UK floods: Woman’s body found after being ‘swept away’
London, Nov 8 (IANS) The body of a woman was pulled from the flood waters in Darley Dale after emergency services were called to a …
Floods claim 17 lives, displace 3,70,000 in Somalia
Mogadishu, Nov 6 (IANS) Floods claimed 17 lives, displaced over 3,70,000, and destroyed farmland and infrastructure in Somalia, the United Nations office said here on …
Floods hampering sand supply: Andhra CM
Amaravati, Oct 29 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday rubbished the allegations by the opposition parties on sand policy …
Heavy rains, floods wreak havoc in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS) Heavy rains and floods across Karnataka wreaked havoc claiming 13 lives and damaged 10,038 houses, said a weather official on Wednesday. …
Film on Kerala floods make it to Cairo film festival
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 19 (IANS) Malayalam award-winning filmmaker Jayaraj’s latest offering, “Roudram 2018”, based on the devastating 2018 Kerala floods, will be screened at the International …
Patna floods: Angry residents protest at several places
Patna, Oct 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people staged protests here on Saturday against the state government for failing to pump out the flood waters from …
Patna floods: BJP MP falls into river as makeshift boat tilts
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) Former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Patliputra Ram Kripal Yadav had a narrow escape when he fell …
Congress slams Nitish government over floods
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday slammed the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government of Bihar for “mishandling” the flood situation in the state, …
Giriraj targets ally Nitish for Bihar floods
Patna, Oct 1 (IANS) Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday targeted Bihar government for poor handling of floods due to heavy rains in the state. …
Bihar floods: Oct 2 programmes postponed
Patna, Oct 1 (IANS) The massive water logging in Patna and flood in over a dozen districts across Bihar, after heavy rains for three days, …
Odisha government alerts collectors on possible floods
Bhubaneswar, Sep 25 (IANS) The Odisha government on Wednesday asked district collectors to keep administrative machinery ready in view of intense rainfall that might cause …
Prices crash as pea smuggled from B’desh, Nepal floods Indian market
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Prohibited pulses such as peas have joined the list of items being smuggled into the country from Nepal and Bangladesh, …
Floods kill 33 in Thailand
Bangkok, Sep 16 (IANS) Floods that have submerged large parts of northern Thailand for the last two weeks have killed at least 33 people, authorities …
Punjab seeks Centre’s help to counter floods
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday sought a comprehensive mechanism from the Centre to check recurrence of floods, which …
Rahul slams Modi for not visiting Kerala during floods
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Kerala or granting any flood …
Floods turn Himachal apple business ‘sour’
Shimla, Aug 29 (IANS) Due to rain fury and floods, record harvest of apples this season after two consecutive lean years of its production have …
Fortify banks along Pak border to stop floods: Punjab CM
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday asked the Water Resources Department to work out a joint action plan to strengthen …
Punjab to canalise its rivers to prevent floods: Amarinder
Jalandhar, Aug 22 (IANS) Reviewing the ground situation in flood-hit villages, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced his government would canalise all the …
Floods hit life in Punjab and Haryana, Delhi threat dips (Roundup)
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Large areas across Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday remained affected by the flood waters which have submerged crops and marooned …
300 Punjab villages badly affected by floods
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) More than 300 villages, mainly in Punjab’s Ropar, Jalandhar and Ferozepur districts, were badly affected in floods by the Satluj river, …
Yamuna floods homes, thousands shifted
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) With floodwaters of the Yamuna having swamped their homes, people living on the banks of the swollen river are in …
Goa floods affect 6,000 farmers, 1,928 hectares land: Minister
Panaji, Aug 20 (IANS) Heavy monsoons and flooding in Goa have affected the livelihoods of over 6,000 farmers in the state and the consequent losses …
13 rescued from floods by IAF
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Indian Air Force saved 13 lives in two separate rescue missions carried out in flood-affected areas in Jammu and …
Water released from Hathnikund barrage floods Haryana villages
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday took stock of the situation after a dozen villages in Yamunanagar district were …
Year after Kerala floods, KSEB yet to give Rs 130 cr to CM fund
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19 (IANS) In a shocking revelation, it has come to light that the Rs 130 crores that were collected by the Kerala State …
Two killed, several villages affected in Andhra floods
Amaravati, Aug 17 (IANS) Two persons were killed after floods in Krishna river affected about 90 villages and inundated several habitations in Krishna and Guntur …
Naidu served notice to vacate house in view of floods
Amaravati, Aug 17 (IANS) Authorities in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday served a notice on former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to vacate the house on …
Floods destroy 182 houses, displace thousands in Nigeria
Abuja, Aug 16 (IANS) Floods caused by persistent rainfall have destroyed at least 182 houses and displaced thousands of people in Nigeria’s town of Dapchi, …
Karnataka floods: Yediyurappa meets PM, seeks 10,000 cr fund
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Aug 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured Karnataka Chief Minister of central aid to speed up relief works in its …
Kerala floods: Kavalapara still searching for missing residents
Malappuram (Kerala), Aug 15 (IANS) A week later, the misery at Kavalapara – about 50 kms from here – continues as men and machines work …
Floods ‘drown’ BJP’s euphoria on returning to power in K’taka
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) The BJP’s euphoria over its dramatic return to power in Karnataka seems to have ‘drowned’ in the floods that the southern …
8 killed in Odisha rain, floods
Bhubaneswar, Aug 13 (IANS) At least eight people were killed due to the heavy rain and floods in Odisha, a relief official said on Thursday …
Odisha collectors told to be ready for possible floods
Bhubaneswar, Aug 12 (IANS) With Odisha witnessing heavy rainfall, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Monday asked the district collectors to remain prepared for …
After floods, Maharashtra launches relief, rehab works
Sangli, Aug 12 (IANS) After the 12-day rescue operations, which is still on in some pockets, the task of providing relief and rehabilitation has been …
Kerala floods make Eid low key affair
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 (IANS) With rains and subsequent floods battering Kerala for the past few days, Eid celebrations in various parts of the state on …
Congress accuses Centre of ‘insensivity’ over floods
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP-led NDA government of displaying “insensitivity” towards flood victims in the country, and said …
Kerala floods toll 55, over 1.5 lakh shifted to relief camps
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) The Kerala floods death toll has reached 55 and over 1.5 lakh people shifted to around 1,300 camps across the rain-battered …
Drain water floods housing societies in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 residents of two housing societies near Rajbagh metro station in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, are living under the fear of …
Floods force Kochi airport closure till Sunday
Kochi (Kerala), Aug 9 (IANS) Chaos gripped Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) after authorities announced sudden suspension of flight operations at 9 a.m. on Friday …
30 killed in Maharashtra floods, 2 lakh evacuated
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 30 people have been killed in various flood-related incidents in Maharashtra in the past one week even as more …
3 killed, 2 missing in Odisha due to floods
Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (IANS) At least three people died while two others were missing due to incessant rainfall that triggered flash floods in Odisha, the …