Page 2 - Floods In India

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

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

In six-fold increase, 25 mn Indians to be exposed to severe floods by 2040

India has a national level protection policy but none at the regional or the city levels, unlike developed countries such as UK and Germany

Rainfall in India: How expanding forest cover can reduce flood damage

Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Andhra Pradesh have lesser forest cover and recorded most damage from floods

Mumbai floods: What happens when cities sacrifice ecology for development

Mumbai's extensive wetlands and mudflats have disappeared