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...
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...
Residents of Vietnam鈥檚 capital waded through waist-deep water on Wednesday as river levels hit a 20-year high and the toll from the area鈥檚 strongest typhoon in decades rose to at least 179, with neighbouring nations also enduring deadly flooding and landslides...
WITH more than six million people having been directly affected by the flooding of Bangladesh鈥檚 east, north-east and south-east, public suffering continues as the government support has been visibly inadequate. Many still live in shelters and are struggling as their houses and livelihood came to be gravely affected. In Cumilla, one of the worst affected...
THE catastrophic flooding in Feni, Cumilla and nearby districts is considered the worst in recent memory. The losses are devastating and the suffering is upsetting. However, the incredible outpouring of support from all sectors of society has been truly heartwarming. It has truly revealed the best of who we are. Nevertheless, this situation underscores...
IN THE inundated parts of Bangladesh and north-east India, at least 36 people have died as rivers on both sides of the border reached extreme levels a few days ago. Nearly 4.5 million people have been affected by the flooding in Bangladesh, which has forced hundreds of houses under water, leaving residents stranded on rooftops...
The country鈥檚 apparel makers on Saturday said that the recent flooding had disrupted the readymade garment sector supply chain by submerging the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and sought alternative routes for transportation of goods in time of any natural calamities...
RECORD high rainfall in southeastern districts and the neighbouring Indian state of Tripura has led to an unprecedented and severe flash flooding in Comilla, Feni and many other districts in the region. Rivers like the Gumti and Muhuri are flowing above danger level. So far, fifteen deaths have been reported, millions displaced and in distress, villages...
FLOODING in the east, north- and south-east that has so far affected about three million people in more than nine districts mostly in the greater Chattogram region warrants an early, serious attention. The flooding 鈥� which very heavy to extremely heavy rain that has continued in the affected areas and in the upstream Indian state of Tripura for about a week...
The flood situation in parts of the north might deteriorate today with forecasts of the Teesta and Dharla briefly flowing near their danger marks...
THE loss of three crops, as well as a probable loss of the fourth one, in a row, especially in the flooded north and north-east, has already dealt a blow to the farmers. The farmers who have repeatedly lost their investments in rice farming to flooding that has left them impoverished and deep...
FLOODING, especially in the north and north-east, is turning bad with a rapid increase in river heights, leaving thousands marooned, waiting to be rescued to flood shelters. In some places, people are waiting to be rescued even from flood shelters to places that are safe as the shelters rapidly went under water, as high as the height of fully grown humans...
Torrential rains in northeast India have sparked heavy flooding killing at least four people, government disaster officials said Wednesday.
The Russian city of Orenburg, near the Kazakh border, braced on Monday for flooding not seen in decades, as officials evacuated locals to escape rising rivers in the Urals and western Siberia...