Page 5 - Floods In India

In pictures: States battle floods, warned about landslides

As monsoon rains continue to batter parts of India, the Central Water Commission issued a flood advisory for several states

Assam flood situation improves marginally; 11,000 affected in 3 districts

Lakhimpur remained the worst-affected district with 9,600 flood-hit people, followed by 1,912 in Dhemaji and 300 in Baksa

India's weak fuel demand drags on as coronavirus crisis worsens

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, fell by 10.3% from a year earlier to 2.26 million tonnes, and were down 0.8% from 2.28 million tonnes in June

Ready to provide humanitarian support to flood-affected people in India: UN

More than 500,000 people have been evacuated due to floods in India, says UN

Bihar CM flags non-cooperation from Nepal at meeting with PM Modi on floods

Rivers originating in the neighbouring country have inundated several districts of the state

PM holds meeting with CMs of six states to review flood situation

The states that attended the meeting to review their preparedness to deal with the south-west monsoon and current flood situation are Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala

Assam flood situation improves as water recedes; over 12,000 affected

Flood water ebbed from Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Kamrup and Nagaon districts since Thursday when 84,100 people in 177 villages of 10 districts were hit by the calamity

Tirhut canal breaches embankment in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district

The breach took place around 3.30 am near Pilkhi village of Muraul block, the release said

Flood situation in Bihar worsens, 53.67 lakh affected across 14 districts

More than half of the affected populace live in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts

Watch India's flood fury and the misery in pandemic-stricken regions

Speaking at the 67th edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a large part of the country was grappling with floods and asserted that the whole nation stands by those affected by the disaster. He said that all governments, NDRF teams, disaster response teams, self-help groups are working in tandem to provide relief and rescue in all possible ways

Assam flood claims 2 more lives, over 1 mn people affected in 18 districts

One person died in Morigaon and another in Tinsukia district, taking the toll to 61 across the state, of which 37 people were killed in the flood and 24 died due to landslides

Will the 2019 floods change the way we respond to extreme weather events?

Experts say climate change isn't always the culprit; exploitation, pollution and encroachment by humans play a larger role in making a disaster out of a manageable hazard

Let's manage risks, not disasters

Today, across the country, there are flood-and-drought-affected pockets next to one another. This is the new normal, and it will do us good to acknowledge and adjust to it quickly

Flood policy needs complete overhaul

India must learn from the ecological pioneers and carefully adapt the learnings to our own conditions

Yamuna breaches danger mark; death toll mounts to 37 in north India

Heavy rain battered Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, claiming 37 lives so far

Death toll rises to 241 in five flood-hit states; red alert in Rajasthan

A red alert warning has been issued for Jodhpur, Nagaur and Pali in Rajasthan for the next 24 hours

169 dead in flood, rain-related incidents in south and west India

Union Home Minister Amit Shah undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Karnataka and Maharashtra

Hundreds stranded in Mumbai as heavy rain disrupts railway service

Schools and colleges in Mumbai and neighbouring districts were also closed on Monday following a warning by the weather office

600 killed, 25 mn hit by floods in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar: UN

More than half-a-million of them have been displaced, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said

868 lives lost due to rains, floods in 7 Indian states during monsoon

247 people have died in Kerala, where 2,11,000 people in 14 districts have been badly hit by the rains and floods and over 32,500 hectares of crops damaged