rescue efforts were delayed by the site’s inaccessibility and were halted again on May 19 due to damaged roads and continued rainfall.
At least 9 fatalities have been reported following flash floods and landslides triggered by prolonged heavy rainfall in Vietnam’s Bắc Kạn and Lai Châu provinces since Friday, May 16, 2025.
Severe flooding swept through southern Tanzania after two days of intense rainfall from May 14 to 15, 2025, displacing over 3 000 people and damaging critical infrastructure. Kyela, Rungwe, and Ileje districts were the most affected, with villages submerged and crops destroyed.
Torrential rains struck northern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, between May 16 and 18, 2025, forcing over 4 100 people to evacuate and leaving several others missing. The storms brought more than 400 mm (16 inches) of rainfall, flooding towns, closing major highways, and disrupting the regional soybean harvest.
A 12-year-old was found deceased in Albemarle County, Virginia, after flash floods struck parts of the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, prompting Flash Flood Emergencies in multiple counties and evacuations in areas including Westernport, Maryland.
A Flash Flood Emergency was issued for parts of western Maryland on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, as floods forced over 200 people to evacuate three schools in Allegany County. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy in Albemarle County, Virginia, was reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters from a nearby creek.
Flash floods struck southern Florida on Monday, May 12, 2025, as a strong Gulf storm brought record-breaking rainfall, including 110.5 mm (4.35 inches) in Miami, surpassing a record set in 1943.
At least 7 people were reported dead in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, after heavy rain on Friday, May 9, 2025. Floodwaters rose to waist height, causing widespread damage to roads and city infrastructure.
Heavy rainfall from May 8 to 11, 2025, triggered flash floods in Shuilong Village, China’s Guangdong Province, damaging homes and crops and forcing evacuations. No casualties were reported, but over 3 221 people were preemptively evacuated across the province.
Over 100 people were killed in Kasaba Village, South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, after the Kasaba River overflowed following heavy rainfall between May 8 and 9, 2025. The resulting floods damaged more than 150 homes, injured multiple residents, and devastated the surrounding area.
