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Officials blamed the disaster one of Greeces deadliest floods in decades on poor town planning and insufficient flood prevention measures, as much of the afflicted area had been built on filled-in torrent beds. (Photo: AP)

Death toll from Greek floods rises as more bodies found buried in mud

The Fire Brigade says the man's body was found buried in mud near a bus station in the small town of Mandra.

27 Nov 2017 4:31 PM IST

The bulletin also warned of widespread rain ranging from heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places during the next four or five days in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

The role of cloud telephony in disaster management

A few things that work very well when dealing with a natural calamity.

12 Oct 2018 3:16 PM IST

It didnt take long for the guy to realise that the woman was only interested in the meal (Photo: AFP)

Man describes diastrous Tinder date as he fled restaurant without...

He sneaked out on pretext of going to the bathroom and fled the place in his car without saying bye to his date or...

12 Jan 2018 4:05 PM IST

Sanjay Pandey, Civil Defence Director

Home guards to prepare mumbaikars for disasters

Several high-rise residential buildings have mushroomed in the city and the chances of fire mishaps in those buildings...

1 July 2018 1:42 AM IST

Shah, who assumed the charge of the sensitive ministry on Saturday, also said he would try his best to implement all these priorities. (Photo: Amit Shah | Twitter)

Home Minister asks NDRF to list disaster-combat tools

Appreciating the NDRF, Shah said efforts should be made to develop equipment to combat disasters in collaboration with...

30 Jun 2019 1:36 PM IST

As many as 33 people have lost their lives due to the deluge, while approximately 26 lakh people in over 12 districts have been adversely affected by the calamity. (Photo: ANI)

If we die, we shall die together, say residents of flood battered...

Villagers said they did not get any help from the administration and they tried their best to reduce the risk of...

21 July 2019 11:42 AM IST

An elderly woman is rescued in a cooking utensil after her home was flooded in Thrissur, Kerala, on August 16, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

Building Kerala after floods: Don't leave behind the old and...

There is need to better understand older people's lives and strengthen the protection and support for them.

31 Aug 2018 12:19 AM IST

Rescuers work on the debris after a five-story building collapsed in the Ghatkopar area of Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

Residential building collapses in Mumbai, 8 dead

Search operations are still on to extricate the people feared trapped under the concrete rubble.

25 July 2017 4:23 PM IST

The couple have taken the incident in their stride (Photo: YouTube)

After proposal at waterfall, couple drops ring in river

Grace said that she was first crying with happiness but that quickly turned into fear.

8 Jan 2017 1:19 PM IST