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FLOODS PARALYSE MUMBAI AS INDIA AND REGION ARE HIT BY HEAVIEST RAINS IN YEARS


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

30th August, 2017 86222

MORE THAN 1,000 DIED IN SOUTH ASIA FLOODS THIS SUMMER


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

30th August, 2017 37420

AUGUST MARKED BY DEADLY FLOODS AROUND WORLD


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

1st September, 2017 35268

FLOODS AFFECT 16 MILLION IN NEPAL, INDIA AND BANGLADESH


More than 16 million people have been affected by monsoon flooding across the South Asian countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh... READ MORE

18th August, 2017 4162

INDIANS ARE RIOTING OVER WATER. IS THIS A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE?


The Supreme Court had directed the Karnataka government to release water to Tamil Nadu in the coming days, sparking the protests... READ MORE

13th September, 2016 3773

DEADLY SOUTH ASIA FLOODS AFFECT 16M PEOPLE


Millions of people across Nepal, Bangladesh and India face severe food shortages and disease caused by polluted flood waters... READ MORE

18th August, 2017 3483

SRI LANKA FLOODS, LANDSLIDES: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 100


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

27th May, 2017 2823

INDIA FLOODS KILL 120 PEOPLE IN GUJARAT STATE


The floods have come at a particularly bad time for cotton farmers in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 2792

BANGLADESH RESCUERS RACE TO REACH LANDSLIDES VICTIMS


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

14th June, 2017 2662

RACE TO RESCUE SRI LANKA FLOOD VICTIMS AS TOLL RISES


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

29th May, 2017 1894

RESIDENTS AFRAID AS MORE RAIN FORECAST


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

28th May, 2017 1347

AS SNOW CREEPS DOWN FROM HIMALAYAS NEPAL RECONSTRUCTION STALLS


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

12th October, 2015 913

DEATH TOLL FROM MUMBAI BUILDING COLLAPSE RISES TO 33


Building collapses are common in India during the monsoon season, which is June to September... READ MORE

1st September, 2017 835

HEAT IN INDIA SETS A RECORD 1238 DEGREES


India's former record high was 60 years ago, when temperatures reached 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Alwar, also a city in Rajasthan... READ MORE

21st May, 2016 814

TWO TRAINS DERAIL IN INDIA KILLING DOZENS


Manoj Sinha, a government railway official, said more than 400 yards of track had been damaged by the flooding... READ MORE

5th August, 2015 692

HOPES FADE FOR S LANKA MUDSLIP VICTIMS


In June, monsoon rains triggered landslides in Sri Lanka that killed at least 22 people and forced thousands from their homes... READ MORE

30th October, 2014 590

EL NINO MAY 'BE THE WORST EVER'


Northerly winds would push the moist air south keeping temperatures high in South Australia and Victoria... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 380

LANDSLIDES IN SRI LANKA LEAVE DOZENS DEAD


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

18th May, 2016 375

FOREIGN AID ARRIVES AS FLOOD TOLL TOPS 200


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

31st May, 2017 356

SRI LANKA TEA FARMERS STRUGGLE AFTER DEVASTATING FLOODS


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

25th June, 2017 285

SRI LANKA APPEALS FOR AID AS FLOOD DEATHS EXCEED 150


The situation is very dire, Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez, reporting from Matara in southern Sri Lanka, said... READ MORE

28th May, 2017 275

SRI LANKA RUSHES AID TO HALF A MILLION FLOOD VICTIMS AS DEATH TOLL RISES


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

28th May, 2017 252

MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER CUTS VACATION SHORT OVER FLOODS


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

26th December, 2014 235

MORE THAN 100 FEARED DEAD AFTER INDONESIA LANDSLIDE


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

13th December, 2014 196

SEABED STUDY EXPANDS AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE TO PAST 50M YEARS


Climate change is happening, we are meddling with the climate system, Gallagher said... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 152

DOZENS DEAD IN PAKISTAN AND INDIA AFTER FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES


At least 55 people have been killed after flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains hit northern Pakistan and India... READ MORE

3rd July, 2016 114

LANDSLIDE IN NORTH INDIA LEAVES 46 DEAD


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

14th August, 2017 86

'WE ONLY KILL BLACK PEOPLE,' US POLICE OFFICER SAYS DURING TRAFFIC STOP


In Iran, at least 12 people were killed by flash floods that started on August 14, the Iranian Red Crescent reported... READ MORE

1st September, 2017 86

CHENNAI HIT BY MORE RAIN AS DEADLY FLOODING CAUSES CHAOS AT AIRPORTS


Some urban areas are totally flooded, said S.P Selvan, deputy inspector general of the National Disaster Response Force... READ MORE

2nd December, 2015 74

CHINA TORNADO KILLS ALMOST 100 PEOPLE IN JIANGSU


Flooding is common during the summer monsoon season in the south of China, but rainfall has been particularly heavy this year... READ MORE

24th June, 2016 41


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