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On learning about flooding of the locality, a police team rushed to the spotand requested people to move to safer places, he told PTI.(Photo: Twitter)

Video: Gujarat cop carries baby girl on his head as he wades through...

Police sub-inspector Govind Chavda rescued a one-and- half-year-old girl from Devipura locality near Vishwamitri railway...

2 Aug 2019 1:27 PM IST

On July 22, Environment Minister Parimal Shukla had said about 162 wild animals have lost their lives in the floods. (Photo: ANI)

Assam: Flood water recedes in Kaziranga, Pobitora

Almost 95 per cent of the Kaziranga park was flooded due to incessant rains.

1 Aug 2019 9:17 AM IST

The jail building is in a dilapidated condition and officials said water-logging inside it is not new. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Over 950 prisoners to be shifted out as heavy rains flood UP's Ballia...

Though, the Ballia District jail has a capacity of 350 inmates, but is overcrowded with nearly 950 prisoners at present.

30 Sept 2019 2:04 PM IST

In Uttar Pradesh alone, at least 79 people have died since Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Heavy rain takes life of 110 in four days across country

Weather department said could be the longest delayed withdrawal of Monsoon.

30 Sept 2019 8:42 AM IST

Several state-run hospitals including the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, which is one of the largest in Patna, are flooded. (Photo: ANI)

25 dead, boats on streets, hospitals flooded as heavy rains batter...

To evacuate people, 32 boats have been pressed into service in flooded parts of the city.

29 Sept 2019 2:41 PM IST

The Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating a legal battle against the Maharashtra and Karnataka governments for denying the rightful share of Krishna river water to the state. (Photo: DC/Representational)

Andhra: River Krishna in spate again, dam gates opened

The flood trend, according to the SDMA, was rising though there was no threat of submergence.

28 Sept 2019 6:41 PM IST

Climate change in the United Kingdom is causing the fatal disease Ranavirus which infects common frogs. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Frogs divorced after 2 months to stop rains in Madhya Pradesh

Back on July 19, in the drought stricken Bhopal, the frogs were wedded in a belief that it would please the lord Indra...

12 Sept 2019 8:29 PM IST

The Dowleswaram Barrage. (Photo: PTI)

State administration, NDRF on high alert as flood alert sounded in...

The APSDMA said that the State Disaster Response Force had deployed 167 personnel in East Godavari.

9 Sept 2019 3:09 PM IST

In this handout photo taken on July 23, 2021, by the Indian Navy shows areas inundated with flood water after heavy monsoon rains in Raigad district of Maharashtra (Indian Navy/ AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Climate changing swiftly: Adapt before it's...

The monsoon has been erratic, with long dry spells broken by cloudbursts that trigger floods and landslides

30 July 2021 1:43 AM IST

A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

Europe floods: search for missing goes on as toll tops 90

The flash floods this week followed days of heavy rainfall which turned streams and streets into raging torrents that...

16 July 2021 1:04 PM IST

The Ockhi storm raged in 2017 killing at least 218 people in southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala and now Gaja came with the force of a herd of elephants on the march in 2018.

To mitigate plight in face of nature's fury

Natural disasters have become customary visitors to Tamil Nadu.

5 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee during the administrative review meeting of Howrah district at Sarat Sadan on Thursday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Mamata Banerjee:DVC should regulate release of water to avert floods

Ms Banerjee also enquired about the progress of the Lower Damodar Basin project, having a budget of Rs 2,800 crore.

8 Jun 2018 6:44 AM IST