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    Yamuna River laps walls of iconic Taj Mahal after unusually heavy rain in northern India

    19 Jul 2023

    Several other monuments and gardens located in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal, closer to the banks of the Yamuna, however, "have been submerged" and damaged, said Raj Kumar Patel, superintendent archaeologist with ASI.

    New Delhi races to open jammed flood gates as Yamuna River surge halts India's capital

    15 Jul 2023

    Army and disaster relief personnel were also trying to repair a broken drain regulator near the country's Supreme Court from where water was flowing on to a key road, authorities said.

    India's tech capital Bengaluru hit by flooding, traffic snarls after heavy rain

    05 Sep 2022

    Monday's flooding forced citizens to empty basements and parking lots, spend more time on the roads in traffic and face power outages in places. The city has received 141% more rainfall than average since the start of monsoon season on June 1.

    At least four killed as Cyclone Mandous hits southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu

    10 Dec 2022

    Cyclone Mandous, which made landfall late on Friday, damaged 185 houses and huts, Tamil Nadu’s chief minister, MK Stalin, told reporters. The storm uprooted 400 trees in Chennai, a hub for auto makers and technology firms.

    Over 140 disasters hit 64m people, loss stands at $57b in Asia-Pacific region last year: Report

    26 Jul 2023

    According to a new report from the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in 2022 alone, over 140 disasters struck the region, leading to over 7,500 deaths.

    Arctic weather spells influenced India’s rains

    12 Apr 2023

    A climate reconstruction study published in the ‘Global and Planetary Change’ finds that warm and cold climatic spells in the Arctic, over the past 1000 years, imprinted on India’s monsoon fluctuations during that period, as highlighted by a Mongabay-India report. The report says that the frigid Arctic is a key indicator of the ongoing

    Cyclone Biparjoy weakens as it churns toward Pakistan after causing damage in India

    16 Jun 2023

    A man and his son died trying to save their livestock in Gujarat state, where the storm came ashore late on Thursday after more than 180,000 people took shelter in the two countries.

    India monsoon reaches Kerala after longest delay in four years

    08 Jun 2023

    The monsoon, the lifeblood of India's $3 trillion economy, delivers nearly 70% of the rain needed to water its farms and recharge reservoirs and aquifers. It also brings relief from the worst of the hot weather.

    Record rain in Delhi floods airport, orange alert issued

    11 Sep 2021

    An orange alert, on the other hand, is for extremely bad weather (be prepared/updated) while red indicates extremely bad weather conditions (most vigil/take action).

    First mega-monsoon tragedy as 8 children among 11 killed in Mumbai building collapse

    10 Jun 2021

    So far, 11 persons have perished in the incident, comprising 9 from a single family, and after the locals raised an alarm that a few more may still be trapped under the huge mound of rubble, efforts were made to dig them out.

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