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Vermont starts long road to recovery from historic floods, helped by army of volunteers

Vermonters are working to dry out homes and businesses damaged by this week's historic flooding and keeping a wary eye on the horizon with another round of storms on the horizon

The Independent UK

Flash Floods: A Deadly Threat Across The US

Recent floods in the Northeast highlight the dangers of flash floods, prompting the need for preparedness and evacuation.

Zenger

Congress asks PM Modi to inquire about Manipur as he did for Delhi floods

NEW DELHI: Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gesture of calling Union home minister Amit Shah from France on Thursday to inquire about the flood situation in Delhi, the Congress has tried to corner him for not making any statement on the Manipur violence during his visit to the US last…

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NDRF deploys 18 teams in four States to tackle cyclone, flood emergencies

NDRF 10th Battalion ready to tackle emergency situations arising from rains/floods. Teams deployed w/ necessary equipment. Coordinating w/ IMD, APSDMA, SDRF & district officers. Women force trained to shift flood victims & provide rehabilitation. Control room set up.

The Hindu

Even the dead cannot escape floods in Kuttanad

Families in Kuttanad are facing agony due to recurring floods, delaying funerals and making it difficult to access crematoriums/ graveyards. Portable LPG crematoriums and above-ground burial vaults have been used in less severe flood situations. Residents are demanding public crematoriums/ burial vaults in areas not prone to flooding. The Edathua…

The Hindu

Water levels in Yamuna in Delhi down to 208.17 metres at 6 pm on Friday: Key developments

NEW DELHI: After breaching a 45-year record three days ago, water levels in the Yamuna in Delhicame down to 208.17 metres at 6 pm on Friday even as several key areas in the city were inundated.

The Times of India

Declare floods as national calamity, compensate farmers: Samyukt Kisan Morcha

The SKM demanded that the Centre and State government provide compensation of ₹10 lakh to the families who have died, ₹50,000 per acre for crop loss, ₹1 lakh per bovine cattle and ₹1 lakh per small ruminant.

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Nizamabad doctor survives HP floods, reaches home

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‘No help, no one told us where to go’: In flood-hit Delhi, anger and despair

Their temporary house in Bella Estate’s Moolchand Basti submerged, Randhir Rajput’s family is among 35 others camping on Mahatma Gandhi Marg in north Delhi’s Rajghat, with a swelling Yamuna inundating many areas in the national capital region over the last few days.

Newslaundry

Man drowns in home in Vermont's 1st recorded flooding death

Vermont has confirmed its first death related to the recent storms and historic flooding, a man who died as a result of a drowning accident in his home

The Independent UK

Health risks associated with overflowing of Yamuna in Delhi; here's what you can do

After heavy rains lashed many parts of North India, the National Capital has been dealing with a flood crisis, with water levels in the river Yamuna reaching an all-time high -- flowing at over 208 meters -- on Thursday. While the water levels have started slowly receding, several areas of…

The Times of India

Commentary: Disasters like the Rolling Hills landslide are foreseeable. The warnings are all around us

There’s a slow-motion disaster happening this week as houses collapse into a canyon in Rolling Hills Estates, a city in L.A. County. But to scientists who study the geology and climate changes behind this landslide, things seem to be happening all too quickly.

Los Angeles Times

Floods, tornadoes, heat: more extreme weather predicted across US

Over a third of Americans under extreme heat warnings as Vermont, still recovering from historic flooding, prepares for more storms

The Guardian - US

Vermont prepared for epic flooding. It wasn’t enough

In Windham, Vermont, a wooden A-frame house that normally evokes blustery winters sits on a roadway transformed by record rainfall into a river. Twenty miles away in Bridgewater, a man wades through waist-high waters clutching his belongings. In Montpelier, the state’s capital, life jacket-clad rescuers navigate rubber rescue boats, while…

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‘Definitely unprecedented’: Vermont wildlife also affected by historic flooding

Fish, beavers and skunks all suffered from the deluge this week. But good news: populations are healthy and they will rebound

The Independent UK

Vermont braces for more rain in wake of historic flooding

Vermont is preparing for the next round of storms — and possibly a tornado — as people took advantage of a second day of calm weather to clean up from historic flooding that damaged thousands of homes, businesses and roads, and left some residents stranded

Zenger

Torrential Rainfall Triggers Deadly Flooding In Northeast, Leaving Trail Of Destruction

Flash floods devastate Northeast, claiming lives and causing widespread damage

Zenger

Tragic Loss As Woman Swept Away In Devastating New York Flooding

Pam Nugent, 42, tragically loses her life while attempting to escape rising floodwaters in Orange County.

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Let me serve the people, will definitely reply you at appropriate time: Punjab CM to opposition

PATIALA: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday slammed the opposition for politicising a natural catastrophe and said that he is busy in ensuring relief for the Punjabis and will give befitting reply to them at an appropriate time.

Newslaundry

Stories Big Media missed: Sexual assault in Manipur and, as always, climate reporting

News of the floods and devastation caused by the incessant rain in north India has predictably pushed Manipur onto the backburner – but it should not remain there. It is incumbent for the media to focus on the violence in the state, as I have argued in an earlier column.

The Conversation

Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US

Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New York’s Hudson Valley and in Vermont. One major concern was the Wrightsville Dam, built in 1935 on the Winooski River north of Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier. The reservoir behind the dam rose to within 1…

Dynamite News

Northern Railways cancel train operations as precautionary measure amid flash floods

Amid heavy rain and flash floods, Northern Railway has suspended train services as a precautionary measure due to the flood-like situation. Read furtjher on Dynamite News:

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Delhi Floods: Water reaches Red Fort, Ring Road submerged as Yamuna continues in spate

Due to the rise in the water level of Yamuna and resultant inundation of low-lying areas, traffic movement has been impaired on Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Ring Road) between IP Flyover and Chandgi Ram Akhara and many other routes. Must read full story on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India this week

Officials say that record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India this week

The Hindu

Yamuna water level continues to rise in Delhi, CM Kejriwal calls it ‘emergency’

The water level of Yamuna at 9 a.m. on Thursday in Delhi was 208.51 metres and it is expected to rise further to 208.75 by 5 p.m., according to Central Water Commission data.

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