Army relief workers in aluminium dinghies handed out rice and other food to residents in submerged parts of the Sri Lankan capital as the death toll from monsoon floods across the country rose to 17 Monday. The monsoon hits the South Asian country twice a year, bringing vital rain for irrigation and hydro-power generation, but […]
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Life beside the waste water streams
An issue that has met neglect for decades is the struggle of those living in slums, located along the wastewater streams. They face a plethora of problems, including but not limited to losing homes and possessions when the fury of monsoon rains hit. Islamabad hosts a population of 1 million (according to 2017 census) and […]
Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front
DHAKA: Parvin Begum, who saw her home on a secluded island in northern Bangladesh steadily devoured by floods this month, feels lucky. She received some money before the disaster hit under a new form of aid, used for the first time in Bangladesh by the government and humanitarian agencies. It gives funding to vulnerable people […]
Iran says US sanctions impeding flood rescue operations
Iran’s foreign minister says US sanctions re-imposed by the Trump administration last year have been the major obstacle to successful rescue efforts for flood-stricken areas of Iran. Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted late Monday that America’s “maximum pressure” policy on Iran “is impeding aid efforts by #IranianRedCrescent to all communities devastated by unprecedented floods.” He says […]
Flash flooding in Iran kills more than 15 people
Tehran, Iran – More than 100 injured and 19 dead in the flash flooding that occurred in Tehran on Monday, 25 March. The Ministry of Interior warned the civilians to not take any trips and be cautious of the rains that may follow. The Disaster Management Organisation had sent a nationwide message of attentiveness when […]
One million pack India flood relief camps
More than one million people have swarmed relief camps in India’s Kerala state to escape devastating monsoon floods that have killed more than 410 people, officials said Tuesday as a huge international aid operation gathered pace. People are flocking to camps as the scale of the desolation is revealed by receding waters and the military […]
WASA declares ‘rain emergency’ in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) declared a state of emergency on Sunday night after a heavy rain poured and flooded many low-lying areas of the city. Mentioning that WASA’s Managing Director (MD) was also working in the field, the body’s spokesperson stated that 70 millimeters (mm) of rainfall had been recorded in Nullah Leh’s catchment areas. […]
Japan PM to meet stranded evacuees in flood disaster zone
Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe headed Wednesday to one of the areas worst-hit by record rains as the death toll rose to 179 and thousands of evacuees remained stranded in shelters. Abe, who cancelled a four-stop foreign trip planned for this week as the disaster worsened, was due to visit the flood-ravaged Okayama area to […]
Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation
AFP / Martin BUREAUIn one part of Kumano, Japan, the nose of a white car was just visible underneath the top floor of a home that had been torn from the rest of the building and swept down a hillside by floods Desperate relatives braced for bad news Monday as rescuers dug through landslides in […]