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Several rivers in the region are in a spate and low-lying areas have been flooded owing to the extremely heavy rains, they said. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal: Heavy rain likely in several districts

Isolated heavy rain is likely over the districts of East Midnapore, West Midnapore, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah,...

18 Aug 2017 3:53 AM IST

Throughout the northwestern area more than 650 houses were destroyed and damaged, hundreds of hectares of crops lost and roads broken, authorities said. (Photo: AFP)

Vietnam: 26 killed, 15 missing in flood, landslide

Last year, around 235 people were reported dead and missing due to flooding and bad weather in Vietnam.

7 Aug 2017 1:49 PM IST

Students and teachers in a flood-hit Dhubri district school unfurl the tricolour on Tuesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Braving fierce floods, Assam celebrates Independence Day

Seven militant outfits had given a boycott call.

16 Aug 2017 1:17 AM IST

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Climate change means more rain but less water in rural rivers: study

Researchers point out that city infrastructure is struggling to cope with the harsher downpours.

15 Aug 2017 5:21 PM IST

Heavy rainfall has lashed Nepal for the past four days, swelling several Himalayan rivers beyond the danger mark and causing flooding and landslides at many places in the country. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 78

The monsoon havoc which started on Friday has affected 27 districts spanning from the eastern, central to the western...

14 Aug 2017 5:06 PM IST

People shift with their belongings to safer places from a flooded village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal: Trains cancelled, forced to return due to floods

Eastern Railway said it had to cancel as the down link train, 15660 Dn was brought back to Agartala due to the flood...

14 Aug 2017 5:35 AM IST

Families perched on trees with young children overnight as flood waters swept away homes in a village in southern district of Chitwan, local media reported. (Photo: AP)

Nepal: Death toll from floods, landslide rises to 40

Torrential downpours have destroyed homes and infrastructure in more than a dozen districts since Friday morning.

13 Aug 2017 4:00 PM IST

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju

Political discrimination over flood funds: TMC

Mr Rijiju said the Centre does not discriminate and two installments of state disaster response fund have already to...

11 Aug 2017 4:00 AM IST

More than 200 residents have been evacuated from their homes in Venezuela. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Major hydroelectric dam affected 4,500 families in Venezuela floods

The opposition called on the government to take urgent action with the dam to prevent the flooding from worsening.

8 Aug 2017 9:29 AM IST

A woman collects drinking water from a hand-pump in the flood affected area in Kamrup district of Assam on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Kiren Rijiju visits landslide victims in Arunachal, gives cash relief

At least 14 people were killed in Laptap village when their homes were swept away in the landslide on July 11.

15 July 2017 3:10 AM IST

A vehicle is crushed after a landslide following heavy rains in Aizawl, Mizoram. (Photo: PTI)

70 people killed in rain-related incidents in various parts of...

In Pakistan and neighboring India, deadly floods occur regularly during the monsoon season, which runs from June through...

14 July 2017 5:19 PM IST

A rescue and search operation is underway, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. (Photo: Representational/AP)

China mudslide: 5 killed, 19 injured in Hunan province, search and...

Four others remain missing in the mudslide, which had hit Zuta village, Ningxiang County on Saturday due to heavy rains.

2 July 2017 5:53 PM IST