Germans question handling of floods as hopes of finding survivors fade
A relief official said rescue crews were unlikely to find any more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, and a new poll showed many Germans felt policymakers...
At least 25 dead in Chinese province’s heaviest rains in 1,000 years
At least 25 people have died in China’s flood-stricken central province of Henan, a dozen of them in a subway line in its capital that was drenched by what weather officials called the heaviest...
Floods lay bare Europe’s ‘gigantic task’ in averting future climate damage
The catastrophic floods that swept northwest Europe last week were a stark warning that stronger dams, dykes and drainage systems are as urgent as long-term climate change prevention, as once-rare...
Heavy rains cripple Indian cities; at least 35 killed
India's capital New Delhi and the main financial centre of Mumbai were drenched with heavy rain on Monday, a day after at least 35 people were killed across the country in landslides and house...
Swelling Jamuna devours fresh areas in Sirajganj
At least 20 homesteads, one mosque and several other small establishments were rubbed away in a sudden erosion in the Jamuna at Pachil Shorifer More point in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila on...
‘It’s terrifying’: Merkel shaken as flood deaths rise to 188 in Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the flooding that has devastated parts of Europe as “terrifying” on Sunday after the death toll across the region rose to 188 and a district of Bavaria was...
Flash floods hit Bavaria as European death toll climbs to 183
Flash floods hit southern Germany on Sunday, killing at least one person and adding to the flooding devastation that has claimed the lives of more than 180 people in Europe in recent days.
Overnight rain triggers landslides in Mumbai, killing 25
Incessant overnight rains have triggered landslides which caused the deaths of 25 people in Mumbai.
California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons
A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe forced the evacuation of a mountain town and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada, leaving thousands of riders and...
Three Manikganj upazilas face erosion threat
Thousands of people in three upazilas of the district have been passing sleepless nights in fear of erosion by the mighty Padma and Jamuna rivers.