Rains lash Chennai, CM Stalin visits flooded localities
On Saturday evening, as rains began lashing Chennai, memories of the dark days of December 2015 floods came back to haunt the people of the city.
On Saturday evening, as rains began lashing Chennai, memories of the dark days of December 2015 floods came back to haunt the people of the city.
Six more bodies were recovered on Wednesday in rain-battered Uttarakhand, taking the death toll to 52 in the Himalayan state.
Devastating floods have killed at least 150 people in Europe
<p>Rescue and relief operations are in full progress in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand where a glacier burst, led to massive flood and caused large-scale devastation. The glacier burst triggered massive flooding of Dhauliganga river near Rishiganga Power Project at Raini village in Tapovan area of the district yesterday. Eight bodies have been recovered so far […]</p>
<p>A massive flood in the Dhauliganga river was reported near a village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, prompting authorities to launch a search and rescue operation and sounding an alert in all the districts downstream up to Haridwar, sources reported on Sunday. Hundreds of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have been rushed to carry out rescue […]</p>
<p>A five-member inter-ministerial team of the Central Government will be visiting Telangana today for an on-the-spot assessment of the damages suffered due to the recent heavy rainfall and floods. Hyderabad and some parts of the state witnessed heavy rain and floods last week causing huge damages. Joint Secretary Praveen Vasishta will lead the team which […]</p>
<p>Twenty-five deaths in rain-related incidents were reported in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday and heavy downpour wreaked havoc in Karnataka as a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal crossed the coast in Kakinada, leaving behind a trail of destruction in the southern states. Six more people, including four members of a family, were […]</p>
<p>In Talangana, normal life has been thrown out of gear in several parts of the state including the capital city, Hyderabad due to incessant heavy rains. Hundreds of people from low lying areas have been shifted to relief centres in Hyderabad as storm water flooded their houses. At some places, ground floor and even first […]</p>
<p>Eighteen people have been confirmed dead, and at least 16 others may have also lost their lives in the flood-ravaged southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, the prefectural government said, as rescue operations continued on Sunday. Rescuers struggled to reach hard-hit areas along the Kuma River, which broke its banks at several locations after torrential rain […]</p>