Tag: Flood
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Damage due to floods in UK could spike due to climate change: Research
Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change, new research said.
March 7, 2023 -
Death toll from Brazil landslides increases to 65
The death toll after last week's heavy rains that triggered deadly floods and landslides along the coast of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state has increased to 65, local authorities said.
February 27, 2023 -
32 killed in Floods in Philippines
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tallied 23 deaths in southern Philippines, six in Bicol region on the main Luzon island, and three in central Philippines, reports Xinhua news agency.
December 29, 2022 -
Philippines death toll from Christmas flood, rain rises to 26
The calamity not only wreaked havoc in the country but also pushed more than 45,000 people into evacuation centres for shelter.
December 29, 2022 -
Worst Thai flood in years inflicts damage to crops, puts tourism revival at risk
An estimated 1.2 million rai (160,000 hectares) of agricultural land was hit by flooding with almost 82,000 houses damaged across 510 districts in 72 provinces, according to official data.
October 5, 2022 -
Imran Khan believes fresh election only solution to end instability in Pakistan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said that a fresh election is the only way to end the instability in the country, local media reported.
September 10, 2022 -
UN General Secretary says Pakistan needs massive financial support for rehabilitation and recovery from floods
The remarks of the UN Secretary-General came after he attended a briefing at the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Dawn reported.
September 10, 2022 -
Divided in a national emergency
Under the terms of the IMF deal all provincial governments were required to generate a fiscal surplus, which they had committed to do, in writing.
September 6, 2022 -
To aid or not to aid flood-hit Pakistan
The Pakistan government, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as also army chief General Bajwa have independently appealed for aid.
September 6, 2022 -
Flood protection calls for a comprehensive approach
Should we build embankments so close to rivers that they do not have the space needed to deposit silt and replenish ponds or recharge groundwater?
September 1, 2022 -
As Pakistan drowns in despair
This year’s still unfolding disaster is a warning about what lies ahead, as the Himalayan glaciers melt and extreme weather events become the norm.
September 1, 2022 -
Pakistan should not be left at mercy of climate change: PM Shahbaz Sharif
Kabul River is still at a very high flood level at Nowshera as the water has crossed 300,000 cusecs and this is why residents in some areas have not been allowed to come back to their homes," she said in a statement cited by The Express Tribune.
August 31, 2022 -
Pakistan’s greatest ever natural disaster
Couple that with the expected mass migration to urban centres and you can easily see what the near future will hold.
August 30, 2022 -
Over 5.7 million people affected with flood in Pakistan
The rescue, relief and rehabilitation in the country continue. According to The News International, the catastrophe has killed around 719,558 livestock.
August 29, 2022 -
End game of civilisations?
At the heart of the ideological divide is the question whether sovereignty is absolute in an inter-connected and inter-dependent world.
August 28, 2022 -
Catastrophic floods continue to ravage Pakistan
As millions of Pakistan people ravaged by extreme rain-induced flooding awaited relief on Friday, Quetta and Swat came under the spotlight.
August 26, 2022 -
Four of a family rescued from flooded rivulet in Ladakh
Troops of the Ladakh-based Fire & Fury Corps of the Indian Army saved the family trapped in a car surrounded by gushing water of a nullah near Rezang La War Memorial.
August 14, 2022