Page 16 - Floods

In world hurting from floods and fire, insurance firms won't offer bailout

If it becomes too expensive to cover losses for natural disasters, insurers will pull back toward areas that are more profitable.

Monsoon: 113 dead, 100 missing in Maharashtra; IMD issues alerts for MP

So far, 50 people have also been injured in these incidents, the government said in a statement

Maharashtra floods: 34 NDRF teams engaged in rescue ops; BMC sends teams

As heavy rains lashed many parts of Maharashtra, IMD issued a red alert for five districts, two teams of BMC have left for Raigad and Kolhapur.

Maharashtra floods: 34 NDRF teams engaged in rescue operations

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations in the coastal areas of Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Floods leave trail of destruction in Konkan towns

When heavy rains started pounding Ratnagiri district, little did Pragati Rane think that things could escalate to the level that she, her family would have to scale the sloped roofs of their houses

Death toll from rainstorms in China's Henan province reaches 56, 5 missing

The death toll from the torrential rainstorms in China's Henan province had increased to 56, with five people reported missing, local authorities said.

Modi assures Centre's full assistance to Goa amid floods due to heavy rains

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to enquire about the prevailing flood situation in Goa due to incessant rains

Death toll in central China floods rises to 56, losses mount to $10 billion

Over 8,000 military personnel worked in 10 different danger zones around Zhengzhou city, Xinhua reported

Heavy rains unleash havoc in west, south India; IMD says more to come

A total of 129 people have died in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra in 48 hours, a senior state disaster management official said on Friday

Death toll in central China floods rises to 51, losses mount to $10 billion

The death toll from the rain-triggered unprecedented floods in central China has risen to 51 with the official estimate of losses totalling about $10 billion, the state media reported on Friday.

13 construction workers die in flooded tunnel in China's Guangdong province

At least 13 construction workers have died in a flooded highway tunnel in China's Guangdong province, local media reported

China's 'iPhone city' relocates over 100,000 as floods kill 25

Military blasts dam to divert water threatening heavily populated provinces

13 killed, over 100,000 evacuated as unprecedented floods hit central China

President Xi Jinping to deployed the Army to rescue those trapped in inundated subways, hotels and public places, amid fears of collapse of a dam posing flood risk to the provincial capital.

German Cabinet meets to approve financial aid for victims of flooding

Germany's Cabinet is meeting Wednesday to decide on a package of immediate aid for victims of last week's floods and consider longer-term plans to rebuild devastated areas.

Flash floods hit Bavaria as European death toll climbs to over 180

The death toll from flooding in Western Europe climbed above 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters

Europe flood death toll tops 150, costly rebuilding of communities ahead

Days of heavy rain turned streets into raging rivers this week and caused the disastrous flooding

Death toll from floods in western and southern Germany exceeds 100

Death toll from the devastating floods triggered by torrential rainfall in western and southern Germany has increased to more than 100, with thousands others missing, according to authorities

Europe floods: Death toll over 120 as rescues continue, says report

Authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate said 60 people had died there, including 12 residents of an assisted living facility for people with disabilities in the town of Sinzig

At least 44 dead, dozens missing as floods sweep through western Europe

Houses collapse after Ahr river bursts banks south of Bonn; more heavy rain due in southwestern Germany

Heavy rainfall causes flooding in parts of Europe; countries alert

Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, and a man swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany remained missing Wednesday.