Myanmar's flooding death toll rose to 74 as of Friday evening, according to a state media report on Sunday, after heavy rains triggered widespread floods across the war-torn country.
A landslide caused by heavy rains from a tropical storm hit a house in central China’s Hunan on Sunday, killing 15 people and injuring six others.
During her visit to flood-affected areas, YSR Congress Party Chief Sharmila personally waded through floodwaters to assess the damage to crops and spoke with farmers about their current challenges.
With the latest report of casualties, the death count in floods, and other natural disasters in Assam this year has risen to 78. As many as 10 rivers including Brahmaputra are flowing above the red mark affecting about 2.4 million people.
Manipur is currently reeling with floods as the incessant rainfalls have led to a rise in river streams. Imphal, Senapati, and Kongba have breached their embankments. Meanwhile, 25 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force have reached Imphal from Kohima.
The researchers at IIT-Delhi and IIT-Roorkee developed a district-level flood severity index (DFSI) which reviewed the vulnerability of India's districts to floods.
Questions were raised about whether cloud seeding could have caused the heavy rains. The huge rainfall was instead likely due to a normal weather system that was exacerbated by climate change, experts say.
Assam flood 2023: According to the report, 12 districts have been hit by floods, which includes Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur, and Tamulpur.
Assam flood 2023 updates: The water level of the Beki River is flowing above the danger level mark at Road Bridge, Pagladiya at Nt Road Crossing and Puthimari River at Nh Road Crossing.
Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Hojai, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts are affected by the first wave of floods.
Pakistan floods: The impact of the heavy monsoon rains, which began in mid-July 2022, is drastic, affecting 33 million people in 116 districts across the country, with 66 districts being hardest hit.
In Kashmir, the Jhelum crossed the danger mark at Sangam in Anantnag district and the water level was rising in other rivers also, officials said. A high alert has been sounded in areas close to river Chenab and its tributaries, they said.
The Rapti river is flowing at 77.27 meters, 2.3 meters above the danger level of 74.98 meters, an official statement on the flood situation in the district said on Thursday.
3 medical teams departed for Sangli, Satara and Ratnagiri on Wednesday, the non-profit body Americares said in a statement.
According to the IMD, the sky will generally remain cloudy in Gurugram. The city may receive one or two spells of rain over the next 2-3 hours.
Cochin International Airport Ltd Managing Director S Suhas made the announcement at a review meeting held today.
The visitors now will continue regular training session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ahead of the two-Test series, which starts on August 27.
Incessant rainfall continued to cause havoc in Gujarat and Rajasthan on Tuesday with hundreds of people marooned in several inundated regions of the two neighboring states
Guwahati: The situation in flood-hit Assam remains grim with nearly four lakh people still affected even though water levels were receding at most places in the state.According to the daily flood report by the Assam
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