FLOOD DAMAGE REPORT
Damage, injuries as Storm Vamco hits Vietnam
The storm made landfall on Sunday morning with winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour (56 mph), according to media reports, uprooting trees ...
Maharashtra CM announces Rs 10,000 crore aid to flood-hit people
Speaking to reporters here after holding a meeting with the key leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on the issue, Thackeray said ...
Bad weather forces CM Yediyurappa to cut short aerial survey of flood-hit Karnataka
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had to cut short his aerial survey of flood-affected areas in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region on Wednesday as ...
Sharad Pawar to lead MPs’ delegation to PM seeking relief for rain-hit farmers
The distressed farmers are seeking relief from the government. Some of them said that the situation has turned so bad that if the governmen...
Maharashtra will have to take loan to help flood-hit people: Sharad Pawar
Last week, heavy rains and floods claimed at least 48 lives in Pune, Aurangabad and Konkan divisions, while crops on lakhs of hectares were...
Flood situation grim in parts of Telangana and Karnataka
Hyderabad has witnessed one of the worst deluges in recent times following unprecedented downpour in over a century early this week, with a...
Flood situation grim in Karnataka with heavy rains, release of water from dams
According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Centre, the floodgates of all the major dams have been opened resulting in wat...
Relief operations underway in rain-hit areas of Telangana
State Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar told PTI that the relief teams were working on Thursday to pump out water from localities where water st...
31 people dead in rain-related incidents in Telangana, AP, Maharashtra; heavy damage in Karnataka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy ...
Rain-triggered flash floods in several rivers and rivulets that created havoc in several districts of Arunachal Pradesh
The department of Disaster Management is assessing the magnitude of damage loss to public properties. As road stretches were blocked in sev...
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in Delhi to discuss flood relief, Cabinet reshuffle
The chief minister, who is on a three-day visit to the national capital starting Thursday, told reporters in New Delhi that he had sought a...
Nepal wakes up to 6.0 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported
"An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred around Ramche of Sindhupalchok district at 5:19 am," the National Seismological Centre tweeted min...
Karnataka estimates flood damage at over Rs 8,000 crore; seeks Centre's help
Chief minister BS Yediyurappa gave the flood damage report, on Monday, to the six-member inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) that is on a...
Karnataka pegs flood damage at Rs 8,071 crore; seeks financial aid from Centre
The Karnataka government has pegged the losses at Rs 8,071 crore during the recent flood that caused large-scale destruction in some parts ...
No drought of funds for flood relief in Karnataka as government hikes compensation for victims
While the Centre allows states to give 3,800 as compensation to flood-affected families to buy essential items and resume their lives, the ...
Flood-like situation, landslides continue to cause havoc in Karnataka
Flood-like situation and landslides continue to cause havoc in several parts of Karnataka that has been battered by torrential rains. Many ...
"Do we even have an existing govt?": Siddaramaiah on flood situation in Karnataka
As flood situation looms large in several parts of Karnataka, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Thursday accused the state government of...
Rain batters several parts of Karnataka, flood situation looms large
With flood-like situation in several parts of the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who is currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19...
Mangroves destruction, unplanned construction to blame for flooding in Mumbai: Experts
Similar concerns have also been raised by agencies like the Mangrove Society of India (MSI), which in its 2019 report stated that 75 cases ...
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