Floods ravage Odisha, kill eight
Several districts are waterlogged and no access to clean drinking water is a major issue
Simply put: Floods
Some 100 people have died in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra floods this week
A clearer picture of the death toll would only emerge later, with rains continuing to lash Peninsular India
Erratic, incessant rainfall brings floods to many states in India
Heavy monsoon rainfall intensified by depression is the main reason behind the natural disaster
Drought to deluge: Kodagu was parched 3 months ago, now receives extreme rainfall
The district has received double the amount of August’s rainfall in just nine days
Kerala rains: 24 landslides in 24 hours, 22 killed, 22,165 moved
A landslide in Kavalappara village in Malappuram district has 30 houses buried under it
Karnataka flood trigger: Rainfall 3000% above normal in a single day
Downpour 3176% above normal in Mysuru, 2222% in Dharwad on Aug 8
‘Every flood in Nepal causes deluge in India’
Narayan Gyawali, program director with Lutheran World Relief that’s working in Nepal, speaks to Down To Earth about trans-boundary …
Bihar is flooding, but where did it start? Hint: look north
Once the neighbouring country opened its 56 sluice gates of Kosi barrage water levels in Bihar rose alarmingly
Embankments are temporary, not permanent solutions to floods: Experts
In the wake of floods in Assam and Bihar, experts question the practice of only using embankments for flood mitigation
Nepal: A sitting duck for climate disasters
The country’s geography and ever-looming threat of climate change make it very vulnerable
Scant July rainfall: India may face drought, floods again
Long periods of no rain and then a sudden bout of excessive rainfall have become the hallmark of Indian monsoon in the last few years
