Monsoon begins to withdraw from India

The south-west monsoon has already withdrawn from some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and most of Rajasthan

Spurring people into action

Villagers of Bhuragaon in Assam no longer depend on the government for protecting their lands from the currents of the Brahmaputra. They have, …

उत्तराखंड में एक रात में तीन जगह फटे बादल, भारी नुकसान की आशंका

अब तक कम बारिश का सामना कर रहे उत्तराखंड में अचानक भारी बारिश और बादल फटने से लोग सकते में हैं। 

उत्तराखंड में मानसून ने ली 60 जानें, 221 करोड़ रुपए का नुकसान

उत्तराखंड में इस वर्ष मानसून सीजन में फिर से बाढ़ और भारी बारिश के कारण भारी नुकसान हुआ है 

जलमग्न होंगे 78 शहर

जलवायु परिवर्तन की वजह से अल्पावधि में होने वाली तेज बारिश शहरों को डूबा देगी 

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देशभर में मॉनसून की बारिश का मिजाज बदल रहा है। यह अतिशय बारिश (एक्स्ट्रीम रेन) के रूप में जानमाल की क्षति और बाढ़ की ...

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Menstruating during floods, a perspective from Assam

Managing periods can be extermely challenging when you are a woman living in a flood-prone area

Concerns over social-distancing as floods affect 300,000 in Assam

Two dead so far, around 20,000 in relief camps

Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades

At least 90% of the Assam’s districts are flooded and more than 50,000 people are in relief camps

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एक नए शोध के अनुसार जिन लोगों के घरों को तूफान या बाढ़ से नुकसान होता है, उनको दिमागी बीमारियां होने की आशंका रहती ...

El Niño-triggered floods claim 72 lives in Peru

More floods to be expected, says the national weather service

Floods affect more than a million in Assam despite rainfall deficit in state

The situation may worsen in the next 48 hours

Flood situation in Bihar, UP and Rajasthan critical; Army, Air Force on alert

About 200,000 people have reportedly lost their homes in flood-hit Bihar

How early warning systems helped get funds for Nepal's flood-prone Terai region

Community-based flood early warning systems (CBFEWS) have been particularly successful in relaying crucial flood risk information

A monsoon after two droughts

In a year of severe drought, India witnessed one of its worst floods

Old answers for ‘new’ monsoon

Mitigating floods and droughts has only one answer: obsessive attention to building millions and millions of connected and living water structures

Blame it on Hirakud?

The CAG has rapped the Odisha government for not keeping the dam's water level in check and failing to prevent flooding in downstream areas

America’s first ‘climate refugees’ and a vanishing island

The island, which had over 22,000 acres of land in 1955, has lost about 98 per cent of it due to sea level rise, saltwater intrusion and subsidence

COVID-19: Bihar flood control works stalled amid lockdown

Several embankment repair and maintenance works hit as workers head back home 

Bihar to use drones to watch over embankments

At least 12 drones will be deployed in the first phase, according to state’s water resources department 

Warned, yet unprepared

States prone to floods have failed to implement management schemes, finds a performance audit of CAG

What happened to India’s flood management plan?

There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …

Early warning a must to cope with floods

People along the Brahmaputra were prepared last week, while in the weeks before that, people in Kerala, Nagaland and Assam were not

Simply put: Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers