Although Mumbai is trying to build itself into a global financial hub, parts of the city struggle to cope during annual monsoon rains... READ MORE›
Flooding and landslides resulting from monsoon rains have directly affected at least 41 million people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, the United Nations says... READ MORE›
A massive mudslide sparked by heavy rains and flooding in an area of Freetown, Sierra Leone, has killed around 500 people and left hundreds more missing... READ MORE›
More than 16 million people have been affected by monsoon flooding across the South Asian countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh... READ MORE›
The Supreme Court had directed the Karnataka government to release water to Tamil Nadu in the coming days, sparking the protests... READ MORE›
Millions of people across Nepal, Bangladesh and India face severe food shortages and disease caused by polluted flood waters... READ MORE›
Indian medical teams and emergency relief arrived in the capital, Colombo, on Saturday to help Sri Lanka deal with the worst flooding in 14 years... READ MORE›
The floods have come at a particularly bad time for cotton farmers in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state... READ MORE›
The monsoon rains came two weeks after Cyclone Mora smashed into Bangladesh's southeast, killing at least eight people and damaging tens of thousands of homes... READ MORE›
Helicopters are searching for people marooned four days after floods and mudslides inundated parts of southern and western Sri Lanka and killed at least 164 people... READ MORE›
Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper said a second Indian naval ship, the INS Shardul, had arrived in Colombo with relief supplies and inflatable boats... READ MORE›
MANEBHANJYANG Nepal On a steep slope in the foothills of the Himalayas one recent afternoon Omnath Timilsena surveyed what remains of his earthquake-ravaged village in Nepal... READ MORE›
Building collapses are common in India during the monsoon season, which is June to September... READ MORE›
India's former record high was 60 years ago, when temperatures reached 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Alwar, also a city in Rajasthan... READ MORE›
Manoj Sinha, a government railway official, said more than 400 yards of track had been damaged by the flooding... READ MORE›
In June, monsoon rains triggered landslides in Sri Lanka that killed at least 22 people and forced thousands from their homes... READ MORE›
Northerly winds would push the moist air south keeping temperatures high in South Australia and Victoria... READ MORE›
The Sri Lanka Red Cross was managing one of at least four camps near the Aranayake landslide to provide relief to survivors, Mr. Johnney said... READ MORE›
Mudslides have become common during the monsoon season in Sri Lanka as land has been heavily deforested to grow export crops such as tea and rubber... READ MORE›
Tea farmers in Sri Lanka are struggling to make ends meet after their land was destroyed by heavy floods and mudslides last month... READ MORE›
The situation is very dire, Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez, reporting from Matara in southern Sri Lanka, said... READ MORE›
The flooding is the worst since May 2003 when 250 people were killed and 10,000 homes destroyed after a similarly powerful monsoon, officials said... READ MORE›
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he is cutting short his U.S vacation Friday to deal with his country's worst floods in years... READ MORE›
More than 100 Indonesian villagers are feared to have died after a landslide triggered by torrential rain obliterated their rural community in Central Java... READ MORE›
Climate change is happening, we are meddling with the climate system, Gallagher said... READ MORE›
At least 55 people have been killed after flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains hit northern Pakistan and India... READ MORE›
Two buses, two cars and a motorbike had been trapped on a highway near Kotrupi village by Sunday's landslide, said Mandi district official Sandeep Kadam... READ MORE›
In Iran, at least 12 people were killed by flash floods that started on August 14, the Iranian Red Crescent reported... READ MORE›
Some urban areas are totally flooded, said S.P Selvan, deputy inspector general of the National Disaster Response Force... READ MORE›
Flooding is common during the summer monsoon season in the south of China, but rainfall has been particularly heavy this year... READ MORE›
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