Flash Floods
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As Hyderabad grapples with extreme rainfall and floods, it should draft a long-term mitigation plan
The major IT centre continues to expand and urbanise rapidly despite erratic weather changes.
M Somasekhar
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Frequent floods in the Brahmaputra are eating away at Assam’s tribal lands
The Mising people are now running out of space after decades of flooding and riverbank erosion.
Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Uttarakhand glacier disaster: 136 missing people to be declared dead
The rescuers had recovered 68 bodies till Monday.
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Toll rises to 68, more than 135 people still missing
The Navy and the IAF launched a joint operation to measure the depth of the glacial lake formed upstream from Tapovan after the flash flood.
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand disaster: Toll rises to 58 as two more bodies found in Chamoli, 146 people still missing
The rescue operations continued for the tenth straight day on Tuesday.
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand disaster: Toll rises to 56, rescue operations under way for ninth day at Tapovan tunnel
National Disaster Response Force Commandment PK Tiwari said that they are facing a few difficulties in taking out the bodies from the tunnel.
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Uttarakhand glacier disaster : Toll rises to 50, rescue operation continues at Tapovan tunnel
On Saturday, rescuers began drilling a deeper hole into the tunnel to reach those trapped inside.
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand disaster: Rescue teams widen hole in Tapovan tunnel to reach over 30 trapped workers
At least 38 people have died and 166 are missing after a part of a glacier broke off on February 7, unleashing flash floods in the state.
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand toll rises to 37, rescue officials close in on people stuck inside Tapovan tunnel
About 120 metres of sludge from the mouth of the tunnel has been cleared, while the trapped workers were stated to be located somewhere at 180 metres.
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Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Rescue effort at tunnel resumes after brief halt as water level rises
So far, 34 people have died and over 200 are still missing after floods struck Chamoli district on the morning of February 7.
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Toll rises to 32, search on for nearly 35 trapped in tunnel
Rescuers are yet to make contact with the people trapped inside the Tapovan tunnel.
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Uttarakhand: Toll rises to 31, nearly 175 people still missing; Tapovan tunnel entrance cleared
At least 30 workers are feared to be trapped inside a tunnel that was swamped at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district.
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