Flood
- India
Assam flood situation improves as water levels recede
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam improved on Sunday, July 26, as water levels were receding in most of the affected areas with those places not receiving overnight rainfall, even as over…
- India
Assam flood situation remains critical; 41 dead
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained critical, with 41 people killed so far and over 6.50 lakh reeling under the deluge across 11 districts, officials said on Thursday, July 23. The…
- Chennai
Chennai steps up flood mitigation works as monsoon nears
Chennai: With the northeast monsoon approaching, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has intensified flood mitigation works across the city, setting deadlines between July and October to complete canal restoration, stormwater drain (SWD)…
- India
10 killed, 6.53 lakh affected by floods in Assam
Guwahati: Assam reeled under intense flood on Wednesday, July 22, that hit 11 of its districts, affecting 6.53 lakh people and killing 10 people in one day, with no respite in sight…
- Mumbai
Two killed as landslide buries house in Pune after heavy rains
Pune: Two persons were killed while a search was underway for other missing family members after their house was buried in a landslide following heavy rains in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Monday,…
- Telangana
Telangana to conduct state-wide mock exercises on May 18
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will conduct state-wide mock drills on May 18 to assess the preparedness of emergency response systems for floods, forest fires and industrial accidents. Secretary Hari Chandana on Friday,…
- India
Flood or earthquake hit your area? Your bank will now help automatically
Hyderabad: If a flood, earthquake or any other natural disaster strikes your area, your bank will now be able to automatically offer you loan relief – without you having to ask for…
- News
HYDRAA tackles monsoon flooding, takes up desilting ahead of rains
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Commissioner AV Ranganath on Thursday, April 9, inspected ongoing desilting works in the city ahead of monsoon. Touring areas such as Rahmatnagar, Krishnanagar,…
- World
IMF approves $1.2 bn for Pakistan as stability efforts advance
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved nearly $1.2 billion in new financing for Pakistan, giving the country a critical infusion of support as it struggles to maintain macroeconomic stability amid severe…
- World
42 glacial lakes in Nepal at high risk of bursting: experts
Kathmandu: Forty-two glacial lakes in Nepal have been identified as being at critical risk of bursting, according to experts. A potential glacial lake outburst flood could result in massive loss of life…
- World
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines after killing 2, displacing 1mn
Manila: Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore on Sunday in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a…
- Telangana
Cyclone ‘Montha’ impact: Six dead in rain-related incidents in Telangana
Hyderabad: At least six persons died in separate rain-related incidents after heavy rains lashed different parts of Telangana due to the impact of Cyclone ‘Montha’ on October 29, police and district officials…
- India
Landless people hit by floods in J-K to be given land: Omar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said five ‘marlas’ of land would be given to the landless people in the flood affected areas of the Union territory, and the paperwork for…
- India
Relief efforts for farmers underway in flood-hit Marathwada, says Shinde
Thane: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde said that the state government has begun immediate relief efforts for flood-affected farmers in Marathwada, and compensation will be disbursed to…
- Telangana
Telangana rains: Flood relief kits flagged off for 5,000 families
Hyderabad: Principal Secretary and the Commissioner of the Civil Services Department, DS Chauhan, on Friday, September 26, flagged off seven lorries of flood relief grocery kits at the Civil Supplies Bhavan, Irrummanzil,…
