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Around 75,202 houses have been destroyed and 2,15,762 damaged in the flood. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal flood situation improves

Shops and markets are slowly opening and people are trying to resume normal life.

21 Aug 2017 3:07 AM

Young learners of Calcutta Rowing Club practice on their boat at Rabindra Sarobar Lake in Kolkata on Saturday morning. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal: Floods in control but toll rises to 55

The floods hit over 52 lakh people in North Bengal’s Cooch Behar, South Dinajpur, North Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Malda.

20 Aug 2017 3:02 AM

The sub-Himalayan districts of the state, which have been affected by floods owing to very heavy rains since last week, are likely to receive one or two spells of rain in the next couple of days. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal: Heavy rain likely in several districts

Isolated heavy rain is likely over the districts of East Midnapore, West Midnapore, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly.

18 Aug 2017 3:53 AM

Students and teachers in a flood-hit Dhubri district school unfurl the tricolour on Tuesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Braving fierce floods, Assam celebrates Independence Day

Seven militant outfits had given a boycott call.

16 Aug 2017 1:17 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

Heavy rainfall has lashed Nepal for the past four days, swelling several Himalayan rivers beyond the danger mark and causing flooding and landslides at many places in the country. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 78

The monsoon havoc which started on Friday has affected 27 districts spanning from the eastern, central to the western regions.

14 Aug 2017 5:06 PM

People shift with their belongings to safer places from a flooded village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal: Trains cancelled, forced to return due to floods

Eastern Railway said it had to cancel as the down link train, 15660 Dn was brought back to Agartala due to the flood situation.

14 Aug 2017 5:35 AM

Families perched on trees with young children overnight as flood waters swept away homes in a village in southern district of Chitwan, local media reported. (Photo: AP)

Nepal: Death toll from floods, landslide rises to 40

Torrential downpours have destroyed homes and infrastructure in more than a dozen districts since Friday morning.

13 Aug 2017 4:00 PM

Political discrimination over flood funds: TMC

Mr Rijiju said the Centre does not discriminate and two installments of state disaster response fund have already to given to the state.

11 Aug 2017 4:00 AM

More than 200 residents have been evacuated from their homes in Venezuela. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Major hydroelectric dam affected 4,500 families in Venezuela floods

The opposition called on the government to take urgent action with the dam to prevent the flooding from worsening.

08 Aug 2017 9:29 AM

Throughout the northwestern area more than 650 houses were destroyed and damaged, hundreds of hectares of crops lost and roads broken, authorities said. (Photo: AFP)

Vietnam: 26 killed, 15 missing in flood, landslide

Last year, around 235 people were reported dead and missing due to flooding and bad weather in Vietnam.

07 Aug 2017 1:49 PM

Kharia and Sihori, situated along the banks of the Banas, were among the worst-hit villages in the district after water was released from the Dantiwada dam two days back. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Gujarat floods: 25 dead, 14 from same family, as rains wreak havoc

The State Emergency Operation Centre said, death toll across the state due to rains, floods in current season stood at 94 till Wednesday.

27 Jul 2017 11:25 AM

Army personnel rescue villagers who were stuck due to heavy downpour at Surendranagar district of Gujarat on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, Mumbai; 3 die in Gujarat

NDRF, Air Force rescue 214 stranded people in Gujarat.

23 Jul 2017 1:00 AM

A flash flood washed away houses following a cloudburst at Thatri village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Four of family among eight killed as cloudbursts strike J&K

The police and the Army soon stepped up rescue operation and were being helped by local volunteers.

21 Jul 2017 2:32 AM

A woman collects drinking water from a hand-pump in the flood affected area in Kamrup district of Assam on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Kiren Rijiju visits landslide victims in Arunachal, gives cash relief

At least 14 people were killed in Laptap village when their homes were swept away in the landslide on July 11.

15 Jul 2017 3:10 AM

In Pakistan and neighboring India, deadly floods occur regularly during the monsoon season. (Photo: Representational/ File)

70 people killed in rain-related incidents in various parts of Pakistan

In Pakistan and neighboring India, deadly floods occur regularly during the monsoon season, which runs from June through September.

14 Jul 2017 5:19 PM

Nearly 1,000 residents were rescued over the past two days, but dozens are still believed to be stranded. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Japan floods claim 15 lives; 14 still missing

Japan's royal family postponed the announcement of Princess Mako's engagement out of consideration for people suffering in affected ares.

08 Jul 2017 3:18 PM

A rescue and search operation is underway, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. (Photo: Representational/AP)

China mudslide: 5 killed, 19 injured in Hunan province, search and rescue operation underway

Four others remain missing in the mudslide, which had hit Zuta village, Ningxiang County on Saturday due to heavy rains.

02 Jul 2017 5:53 PM

Emergency personnel and local people work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern China's Sichuan Province. (Photo: AP)

Rain triggered floods kill at least 34 in China, 93 still missing

Over 3,000 rescuers are searching for 93 people still buried under rocks and mud by a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

26 Jun 2017 3:16 PM

Although the weather has cleared, more rains are forecast for Sunday and Monday, threatening to bring more misery to over 100,000 displaced in the country's western and southern regions. (Photo: File)

Sri Lanka rescuers find bodies as flood death toll reaches 146

Maj Gen Sudantha Ranasinghe, who is heading the rescue mission said he didn't expect to find any more survivors.

28 May 2017 1:54 PM

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