India: Heavy rain paralyses life in coastal areas
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Oct 2, 2012, 02.44AM ISTVIJAYAWADA/VISAKHAPATNAM: Heavy rains lashed the coastal districts on Monday, paralysing normal life. Low-lying areas in Vijayawada,...
View ArticleIndia: Stranded at the deep end
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaJaideep Mazumdar, TNN | Oct 1, 2012, 06.45AM ISTGUWAHATI: Forty six lakh and rising - that's the number of people affected by three waves of disasters, one man-made...
View ArticleIndia: 32 ration sorties for flood-affected Anjaw
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Oct 1, 2012, 06.38AM ISTITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki has approved 32 ration sorties for flood-ravaged Anjaw district, which has been...
View ArticleIndia: Flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improves
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Oct 3, 2012, 05.03AM ISTITANAGAR: Flood-hit Lohit district is limping back to normal following an improvement in the weather.The Tezu-Namsai road via Parsuram...
View ArticleIndia: Rain in Arunachal Pradesh, more floods likely in Assam
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Oct 4, 2012, 10.24PM ISTGUWAHATI: The met department has forecast that it will continue to rain in the northeast, especially parts of Arunachal Pradesh, for...
View ArticleIndia: Education, dietary support for flood-hit kids in ‘Child Friendly Spaces’
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaKangkan KalitaKangkan Kalita, TNN | Oct 10, 2012, 05.09AM ISTGUWAHATI: The three devastating waves of floods that wracked the state this year have affected around...
View ArticleIndia: 'Flood-hit Mebo returning to normal as water recedes'
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Oct 12, 2012, 05.28AM IST ITANAGAR: Life in flood-hit Mebo sub-division in East Siang district is limping back to normal as the water levels of the rivers...
View ArticleIndia: Women Hit Hard by Natural Disasters
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: IndiaBy Malini Shankar BHUBANESWAR, India, Oct 13 2012 (IPS) - In the aftermath of a natural disaster, women are often the most vulnerable. Particularly in rural...
View ArticleIndia: Evacuation as cyclone strikes India's southeast
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: India10/31/2012 16:38 GMT CHENNAI, India, Oct 31, 2012 (AFP) - Thousands of people evacuated from their homes in southeast India Wednesday as a cyclone slammed into...
View ArticleIndia: 4 dead, 5 missing as Nilam hits Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaCHENNAI: Cyclone Nilam crashed into Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday evening, bringing heavy showers and gusty winds but causing far less destruction than...
View ArticleIndia: Shelters slow to get supplies, people refuse to leave homes
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Nov 1, 2012, 05.51AM ISTDevaki , 55, of Mahalakshmi Street in Besant Nagar bent double as she struggled against heavy winds on her way to the government...
View ArticleIndia: Six ship crew missing as India cyclone kills eight
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: India11/01/2012 05:59 GMT CHENNAI, India, Nov 1, 2012 (AFP) - Rescuers in southern India searched Thursday for six tanker crew missing after their lifeboat capsized...
View ArticleIndia: Cyclone Nilam spares Andhra Pradesh, lashes Tamil Nadu coast
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Nov 1, 2012, 01.14AM IST VISAKHAPATNAM/NELLORE: Sparing Andhra Pradesh the blushes, the menacing cyclonic storm Nilam moved north-northwestwards and crossed...
View ArticleIndia: Evacuees return home after Indian cyclone
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: India11/02/2012 06:31 GMTCHENNAI, India, Nov 2, 2012 (AFP) - Thousands of residents in southeast India headed back home on Friday, two days after being evacuated as...
View ArticleIndia: Cyclone Nilam toll rises to seven
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaVISAKHAPATNAM: The toll in rain-related incidents has gone up to seven with the death of four persons in the state as heavy rains continued to lash various parts...
View ArticleIndia: 22 dead in Indian floods, 60,000 displaced: official
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: India11/05/2012 07:33 GMTHYDERABAD, India, Nov 5, 2012 (AFP) - Torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have killed at least 22 people and...
View ArticleIndia: Cyclone Nilam: Over 100 people rescued from two Andhra districts
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaPTI | Nov 5, 2012, 10.00PM ISTVISAKHAPATNAM: Naval teams on Monday rescued over 100 people from various villages in Visakhapatnam and West Godavari districts of...
View ArticleIndia: No let-up in rain fury in Andhra Pradesh
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Nov 5, 2012, 04.21AM ISTHYDERABAD: The steel-framed railway bridge over Tandava river near Tuni town in East Godavari on Sunday morning was anything but a...
View ArticleIndia: Rain eases up, relief declared for victims
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaHYDERABAD: After four days of heavy rain which left villages and roads inundated, people breathed easy as the flood water started receding in the worst-hit districts...
View ArticleIndia: Sunflower cultivation brings ray of hope for farmers
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Apr 12, 2013, 05.09 AM ISTBhadrak: The perennial threats of flood and drought over traditional paddy cultivation in most of coastal Bhadrak has forced farmers...
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