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Mancherial: In an example of going an extra-mile, authorities of the civil supplies department shipped rice meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) by a boat to remote Sumputam village in Vemanapalli mandal, which was isolated by flooding streams, on Thursday. District Civil Supplies Officer A Prem Kumar visited the flooding stream and ensured that the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced allocation of Rs 1,000 crore to take up works for protection of Bhadrachalam town from Godavari floods on a permanent basis. The government will take up construction of residential colonies for people living in flood-prone areas, develop embankment around Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy temple and also take up repair […]

Hyderabad: Efforts to tackle the menace of urban flooding, which has emerged a major threat in the city, especially to people residing in low-lying areas, during heavy rains, are gathering steam with a series of works worth a whopping Rs 2,250 crore to fix water-logging issues in such localities in progress. Some of the major […]

Climate change refers to the long-term changes in global temperatures and other characteristics of the atmosphere.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that hundreds of people have been rescued from the waters.

Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama pointed to climate change as a cause of recent deadly storms.

The flooding brings the death toll from more than two months of torrential rains ravaging Colombia to 27, with thousands of people flooded out of their homes.

Heavy rain effectively shut down Manila, the sprawling capital of 12 million people, and surrounding areas, turning streets into rivers.

Heavy rains were reported in the eastern half of Cuba, where authorities have evacuated thousands of people due to the risk of flooding.

The strongest typhoon of the year also triggered deadly landslides that buried a number of houses in the southern part of the most populous island of Luzon, officials said.

"Farmers should not face harassment of any kind at any level and the district magistrates have been given clear orders in this regard."

Rocks rained down on the barracks of a military station in Quang Tri province, with 22 soldiers believed to have been buried underneath thick mud, an official government website said.

Sources said that the farmers were stuck on the island following the rise in the flow of waters in the river at around 12 am.

According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) report, 7,348 recorded disasters occurred around the world in the last two decades.