Flash flood kills 3 in Thailand
Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday, as visitors evacuated hotels through knee-high muddy water and...
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Worst-hit people get least help: CPD
The worst-affected people received the least relief assistance in the flash flooding that swept parts of Bangladesh in August affecting over 5.6 million people, revealed a...
Thousands in shelters as flash flood worsens
The ongoing flash floods that continued to sweep parts of Mymensingh division for the third day running on Sunday sent thousands of people to flood shelters opened by the government as the...
Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers
Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognise his once beautiful settlement.
Govt should attend to rescue, post-flood rebuilding in north
A QUARTER to a million people, especially at Nalitabari, Jhenaigati and Sribardipur spanning about 800 square kilometres in Sherpur are left stranded in a flash flooding that a heavy spell of rain in Bangladesh鈥檚 north and its adjacent hills upstream across the border in India caused in 24 hours until night on October 4. The height of the trans-boundary river...
Three killed as flash flood worsens in northern Bangladesh
At least three people were killed and thousands evacuated as the flash flood sweeping through parts of northern Bangladesh worsened, prompting authorities to seek help from...
14 killed in Bosnia floods
Heavy rains that flooded towns and touched off landslides left at least 14 people dead in Bosnia on Friday, authorities said....
Floods and climate change
THE August flood was a major milestone in Bangladesh鈥檚 long-term fight against climate change. A depression and severe monsoon rainfall caused exceptional water levels in the region which is prone to seasonal flooding. Millions of people were devastated in Noakhali, Cumilla, Lakshmipur, Feni, Chattogram and Moulvibazar. The disaster wrecked infrastructure...
Self-reliance in landscape management
FOR decades, Bangladesh has struggled to cope with the devastating impacts of floods and environmental degradation, leaning heavily on outdated methods and conventional civil engineering solutions. While these strategies may have provided temporary fixes, they have often failed to address the underlying, systemic issues 鈥� and in many instances...
Anger in Nepal over relief delays as flood toll hits 225
Survivors of the monsoon floods that ravaged Nepal at the weekend criticised the government on Tuesday for inadequate relief efforts during a disaster that killed at least...
100 killed in storm Helene in US
At least 100 people have been killed after destructive floods ripped through the US southeast, officials said on Monday, with the emergency response effort fast becoming a...
Nepal surveys flood wreckage as death toll reaches 200
Search and rescue teams in Nepal鈥檚 capital picked through wrecked homes on Monday after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 200 people around the Himalayan republic.
UN launches $134m appeal for Bangladesh disaster-hit communities
The United Nations and partners have launched a humanitarian appeal for $134 million to provide urgent relief and support to communities affected by ongoing and...
126 killed in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains
Residents of Nepal鈥檚 flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least 126 people across the Himalayan republic...
Flash flood strands 25,000 people in Lalmonirhat
The low-lying areas of Lalmonirhat district in Bangladesh have been inundated as River Teesta keeps swelling due to the onrush of water from the upstream and the torrential rainfall for the last several days, leaving 25,000 people stranded.
Storm Helene kills 44 in US, 59 dead in Nepal floods
Nearly four million Americans were still in the dark and many faced torrential flooding on Saturday, authorities said, as powerful storm Helene marched across eastern US states, leaving at least...
Thousands asked to聽move to safety
Tens of thousands of dwellers of the chars (shoals) dotting the Teesta River were asked to move to safer places after India had opened floodgates at the Gajoldoba barrage on Friday night following...
Sweden pledges additional $1.85m for flood victims
Sweden has announced an additional $1.85 million in humanitarian assistance, reaffirming its commitment to support the 5.8 million people affected by the recent floods in eastern Bangladesh.
Chad floods killed 503, 1.7m affected
Severe flooding in Chad since July has claimed 503 lives and affected around 1.7 million since July, the United Nations said Saturday in its latest assessment of the disaster.
ASEAN Dhaka committee provides flood relief donation
Ambassador of Thailand to Bangladesh, as chair of the ASEAN Dhaka Committee, together with ambassadors and officials from the embassies of ASEAN member countries in Dhaka 鈥� Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam 鈥� presented relief items to flood victims in Bangladesh through the Help Foundation...
Mamata blames dam release in Jharkhand for flooding
A top politician in eastern India on Friday blamed authorities in a neighbouring state for causing a flooding crisis by opening dams after 26 people were killed and 2,50,000 others were forced to relocate.
Evacuations as tail of Storm Boris floods NE Italy
Italian authorities evacuated some 1,000 people from their homes as the tail end of Storm Boris pummelled a northeastern region that was devastated by deadly flooding last year...
6m children in SE Asia affected by Yagi disaster
Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly six million children across Southeast Asia, the UN said Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster rose...
Flood damage warrants serious, sincere rehabilitation efforts
THE government has come up with details on the damage that flash flooding of the east, north-east and south-east for a fortnight beginning in the third week of August has caused. The disaster management and relief ministry has estimated the damage from the flooding to the tune of Tk 142.69 billion, warranting that the government needs to...
Flood causes damage worth Tk 14,000cr
The deadly flash flood that hit Bangladesh鈥檚 11 districts in the third week of August inflicted damage and loss worth over Tk 14,269 crore, revealed an estimate released by the...
Myanmar villagers battle to save rice crop as flood death toll rises to 226
War-weary Myanmar villagers salvaged crops from flooded fields Tuesday as the country鈥檚 death toll in the wake of Typhoon Yagi doubled to 226 and the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could need assistance....
Storm lashes Europe
One person has drowned in Poland and an Austrian fireman has died responding to floods, authorities said Sunday, as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with...
Myanmar flood toll surges to 113
Volunteers rushed to areas inundated by floods in Myanmar on Sunday as the country鈥檚 death toll from the Typhoon Yagi deluge surged to 113 and remote areas...
Rivers in Dhaka, Barishal, Khulna may swell in 24 hours: FFWC
The water level of the rivers in Dhaka, Barisal and Khulna divisions may increase during 24 hours from 9:00am on Sunday, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center...
Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid amid floods
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war...