Heavy floods paralyze Jakarta after torrential rains
Jakarta, Feb 25 (IANS) The Jakarta Metropolitan Region was paralyzed on Tuesday by floodsafter torrential rains lashed the city, flooding several areas of the Indonesian...
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Body of Indian swept away by floods in UAE found in Oman
Dubai, Jan 17 (IANS) The body of an Indian driver, who went missing after flash floods in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week, has...
Jakarta floods death toll rises to 53
Jakarta, Jan 4 (IANS) Indonesian authorities have raised the death toll due to flooding in the Jakarta metropolitan area to 53, where thousands of people...
Toll in Jakarta floods, landslides reaches 43
Jakarta, Jan 3 (IANS) The death toll due to the floods and landslides in the Jakarta metropolitan area has increased to 43, Indonesian authorities said...
19 killed in Jakarta floods, landslides
Jakarta, Jan 2 (IANS) Severe flooding in Jakarta has claimed at least 19 lives and forced thousands of people to flee their homes after heavy...
Q2 GDP growth seen below 5% on slowdown, floods (IANS Poll)
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) General economic slowdown coupled with natural calamities such as floods have been cited by economists to have further decelerated India’s...
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...