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IIT Hyderabad researchers develop Urban Flood Information System (UFIS) to reduce effects of floods in twin cities. UFIS involves data collection, modelling, forecasting and product development. SnapFloodTM platform for citizens to provide flood-relevant data and social media platforms to yield flood info. RAFT modelling, rainfall analysis and real-time flood info…

Floods or fires are worrying enough, but as Gippsland has experienced this week, combined they are even more extreme, experts say

The floods have severely damaged the Chungthang dam that is the mainstay of a key hydropower project, the Teesta -3, situated along the Teesta river that courses through Sikkim, West Bengal and Bangladesh.

Activists oppose hydel projects on Teesta, cite human-made mistake for floods in Sikkim. Death toll rises to 18, 100 missing. Rescue teams yet to reach epicentre. Gov. Bose calls for balance between ecology and development. 7K tourists stranded, 3.5K in relief camps.

In this first part of a three part series, political parties spoke to Newsroom about their approaches to adaptation, the next climate plan and farm emissions.

Search & rescue efforts continue to locate 22 missing soldiers in Sikkim. One soldier was recovered alive on Wednesday. All other soldiers in Sikkim & North Bengal are safe. Troops providing medical aid & telephone connectivity to civilians & tourists stranded in North Sikkim.

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Victorian rivers are flooding after days of heavy rain, especially in the east where residents have been told to leave due to increased threat.

The Sikkim Government on Wednesday confirmed that 14 people have died so far in the flash floods that occurred in Sikkim in the early hours of Wednesday. The 14 deceased are all civilians while 102 people are still missing. Read further on Dynamite News:

Catastrophic overflow of Lhonak Lake in state of Sikkim caused a dam to partially collapse and submerged army bases

Exclusive: Governments must protect people for weeks after event, researchers say, citing reduced access to health services and increased exposure to pathogens