Flood impacts farmers in Fiji
The restoration of infrastructure is a significant challenge for the response teams, the commissioner added.
The restoration of infrastructure is a significant challenge for the response teams, the commissioner added.
Close on the heels of cyclone Fengal, which devastated northern Tamil Nadu, heavy rains under the influence of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal continues to lash the state and neighbouring Puducherry.
South Korea will provide $500,000 in humanitarian aid to Nepal to help its relief efforts following devastating floods and landslides, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
The newly-assigned DM, East Burdwan, Ayesha Rani A today visited flood hit areas of Jamalpur block and extended food packets, garments ahead of the Durga Puja festival.
Noting that the flood situation in Bihar is ''becoming terrible'', Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday asked the Centre to provide adequate compensation to every flood victim and help the state government.
575 people including 97 children from 10 villages under three revenue circles have been affected by the flood.
Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change, new research said.
The death toll after last week's heavy rains that triggered deadly floods and landslides along the coast of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state has increased to 65, local authorities said.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tallied 23 deaths in southern Philippines, six in Bicol region on the main Luzon island, and three in central Philippines, reports Xinhua news agency.
The calamity not only wreaked havoc in the country but also pushed more than 45,000 people into evacuation centres for shelter.
