MUMBAI, India, Sept 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The western Indian state of Gujarat will move 15 villages that were affected by floods this year to higher ground, officials said,…
Devastating floods in Nepal have sparked regional tension, with Nepali politicians and media outlets claiming that Indian infrastructure along their shared border has left Nepal vulnerable. In a visit last…
As the storm that was hurricane Harvey deluged the areas around Houston, Texas, large parts of northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh also experienced heavy rains. And the city of Mumbai…
Precipitation extremes – in terms of both excess and deficient rainfall – has caused serious disruption with widespread socio-economic impacts in many countries in recent weeks. Here is a glance…
Update, 31 August 2017 Building Collapse in Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai At least seven people have died after a building collapsed in the Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai, on 31 August,…
SRINAGAR, India, Aug 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A plan for the development of Srinagar city to 2035, put together by the government of Indian-administered Kashmir, ignores lessons from the…
Flooding has affected around 2 million people in 24 districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, over the last 7 days. At least 72 fatalities have been reported. Uttar Pradesh is the…
The flood situation in the state of Bihar, India, worsened over the weekend when a further 51 deaths were reported. The recent fatalities bring the death toll to 253 in…
At least 46 people have died in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh after two buses were swept away by a massive landslide. Heavy monsoon rains triggered the landslide…
Thousands of people have once again been forced to evacuate their homes after further flooding in the Indian state of Assam. This is the third wave of flooding in the…
The Disaster Management Department (DMD) in Bihar, India, reports that 41 people have died and over 180,000 people have been evacuated after flooding in 10 districts over the last few…
Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team have launched the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide…
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tens of thousands of undocumented Chakma refugees in India’s remote northeast desperately need basic aid such as shelter, food and clean water…
Parts of the Indian state of West Bengal have seen flooding for the last 7 days. According to media reports, at least 39 people have died, 47,000 displaced and over…
NEW DELHI, July 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Authorities across India are taking steps to help millions of people hit by floods and to prepare for future disasters, Prime Minister…
Gujarat in India has seen heavy rainfall for the last 10 days, causing major floods in at least 5 districts of the state. Heavy rain between 15 and 16 July…
