52 dead in 11 districts in Bangladesh floods
Around 10,72,579 families have been stranded amid the floods. In response, a total of 3,403 shelter centres have been opened to provide refuge for the affected people, where…
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Tourism damage from Thai floods nears 500 million baht
The severe floods have reduced the number of visitors by 57,092, leading to a decline in tourism spending of around 200 million.
Floods upend lives of thousands in Bangladesh
Extent of damage getting clearer as water starts receding in many areas.
Thai authorities brace for impacts of 2024 flooding
The Office of National Water Resources reported on Monday that the Irrigation Department was increasing discharge rates of dams and water reservoirs in the northern provinces to…
Lack of logistics key obstacle to relief distribution to flood-hit areas in Bangladesh
While the flood situation has improved in the absence of torrential rains in the eastern districts and water levels are subsiding, local administration and volunteers still find…
Survivor shares experience in Tagalog as Japan’s Aichi produces quake awareness videos for foreigners
The police have also produced disaster awareness videos in Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Indonesian.
Bangladesh floods: Relief delivery is now the challenge
4 more die as new areas have been flooded in Noakhali, Cumilla.
2024 flood risks in Thailand serious, but less severe than 2011 catastrophe: officials
The ongoing flood situation in different parts of Thailand has sparked public concern, with fears that the current crisis may escalate to the level of the 2011 floods, which…
‘Why do we only have agreements on eight rivers when we share so many rivers with India?’
Climatic threats should be taken as an opportunity to start dialogue and reach agreement for basin wide river management, says Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of…
Bangladesh floodings: Millions cut off without food, power
Relief materials and goods have also not reached many remote areas where families were stranded in flooded villages for days.