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Busy with elections, city caught unprepared for onset of monsoon

Heavy rain that brought parts of Bengaluru to its knees on Sunday has yet again exposed the unpreparedness of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara

The Hindu

Florida flood insurance costs are about to explode. ZIP codes closest to the coast will pay the most

Events of the past year have convinced more Florida homeowners of the need to carry flood insurance.

Tribune News Service

‘Huge land scam involved in cancelling GO 111’

The Hindu

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Police book car driver, civic agency engineers following drowning of IT staffer at Bengaluru underpass

BENGALURU: Police have registered a case against the engineers of the Bengaluru civic agency and the car driver who took the vehicle into the flooded underpass in the city leading to the death of a 22-year-old IT staffer and endangering the lives of five other family members of the victim,…

The Times of India

Climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years; poor suffer most: UN

More than 90 percent of deaths caused by disasters worldwide happen in developing countries, UN report finds.

Al Jazeera

Italy floods: Distraught woman cries 'my house no longer exists' after catastrophe

Mirella Berardinelli, 56, lost everything including her home, her shop and her pets in the devastating floods that hit north-eastern Italy last week and forced 36,000 people to leave their homes

Daily Mirror

101 tribal youth among volunteers trained in disaster response

As many as 101 tribespeople from different hamlets in the Nilambur forest were among the 4,300 people given training in disaster response in the State as part of a nation-wide programme named Aapda Mitra (meaning friends during disasters).

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23-year-old techie meets tragic end after car gets submerged in flooded underpass in Bengaluru

A woman named Banurekha died on May 21 evening after the car she was travelling in was submerged in the flooded underpass at K. R. circle after heavy rains lashed Bengaluru

The Hindu

Italy floods: At least 15 dead and thousands without power as child pulled from the mud

Towns and cities in Emilia Romagna were hit by heavy flooding this week and thousands of people were left with no power, while others had to throw away their belongings that were destroyed by mud

Daily Mirror

California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct

LOS ANGELES — The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that state water officials have decided to open a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the California Aqueduct to be used as drinking water in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

Floods displace more than 36,000 residents in northeast Italy

Deadly floods caused more than 305 landslides and damaged or closed more than 500 roads in the Emilia-Romagna region.

Al Jazeera

NGT gives no objection to installation of lighthouse near Yamuna floodplains for surveillance

The National Green Tribunal has given no objection to the installation of a lighthouse in the greenway, adjacent to the Yamuna flood plains, for additional surveillance and security of the flood plains

The Hindu

Parts of New York are sinking, study says

At least some of the deformation under the city is “exacerbated by recent building loads”, researchers said

The Independent UK

Italy's Emilia-Romagna governor says earthquake 'lessons' to help flood recovery

Italy's Emilia Romagna region will recover from the devastating floods that hit this week by taking from lessons learned from the 2012 earthquake, its governor said Friday, as the death toll from the disaster rose to 14.

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Death toll rises as Italy endures worst floods in a century

The death toll from devastating floods that have hit north-eastern Italy has risen to at least 13, reports say, with that figure expected to rfurther increase.

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers consider spending $1 billion for flood prevention and Galveston’s “Ike Dike”

The coastal barrier project may get $550 million from the state this year, and another half a billion could be on the table for flood-control projects. But that’s a fraction of the estimated need for flood mitigation.

The Independent UK

Weight of a million buildings may be causing New York to sink, study warns

Increasing urbanisation will likely aggravate the problem further, scientists say

ABC News

Why flood-prone Lismore is not a priority for improved flood warning systems

Lismore, the epicentre of Australia's most expensive natural disaster, was not prioritised in this week's federal announcement of $236 million to fund flood warning upgrades.

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The Independent UK

Italy floods leave behind ‘incalculable’ devastation to farms and homes

Parts of the city of Faenza are still underwater, with cars submerged and basements flooded by thick, gooey mud

Reuters

Springsteen draws criticism for not cancelling Italy gig after deadly floods

U.S. rock legend Bruce Springsteen came under criticism in Italy for going ahead with a concert in Ferrara on Thursday evening after the northern Emilia-Romagna region was battered by floods that left at least nine people dead.

Liverpool Echo

Concerns over 'health hazard' at park after raw sewage overflows

Parents have called for action

The Guardian - UK

Death toll mounts in Italy’s worst flooding for 100 years

Older and disabled people trapped in homes as rescuers battle harsh conditions in Emilia-Romagna region

Reuters

Devastating Italian floods kill at least 13, wreck homes and farms

Floods that killed at least 13 people in Italy's northern Emilia-Romagna region caused billions of euros' worth of damage and hit agriculture particularly hard, the regional governor said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods as cleanup begins

Rescue crews are working to reach towns and villages in northern Italy that were cut off from highways, electricity and cell phone service following heavy rains and flooding

ABC News

Demolition of Fitzroy Crossing bridge under way after Kimberley floods

Workers have started to tear down the remains of the bridge, which was irreparably damaged in January's Kimberley floods. It is hoped the replacement will be complete next year.

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