Floods
- World
Death toll due to flash floods in Nepal rises to 1344
Kathmandu: The death toll due to the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,344 on Saturday, September 5, as more bodies were recovered from the affected areas while thousands remain missing,…
- World
Two workers rescued alive from tunnel in Nepal 10 days after flash floods
Kathmandu: Two men have been rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project 10 days after the Bhotekohi flash floods disaster. They have been identified as Kabir Maharjan, 45,…
- World
Nepal-Tibet Flood: China warns of more glacier collapses
Beijing: Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable, which may lead to more collapses and collateral disasters similar to last week’s deadly flash flood at the Tibet-Nepal border,…
- India
Uttar Pradesh floods: 3 killed, 16K evacuated in 23 districts
As many as 16,784 people have been evacuated to safety so far, with 3,042 of them rescued on Wednesday, as flood conditions persisted in parts of Uttar Pradesh, with 23 districts currently…
- World
Climate change makes disasters like Nepal floods more frequent
Kathmandu: When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbours fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been…
- World
Nepal floods: Families struggle to identify victims amid crisis
Body number 1003 at a state-run hospital in Nepal’s Pokhara was claimed by three families, each believing they had found a missing relative after the devastating floods. The families of Gopal Dahit,…
- India
India provides 68.5 tonnes of relief to flood-hit Nepal
Kathmandu: India has provided 68.5 tonnes of relief materials to flood-hit Nepal and sent technical teams, forensic experts and equipment to assist in search and rescue operations, the Indian embassy said. India…
- Top Stories
Tea break saves five friends as Nepal floods unleash fury
Raipur: But for a casual tea break, five friends from Chhattisgarh might have been swept away in the flash floods that tore through Nepal’s Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river valleys. Their brief…
- World
Death toll in Nepal floods mounts to 788, over 2,500 missing
Kathmandu: The death toll from the August 26 flash floods surged to 788 on Sunday, August 30, while more than 2,500 remain missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management…
- Chennai
Nepal flood survivors arrive in Chennai
Chennai: Tearful embraces, hushed prayers, and narrow escapes marked the scene at the airport here as the Nepal flood survivors arrived safely. Twenty-one pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, caught in the jaws of…
- India
No update on 77 pilgrims of Isha Foundation missing in Tibet
Kathmandu: There has been no update on the whereabouts of a group of 77 pilgrims from the Isha Foundation that went missing after a massive flash flood struck areas near the China-Nepal…
- World
Death toll rises to 359 in Nepal floods, 288 Indians missing
New Delhi: The death toll in the massive flash floods in Nepal rose to 359, as authorities in Nepal on Thursday, August 27, race against time to find hundreds of missing people,…
- Kashmir
Omar to review post-floods relief, rescue operations in Poonch
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will on Wednesday assess the ground situation in the flash flood and landslide-hit areas of Poonch following last month’s rain fury, which claimed 16…
- Hyderabad
Bonalu Rangam predicts heavy rains, floods, natural calamities
Hyderabad: Oracle Mathangi Swarnalatha, delivering the traditional Rangam prophecy during the annual Ujjaini Mahankali Bonalu celebrations, cautioned devotees about the possibility of heavy rains, floods, and other natural calamities in the coming…
- Telangana
Godavari recedes, flood warnings withdrawn in Mulugu, Bhupalpally
Hyderabad: Flood warnings in Telangana’s Mulugu and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts were withdrawn on Sunday, August 2, after a decline in water levels was witnessed in Godavari and Indravati rivers, the Irrigation Department…
