Body of Indian swept away by floods in UAE found in Oman
World | January 17, 2020 11:35 ISTThe body of an Indian driver, who went missing after flash floods in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week, has been found in Oman, police has confirmed.
The body of an Indian driver, who went missing after flash floods in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week, has been found in Oman, police has confirmed.
It said that in north India, rainstorms have become 50 per cent more common and 80 per cent longer. "The trend of more unpredictable and extreme rainfall in India reflects what climate scientists predict will happen due to climate change, particularly if emissions do not fall. Another study found that monsoon rainfall will become more unpredictable, with variability increasing up to 50 per cent this century if emissions continue to rise," it said.
After the Hulimavu lake in Bengaluru breached on Sunday, the residents living near the lake were shocked after water gushed into their house. The houses in the low lying region were terribly flooded due to the breach.
By 2100, it warned, 44 million people will be under the risk of annual flooding due to rise in the sea level. The study by US-based NGO Climate Central said six Asian countries — India, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand — where 237 million people live, could face annual coastal flooding threats by 2050, roughly 183 million more than assessments based on prevailing elevation data.
Though monsoon remains active in a few parts of the country, the season officially ended on September 30. During the four-month period, the country recorded the highest rainfall since 1994, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The second spell of downpour since October 18 has claimed13 lives besides damaging around 10,000 houses and rendering over 7,000 people homeless in 16 districts, including, Belagavi in north Karnataka which bore the brunt of the flood fury in August, according to latest official information
A little over an hour-long off-monsoon rainfall paralysed normal life in Mangalabag area in the city on Thursday afternoon. The heavy rain has inundated parts of SCB Medical College and Hospital campus in the locality putting patients, their attendants and the hospital staff in difficulties.
Former MP Pappu Yadav's Durga Puja was quite different. Working like a Good Samaritan, Pappu Yadav helped thousands of affected people across the waterlogged Patna as he distributed essentials to them.
The Centre on Friday approved additional financial assistance of Rs 1813.75 crore to Karnataka and Bihar for the damages caused by the rains and floods in the two states, the Home Ministry said on Friday.
Zilla Parishad president Gour Chandra Mandal said that the low-lying areas in all the blocks of the district have been inundated and a large number of mud houses have collapsed due to heavy rainfall over the past two days.
More than 4,000 people, including women and children, were rescued from the flood-affected areas of Bihar's capital city of Patna on Monday
Heavy rains have battered many areas of Uttar Pradesh and led to flooding in low-lying areas.
A 54-year-old sub-inspector of the BSF is suspected to have drowned in a swollen river along the International Border (IB) in Jammu on Sunday.
A 10-month-old baby was miraculously rescued by a fire brigade team in Pune. The miraculous rescue was captured in a video. Take a look:
Speaking to reporters, he said the Centre has assured that a decision on providing assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) will be taken after a central team, which is assessing the extent of damage in the state, submits its report in the next two-three days.
Five districts of Uttar Pradesh are facing flood-like situation after continuous rise of water level in the Ganga, Yamuna, Betwa, Chambal, Ghagra and Sharda rivers.
Around 350 students were marooned in their school on Saturday soon after water released from the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam flooded the culverts connecting the school to other areas.
More than 350 students and 50 teachers are stuck inside a school in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan since yesterday as the roads outside are blocked due to heavy discharge of water from Rana Pratap Dam.
Incessant rain, triggered by a low-pressure area, created a flood-like situation in some parts of Odisha on Saturday, claiming at least three lives, officials said.
The National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning Wednesday for the Atlantic coast from northern Georgia to southern Virginia, predicting a “potentially life-threatening storm surge” around the North Carolina-South Carolina line.
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