Tag: Flood
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Flood situation worsens in Assam, toll rises to 88
A total of 2,62,155 people are staying in the relief camps while over 1,08,306 hectares of crops have been damaged.
June 22, 2022 -
Officials try to deliver aid to flooded South Asia villages
Bangladesh is mostly flat and low-lying, so short-term floods during the monsoon season are common and are often beneficial to agriculture.
June 20, 2022 -
Agartala receives highest rainfall in 60 years; flood worsens, 31 dead
The situation is no better in Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, where roads have been damaged due to landslides and villages are largely flooded.
June 18, 2022 -
Inter-ministerial Central team to visit flood-hit Assam to assess damage
The situation in Assam, where the pre-monsoon floods have affected large parts of the state since May 13, continued to improve for the fourth day on Wednesday, but still around 5.80 lakh people in 18 districts are affected.
May 25, 2022 -
Assam flood: Death toll rises to 24, nearly 7.19 lakh people affected
Of the six new deaths, four were reported from Nagaon and one each from Hojai and Cachar districts. Of the 24 deaths, 19 died in floods and five in landslides in different districts.
May 23, 2022 -
Amit Shah approves assistance of Rs 1682 cr for five flood struck states
The break-up of the assistance will be as follows: Andhra Pradesh Rs 351.43 crore; Himachal Pradesh Rs 112.19 crore; Karnataka Rs 492.39 crore; Maharashtra Rs 355.39 crore; Tamil Nadu Rs 352.85 crore; and Puducherry Rs 17.86 crore.
March 3, 2022 -
Death toll from Malaysia’s floods rises to 37
A total of 68,341 flood victims from 18,080 families were recorded at 396 relief centers (PPS) in seven states with Pahang being the most affected state, Xinhua news quoted Sani as saying.
December 24, 2021 -
Flood warnings for parts of Australia
Among the worst-hit regions in NSW is in the Upper Hunter, about 300 km north of Sydney, where flood waters have inundated homes in the rural town of Cassilis.
November 26, 2021 -
12 washed away as heavy rains trigger floods in Andhra
Rescue workers pulled out 12 bodies and were searching for the missing people in Rajampet area. The buses were stuck in flood waters in Mandpalle, Akepadu and Nandaluru villages. While some were rescued by the local residents, 30 people were feared washed away.
November 19, 2021 -
Flood warning issued in parts of Tamil Nadu
Parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has witnessed heavy rainfall over the next few days due to depression over the Bay of Bengal, leading to waterlogging in parts of the state.
November 12, 2021 -
Varun Gandhi hits out at Yogi govt over plight of flood victims
Varun said that there is a flood in the entire Terai region of the state, "people need help, but even at such a time, help is not being provided by the government".
October 22, 2021 -
Kerala Assembly adjourned till 25 Oct, pays homage to flood victims
Thrippunithura MLA K Babu, the only speaker on behalf of Opposition today, offered Opposition's support to the state government while also raising concerns on the recurring situation in Kerala, wherein over 500 lives have been lost in the last four years.
October 20, 2021 -
TMC leaders supervise flood relief & rescue ops
"Today, besides the government relief, our party has dispatched 10,000 food packets for Khandaghosh, Raina, Katwa and Galsi blocks. We have engaged 2000 of our party men in the entire relief operation."
October 3, 2021 -
Javed reviews flood-ravaged Burdwan (W), says QRT formed
Asansol has recorded the highest ever single-day rainfall with 435.5 mm yesterday. Ghatak alleged that the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is responsible for the flood situation as they have released about one lakhs cusecs of water from its Maithon and Panchet dams without consulting the state government.
October 2, 2021 -
Mamata blames DVC, J’khand for WB floods
Miss Banerjee alleged that lack of dredging in dams and barrages by Jharkhand has led to excessive discharge of water causing the flood situation in Bengal and urged the Jharkhand government to carry out dredging in its reservoirs.
October 2, 2021 -
Seven upper-dam reservoirs in spate after incessant rains
“The outflow in acre-feet from the upper dams in past 24 hours were 7,435, 23,430 & 40,049 acre-ft respectively, which are likely to increase in next 24 hours"
October 1, 2021 -
Three killed as Asansol records highest single-day rainfall in 43 yrs
About 1.86 lakh cusecs of water has been released from the Durgapur barrage and the release will further increase at night, sources said. This huge release of water will further worsen the flood scenario in the lower Damodar basin. The dams of DVC in Maithon and Panchet are full.
October 1, 2021