India – Assam Floods Death Toll Increases to 76
Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in India says that the death toll of this year’s monsoon floods in the north eastern state now stands at 76. Flooding has affected…
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Floods, reef loss and migration: Asia’s future on a hotter planet
BANGKOK, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) outlines the dramatic changes Asia-Pacific…
India – 400 Rescued from Floods in Gujarat
India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Indian Air Force were called in to rescue people stranded by flooding in the state of Gujarat over the weekend 15 to…
India – Villages Isolated After Major Flooding in Odisha
Disaster officials in the Indian state of Odisha said that flash floods occurred in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts after heavy rainfall on 15 July. Local media report that at least…
India – Floods and Landslides Affect 1.5 Million in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Prolonged heavy rainfall is taking its toll in parts of north east India. A massive landslide in the state of Arunachal Pradesh on 11 July left at least 14 people…
Updated: India – 150 Villages Affected as Flooding Continues in Assam
Update, 04 July 2017 The flood situation in the north eastern Indian state of Assam has worsened since our report of 30 June (see below). According to a report of…
Bangladesh – Dozens Killed As Heavy Rain Triggers Landslides
Heavy rain has triggered deadly landslides in several locations in south eastern Bangladesh on Tuesday 13 June, 2017. Heavy rain has also caused flash flooding in Mizoram, India, where local…
India – 60,000 Affected in First Wave of Assam Flooding This Year
Several rivers in the Indian state of Assam have reached danger levels, affecting around 60,000 people from the 3 districts of Lakhimpur, Karimganj and Darrang. Assam State Disaster Management Agency…
NASA Sees Powerful Storms With Advancing Monsoon in Bay of Bengal
Storms associated with the advancing monsoon in the Northern Indian Ocean’s Bay of Bengal were analyzed by NASA with the GPM or Global Precipitation Measurement mission core satellite. The GPM…
As Indian Kashmir’s Lush Valleys Turn to Concrete, Fears of Flooding Rise
House-building in Indian-administered Kashmir has put people at higher risk of floods, and made region more reliant on food imports, writes Athar Parvaiz. SRINAGAR, India, April 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
India – Evacuations After Floods in Meghalaya
Heavy rain from Friday 21 April 2017 caused flooding in low-lying areas of the South West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya in north eastern India. Local media report that around…
India – Floods in Kashmir Valley After Jhelum River Overflows
Flooding was reported in Srinagar and other areas of the Kashmir Valley after a period of heavy rain in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Levels of the Jhelum…
India – Disaster Authority Exercise Tests Flood and Tsunami Response in Puducherry
The Indian National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Puducherry recently carried out an exercise to assess the preparedness and response mechanism of the Union Territory administration in the event of…
Human-Influenced Climate Change Behind 2015 Floods in South East China but not Chennai, Says Report
New research published in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society identified evidence for human-influenced climate change for several heatwaves, record-low Arctic sea ice, Alaska’s intense…
NASA Finds a Lifetime of Heavy Rainfall From Tropical Cyclone Vardah
NASA gathered rainfall data on Tropical Cyclone Vardah from its birth in the Bay of Bengal through its mNASA gathered rainfall data on Tropical Cyclone Vardah from its birth in…
India – 10 Dead After Cyclone Vardah Hits Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Tropical Cyclone Vardah made landfall near near Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India on 12 December, 2016. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reports that at least 10 people have died in…
