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Assam Monsoon flood Lakhimpur: A father carrying his son through the flood water in Lakhimpur, Assam on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Assam floods: 5 more lives lost as situation grows tense

According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority, 2 people died in Dhemaji and one each in Lakhimpur, Kokrajhar,...

12 Aug 2017 7:51 PM IST

Papum Pare has been receiving rains for the past four days. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

14 feared dead as rains trigger landslide in Arunachal Pradesh

According to Additional Deputy Commissioner Jalash Pertin, chances of finding survivors are dim though rescue operations...

11 July 2017 6:52 PM IST

The state has been receiving intermittent rain over the past few days. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

32 dead as lightning hits Bihar hard

Bihar would soon launch a lightning-tracker app that would alert people about thunder and lightning, a disaster...

10 July 2017 8:05 PM IST

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...

8 July 2017 3:18 PM IST

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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...

27 July 2017 11:25 AM IST

India Army soldiers rescue flood affected villagers near Thara in Banaskantha district, Gujarat. (Photo: AP)

25, including 14 of family dead in Gujarat floods; death toll rises to...

Twenty five bodies were fished out on Wednesday by the police and locals after the flood water receded in the district.

26 July 2017 7:55 PM IST

Gujarat floods: IAF rescues mother with new-born twins, pregnant woman

Gujarat floods: IAF rescues mother with new-born twins, pregnant woman

Due to incessant rains over the past 2 days in Gujarat, the village of Nana Matra was cut off from the district.

24 July 2017 10:36 AM IST

35 killed, 8 missing as flash floods hit northwestern Iran

The districts of Ajabshir and Azarshahr were the worst hit.

15 April 2017 6:05 PM IST

Altogether 809 fishermen with their boats from Tamil Nadu and Kerala were swept away and reached Maharashtra coast where they were provided food and shelter. (Photo: PTI)

Cyclone Ockhi: 39 people dead, 167 fishermen missing in TN, Kerala

Joint Secretary in the ministry Sanjeev Kumar Jindal also said the cyclone is slowing down and would have no impact in...

5 Dec 2017 7:30 PM IST

Heavy rains, strong winds disrupt normalcy in the area. (Photo: ANI)

Cyclone Ockhi kills 14 in TN, Kerala, may hit Mumbai, Gujarat

Ockhi is expected to travel north towards Mumbai and Gujarat in the next 48 hours, according to IMD.

2 Dec 2017 3:45 PM IST

Emergency personnel and local people work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern Chinas Sichuan Province. Dozens of people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes, a county government said. (Photo: AP)

China landslide: 9 more bodies found; toll rises to 24, 109 still...

The government lowered an earlier figure of 15 dead retrieved, which was initially reported in the state media.

25 Jun 2017 1:42 PM IST

Heavy rains trigger landslide in Ri Bhoi in Meghalaya. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

3 dead as incessant rains lead to landslide in Meghalaya

Two women are missing and nine people injured after incessant rains led to landslide in Ri-Bhoi district.

17 Jun 2017 9:47 PM IST