Floods affect more than a million in Assam despite rainfall deficit in state

The situation may worsen in the next 48 hours

Flood-proof Himalayas

Spatial planning, nature-based solutions can make cities in Hindu Kush Himalaya climate-resilient

Floods threaten wildlife at VTR, Bihar’s sole tiger reserve

Floodwaters entered the low-lying areas of VTR following heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak river in Nepal in the last 48 hours  

Bangladesh floods: More than 2 million stranded, 31 dead — Rohingyas bear worst brunt

Torrential monsoon rainfall has unleashed devastating floods in eastern Bangladesh and the situation is set to worsen   

Old answers for ‘new’ monsoon

Mitigating floods and droughts has only one answer: obsessive attention to building millions and millions of connected and living water structures

Blame it on Hirakud?

The CAG has rapped the Odisha government for not keeping the dam's water level in check and failing to prevent flooding in downstream areas

America’s first ‘climate refugees’ and a vanishing island

The island, which had over 22,000 acres of land in 1955, has lost about 98 per cent of it due to sea level rise, saltwater intrusion and subsidence

A monsoon after two droughts

In a year of severe drought, India witnessed one of its worst floods

How early warning systems helped get funds for Nepal's flood-prone Terai region

Community-based flood early warning systems (CBFEWS) have been particularly successful in relaying crucial flood risk information

COVID-19: Bihar flood control works stalled amid lockdown

Several embankment repair and maintenance works hit as workers head back home 

Warned, yet unprepared

States prone to floods have failed to implement management schemes, finds a performance audit of CAG

Bihar to use drones to watch over embankments

At least 12 drones will be deployed in the first phase, according to state’s water resources department 

Death, destruction deja vu: These photos show cloudbursts emergent pattern

Heavy rainfall in Dehradun's Raipur affects several villages; At least four deaths reported, heavy water flow damages bridges & roads

What happened to India’s flood management plan?

There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …

Global population exposed to floods grew over 20% in 15 years: Study

The growth was concentrated in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Monsoon 2022: Himachal sees 7 cloudbursts, 31 flash floods in a month

Cold desert region affected; 133 deaths due to calamities reported in state

Why rain on snow in the California mountains worries scientists

Rain-on-snow events have resulted in some of the nation’s most destructive and costly floods

Early warning a must to cope with floods

People along the Brahmaputra were prepared last week, while in the weeks before that, people in Kerala, Nagaland and Assam were not

Here are some measures to upscale Delhi’s flood resilience

Climate-resilient designs and infrastructure can enhance the city’s capacity to withstand extreme weather events

Bengaluru floods: City’s stormwater drains are not good enough & government has known it for long

Karnataka state action plan on climate change suggested a better run off model and revised design guidelines for stormwater drains to prevent …

Rajasthan floods: still waiting for relief

FLOOD FACTSHEET: Monsoon may be on a break, not deluge

How floods have affected India by in the first half of 2021

How to rebuild Uttarakhand?

Run-up to COP27: Loss and damage in Madagascar needs robust assessment

More than one million people needed food assistance in 2020

Simply put: Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers