Tag: Floods
‘If floods submerge Rohri or Sukkur, blame the navy’
The Sindh Irrigation Department has warned that the Pakistan Navy has encroached along the bed of Indus River within the jurisdiction of the Sukkur...
President for a good plan to reduce flooding in future
President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated his call for chalking out a workable comprehensive master plan for dealing with the issue of draining water...
Philippine flood toll rises to 1,249
The death toll from killer floods in the Philippines rose to 1,249 on Tuesday, more than a week after the disaster struck, with officials...
Philippines flood toll feared doubled as 1,000 missing
The number of people missing after devastating Philippines floods soared to more than 1,000 Friday, doubling the feared toll from a disaster that swept...
UN appeals for $28 million Philippine flood aid
The UN Thursday appealed for more than $28 million in aid to help victims of devastating floods that killed more than a thousand people...
Death toll in Philippine floods tops 1,000
The number of people killed in floods triggered by a storm in the southern Philippines has risen above 1,000, the civil defence chief told...
Fire-hit Australia now faces floods
Thousands of Australians were trapped Sunday by rising east coast floodwaters which left one child dead, even as residents in the country's west began...
Whose share of floods is bigger, Mirza or Zardari’s?
In a bid reported to please the presidency, the provincial bureaucracy, in a survey to ascertain livestock losses, has sidelined the losses sustained by...
Flood-ravaged Thailand prays to water goddess
Each year as the monsoon draws to an end, Thais thank the water goddess for sustaining life. But with deadly floods now plaguing the...
Aid groups warn over Pakistan flood fund
Aid groups warned on Wednesday that vital relief efforts for five million people affected by floods in Pakistan's fertile southern belt could be cut...
More than 500 die in Thai floods
The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in decades jumped above 500 on Sunday as the seemingly unstoppable waters crept deeper into Bangkok, swamping...
One-fifth of Bangkok flooded
One fifth of Bangkok is now under water as Thailand's worst floods in half a century spread through the capital, prompting warnings for affected...
Govt did not follow recommendations on floods: ADB
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) release of the technical assistance completion report on Pakistan Floods 2010 has further weakened the credibility of the government,...
Myanmar flash floods kill 100
More than 100 people were killed in flash floods in central Myanmar caused by heavy storms, an official said on Sunday.
"So far, 35 dead...
45 percent blame govt for floods: poll
The results of a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan revealed that 45 percent Pakistanis blame the government for flooding disasters...
KU Corps to the rescue
A group of the University of Karachi (KU) Disaster Management Corps on distributed relief goods among the rain-affected people of Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Chhor and...
Is Pakistan ‘failing’ people hit by floods?
Pakistan’s most needy are being left to fend for themselves after flooding devastated much of the southern Sindh province.
It is astonishing and depressing that...
