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2021 Maharashtra floods, widespread flooding in Mahad and Chiplun on 22 July 2021 caused by exceptionally heavy rainfall. 2022 Assam floods, heavy flooding in Assam State in May 2022. [16] 2022 Balrampur floods after heavy rains, with over 1300 villages affected [17] 2023 North India floods after heavy rainfall in North Indian states. [18]
Flood affected house in Karimganj District, Assam, India. Heavy rainfall and flooding in June 2024 severely impacted Assam State in India, causing 109 deaths [4] and inundating at least 1,325 villages in 19 districts, exacerbated by several rivers such as the Kopili, Barak, and Kushiyara overflowing.
The floods have led to closure of schools, disruption of flights and train operations in various parts of North India. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Another period of intense torrential rain continued in August, and at least 71 more people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, while 10 others died in Uttarakhand.
In India, a total of 2,038 people were killed, 1,584 others were injured and 101 others were left missing due to flooding-related incidents between 1 April and 17 August. During this period, there were 518 deaths in Bihar , 330 more in Himachal Pradesh , 165 in Gujarat , 138 in Madhya Pradesh , 107 deaths each in Karnataka and Maharashtra , 90 ...
Floods are the most common natural disaster in India. The heavy southwest monsoon rains cause the Brahmaputra and other rivers to distend their banks, often flooding surrounding areas. Though they provide rice paddy farmers with a largely dependable source of natural irrigation and fertilisation, the floods can kill thousands and displace millions.
The floods caused $105 billion USD of damage ($88.5 billion in India, [1] $15 billion in Sri Lanka, [2] and $1.5 billion in Pakistan [2]), making them the costliest floods in modern history, and the ninth costliest disaster of all time. In addition there were 6,511 fatalities, the most reported in a flood since Cyclone Sidr in 2007.
AHMEDABAD/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of people from ...
A recent fact-finding report on the Kosi floods of 2008 – prepared by a civilian organization, the Fact Finding Mission on the Kosi, composed of various experts such as Sudhirendar Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, and Gopal Krishna – highlighted the fact that although India has built over 3000 km of embankments in Bihar over the last few decades, the propensity for flooding has increased by 2. ...