Colombo, Dec 16 (IANS) At least three people were killed and more than 300,000 were displaced in flash floods in eastern Sri Lanka, the government said Wednesday.
Pradeep Kodippily, assistant director of the Disaster Management Centre, told reporters that 302,835 people were displaced and more than 83,000 families were affected in the floods.
Ampara and Batticaloa [...]
Jeddah, Nov 28 (DPA) Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority Saturday raised the toll from this week’s flash floods caused by heavy downpours to 106.
An official with the authority said crews were still searching for survivors from the flooding that hit the western part of the country, including the area where many enter the kingdom for [...]
Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Frail and wrinkled Shivaswamy goes around the agri fair here – not to learn about the latest trends in farming but to tap people for a job. The 56-year-old farmer’s small field was destroyed in the Karnataka floods.
‘I am jobless. My land has been destroyed and it will take months before [...]
Bagalkot (Karnataka), Nov 2 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday lauded the corporate sector for coming forward to build houses and other facilities for the flood affected in north Karnataka.
‘I appreciate corporates are giving back to the society which sustains them,’ the minister said here after laying the foundation stone for relocation of Shirabadagi [...]
Bangalore, Oct 27 (IANS) It was a day of meetings of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ministers and legislators in Karnataka here Tuesday as opponents of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa upped the ante to force him to concede their demands.
Yeddyurappa himself held a meeting of ministers loyal to him along with state BJP president D.V.Sadananda Gowda [...]
Bangalore, Oct 17 (IANS) Almost a month back, six-year-old Veena Sundar had an elaborate plan to celebrate Diwali. Today, with no proper roof over her head and surviving on gruel, the festival of lights is a day of gloom for Sundar and hundreds of children like her.
They are victims of the Sep 30-Oct 2 rains [...]
Bangalore, Oct 15 (IANS) The Karnataka government Thursday advised banks to reschedule loans of people, especially farmers, who were affected by the recent rain havoc and flash floods in northern districts of the state.
‘The banks have agreed to reschedule the loans of the flood-affected as per the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),’ [...]
Bangalore, Oct 15 (IANS) Ruma Thakur, a homemaker in Bangalore, is clueless on how to manage the household budget this Diwali as prices of vegetables and fruits soar towards the sky.
‘I am finding it hard to buy common vegetables and fruits like tomato, carrot, sapota and banana. The prices of vegetables and fruits have doubled, [...]
Lucknow, Oct 12 (IANS) Flash floods in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh due to release of water upstream from Nepal have left at least 31 people dead in the past four days, a state government official said Monday.
The swirling waters of Sharda and Ghaghra rivers have inundated several parts of Lakhimpur-Kheri, Bahraich, Gonda and [...]
Bangalore, Oct 12 (IANS) A group of sex workers in Karnataka Monday donated Rs.50,000 to help north Karnataka flood victims, a move that prompted Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to say the gesture is worth Rs.50 crore (Rs.500 million).
‘Thank you, friends,’ Yeddyurappa said accepting the cheque at a function where sex workers inaugurated a centre they [...]
Bangalore, Oct 11 (IANS) The cash-strapped Karnataka government plans to impose a special tax to raise additional funds for rehabilitating the flood-affected people in the state’s northern districts, Home Minister V.S. Acharya said late Sunday.
‘The cabinet discussed the tax proposal raised by the chief minister (B.S. Yeddyurappa) at an all-party meeting earlier in the day. [...]
Bangalore, Oct 11 (IANS) The Karnataka government plans to impose a special tax to raise Rs.1,000-1,500 crore for relief and rehabilitation works in the flood-hit districts of north Karnataka, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Sunday.
‘The proposed tax will be operational for six months to one year to raise funds for executing relief and rehab schemes [...]
Raichur/Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday wound up his two-day aerial survey of flood devastation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and granted interim relief of Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion) to each state.
‘I announce an interim relief of Rs.1,000 crore for Karnataka. For the 226 precious lives lost in the flash floods and [...]
Kathmandu, Oct 8 (DPA) The death toll from flooding and landslides in western Nepal rose to 54 with thousands displaced from their homes, officials said Thursday.
The flash floods and landslides were triggered by heavy rains which began Sunday evening and left a trail of destruction as the system moved east across the Himalayan nation.
Government officials [...]
Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) Till a week back, Sreelakshmi had a home of her own where she lived happily with her two sons and husband. Today, with the floods washing away her home in a Karnataka village, all she has in the name of a shelter is a tarpaulin sheet over her head.
The recent flash [...]
Kathmandu, Oct 6 (DPA) Unseasonably heavy rains in western Nepal left a trail of destruction Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, official said.
Government officials said landslides struck at least five districts in western Nepal while flash floods were reported in Nepal’s plains, known as Terai, after heavy rain began falling Sunday [...]
Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) The Karnataka government is appealing to people, NGOs, religious and educational institutions and corporates to donate liberally to help it rehabilitate the flood-ravaged in the state’s northern districts.
Chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who has been camping in the worst-affected northern districts for the last three days, assessing the damage and supervising relief [...]
Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tuesday strongly objected to the state human rights commission chief’s comments that the state government has failed to provide immediate relief to the flood hit.
‘The chairperson of KSHRC should not interfere in matters which is beyond his understanding,’ senior BJP leader and Medical Education [...]
Bangalore, Oct 5 (IANS) Three days of rain and floods in Karnataka have caused damage of around Rs.16,500 crore besides leaving 195 people dead, it was officially stated Monday.
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is camping in the northern districts – the worst affected in the rain and flash floods that hit 15 of the state’s [...]
Panjim, Oct 5 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Monday toured flood-hit areas of the state and said that except for the Canacona region the which is on the bank of the river, the devastation has not been that extensive.
Incessant rains and flash floods have [...]
Bangalore/Hyderabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Respite from rains Sunday improved the situation in flood-hit north Karnataka but surging waters from an overflowing Krishna river threatened to inundate coastal districts of Vijayawada and Guntur in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, senior officials said.
‘The ground situation in the 10 worst-affected districts is improving as we had a break from torrential [...]
Bangalore, Oct 4 (IANS) Flood-hit north Karnataka had some respite from heavy rains and further havoc Sunday even as the death toll mounted to 170, officials said here. The state has, meanwhile, intensified rescue and relief operations in the worst-hit districts.
‘There is respite from rains and further flooding in north Karnataka since the last 12 [...]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 3 (IANS) Heavy rain for the fifth day Saturday caused flash floods in several districts of Orissa, officials said. Several rivers in Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Koraput, Cuttak and Bhadrak districts are in spate.
Several rivers are flowing close to the danger mark. The Baitarani river is flowing above the danger mark at Akhuapada in Bhadrak [...]
Rome, Oct 3 (Xinhua) At least 20 people were killed and 35 missing in flash floods in southern Italy, officials said Friday.
The government has declared a state of emergency in the flood-hit town of Messina.
The floods were caused by a storm that started Thursday night.
Officials said more than 450 people have become homeless in the [...]
