Downpours drench homeless survivors of Myanmar quake
Heavy rains have lashed the Myanmar region stricken by last month鈥檚 earthquake, aid officials said Wednesday, drenching homeless survivors and bogging down relief efforts...
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Heavy rains lash Spain after deadly floods
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...
Erosion renders 700 families homeless
At least 700 families have become homeless in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts as they have lost their houses due to erosion caused by spells of heavy rain and continued...
Heavy rain inundates 34 villages in Kushtia
Four unions in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia along the Padma River in Bangladesh have been inundated due to heavy rainfall caused by low pressure in the Bay and an onrush of upstream water, rendering residents of 34 villages stranded.
Flood likely in low-lying areas along Teesta
The rivers in Rangpur division might rapidly rise by tomorrow following very heavy rain inside Bangladesh and its adjacent upstream areas in India under the influence of a low pressure that started moving onto land...
Brief relief from hot days ahead
A brief relief from the sweltering heat is likely amidst a low pressure moving inland from the west-central Bay of Bengal, prompting the Met Office to issue a heavy rainfall warning...
Time to see if unplanned steps cause rainwater collection
EXTREMELY heavy rainfall induced by a depression that had continued for two to three days have both sprained and strained life in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Chattogram, Barishal, Patuakhali and neighbouring districts. Houses, road stretches, farms and fish enclosures faced extensive damage in the rainfall that came with heavy wind. With a decline in rainfall, Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
Flash flood sweeps through 4 dists
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...
Lightning kills 3 as wet spell brings rain, thunderstorms
Three people were killed by lightning strikes on Sunday in Thakurgaon amidst a wet spell bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms...
Rain causes water stagnation in Ctg
Low-lying areas in the port city went under water on Thursday due to heavy rain since Wednesday night in the city.
Fresh wet spell over Bangladesh prompts heavy rain, landslide warnings
A fresh wet spell triggered by the active monsoon has set in over Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal, prompting heavy rainfall and landslide warnings for three days until August 3 afternoon...
Heavy rainfall in short duration impacts water drainage: DSCC CEO
The chief executive officer of Dhaka South City Corporation, Md Mizanur Rahman, said that due to heavy rainfall in short duration, there had been some delay in the receding of water from the areas under the jurisdiction....
Rain triggers floods, landslides in 11 dists
Multiple disasters have struck Bangladesh due to continued heavy rainfall all over the country and upstream areas for the past three days.
Major rivers swell amid heavy rain
Major rivers in Bangladesh鈥檚 four river basins鈥擝rahmaputra, Ganges, Meghna and south-eastern hill basin鈥攁re swelling amidst heavy to very heavy rainfall inside...
Landslide kills farmer as heavy rain sets in all over Bangladesh
A farmer was killed in a landslide in Naikhanchhari upazila of Bandarban on Saturday afternoon amidst a wet spell setting in all over Bangladesh with forecasts of it...
Yet another spell of heavy rain kicks off upstream Bangladesh
Yet another spell of heavy to very heavy rainfall began in Bangladesh鈥檚 upstream with India Meteorological Department issuing orange to red alerts over vast areas through June 29...
North-east flood may worsen over weekend
The flood situation in the north-east is set to worsen over the weekend with the ongoing wet spell picking up with heavy to very heavy rainfall continuing inside the country and increasing in its upstream in parts of north-eastern India...
Rain triggers water stagnation in Ctg
Chattogram experienced heavy rainfall since Monday morning, triggered by cyclone Remal, resulting in low-lying areas of the city submerged under water...
Daylong rain causes suffering to city people聽
Thousands of people from all walks of life, mostly school going children and office goers suffered immensely from water stagnation in the capital on Monday due to heavy rainfall following the cyclone Remal...
Heavy rain causes water stagnation, sufferings聽in city
Many parts of the capital city were under water until Saturday afternoon due to heavy rains in the morning, causing immense suffering to city...
Schools, offices shut as heavy rain returns to UAE
Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates on Thursday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change...
Dubai in chaos after record rains in 75 years
Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on Wednesday, a day after the heaviest rains on record.