Juba, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it has scaled up the response to the devastating flooding which has affected more than 890,000 people in South…
Patna, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar Minister Madan Sahani on Friday said that the state government will provide Rs 7,00 each to the flood-affected people by October 9, to bring relief and joy to them during…
United Nations, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 5 million people in 16 countries in Africa have been impacted by floods so far this year. In Africa, floods have reached catastrophic levels, with Chad, Niger and…
New York, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Death toll exceeded 200 in hurricane-stricken southeastern US states, according to reports. At least 204 people are known to have died across six states as a result of the destruction…
Tokyo, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A female body found off the coast of Japan has been identified as that of 14-year-old Hanon Kiso, who went missing during recent torrential rains in Ishikawa prefecture. Kiso, a junior…
Kathmandu, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll from recent landslides and floods reached 236 on Thursday evening, as the Nepali authorities were struggling to repair highways damaged in the disasters. At least 19 people remained…
Patna, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A culvert in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district collapsed on Thursday due to heavy rainfall and the rising water pressure of the Ganga River. The culvert, located in Mustafapur Chaukhandi village within the…
Taipei, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Typhoon Krathon made landfall in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung at around 12:40 p.m. Thursday, according to the local meteorological agency. The typhoon is forecast to move northeast and then north at an…
New York, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rescue, relief and recovery efforts continued in hurricane-stricken US states as the death toll rose to over 180. At least 189 people have died across six states and hundreds are…
Washington, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President Joe Biden on Wednesday informed that he has given instructions to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin to deploy one thousand active-duty soldiers to support ongoing hurricane response and…
Patna, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian Air Force helicopter, which was returning after delivering food packets to remote flood-affected areas in Darbhanga, made an emergency landing n Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday. “We initiated the…
Patna, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar Rural Work Minister Ashok Choudhary on Wednesday criticised the state Water Resources Department over its handling of the flood situation in the state. “Had the department been more vigilant and…
Kabul, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 13 people have been killed and 16 others were injured due to a fresh round of heavy rains and flash floods throughout Afghanistan recently, an official from the country’s…
Agartala, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has released Rs 855.40 crore to six flood-affected northeastern states as a central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and an advance from…
Patna, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, on Wednesday, criticised both Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over their handling of the ongoing flood…
Kathmandu, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 224 people were confirmed dead in Nepal and properties worth over 17 billion Nepali Rupees ($127 million) were damaged in recent floods and landslides. A total of 158…
Pune (Maharashtra), Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three persons, including two pilots and an aircraft engineer, were feared killed after a helicopter flying over the Bavdhan area in Pune crashed in the hilly terrain, officials…
Agartala, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre has approved the release of Rs 25 crore to the flood-affected Tripura from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), officials said here on Tuesday. The Tripura government demanded around…
Patna, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has instructed authorities to seek assistance from the Indian Air Force (IAF) to airdrop food packets and essential supplies in flood-affected areas that are difficult to…
Kolkata, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that people should not forget the flood-affected victims because of the upcoming festivals. “First the water release by DVC created floods in…