At a time when flood situation remains grim in North Eastern states of India, Indian Air Force has alerted its units and kept them on standby on Tuesday. Sources in the Indian Air Force reveal that Eastern Air Command is monitoring the flood situation in the North Eastern states carefully and has kept its assets like helicopters including the Mi 17 and Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) on standby.

Flood situation in northeast India grim; IAF on standby

Tensions between India and Nepal are rising day by day. Nepal's Home Minister accuses India of causing floods.

Nepal's Home Minister accuses India of causing floods in Nepal

Heavy rain hit central China's Hubei Province on Sunday, trapping residents and disrupting traffic with floods in some cities.

South & Central China hit by heavy floods, More than 15 million people affected

The COVID-19 pandemic is a complex worldwide emergency without contemporary precedent. In every nation around the globe, the pandemic reaction is taking up the bulk of resources, expertise, time and effort.

Double crisis: Natural disasters don't stop for coronavirus

The pandemic is just one challenge. Emergency workers have to fight nature's vagaries too. Floods, forest fires, dust clouds... the list goes on. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more about this new crisis.

Gravitas: Natural disasters don't stop for a virus

China has urged more than a dozen provinces to take precautions against another round of heavy rain in the next few days after turbulent weather brought floods to large swathes of the country this month.

Heavy downpours trigger flash floods in large swathes of China

Rising floodwaters unleashed by two dam failures submerged parts of the central Michigan town of Midland on Wednesday, displacing thousands of residents and spreading into a Dow Chemical Co plant in the riverfront city.

Michigan dam collapse triggers severe flooding, around 10,000 people evacuated

Floods have crippled much of Indonesia's capital Jakarta. Experts say that Jakarta is now sinking at an alarming rate. This report has more details.

Gravitas: Indonesia's sinking capital, thousands caught in floods in Jakarta

Torrential rain brought floods to Indonesia’s capital Jakarta paralysing large parts of the city as rescue workers used boats to navigate streets.

Indonesia's Capital Jakarta could be under water by 2050

Saturday's floods in parts of Tel Aviv city killed two people, prompting rescue services to help residents trapped in their vehicles. Emergency services reported that a man and woman drowned after being trapped in floodwaters in southern Tel Aviv. #TelAviv #IsraelFloods #Israel #Flood #WION

Israel: Saturday's flood killed two people in Tel Aviv city

Three emergency workers were killed in a helicopter crash near Marseille while on a rescue mission in flood-hit southern France, the interior ministry said Monday.

France: Three flood rescuers killed in helicopter crash

Venice was inundated by exceptionally high water levels on Friday just days after the lagoon city suffered the worst flood in more than 50 years. The central St.

Already 70% underwater, Venice faces more floods; St. Mark's Square closed to visitors

Venice's mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second-highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep underwater.

Venice devastated by second highest tide in history

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday slammed Karnataka cabinet minister C C Patil for claiming that the state does not have enough funds to help the flood victims.

Siddaramaiah tears into Karnataka minister for claiming state has no funds for flood victims

The capital city of Bihar is still in the grip of waterlogging and water-borne diseases like dengue. "For the past month, there has been water logging in Phulwari Sharif area.

Bihar: Waterlogging, water-borne diseases continue to haunt residents of Patna

Union Minister and Member of Parliament from Patna Sahib constituency, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday visited the flood-hit Rajendra Nagar area in Bihar. The BJP leader interacted with the officials and enquired about the status of relief work being carried out.

Ravi Shankar Prasad visits flood-hit areas in Patna

Flooding at a key Coal India Ltd mine in Chhattisgarh will stop production there for at least 30 days, a senior Coal India Ltd official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Coal India's 30 million tonnes Dipka mine to stop output for a month on flooding

Floods triggered by torrential rains have inundated houses, swamped roads, and paralysed normal life in India's northern Uttar Pradesh and eastern Bihar states on Sunday (September 29).

Floods hamper normal life as floodwater swamps roads in India

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that isolated places over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat are likely to receive heavy rainfall today. The weather forecast agency also predicted that heavy rains are also likely to fall over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab.

Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat likely to receive heavy rainfall: IMD

Tropical Storm 'Imelda' dumped torrential rains over the Houston-area, killing at least two people, while rescuers in boats pulled hundreds from flooded cars, the airport temporarily halted flights, and tens of thousands of people lost electricity.

Torrential Imelda rains kill two, flood homes

Scores of buildings situated in the low-lying areas of Prayagraj have been partially submerged owing to the rise of water level of rivers Ganga and Yamuna due to heavy rainfall.

Prayagraj's low-lying areas partially submerged as water level rises in Ganga, Yamuna

Residents in low-lying areas in and around Prayagraj city say they are suffering hardships due to flooding caused by the continuous rise of water level of Ganga and Yamuna rivers.

UP: Rise in Yamuna, Ganga water level leads to flooding in parts of Prayagraj

Three more people died as torrential rain and flash floods battered southeastern Spain, raising the death toll to five with the rising waters causing havoc for travellers and forcing 3,500 people from their homes, officials said Friday.

Death toll from Spain floods rises to five

Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday will conduct a review meeting on flood relief measures being taken in the state. The concerned officers will brief the chief minister regarding the steps being taken for flood relief in the meeting scheduled at 2 pm today.

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to hold review meeting on flood relief measures today

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