floods

Residents expect more floods over the next two months

Thousands of residents have been rescued by boat or plucked from rooftops after floods left much of Chennai underwater

Nearly 300 people have died since November 9

Thousands of passengers were left stranded at the international airport in the state capital as floods hit

Sudi govt urges Jeddah residents to stay home, and reportedly gave children a day off school on Tuesday

Media reports say military helicopters were being used to drop food and drinking water to worst-hit areas

Ayun, which saw heavy inundation in July, is flooded again

Heavy rain hit Iran this week, causing casualties and damage in the southern provinces of Fars, Hormozgan and Kerman

Eliene Almeida, head teacher at the municipal school in Bento Rodrigues, helped students survive disaster

This year alone, four GLOFs instigated flash floods which swept away eight bridges

Flash floods hit Chitral yet again

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum uses theatre to educate villagers adapt to the effects of extreme weather and flooding

National Weather Service reveals tropical air mass over much of South Carolina has dumped 14 inches of rain

The authority terms next 12 hours crucial as water level in River Chenab has risen owing to heavy rains

Asks relevant departments to monitor river flow, complete protective arrangements

Pakistan needs to pay close attention to the need for building resilience to disasters

Residents describe how waters destroyed their homes, swept away household goods and damaged vehicles

Unprecedented rain in Japan and heavy floods floods have forced more than 100,000 people to flee from their homes

A further 800,000 people across eastern Japan have been advised to evacuate

Shah pens letter to PM, calling for rebuilding houses in Chitral and waiving off loans for residents

More than 100,000 residents of the katcha have been forced to evacuate

Only 30,000 cusecs of water released by India to reach the province

The flood level at the Kotri barrage increased to 585,340 cusecs on Wednesday

Officials say at least 103 people have been killed and more than one million displaced by flooding

Commissioner says 14,112 people being provided food at relief camps

They said that another high flood is expected to pass through the Guddu Barrage within a couple of days

Two women drowned while they were evacuating their home

We take pride in shifting responsibility on to others, but hardly do we try to correct our own selves

Floods from heavy monsoon season have cut through swathes of South and Southeast Asia in recent weeks

Minister says no reports of disease outbreak reported from anywhere in flood-hit areas

Myanmar government has appealed for international aid to bolster relief efforts

Nature is predictable in its vendetta against humans and all they hold dear

Local magistrate Memi Maryside says side of hill collapsed on village in Manipur state close to border with Myanmar

"The water is unlikely to increase beyond this level if there is no heavy rainfall," he said

Link bridges, except for the one in Ayun, have been swept away

An Indus Highway bridge and an embankment damaged

Announces to donate army's one day ration for flood affectees

Dr Amitava Choudhury says number of children suffering from depression has increased dramatically

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali has also refrained from commenting on the issue

The Indian weather bureau forecast that heavy rain will continue to inundate Gujarat for another 48 hours

Said notices have been issued asking residents to evacuate affected areas

So far 51 people have been killed in recent floods across the country

Food rations, other necessities dispatched to the affected people

Eight dead in K-P as officials visit flood-hit areas; 100 houses washed away in Dera Bugti

Strong monsoon currents are continuously penetrating southern parts of the country

Communication has been cut off but water has not entered any villages

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announces Rs500m for flood relief in Chitral

3 Gilgit-Baltistan valleys cut off, causing food shortage

Peshawar corps commander visits Chitral to monitor relief efforts being carried out by army and Frontier Corps

50 people rescued from hundreds of inundated villages; eight tonnes of relief goods distributed