Colombo, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 400,000 Sri Lankans have been affected by inclement weather, according to the Disaster Management Center (DMC). Pradeep Kodippili, director of the DMC, said 401,707 individuals across Sri Lanka have been…
Kampala, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll from landslides that struck six villages in Uganda’s eastern district of Bulambuli has risen to 14, the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) confirmed in a statement. Rogers Taitika,…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A three-wheeler driver was injured in a low-intensity blast in north Delhi’s Prashant Vihar on Thursday morning. The incident took place within one km of an earlier explosion in the…
Sydney, Nov 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australian emergency authorities warned on Thursday that much of the country’s south coast is facing an increased bushfire risk during the upcoming summer. The National Council for Fire and Emergency Services…
Colombo, Nov 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 335,000 people were affected by adverse weather conditions in Sri Lanka starting from November 22, according to the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) on Thursday. The DMC said in…
Colombo, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 82,000 people have been affected, and one person has died due to inclement weather conditions in Sri Lanka, an official said on Wednesday. Assistant Director of Disaster Management Center (DMC)…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre has approved an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore for various disaster mitigation and capacity-building projects to tackle natural calamities in 15 states, according to an official statement. A…
Chennai, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin held a meeting with district collectors and monitoring officers on Tuesday to review the state’s preparedness for heavy rains and a potential cyclonic storm, as…
Greater Noida, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three people died after a massive fire broke out at a sofa manufacturing factory in the Beta 2 area of Greater Noida, here on Tuesday, officials said. Fire…
Itanagar, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Efforts to locate Suvendu Choudhary, Chief Principal Security Officer of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), who went missing after being swept away by the strong currents of the Lohit River in…
Bhopal, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three people were killed and nearly half a dozen injured in a blast that occurred in a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district. The blast happened late on Monday…
Jakarta, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Landslides and flash floods that hit two regencies in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province last week have claimed 13 lives with 18 others injured, said an official from the provincial disaster management…
London, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding brought by Storm Bert caused travel disruption and power outages across the UK, leaving three men dead. The fatalities occurred in road incidents during the…
Guwahati, Nov 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A mild earthquake, measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale, hit Assam’s mountainous Dima Hasao district on Saturday night, officials said. A disaster management official said that the quake was felt in…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) A seven-member Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) is scheduled to reach Odisha on November 24 for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage caused by severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ that hit the Odisha…
Jakarta, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four members of a family were killed after landslide hit their house in the Indonesian province of Central Java, a local official said. According to a preliminary report, the disaster took…
Chennai, Nov 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday held discussions with the 16th Finance Commission Chairperson, Aravind Panagariya and members at the Secretariat here, and pitched for increasing the central tax…
Sydney, Nov 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) A damaging storm swept across Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) Sunday night, leaving several properties destroyed, over 20 flights cancelled, and a part of the Sydney Harbour…
Sydney, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Residents of several towns in Australia’s second-most populous state were ordered to evacuate due to nearby bushfires. Authorities in the southeastern state of Victoria on Saturday afternoon issued emergency “leave now”…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded detailed investigation into the Jhansi hospital fire that resulted in death of 10 infants and also called for…