THE ravages of nature are becoming an unrelenting part of rural life. Sudden storms, untimely rains, long droughts and devastating floods 鈥� these extreme weather events strike at the heart of peaceful villages, stripping away not only livelihoods but the rhythms of daily life. In a country like Bangladesh, where agriculture remains the backbone of the economy, the...
WHEN a village is swept away by floods in Bangladesh, the global north praises the survivors鈥� 鈥榬esilience鈥�. But is resilience a badge of honour 鈥� or a painful coping mechanism in a world rigged against the poor?...
Spain closed schools and evacuated residents as heavy rains lashed the country Wednesday, two weeks after its worst floods in a generation killed more than 200 people...
Furious locals pelted Spain鈥檚 royals and premier on Sunday with mud and cries of 鈥榤urderers!鈥�, forcing officials to cut short their visit to the town worst hit by the floods which have killed more than 200.
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...
The worst-affected people received the least relief assistance in the flash flooding that swept parts of Bangladesh in August affecting over 5.6 million people, revealed a...
FOR decades, Bangladesh has struggled to cope with the devastating impacts of floods and environmental degradation, leaning heavily on outdated methods and conventional civil engineering solutions. While these strategies may have provided temporary fixes, they have often failed to address the underlying, systemic issues 鈥� and in many instances...
Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly six million children across Southeast Asia, the UN said Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster rose...
Volunteers rushed to areas inundated by floods in Myanmar on Sunday as the country鈥檚 death toll from the Typhoon Yagi deluge surged to 113 and remote areas...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war...
In view of the possibility of heavy rainfall in the country and upstream, the rivers in Chattogram division may swell rapidly in the next three days and submerge some low-lying areas of Chattogram, Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Bandarban, Khagrachhari, Feni, Cumilla, Noakhali, Laxmipur districts, said the report of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) on Thursday.
Intense monsoon rains and floods in India鈥檚 Gujarat state killed at least 28 people in the past three days, some drowning and others hit by falling trees, government officials said...
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Sunday said that the devastating floods in 86 upazilas of 12 districts caused an estimated loss of over Tk 1,590 crore in the fisheries and livestock sector...
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of Bangladesh, disaster officials said.
In response to the ongoing floods in Bangladesh, the Public Security Division of home ministry has formed a 鈥楧isaster Management Assistance Coordination Cell鈥� to facilitate disaster response efforts.
The onrush of water rising to 10 feet swept scores of villages in eastern, southeastern, and northeastern Bangladesh on Friday as deadly flash flooding continued for the fourth...
Several villages, fish enclosures and crop fields were inundated by heavy tides in Dakop and Paikgasa upazilas of Khulna after the river embankments collapsed.
Around six lakh people have been stranded in Lakshmipur as hundreds of low-lying villages, including four municipal towns of the district have been affected by the unprecedented floods, disrupting daily life, said locals.
The flood situation has deteriorated in Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Feni, Cumilla and Chattogram in 24 hours till 6:00am on Thursday, according to Flood Forecasting and Warming Centre.
India on Thursday claimed the release of water from the dam on Gumti River, Tripura did not impact the flood situation in Bangladesh.
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.
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...
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.
Landslides in southern China injured at least six people and trapped others, state media reported Sunday, as the region braced for severe floods 鈥榮een around once a century鈥�...