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Nearly 1,000 residents were rescued over the past two days, but dozens are still believed to be stranded. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Japan floods claim 15 lives; 14 still missing

Japan's royal family postponed the announcement of Princess Mako's engagement out of consideration for people suffering...

8 July 2017 3:18 PM IST

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Gujarat floods: 25 dead, 14 from same family, as rains wreak havoc

The State Emergency Operation Centre said, death toll across the state due to rains, floods in current season stood at...

27 July 2017 11:25 AM IST

Army personnel rescue villagers who were stuck due to heavy downpour at Surendranagar district of Gujarat on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, Mumbai; 3 die in Gujarat

NDRF, Air Force rescue 214 stranded people in Gujarat.

23 July 2017 1:00 AM IST

Sri Lanka has appealed for outside help as the death toll from floods and mudslides on Saturday rose to 100 with 99 others missing.

Sri Lanka rescuers find bodies as flood death toll reaches 146

Maj Gen Sudantha Ranasinghe, who is heading the rescue mission said he didn't expect to find any more survivors.

28 May 2017 1:54 PM IST

A flash flood washed away houses following a cloudburst at Thatri village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Four of family among eight killed as cloudbursts strike J&K

The police and the Army soon stepped up rescue operation and were being helped by local volunteers.

21 July 2017 2:32 AM IST

Zimbabwe says floods have killed 246 people and left 2,000 homeless since December. (Photo: AP)

Heavy rains end drought in Zimbabwe; south devastated by floods

Since December, floods have killed 246 people, injured 128 and left nearly 2,000 homeless, a Zimbabwean minister said.

5 March 2017 6:17 PM IST

Sri Lankan military rescuers and villagers stand on the debris of a house that was destroyed in a landslide in Bellana village in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka (Photo: AP)

At least 91 killed in mudslides, floods due to heavy rains in Sri...

Sri Lanka appealed to the international community including the United Nations and neighbouring countries for help.

26 May 2017 7:38 PM IST

Mudslides are common during the monsoon season in the Indian Ocean tropical island. (Photo: AP/Representational)

At least 91 killed in mudslides, floods due to heavy rains in Sri...

The people living in low lying areas around Kelani River and Kalu Ganga are cautioned about possible floods.

26 May 2017 1:10 PM IST

35 killed, 8 missing as flash floods hit northwestern Iran

The districts of Ajabshir and Azarshahr were the worst hit.

15 April 2017 6:05 PM IST

Rescuers inspect the damage in a neighborhood hit by a landslide in the village of Banaran, Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

1 dead, 28 feared buried in Indonesia landslide

In September, almost thirty people died in devastating floods and landslides in Garut, West Java.

1 April 2017 7:54 PM IST

Emergency personnel and local people work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern Chinas Sichuan Province. Dozens of people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes, a county government said. (Photo: AP)

Rain triggered floods kill at least 34 in China, 93 still missing

Over 3,000 rescuers are searching for 93 people still buried under rocks and mud by a landslide in southwest China's...

26 Jun 2017 3:16 PM IST

The strongest evidence for a human influence was found for temperature-related events (Photo: AFP)

Floods, fires in 2015 caused by climate change

The latest report is based on 25 peer-reviewed research papers that examine episodes of extreme weather of 2015 over...

16 Dec 2016 10:35 AM IST