FLOODING from incessant rain caused by the recent depression in the Bay of Bengal has remained somewhat unchanged while the government鈥檚 disaster management and relief efforts are barely visible. Four of the five north-eastern rivers that were flowing above their danger marks further swelled, as the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre reported in its last cycle on June...
Water levels of all major rivers in the Sylhet region have kept rising rapidly due to heavy rainfall for a few days, triggering fear of flash floods...
Nine waves of flash floods hit Bangladesh in the past five months, affecting millions, many of them repeatedly, according to a presentation made by the Flash Flood Warning Centre at a discussion on Wednesday...
A QUARTER to a million people, especially at Nalitabari, Jhenaigati and Sribardipur spanning about 800 square kilometres in Sherpur are left stranded in a flash flooding that a heavy spell of rain in Bangladesh鈥檚 north and its adjacent hills upstream across the border in India caused in 24 hours until night on October 4. The height of the trans-boundary river...
At least three people were killed and thousands evacuated as the flash flood sweeping through parts of northern Bangladesh worsened, prompting authorities to seek help from...
The low-lying areas of Lalmonirhat district in Bangladesh have been inundated as River Teesta keeps swelling due to the onrush of water from the upstream and the torrential rainfall for the last several days, leaving 25,000 people stranded.
THE government has come up with details on the damage that flash flooding of the east, north-east and south-east for a fortnight beginning in the third week of August has caused. The disaster management and relief ministry has estimated the damage from the flooding to the tune of Tk 142.69 billion, warranting that the government needs to...
As many as 82,755 houses were partially and completely damaged in the recent flash flood in Cumilla district alone with official estimates putting the losses of the flood at over Tk 3,500 crore.
AMID the flash flood and imminent landslide risk, reported incidents of rape and rape attempts are an added concern for the national minorities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A rape and two cases of rape attempts were filed in the three hill districts in August 22鈥�23. A group of Bengali men on August 22 dragged an elderly woman and her daughter out of...
RECORD high rainfall in southeastern districts and the neighbouring Indian state of Tripura has led to an unprecedented and severe flash flooding in Comilla, Feni and many other districts in the region. Rivers like the Gumti and Muhuri are flowing above danger level. So far, fifteen deaths have been reported, millions displaced and in distress, villages...
Helicopters were used to airlift people on Wednesday as authorities rushed troops to help worst-hit people in the devastating flash floods raging through nine districts in eastern, southeastern and northeastern Bangladesh...
Devastating flash floods swept through four eastern and southeastern districts on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people stranded in scores of villages after some rivers swelled up to over 4 metre overnight amidst persistent heavy rain and onrush of water from the upstream...
At least 300 tourists have been stranded in Sajek due to the suspension of road communication caused by flash floods and torrential rains.
Monsoon downpours caused flash floods that killed 13 people in Himalayan foothills in India, officials said Friday, with helicopters rescuing hundreds stranded near a renowned Hindu shrine.
The ongoing flash flood that swept vast swathes of northern and north-eastern regions for the ninth day running on Saturday affected more than 50 lakh people...
While the rest of the country turns on vacation mode, heading home to celebrate Eid with at least three days of leave, dozens of families in remote northeastern Bangladesh left...
Six people were killed after heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides in a remote corner of India鈥檚 northeast, officials said on Friday...
More than half a million people remained marooned in Sylhet until Sunday, 12 days after the north-eastern region were hit by a flash flood induced by the rain triggered by cyclonic storm Remal...
The flash flood situation in the north-eastern Sylhet district worsened as flood water entered at least 100 new unions on Tuesday, affecting 1,25,568 more...
Over half of the Sylhet city had been affected as the north-eastern district watched its flash flood situation worsen on Monday amid very heavy rain and...
The flash flood in north-eastern Bangladesh is feared to linger amidst forecasts of heavy to very heavy rain continuing, particularly in the upstream in neighbouring India...
Flash floods, mudslides and falling trees have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka as the island nation is battered by monsoon storms, the country's disaster centre said Sunday.
At a time when thousands of people face a humanitarian crisis, deprived of basic needs such as access to water, food, and medical care, along the southern coastal region, flash floods hit scores of people in north-eastern villages on Wednesday...
The low-lying and haor areas of 13 unions in Gowainghat upazila were inundated on Wednesday due to flash floods prompted by heavy rainfall and onrush of upstream water...
Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, provincial police said on Saturday, a week after hundreds were washed away in the north of the country....
More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the World Food Programme said on...
In response to the imminent threat of flash floods in the north and northeastern regions of Bangladesh, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has issued alerts and recommendations for local communities......