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Industry leaders are alert to heavier rainfall as flooding can deal a further blow to the economy, though many of them do not believe certain business activities will be drowned as happened in 2011.

Bangkok Post

Chadchart needs more time on the job

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sitttipunt has come under fire from critics over failing to solve flood problems in the capital after it was lashed with heavy rain last Tuesday night.

Bangkok Post

'Sink or swim' for new governor

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, who has now been in the position for three months, faces some major challenges if he wants to solve flood problems in the capital following four days of extremely heavy rainfall last week.

Bangkok Post

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Telangana continues to battle rain fury; major projects discharge surplus flood

Allapalli in Bhadradri-Kothgudem district recorded extremely heavy rainfall of 35.1 cm over 24 hours

The Hindu

Rain fury in Telangana | Control rooms set up in Sircilla, Bhadrachalam

Water level in Godavari at Bhadrachalam expected to touch first flood warning level of 43 feet by Monday morning

The Hindu

Heavy rain storm to smash Leeds as flood warning issued in Yorkshire

The forecast for Leeds does not look too happy

Leeds Live

Pakistan to breach main highway to protect town of Dadu from floods

Authorities in southern Pakistan plan to breach the country's Indus Highway, a key transport link, to allow water to flow and prevent flooding in the town of Dadu, officials said on Sunday.

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Many areas in Krishna, NTR districts reel under flood for third day

Discharge at Prakasam Barrage falls below 4 lakh cusecs by evening, first flood warning withdrawn

The Hindu

Whatever happened to the 'No Sex for Fish' women after the flood? Hint: It's 'amazing'

That's what a charity worker said of their latest plan. The Kenyan fishmongers got their own boats to escape pressure to trade sex for fish to sell. Then floods wiped them out. Now there's new hope.

WEKU

Crises forge Beshear's role as Kentucky's consoler in chief

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's first term in office has been dominated by one deadly crisis after another: the global COVID-19 pandemic, tornadoes that killed scores of people in western Kentucky and floodwaters in Appalachia that left dozens more Kentuckians dead

The Independent UK

A million tonnes of sand used to create new 'Welsh Riviera' beach that looks like the south of France

Now neighbouring towns are asking for new beaches too

Wales Online

Newry men plead with Sinn Fein to save 200-year-old oak trees facing chop for flood scheme

A total of 426 trees are being axed across three flood alleviation schemes in Belfast, Newry and Newcastle

Belfast Live

NTR Collector says all arrangements made for flood victims

‘14 houses in Vijayawada Central mandal and 12 houses in Vijayawada Eastern mandal inundated’

The Hindu

‘Never seen climate carnage’ like Pakistan floods, says UN chief

Antonio Guterres blames wealthier nations, who cause 80 percent of today’s emissions, for the devastation.

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The best thriller of the century reveals a real climate change disaster

The devastating floods in Parasite are a harbinger of South Korea's climate future — and the rest of the world.

The Hindu

Heavy rain lashes Krishna, NTR districts; flood level remains high in river

Traffic flow hit in Vijayawada following a downpour for over two hours

Bangkok Post

UN chief laments 'climate carnage' in Pakistan

KARACHI: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he had never witnessed “climate carnage” to the degree of the devastation caused by vast flooding in Pakistan.

The Independent UK

Trailers offer temporary home as flood victims plan future

David Stephens, his 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter are staying in a travel trailer after floodwaters engulfed their eastern Kentucky home in late July

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Bangkok Post

Rangsit irrigation official transferred after flooding

A senior official of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) in Pathum Thani province has been transferred away from his regular duties following heavy flooding in his area of responsibility.

The Independent UK

UN chief Guterres visits flood-battered areas of Pakistan

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres toured Pakistan’s flood-ravaged Sindh and Baluchistan provinces a day after saying the world is obligated to provide “massive” amounts of relief to the impoverished country

The Independent UK

‘I have never seen so many cases’: Volunteer doctors tackle horror of Pakistan flooding aftermath

Volunteers who have set up relief camps of their own tell Stuti Mishra about the challenges they are facing in helping the flood victims amid an outbreak of water-borne diseases

Dynamite News

Pakistan UN envoy Masood Khan confronted in US over rapes in the name of flood relief

Former Congressional candidate from Virginia and Army veteran Manga Anantmula confronted Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan over the rapes of women belonging to minority communities in the name of flood relief. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Dutch queen learns about flood control during Houston visit

A visit to Houston by the Dutch queen has highlighted a long friendship between Texas and the Netherlands that grew from their fight against a mutual enemy: flooding

Los Angeles Times

Tropical Storm Kay hits Southern California with a bang: 100-mph winds, intense rain, sweltering heat

LOS ANGELES — Tropical Storm Kay brought sizzling temperatures, intense rain and winds topping 100 mph to some parts of Southern California, sparking concerns about coastal flooding and mudslides in fire zones.

Bangkok Post

Time for a flood remedy

Fears of a repetition of the 2011 epic flood will haunt city residents in the coming days as heavy rain leads to massive floods in the northern part of the capital and adjacent areas. While the current conditions do not match 2011's huge proportions, the reaction of City Hall does…

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