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Thousands of people are believed to be trapped by floodwaters spread across a swath of Ukraine after a catastrophic dam collapse

Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who went around the city inspecting storm-water drain works in flood-prone areas on Thursday, said the State will use every possible law to raze encroachment of rajakaluves by real estate companies.

It did so in today's Voting Rights Act ruling in Allen v. Milligan. This holding has implications for other cases where litigants attempt to overturn statutory precedents, especially longstanding ones.

Is the city finally managing to tackle rain woes? As the monsoon season fast approaches, data given by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claims that their flood management has improved significantly, as compared to the previous year.

Countries are racing to prepare for extreme weather later this year as the world tips into an El Nino — a natural climate phenomenon that fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas and elsewhere.

Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday went around the city inspecting storm-water drain works in flood prone areas. 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson to assess the scale of devastation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the flood-hit region of Kherson to evaluate the response to damage caused by the dam breach.

France is sending immediate aid to Ukraine after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, which caused flooding, forcing people to spend the night on roofs and trees, and cut off drinking water and irrigation for tens of thousands of people in the Russian-controlled Kherson region.