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Hopes of finding survivors in Amarnath flash floods fading: Officials

Hopes of finding those missing in the Amarnath flash floods alive are fading by the hour even as the rescuers are making last-ditch efforts to look for any survivor

Bengaluru airport flooded after heavy rain, showers likely to continue

Bengaluru on Monday witnessed heavy rainfall, causing a flood-like situation across the city

Statsguru: From floods to deficient rainfall, dealing with climate change

The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and if a new IPCC report is to be believed, the situation will only worsen in coming years

Monsoon 2021: Bengal flood situation remains critical; 300,000 affected

The flood situation in West Bengal remained critical on Thursday though there was less rainfall, a senior state government official said. The number of deaths due to the deluge remained unchanged at 23 as no fresh fatality was reported from any of the seven affected districts where around three lakh people have been shifted to rescue centres. "The flood situation remains critical. We are monitoring it. Adequate measures have been taken and we have ensured that there is ample supply of drinking water, dry food packets and medicines," the official said. More than 4 lakh hectares of agricultural land in these seven districts is under water now. Heavy rain and subsequent discharge of water from dams in the last few days have inundated large parts of Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur, Hooghly, Howrah, South 24 Parganas and Birbhum districts. On Thursday, 24,000 cusec water was released from Maithon dam of the Damodar Valley Corporation and it is within the normal range, a

Chamoli floods: Two ITBP teams, three from NDRF rushed to spot

Chamoli DM orders evacuation of people living in villages on banks of river

Flood waters recede further in Assam; over 241,000 affected in 4 districts

Flood waters in Assam further receded on Friday and remained in four districts affecting a population of over 2.41 lakh, though the deluge claimed one more life, a government bulletin said here. With the death of one person in Morigaon district, the total number of people who lost their lives in flood-related incidents this year rose to 121, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in the bulletin. It said that 2,41,825 people of 379 villages in four districts are now affected, while the number of people hit by the calamity on Thursday was 2.70 lakh in seven districts. Flood waters receded from three districts since Thursday and the districts of Goalpara, Morigaon, Hojai and Nagaon remained submerged now. ASDMA said that 22,802 hectare of crop areas are under water now. Nagaon is the worst-hit district with more than 1.79 lakh people reeling under the flood, followed by Morigaon (34,424), Goalpara (26,127) and Hojai (2,067). The Brahmaputra river is flo

Flood water of Mahanadi inundates several Odisha villages, many rescued

Flood waters of the Mahanadi inundated several villages in coastal Odisha on Sunday with over 10 lakh cusec flowing through the Mundali barrage near Cuttack, officials said.

Bihar flood situation stable; 8.36 million people across 16 dist affected

The flood situation remained stable in Bihar for the second consecutive day and the number of people hit by the deluge is 83.62 lakh across 16 districts

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

In pics: Floods, landslides at various states due to heavy rainfall

IMD informed that rainfall activity is very likely to continue over Jharkhand, parts of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Andaman and Nicobar Island

Severe floods in 16 UP districts, large-scale destruction of paddy crop

Incessant rain the past three days, water discharge from barrages in Nepal wreak havoc in 16 districts of the eastern part of the state

Slight improvement in flood situation in Uttar Pradesh: Officials

The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh has improved further, with three districts being dropped from the list of affected places on Tuesday, officials said.

States should give doorstep delivery of PDS ration in flood areas: Paswan

Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said state governments should adopt doorstep delivery of PDS ration to beneficiaries in flood affected areas.

Better coordination between agencies for permanent flood prediction: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underlined the need to have a better coordination between all the central and state agencies to have a permanent system for forecasting of floods.

Bihar flood situation remains grim; 74 lakh affected in 16 districts

The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Sunday as 87,000 more people were affected by the deluge, a Disaster Management Department bulletin said.

Urad prices surge 20% in two months on incessant floods, crop damage

Other pulses follow suit; govt allows imports and release of buffer stock to cool prices

Responding to floods

India needs a holistic approach

What caused the floods in Maharashtra and why are they significant

Experts say the Arabian sea, which brought the bulk of the rains this time, has seen a rise in its surface temperature over the years, pointing to global warming

At 107,487, India accounts for 1/5th of global deaths from floods in 64 yrs

India is one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change

Graphic: Floods may cost South Asia $215 billion a year by 2030

Flooding accounted for 47 per cent of all weather-related global disasters between 1995- 2015