Students protest blaming India for flash floods
The students said the opening of the Dumbur dam upstream of the Gumti river in Tripura is the reason behind the sudden floods. They also demanded fair water-sharing agreements…
Natural Disaster
Flash floods wreak havoc in 12 districts in Bangladesh
Five killed, 10 missing as vast areas inundated in Sylhet and Chattogram.
Philippine agri losses from Typhoon Gaemi, southwest monsoon reach US$83m
Irrigation facilities were mostly affected, comprising 34.72 percent or P1.64 billion of the total damage. Rice followed with 22.9 percent (P1.08 billion), mostly those newly…
3 million stranded as flood hits eight districts in Bangladesh
Locals said they did not see such massive flooding in the last 37 years.
Record flooding seen in China’s major rivers
Nationwide, the number of rivers exceeding flood warning levels is 120 percent higher than usual for this time of year, with those surpassing flood levels nearly 60 percent higher…
Flash flood hits Bhutan’s Gangtey, damaging crops and water supply
Though no casualties were reported, the flood caused significant damage, particularly to potato crops belonging to several farming households.
Devastating monsoon rains claim 16 lives in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Data from the National Disaster Management Authority shows that from July 1 to August 17, 195 people have been killed and 362 injured across the country due to rain-related…
Devastating monsoon rains claim 178 lives in Pakistan, more across South Asia
Monsoon rains also claimed many lives in other countries of South Asia, including at least 250 in India and 171 in Nepal, according to official data in each country.
Typhoon Maria brings record-breaking rains to Japan’s Tohoku region
Iwate prefecture experienced over 35 centimeters of rainfall in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. on Monday morning, nearly double the usual rainfall for the month of August.
Search for missing passengers in Nepal’s landslide tragedy continues a month on
Extensive search operations, which also included the deployment of an Indian team for several days last month, have been unable to locate the two missing buses and many passengers…