Immediately after the floods hit on Wednesday and Thursday, German authorities listed large numbers of people as missing — something apparently caused in large part by confusion, multiple reporting and communications difficulties in the affected areas, some of which lacked electricity and telephone service.
The study, conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Hawaii, is the first that takes into account all known oceanic and astronomical causes for floods.
Recent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn’t absorb any more water.
After homes were severely damaged, or in some cases swept away, local residents started to clean up the debris and rebuild some normality.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the situation in Himachal Pradesh due to a flood calamity was being "closely monitored". The intervention comes as flash floods triggered by heavy rains unleashed their fury.
Heavy rain caused flood in several rural areas of Bengal's West Midnapore. Jhumi River has swollen after downpour. People were seen using canoe for movement. "There is no drinking water here, lower areas are facing electricity cuts, flood has created a big problem to us," a local told ANI.
The water level of Ganga river has increased from Buxar to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. Besides Patna, in Munger water level rose 1.16 meter above danger mark, and by 1.10 meter in Bhagalpur.
Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have killed at least 55 people and displaced thousands, the country's disaster relief agency said on Monday.
Every year, villages in Assam battle with flood and its repercussions, hundreds of people are forced to leave their house and stay on roads.
Around 18,000 people had been evacuated from flooding in New South Wales by Monday and emergency services feared up to 54,000 people could be displaced with rain forecast to continue until Wednesday.
Floods inundated several areas in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday, forcing thousands to leave their homes following heavy rains in the capital city in the past few days.
The crashing rock mass also brought earth and mounds of snow with it. The friction may have resulted in heating, which could have caused the floods, the observations suggest.
A multi-agency operation to rescue an estimated 34 people trapped inside a big tunnel at Tapovan was carried out overnight after a glacier burst-triggered deluge killed 10 people in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district while around 203 are missing.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who visited Chamoli in wake of the deluge following a glacier burst on Sunday, said that over 125 people are missing and the number is likely to rise further.
An avalanche near Tapovan in Uttarakhand has damaged a part of our under-construction hydropower project in the region, NTPC Limited informed on Sunday after part of Nanda Devi glacier burst earlier in the day in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district causing wide-spread devastation.
A massive glacier breach in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district caused flash floods in the Dhauli Ganga river, causing large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecological fragile Himalayas. As per reports, a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli leading to wide-spread devastation. Rescue operations continue.
Heavy rains and floods have caused agricultural and infrastructural damages worth Rs 8,084 crore in Andhra Pradesh. On Wednesday, the Central government team which visited five districts to assess flood damages in the southern state called on Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Low-lying areas in West Bengal's West Burdwan district have come under the fear of floods after a portion of lock gate of Durgapur barrage got severely damaged on Friday night.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced Rs 2 crore financial assistance to Telangana for relief and rehabilitation works in flood-affected areas.
Scary scenes were witnessed in Hyderabad and adjoining areas after overnight rains devastated the city. On Saturday evening, several areas in the metropolis received heavy showers, triggering traffic snarls and water-logging.
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