Teresopolis in Brazil is in a collective state of shock as scores of people have died in catastrophic floods. ...
09:35 AM, Jan 17, 2011
Unprecedented mudslides and flooding in Brazil have left over 350 people dead. ...
10:59 AM, Jan 14, 2011
Colombo: More than one million people have been displaced by the flooding in Sri Lanka, killing at least 23 people during a week of devastation caused by monsoon floods, with the centre and east of the country worst hit. Over one million people across the country were affected by floods after continuous rain and strong winds across the country killed at least 23 persons. More than 325,000 persons have been...
05:57 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Death toll figures rise along with the flood water levels that devastate Australia. ...
09:52 AM, Jan 13, 2011
Patna: The World Bank on Wednesday granted a loan of $220 million for the rehabilitation of those hit by the 2008 Kosi floods in Bihar. The money will be used for building 1 lakh houses, 90 bridges and 290 kilometers of road apart from setting up disaster management cells. Over three million people were affected by the Kosi floods which hit Bihar in 2008. The World Bank is giving Bihar...
04:33 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Sydney: Power was cut to Brisbane homes for safety reasons and residents ordered to higher ground as Australia's third-biggest city braced for its worst soaking in living memory. Flood waters barreling toward the Queensland state capital were set to inundate 9,000 properties - 10 per cent of the city's stock - and a further 30,000 were expected to sustain some damage. Thousands have fled to evacuation centres ahead of Thursday's...
07:49 AM, Jan 12, 2011
New Delhi: Authorities in western Germany were on alert as the Rhine and Main rivers started to flow over in Bonn, Koblenz and Frankfurt, causing flooding along the way. But the good news was that flood levels along the German rivers Rhine and Main were no longer rising, according to authorities. Meteorologists suggested that they had predicted a far worse situation. However, fire fighters and other local officials were busy...
08:39 AM, Jan 11, 2011
Rockhampton: Floods that have cut air, rail and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet before peaking Wednesday. Residents of Rockhampton made their way in boats through waters that reached waist-high in some areas on Tuesday but were warned not to wade into the them since snakes and crocodiles could be lurking. A huge...
05:04 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Brisbane: In latest reports, a woman is believed to have been swept away into a swollen river in Queensland. Rivers are still overflowing into low-lying towns of north-east lands in Australia. Close to 200,000 people have been affected by rising floodwaters. Queensland Premier has warned that drenched communities could be underwater for more than a week. cleanup efforts are expected to cost billions of dollars. A woman swept from the...
09:33 AM, Jan 02, 2011
Melbourne: Australia's worst flood in decades is affecting more residents across the region with Queensland state on Wednesday declaring two new disaster areas and at least two other towns are also preparing to evacuate. Evacuations are underway in the inland town of Emerald, west of Rockhampton, and in the coastal city of Bundaberg, the AAP reported. River levels continue to rise in many locations as the deluge that's hit southern...
01:44 PM, Dec 29, 2010
Melbourne: Flooding and heavy rainfall in Australia's Queensland state forced evacuations in several towns on Tuesday as river surged to near record levels. Brisbane and at least 30 other central Queensland towns were facing flood alerts after incessant rains flooded rivers, prompting the state government to declare Chinchilla, Dalby and Theodore as disaster-hit zones, where mass evacuations are taking place, media reports said. In Alpha, Jericho and Warra, residents may...
10:37 AM, Dec 28, 2010
The Ladakh Ecological and Developmental Group and SEEDS were selected for the dedicated work they put in after Leh flash floods. ...
09:26 AM, Dec 17, 2010
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Is the flood over in Pakistan? No. Most certainly not! Notwithstanding the Herculean massive relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction operations carried out by the government and ...
02:15 PM, Dec 16, 2010
New Delhi:The winter chill has set in in northern India. A thick fog enveloped the capital on Monday morning. Delhi witnessed its coldest day this season on Sunday with the temperature dropping to 10 degrees on Sunday. Tourists in Manali shivered as the mercury continued to dip to minus 4 degree Celsius in many parts of the region. Srinagar froze at 1 degree and Amristar shivered at 6. Patna, Chandigarh...
09:03 AM, Dec 06, 2010
Leh: After the trauma of floods in Ladakh, it was a nightmare of a different kind for over 28 Ladakh children, who were brought allegedly from the camps to Jammu by an NGO called Youth Movement for Peace. The NGO has being charged with illegal confinement and fraud. The district Administration has now handed the children back to Ladakh Budhist Association, further to be restored to their families. "They have...
08:52 AM, Oct 24, 2010
Two months after the Leh flash floods many children are leaving home to start education and begin life afresh. ...
07:50 AM, Oct 05, 2010
New Delhi: Heavy rain and floods continue to cause mayhem in the north of India. In Bihar, many villages have been submerged and houses collapsed in and around Patna. Danapur Diyara was the worst affected. Its inhabitants complain that their houses have been inundated for over two weeks now. Those who live in low-lying areas have been forced to leave their homes after the Ganga breached its banks. Many were...
09:43 AM, Sep 26, 2010
With water levels going down, tonnes of relief material is making its way to some of the inaccessible regions of the state. ...
07:01 PM, Sep 24, 2010
New Delhi: The Yamuna rose over two metres above the danger level in Delhi on Thursday, crossing the 207-metre mark for first time in 32 years. Several low-lying areas are submerged. Authorities said the water level is expected to go up further by the afternoon but insist that all arrangements have been made to deal with the situation. The water level went up after Haryana released 7.5 lakh cusec of...
08:14 AM, Sep 23, 2010
The state government has done little besides proposing a special flood relief package from the Centre. ...
09:39 PM, Sep 22, 2010
