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June 30, 2026 10:56 AM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan to visit flood-hit Arunachal Pradesh, chair high-level review meeting in Assam

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan will undertake a two-day visit to the Northeast beginning June 30 to review the flood situation in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The visit comes as the ...

January 13, 2026 3:16 PM

Wildfires, storms fuel 2025 insured losses of $108 billion, Munich Re says

Global insured losses from natural disasters fell to $108 billion last year, Munich Re said in a report on Tuesday. That compared with an inflation-adjusted $147 billion in 2024, the German reinsurer said, as the U.S. mainland avoided hurricanes for...

November 30, 2025 4:32 PM

Tropical storm deaths top 600 in Southeast Asia, over 4 million affected

The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on Sunday, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend. Indo...

September 9, 2025 6:55 PM

PM Modi announces financial assistance of Rs 1,600 crore for flood-hit Punjab

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conducted an aerial survey of areas affected by floods, cloudbursts, and heavy rains in Punjab. He later held an official review meeting in Gurdaspur to assess damage and ongoing relief and rehabilitation measu...

September 9, 2025 12:04 PM

‘Stand shoulder-to-shoulder with affected,’ says PM Modi before leaving for flood-hit Himachal, Punjab

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reaffirmed that his government stands “shoulder-to-shoulder” with those affected by the recent floods and landslides, as he departed for Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to assess the ground situation in the dis...

September 4, 2025 10:27 AM

Flood wreaks havoc in Jammu, weather likely to improve today

Floods across the Jammu division wreaked havoc over the last 24 hours; however, with no rainfall, the water level in rivers of Kashmir started receding on Thursday morning. Officials said two persons were killed when their house collapsed in Rajouri...

July 23, 2025 11:12 AM

Rains, floods and rising heat: South Asia’s growing climate crisis

People in India and neighboring countries eagerly await the monsoon rains, which signal the end of the scorching summer heat and bring much-needed water for crops that sustain crores of people. However, the increasing frequency, intensity, unpredicta...

July 22, 2025 11:49 AM

South Korea’s Lee orders all-out effort to find missing after floods

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung told public officials on Tuesday to "spare no effort" in the search for missing people and on damage recovery after days of torrential rains left a trail of destruction in various parts of the country. The wet w...

July 9, 2025 4:36 PM

Are flash floods directly linked to climate change?

The catastrophic flash floods in Texas a couple of days earlier, triggered by extremely heavy rainfall, which caused over 100 deaths and widespread destruction, have once again raised a pressing question- are flash floods directly linked to climate c...

July 8, 2025 1:11 PM

Dozens missing after floods on Nepal-China border

Over two dozen people are missing after heavy rainfall in the Tibet region of China triggered a deluge in the Bhote Koshi River, which flows through Nepal and China, washing away the 'Friendship Bridge' that connects them, officials said on Tuesday. ...