Floods
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Flood in Warangal
Warangal: A rescue team carries out operations in a flood-hit area of Warangal district, Saturday, Aug 15, 2020. (PTI Photo) (PTI15-08-2020_000214B) Warangal: Vehicles ply on a flooded road after heavy…
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Google Search to give you crucial info about floods in India
New Delhi: Google is already sending public alerts to people hit by flooding in India and users in India can now use Search to simply enter a query on a flood-affected…
- World
Summer floods in China results in $25 billion direct damage
Beijing: Summer floods in China have left more than 200 people dead or missing and caused $25 billion in direct damage, an emergency management official said Thursday. The floods struck major river…
- World
China’s deadly summer floods have caused USD 25B in damage
Beijing: Summer floods in China have left more than 200 people dead or missing and caused USD 25 billion in direct damage, an emergency management official said Thursday. The floods struck…
- Middle East
Heavy rains in Yemen destroyed Sana’s ancient homes
Sana: “Flash floods in Yemen, triggered by torrential rains, have killed at least 172 people, and damaged homes and UNESCO-listed world heritage sites across the country,” officials said. A government…
- India
Several parts of Karnataka face a flood-like situation
Bengaluru: Several parts of Karnataka, including Karwar in Uttara Kannada district, continue to face a flood-like situation due to incessant rainfall, while the Central Water Commission (CWC) warned that Cauvery…
- India
PM holds meeting with CMs of six states to review flood situation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a virtual meeting with chief ministers of six states to review the flood situation in which he emphasised extensive use of innovative…
- World
Half of B’desh affected by devastating floods, 119 dead
Dhaka: Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of floods on Monday which also claimed the lives of 119 people. According to the daily flood situation report of the country’s…
- India
Assam floods claim five more lives, 25L people still in distress
Guwahati: The overall flood situation in Assam slightly improved on Sunday even as five more people died in Barpeta, Morigaon and Kokrajhar districts, raising the death toll to 102, while…
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Wildlife affected due to rain in Assam
Nagaon: A herd of wild elephants takes shelter on highland inside the flooded Burapahar range of Kaziranga National Park, in Nagaon District, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI15-07-2020_000141B) Golaghat: One-horned…
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Rains hammer Toli Chowki, flood its streets
Hyderabad: Like many other areas of the city, Toli Chowki experienced a downpour of rain that flooded the streets. As per the Indian Meteorological Department, the floods are expected to last…
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Assam flood situation grim, 59 lives lost, 33 lakh affected
At least nine more people were killed in five districts of flood-ravaged Assam on Tuesday, increasing the state’s death toll due to the deluge to 59 even as 28 of…
- India
Assam’s Kaziranga park flooded, 51 animals killed, 102 rescued
Guwahati: Flood in different parts of Assam inundated large swathes of land in Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage site, killing at least 51 wild animals though 102 animals have been…
- World
141 dead or missing in floods in China
Beijing: Over 140 people have died or are missing in the catastrophic floods that have been wreaking havoc in China since last month, affecting more than 37 million and damaging…
- India
Photos: Floods in Assam
Goalpara: Villagers use a country boat to shift from a flooded locality following heavy rainfall at Bolbola in Goalapra district of Assam, Monday, May 25, 2020. Heavy rainfall caused flooding…
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Natural disasters are not new to Hyderabad; City has always shown resilience
Prof. Adapa Satyanarayana The Musi River floods of 28 September 1908 caused about 15,000 deaths. It destroyed more than 19,000 homes, and made one quarter of the entire city’s population…
- World
Heavy floods paralyze Jakarta after torrential rains
Jakarta: The Jakarta Metropolitan Region was paralyzed on Tuesday by floodsafter torrential rains lashed the city, flooding several areas of the Indonesian capital. Indonesia’s national disaster management authority (BNPB) spokesperson…
- World
Floods in southeast Tanzania leave 21 people dead
Lindi: The floods which hit southeastern Tanzania’s Lindi region have left 21 people dead, Tanzanian media reported. According to the ITV broadcaster, 500 more people are trapped in Kilwa Kisiwani…
- NRIs Corner
Body of Indian swept away by floods in UAE found in Oman
Dubai: The body of an Indian driver, who went missing after flash floods in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week, has been found in Oman, police has confirmed. The…
- World
Philippines floods force 66,000 from homes
Manila: The Philippines’ north has been hit by some of its worst flooding in decades, with torrents of muddy runoff forcing 66,000 from their homes and prompting rescues of trapped…
- Andhra Pradesh News
Floods hampering sand supply: Andhra CM
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday rubbished the allegations by the opposition parties on sand policy and clarified that due to unprecedented rains and…
- Bangalore News
Former CM Siddaramaiah takes stock of damage due to floods
(Badami): Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday visited Badami town to take the stock of the damage due to floods. The senior Congress leader was accompanied by a group…
- India
Patna floods: Angry residents protest at several places
Patna: Hundreds of people staged protests here on Saturday against the state government for failing to pump out the flood waters from their areas and provide relief to them. The…
- Bangalore News
Declare Karnataka floods national calamity: KPCC
Belgaum (Karnataka): The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Tuesday protested here asking for more relief for those affected during Karnataka floods and also demanded for it to be declared…
- Politics
MP flood politics: Shivraj sings in protest, Cong says ‘drama’
Mandsaur: The Congress on Sunday termed as ‘drama’ a sit-in staged by former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Mandsaur seeking compensation for the farmers affected by floods…
- News
4 killed in Spain floods
Orihuela [Spain]: At least four people were killed as flood wreaked havoc in various towns of eastern Spain. A middle-aged man was killed after his car was trapped in a…
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5 killed, 3 missing due to floods, landslides in Vietnam
Hanoi [Vietnam]: At least five people lost their lives and three others went missing in floods and landslides that were caused due to incessant rain since the past few days…
- India
Punjab to canalise its rivers to prevent floods: Amarinder
Jalandhar: Reviewing the ground situation in flood-hit villages, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced his government would canalise all the rivers with technical support from the World Bank and…
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Belgaum: 13 dead, 4 missing in Belgaum floods
Belgaum: 13 persons lost their lives while four are missing in the aftermath of the floods in the district as on Tuesday according to the data issued by the district…
