Heavy rains lash Mumbai, leave commuters stranded; flights diverted

Sep 26, 2024, at 03:47 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Heavy rains are lashing Mumbai, leaving commuters stranded amid several roads flooding and leading to some flight diversions while disrupting traffic on Wednesday. 

Study reveals record heat in 2023 worsened global droughts, floods and wildfires

Jan 11, 2024, at 11:37 pm

Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

Devastating flood hits Libya, 10,000 missing

Sep 12, 2023, at 11:14 pm

As many as 2,000 people have died and 10,000 are feared to be missing after storm Daniel ripped through eastern Libya recently.

New Zealand: Cyclone Gabrielle claims 9 lives as death toll rises

Feb 19, 2023, at 08:07 am

Wellington: The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has mounted to nine in New Zealand, officials said on Saturday.

UN, Somali Government seek $80 million in immediate relief for flood-affected populations

May 21, 2018, at 04:05 pm

New York, May 21 (JEN): The United Nations and the Somali Government on Sunday launched a joint appeal for $80 million to provide immediate help for the people affected by recent flooding in the country’s centre and south.

NASA looks at midwest rain and melting snow that contributed to flooding

Feb 27, 2018, at 03:19 pm

Washington, Feb 27 (IBNS): Much of the U.S. Midwest has received above normal precipitation this winter. A NASA rainfall analysis provided a look at the precipitation that contributed to current flooding.