Flash Floods

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An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pilgrimages amid changing climate: Ensure safety first

What do pilgrimages mean in the time of climate change and the consequent rise in extreme weather events?

14 Jul 2022 11:34 PM

Cars and trucks are stranded by high water Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, on the Major Deegan Expressway in Bronx borough of New York as high water left behind by Hurricane Ida still stands on the highway hours later. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

At least 44 dead as flash floods slam New York area

Ida blazed a trail of destruction north after slamming into Louisiana over the weekend, bringing severe flooding and tornadoes

03 Sep 2021 10:23 AM

“I could not save her or get hold of her,” he said. A shocked Rane said that his 10-year-old son would never be able to see his mother again. His wife’s body was found nearby after the waters receded. (Photo: File | PTI)

Helpless man sees wife swallowed by flood waters in Pune

Pune Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao said the stream breached because of encroachments and narrowing of the Ambil Odha stream.

27 Sep 2019 2:08 PM

Last week, a flood hit several villages in Golen Gol area of Chitral district after a glacial lake burst its banks overnight, toppling electricity poles and inundating roads and farmlands. (Photo: ANI)

23 killed as cloud burst causes flood in Pok's Neelum Valley

Landslides were also reported and officials said many structures in Laswa's main market, including two mosques, were completely destroyed.

15 Jul 2019 5:00 PM

The Godavari river is likely to rise in upstream reaches in Nashik, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad districts. (Photo: AP | Representational)

Maharashtra among 5 states warned of ‘flash floods’ by Centre

IMD indicates that 'heavy to very heavy rainfall' is likely at a few places and at isolated places over Konkan, Goa from June 7-12

07 Jun 2018 12:07 PM

Flood affected villagers move to safer place, in Araria district of Bihar. (Photo: PTI)

Fury of Nature

The water gushing down from Nepal is flooding rivers flowing west into India and the country is blaming road building in India for the woes.

16 Aug 2017 1:56 AM

Climate change means more rain but less water in rural rivers: study

Researchers point out that city infrastructure is struggling to cope with the harsher downpours.

15 Aug 2017 5:21 PM

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar takes stock of floods as 41 killed

Mr Kumar said that in view of the deteriorating situation in Bihar, the Army and teams of NDRF have been deployed in the flood-affected zone.

15 Aug 2017 12:32 AM

Several roads and bridges were also damaged. More than 1,000 people were dispatched to search for the missing people. (Photo: File)

More bodies found in China flash floods, death toll rises to 25

So far the flood has affected 577 people of 157 households and destroyed 71 houses.

09 Aug 2017 4:25 PM

Rescue operations underway after flash flood due to cloud burst hits Doda's Thathri village, in Jammu & Kashmir. (Photo: DC)

Cloudburst in J&K's Doda, Kishtwar kills 8; several missing

Eight people including five members of a family, a 12-year-old boy were, however, rescued.

20 Jul 2017 12:39 PM

The calamity has resulted in inundating vast areas along the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway, washing away half a dozen houses and leaving several people trapped. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

3 killed, several hurt in cloudburst in J&K's Doda district

Six people, including a 12-year-old boy, were rescued from under the debris. Search is on for the boy's parents.

20 Jul 2017 10:55 AM

A vehicle is crushed after a landslide following heavy rains in Aizawl, Mizoram. (Photo: PTI)

Flash floods in N-E, Mizoram worst hit

Floodwater has entered the houses in almost all the localities of the city making it look like an island.

15 Jun 2017 1:59 AM

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