While a massive rescue effort is ongoing in the state of Maharashtra, teams from the Air Force, Army, Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in India have also been…
Thousands of people have been affected by flooding after days of heavy rainfall in northern and eastern India and neighbouring countries caused rivers to rise above the danger mark in…
Tropical Cyclone Tauktae left a trail of destruction as it moved north over the Arabian Sea, passing close to the western coast of India. Tauktae made landfall in Gujarat on…
MUMBAI, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s southern city of Hyderabad is known as a high-tech hub – but its infrastructure is looking increasingly dated in an era of…
Floods in Bangalore (also known as Bengaluru) in Karnataka state, India, caused traffic chaos and damaged hundreds of homes on 23 October 2020. Some areas of the city recorded more…
A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has brought days of heavy rain to parts of southern and western India, causing flooding in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,…
Update, 23 September 2020 Further heavy rainfall in Karnataka on 21 September caused flooding in other districts of the state including Uttara Kannada, Kalaburagi and Haveri. Local media report 1…
Heavy rain in western India has caused flooding and landslides, with at least 5 people reported missing. Further heavy rain is expected until around 10 August. Karnataka India’s National Disaster…
India‘s southwesterly monsoon has brought heavy rain to western parts of the country, causing widespread disruption and flooding roads and buildings. Two fatalities were reported in the state of Gujarat…
Torrential rain over the past few days has caused more devastating floods in the state of Karnataka in southwest India. Government officials said that 12 people have lost their lives…
Floods are now an annual nightmare in many parts of southern and western India. Valleys in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala that weren’t considered flood-prone until recently are…
The flood situation continues to worsen in southern and western India in particular in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Over 180 people have now died in flood…
More heavy monsoon rain has caused further flooding in India, this time in the eastern state of Odisha where over 6,000 people have been displaced according to disaster authorities. Meanwhile…
Recent flooding in the southwestern state of Karnataka in India has displaced around 2,225 people, damaged 974 houses and almost 87,000 hectares of crops. Karnataka is now on the growing…
Heavy rains have battered parts of the southwest Indian state of Karnataka since 14 August, 2018, causing severe flooding and landslides. The worst hit area is Kodagu district, close to…
Record rainfall in the Indian state of Karnataka has caused flooding in the city of Mangaluru as well as areas of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Local observers said that…
