The Latest Breaking News on Floods

With heavy rain triggered by Cyclone Michaung lashing Nellore district for the last two days, the road link between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has been hit as several stretches on the National Highway were submerged on December 4 (Monday). Traffic was disrupted as vehicles were stranded on the highway.

East Africa has been hit for weeks by torrential rain and flooding linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon.

Major flood warnings are in place for several river systems in Victoria as the rain persists, while severe storms threaten NSW and Queensland.

Rain reduced in south Chennai; flooding in Mudichur, Neelankarai manageable. Inundation in Ullagaram, Meenakshi Nagar, Lakshmi Nagar, CLRI Nagar, Brindavan Street, Sakthi Vinayagar Nagar, Nemillichery, Ganesh Nagar Main Road, Thirumalai Nagar, Grand Southern Trunk Road, Chromepet. Traffic snarls due to waterlogging on major roads. Widening of culverts, canals needed to…

Eastern Victoria and southern NSW are contending with more rain as floodwaters threaten to cut off regional communities following wild storms.

Heavy rain lashed Chennai and its suburbs on Nov 29, causing authorities to declare a holiday for schools in the districts. IMD has issued an orange alert for Chennai and its neighbouring districts on December 2 and 3.

State emergency services have responded to hundreds of calls as parts of NSW and Victoria are battered by wild weather that is set to continue.

Though the Corporation was certain that the failure of the Centre was the main reason for the recent flooding in the capital, a meeting headed by District Collector Geromic George on Wednesday concluded that there would be no permanent solution to waterlogging in the capital without removing the garbage and…

Though the civic authorities miserably failed to prevent the recurrent urban flooding in the capital city, the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation found that the failure of the Centre was the prime reason for the recent floods in the capital.