Tag: Floods
Southern Russia reels from floods as toll climbs to 150
Russia on Sunday scrambled to deal with the aftermath of devastating flash floods that killed at least 150 people and swept away homes in...
20 houses damaged in Ghizer flood
More than 20 houses were completely damaged while fields and orchards spread over hundreds of kanals of land in Ghizer were damaged in the...
At least 99 killed in southern Russia floods disaster
Severe flash floods in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region have killed at least 99 people and affected nearly 13,000 in the area’s worst natural disaster...
Northeast India floods kill 121, displace 6m
The death toll from heavy monsoon rains which have caused massive flooding in India’s northeast has risen to more than 120, with six million...
Floods top Shahbaz’s hate list, after dengue and Zardari
Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday ordered Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and other authorities concerned to make the best possible arrangements in...
Gear up for the downpours!
Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) Director General Ghulam Muhammad Qaimkani has directed the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), a subsidiary of HDA, to make its...
Floods kill 27, displace 900,000 in northeast India
At least 27 people have died and 900,000 others have been forced to leave their homes as monsoon rains swamp wide areas of the...
Afghan flash floods kill over 30
Flash floods in Afghanistan triggered by days of torrential rain have killed more than 30 people, officials said Saturday, with dozens reported missing. Waters...
ICT finalises plan to counter floods
Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed reviewed and finalized the flood contingency plan in view of the upcoming monsoon rains, at a high-level meeting.
The meeting...
Darawat Dam to generate employment, control floods
The under-construction Darawat Dam located in the Thatta and Jamshoro districts of Sindh will be completed by December this year, while the irrigation system...
7 dead in Philippine ferry sinking, floods
Heavy storms in the Philippines killed at least seven people and left more than a dozen others feared missing at sea, rescuers said Wednesday.
Five...
59 Union Councils of Peshawar declared sensitive for danger of floods
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa government has declared fifty nine union councils of Peshawar as sensitive areas which could face the threat of floods in the coming...
Floods cost Sindh govt Rs 45bn outside budget, says Marri
Terming the two floods in the Sindh as an exceptional challenge for the province, Information Minister Shazia Marri said on Monday that the natural...
UN, Pakistan launch Floods 2011 Recovery Framework
In order to work together for the support of flood-affected people in Sindh and Balochistan, the Pakistan government and the United Nations on Tuesday...
In flood-ravaged districts, more miseries set to pour in
The Pakistani government and humanitarian development agencies’ less than satisfactory involvement in ensuring potable water and proper sanitation facilities in the flood-ravaged districts of...
Sindh’s 75 percent children school-less: survey
Last year’s devastating monsoon rains in Sindh and the following floods completely damaged 1,342 government schools in the southern districts of the province, while...
In flood-hit zones health and nutrition status alarming
The health status of the population hit by monsoon rains and flooding in Sindh is deteriorating and outbreaks of malaria, diarrhoea, respiratory infections, cholera,...
