Floods
- India
Stalin seeks Modi’s appointment to discuss rain, floods in TN
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his appointment on December 19 to discuss rain and the flood situation in southern parts…
- India
After flash flood damages, Sevoke-Sikkim road to reopen on Thursday
Kolkata: The Sevoke-Sikkim road, an important road link between Siliguri in North Bengal and Gangtok in Sikkim, that got devastated by the recent flash flood there, is reopening on Thursday. The state…
- India
160 Assam students stranded in flood-hit Sikkim evacuated
Guwahati: At least 160 students from Assam who were stranded in the flood-ravaged Sikkim, were successfully evacuated and have returned to the state, officials said on Monday. Six buses from the Assam…
- Telangana
Sikkim floods: Body of Army jawan from Nizamabad found
Hyderabad: Amid a massive search operation conducted by the Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in flood-hit Sikkim, the body of Army jawan, a native of Kummanpally village of Nizamabad district,…
- India
Shah approves release of Rs 44.8 Cr to Sikkim to provide relief to flood-hit people
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the release of Rs 44.8 crore as an advance amount from the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to Sikkim…
- India
Sikkim: Atleast 22 dead, 103 missing as flash food cause destruction
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, better known as PS Golay, on Friday said that the Himalayan state has incurred damages worth thousands of crores of rupees in the flash flood.…
- Middle East
42K survivors of Libya flooding need aid: UN humanitarians
United Nations: Among the 42,000 survivors of last month’s catastrophic flash flooding in northeast Libya are people needing healthcare and mental healthcare, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of…
- India
Rahul condoles deaths in Sikkim flash floods, asks party cadres to aid relief efforts
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday mourned the loss of lives in Sikkim flash floods and urged the party workers to cooperate with the administration in the relief works. In…
- India
Centre should declare Sikkim, Himachal tragedies as national disasters: Kharge
New Delhi: While condoling the loss of lives in the Sikkim cloudburst and subsequent flash floods, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said that such tragedies, also including the recent rain-related calamities…
- India
Flash flood in Sikkim: 3 dead, 23 army personnel missing
Gangtok: Three persons died and 23 army personnel were washed away on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River basin,…
- World
New York City declares state of emergency over flash flooding
New York: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency across New York City, Long Island, and surrounding area after torrential storms flooded subways and streets and delayed flights.…
- Middle East
Over 16,000 children displaced following Libya floods: UNICEF
United Nations: More than 16,000 children have been displaced in eastern Libya following the catastrophic floods triggered by Storm Daniel, with their psychosocial well-being at stake, the Unicef has said. Many more…
- Middle East
Death toll from floods in Libya surpasses 3,000
Tripoli: The death toll from the devastating floods that struck Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Sunday has risen to 3,060, while 5,200 others remain missing, according to the eastern-based Interior Ministry.…
- Middle East
UAE President offers condolences by phone to Libya’s PM over flood victims
Dubai: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has extended his condolences – over two phone calls – to Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity,…
- Middle East
Libya hit by ‘catastrophic’ flooding, over 2,000 dead
Tripoli: More than 2,000 people have died and about 6,000 others are reportedly missing in Libya after torrential rain brought by storm Daniel triggered the collapse of two dams which swept entire…
