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News ScanRain fury claims 250 lives in three Indian states
The heaviest floods in over 100 years have affected the Prakasam barrage on the river Krishna threatening several villages downstream even as the toll from heavy rains and rampaging floods in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra climbs to 250 More... Four lakh people affected by floods in northern BiharOver 4 lakh people have been affected by floods in northern Bihar as the Lakhandei river breaches its embankments at two places in Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts. Nearly 25,000 people have been rendered homeless More... Cyclone Aila toll rises to 200 dead, 500,000 displacedTropical cyclone Aila caused chaos in Kolkata and flooded coastal areas of West Bengal before making landfall in southwestern Bangladesh on Monday afternoon. River banks and mud houses in both countries have been flattened, and crops and fisheries damaged More... Orissa tornado wreaks havoc, kills 15Many people have been rendered homeless, hundreds are injured, and at least 15 people are reported dead as a tornado swept through 11 villages in Rajkanika block in Orissa More... Child trafficking rife in flood relief campsRailway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s decision to make rail travel free for Bihar’s flood victims has come as a shot in the arm for petty traffickers and contractors who are smuggling out large numbers of children on a daily basis especially since the police and the authorities are busy with relief work More... Kosi floods leave behind trail of death and diseaseAlthough the water level in flood-hit Bihar may be receding, the river Kosi has left behind a trail of death, destruction and disease. Ten deaths from diarrhoea have already been reported from Supaul district More... After Bihar, floods devastate AssamFollowing the devastation in Bihar, Assam is the latest state to suffer extensive flooding as the Brahmaputra and other rivers breach their embankments More... Three million affected in Bihar due to Kosi floodsNearly 1,600 villages spread over 16 districts in Bihar are flooded, crops destroyed and houses flattened, by one of the worst flood tragedies in recent years More... India is a global warming hotspot: UN studyThe UN’s latest report, titled ‘The Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change’, identifies India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia as global warming hotspot nations that are particularly vulnerable to an increase in extreme natural disasters More... |
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