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Kumram Bheem Asifabad/Adilabad: Several parts of Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Adilabad districts registered light to moderate rains, affecting normal life and disturbing the farm operations on Sunday. The average rainfall of the district was 22 mm. Kerameri and Wankidi mandals received the highest rainfall by 31.2 mm each. Sirpur (T), Koutala, Lingapur, Kaghaznagar and Bejjur […]
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Mancherial: Floods in July caused misery to the public by damaging crops and inundating low-lying areas. But, they apparently brought cheer to illegal miners of sand in Mancherial and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts who intensified excavation and transportation of sand in rivulets and streams that received abundance of sand owing to the downpours, causing huge […]
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Hyderabad: Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Telangana, including areas in Hyderabad, on Thursday, affecting normal life. Three fishermen, who were stranded in an overflowing rivulet at Rampally thanda in Kamareddy district, were rescued by rescue and police teams. A car driver, who tried to cross a low-level bridge between Andhguda […]
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Kothagudem: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to visit the flood affected areas in Sivakasipuram and Kukkunur in Velerupadu and Kukkunur mandals of AP on Thursday. He would visit flood-affected areas in Burgampad in Kothagudem district and would stay at Bhadrachalam in the night. On Friday he would visit Thotapalli, Kothulagutta, Kunavaram and Rekhapalli […]
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Hyderabad: With rains lashing across the State, including several areas in Hyderabad, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao directed the officials to take up relief measures and ensure there was no loss of human life. The Minister held a video conference with Municipal Administration and Urban Development Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar and […]
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Kothagudem: With the inundation in flood affected villages subsiding the district administration has intensified its efforts to restore civic amenities in the affected villages in the district. Panchayat Raj Director M Hanumantha Rao, Khammam District Collector VP Gautham, Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier, who were on flood relief duty, visited several flood affected villages […]
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Hyderabad: The Godavari floods at Bhadrachalam has sparked a fresh row between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar blaming it on Polavaram project and demanding reduction in the height of the project. He also sought merger of five villages in Andhra Pradesh near Bhadrachalam with Telangana that would help in taking […]
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Mulugu: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has directed officials of the irrigation department to take steps to prevent the flooding of the habitations during the monsoon season and find a permanent solution to the miseries of the people living along the banks of the River Godavari. He sanctioned Rs 8.3 crore to the flood-hit districts […]
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Mancherial: Members of Narisena Global Women Forum (NGWF) local chapter, continued their charity work to help victims of recent floods by providing food, bread, fruits and bedsheets in different parts of the district for the third day on Saturday. Kasam Shiva Keerthi, chapter president said that they distributed meal bread, bananas and bedsheets, towels to […]
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Hyderabad: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao slammed the Narendra Modi government at Centre for not coming to the rescue of rain-battered Telangana. He stated that the Central government was treating Telangana like an enemy and taking revenge on the State without sanctioning funds on one pretext or the other, with political motives. […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Collector Rahul Raj urged people living in Kaghaznagar, Dahegaon, Bejjur and Penchikalpet mandals to be cautious of floods with Peddavagu, a tributary of Pranahita overflowing due to rains in upstream areas. In a statement, Rahul said that Kumram Bheem project was receiving over one lakh cusecs of inflows following rains in upstream […]
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Kothagudem: The State government was fully prepared and made all arrangements to address any emergency situation in the wake of heavy rains and floods in the State, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister on Monday visited Bhadrachalam and reviewed the flood situation as the river Godavari crossed the third warning level and reached […]
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Nirmal: Low-lying areas of Bhainsa town were inundated by floods, forcing people to vacate their houses on Saturday. Vinayaknagar, Autonagar, Kubheer chowrasta, Rahul nagar and many other low-lying areas of the town were submerged due to the rains that occurred in the mandal. Rainwater entered the houses, causing inconvenience to the dwellers of these areas. […]
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About 30 children had a miraculous escape after their school bus was caught in a flash flood in the Mahbubnagar district.
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Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has confirmed that 400 people have died in the recent floods triggered by incessant rain across the country. The floods hit the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Laghman, Panjshir, Parwan, Kabul, Kapisa, Maidan Wardak, Bamiyan, Ghazni, Logar, Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, Takhar, Paktia, Khost and Daikundi, as well as the Salang […]
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Guwahati: Assam reeled under devastating floods caused by incessant rain, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking stock of the situation and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visiting several relief camps sheltering affected people on Saturday, officials said. As many as 19 lakh people remained affected by the deluge in 28 districts. A total of 55 […]
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Brasilia: The death toll due to the heavy rain in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco has increased to 56, disaster management authorities said. Fifty-six people are still missing and nearly 4,000 have been evacuated due to the floods and landslides caused by the heavy rains, Xinhua news agency quoted the authorities as saying on Sunday. […]
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Guwahati: Indian Air Force on Sunday continued its relief efforts in flood-affected areas of Assam with the help of airlift rescue teams (choppers) and provided relief materials to the people. “#FloodReliefInAssam Efforts are continuing to evacuate citizens and airlift rescue teams and relief material to areas cut off due to floods in Assam. #IAF has […]
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The flooding in Brisbane and its surrounds is the worst since 2011 when the city of 2.6 million people was inundated by what was described as a once-in-a-century event.
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Amaravati: The main rail and road routes in Andhra Pradesh, connecting the south and east, remained cut off as the Penna river in spate caused heavy destruction on Sunday. The Chennai-Kolkata National Highway-16 had to be closed down for traffic in SPS Nellore district following a heavy breach of road at Padugupadu. At least 17 […]
