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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to monitor the water release from Jharkhand dams causing floods in southern Bengal. She raised concerns about the…
The Kullu-Manali Highway, which was washed away in the cloudburst on August 1, opened only one way for traffic movement on Sunday. Restoration work is underway. On restoration work underway…
Two days after massive landslides struck the Wayanad district in Kerala, the death toll has climbed to 190. Revenue Minister K Rajan said, “The official death announced by the government…
Waging through inclement weather conditions, the Madras Engineer Group (MEG), an engineering unit of the Indian Army that began work on erecting a temporary Bailey Bridge in landslide affected Chooralmala,…
The death toll in the Wayanad landslide tragedy climbed to 143 on Wednesday,, with several injured and trapped, according to the State Health Department. Relief and rescue operations are underway…
The Kolhapur District Administration has relocated 5,849 people from 1,379 families from flood-affected areas, with 5,116 people from the Karveer Tahsil alone, as the Panchaganga river continues to flow above…
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning of light to moderate rainfall accompanied by light thunderstorms and lightning on Monday in isolated areas of Delhi-NCR, Yamunanagar, and Kurukshetra.…
The death toll in Nepal has risen to 62 since the onset of monsoon as rain continues to batter the Himalayan Nation which is expecting more than average rainfall this…
A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Devprakash Madhukar, referred to as ‘Mukhya Sewadar’ and other organisers of a prayer meeting congregation ‘Satsang’ organised in the Hathras district…
At least four people have died and one is missing in the flooding in southern Switzerland, reported CNN, citing local police and Swiss state media. Three people, however, have been…
In a relief and rescue operation, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) pulled out the four submerged vehicles from the Ganga river after they were swept away…
Tripura Transport and Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Tuesday said that heavy rains triggered by cyclone ‘Remal’ have forced a total 746 people from 246 families to take shelter in…
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday mentioned the Global Traditional Medicine Centre established in India, and the first global summit on traditional medicine, organised by the…
As many as 10 people were killed as cyclonic storm Remal made landfall in Bangladesh’s coastal area on Sunday night, Dhaka Tribune reported, citing State Minister for Disaster Management and…
Amid heavy rains and gusty winds, severe Cyclone ‘Remal’ started crossing the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal on Sunday night, Dhaka Tribune reported, citing the meteorological department. Around 8…
The memorial ceremonies for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will take place in the cities of Tabriz and Qom on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported citing the…
A major fire broke out in the Bali-Tirshi block of Udhampur Forest Range in the early hours of Wednesday, the Forest Department officials said. The reason for the fire at…
The death toll after a big hoarding collapsed in Maharashtra’s Ghatkopar area has risen to 14 on Tuesday. According to the National Disaster Rescue Force, 74 people have been rescued…
President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar have condoled the deaths of eight people and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured in a hoarding collapse incident in…
Two persons were killed and six people sustained injuries as heavy rains created havoc near Peepal Kothi on the hilly areas of Uttarakhand and the Badrinath Highway. Seventeen more people…
At least 56 people were killed due to torrential rains, followed by floods and mudslides in Brazil, forcing thousands of people out of their homes, reported Al Jazeera citing the…
In what authorities are describing as the worst disaster in its history, Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul is reeling from the devastating effects of heavy rains and…
The most powerful earthquake to hit Taiwan in nearly a quarter-century has led to nine fatalities with 143 individuals still trapped in the rubbles and over 1,000 injured, the island…
A powerful earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter Scale rocked Taiwan’s eastern shores on Wednesday, as confirmed by the US Geological Survey (USGS). “Notable quake, preliminary info: M 6.5 –…
