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Tens Of Thousands Evacuated As Typhoon Doksuri Batters China
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri lashed China's capital with heavy rain on Sunday and residents were urged to stay indoors.
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Massive Traffic Jams In Rain-Hit Delhi, Police Issues Advisory
Prohibitory measures under CrPC section 144 were imposed in flood-prone areas on Wednesday.
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Old Railway Bridge Remains Shuts As Yamuna Water Level Crosses Danger Mark
The Yamuna in Delhi has exceeded the evacuation mark of 206 metres, prompting the relocation of people residing in flood-prone areas to safer locations and a closure of the Old Railway Bridge for road and rail traffic, officials said today.
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Need Structures Allowing Free Flow Of Flood Water: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that residential structures in flood-prone areas should be built in such a way that they allow free flow of flood water on the ground, which would avoid damage.
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Chandrababu Naidu Alleges Andhra Government Conspiring To Shift Capital
The opposition Telugu Desam Party has accused the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh of hatching a conspiracy to shift the state capital from Amaravati by projecting it as a flood-prone area, a charge denied by the ruling YSRC.
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Finished 85% Work Of Covering Manholes, BMC Tells Bombay High Court
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed about 85 per cent work of installing protective iron meshes over manholes in flood-prone areas across the city, the Bombay High Court was told today.
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India's Flood-Fighting Abilities Do Not Hold Water, Finds Auditor
As lakhs of people are still reeling under the damages caused by massive floods in Assam, concerns on flood management programmes across the country were raised in the parliament on Friday as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report was presented.
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Children Bear Brunt of Climate Change: UNICEF
More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought zones, leaving them exposed to the impacts of climate change, UNICEF has said.
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Bihar is India's Most Flood-Prone State: International Water Management Institute
Bihar is the country's most flood-prone state with 73 per cent of its 94,163-sq.km area getting flooded annually, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) said in Patna today.
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Philippines braces for powerful typhoon
Philippine officials say fishermen and villagers in landslide- and flood-prone areas have been warned to take precautions as a powerful Pacific typhoon blows toward the country's south.
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Hurricane Sandy on verge of New Jersey landfall
Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, lashed the densely populated East Coast on Monday, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and interrupting the presidential campaign.
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Hurricane Irene: Evacuations, transit shutdown ordered in New York
In an unprecedented decision, nearly 300,000 people who live in flood-prone areas of New York City were ordered to evacuate on Friday as Hurricane Irene sets its sights on the nation's largest city. New Yorkers, many of them without cars, don't have much time to get out of the way before the city shutters its subways, buses and trains on Saturday.
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Model Flood Bill awaits implementation by most states
Even as several parts of the country grapple with the flood-like situation, a 35-year-old Model Flood Bill aimed at minimising losses to life and property awaits implementation by most of the states. The bill, prepared by the Central Water Commission (CWC) in 1975, will empower authorities to remove dwellings from flood-pron...
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Tens Of Thousands Evacuated As Typhoon Doksuri Batters China
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri lashed China's capital with heavy rain on Sunday and residents were urged to stay indoors.
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Massive Traffic Jams In Rain-Hit Delhi, Police Issues Advisory
Prohibitory measures under CrPC section 144 were imposed in flood-prone areas on Wednesday.
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Old Railway Bridge Remains Shuts As Yamuna Water Level Crosses Danger Mark
The Yamuna in Delhi has exceeded the evacuation mark of 206 metres, prompting the relocation of people residing in flood-prone areas to safer locations and a closure of the Old Railway Bridge for road and rail traffic, officials said today.
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Need Structures Allowing Free Flow Of Flood Water: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that residential structures in flood-prone areas should be built in such a way that they allow free flow of flood water on the ground, which would avoid damage.
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Chandrababu Naidu Alleges Andhra Government Conspiring To Shift Capital
The opposition Telugu Desam Party has accused the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh of hatching a conspiracy to shift the state capital from Amaravati by projecting it as a flood-prone area, a charge denied by the ruling YSRC.
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Finished 85% Work Of Covering Manholes, BMC Tells Bombay High Court
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed about 85 per cent work of installing protective iron meshes over manholes in flood-prone areas across the city, the Bombay High Court was told today.
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India's Flood-Fighting Abilities Do Not Hold Water, Finds Auditor
As lakhs of people are still reeling under the damages caused by massive floods in Assam, concerns on flood management programmes across the country were raised in the parliament on Friday as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report was presented.
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Children Bear Brunt of Climate Change: UNICEF
More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought zones, leaving them exposed to the impacts of climate change, UNICEF has said.
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Bihar is India's Most Flood-Prone State: International Water Management Institute
Bihar is the country's most flood-prone state with 73 per cent of its 94,163-sq.km area getting flooded annually, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) said in Patna today.
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Philippines braces for powerful typhoon
Philippine officials say fishermen and villagers in landslide- and flood-prone areas have been warned to take precautions as a powerful Pacific typhoon blows toward the country's south.
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Hurricane Sandy on verge of New Jersey landfall
Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, lashed the densely populated East Coast on Monday, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and interrupting the presidential campaign.
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Hurricane Irene: Evacuations, transit shutdown ordered in New York
In an unprecedented decision, nearly 300,000 people who live in flood-prone areas of New York City were ordered to evacuate on Friday as Hurricane Irene sets its sights on the nation's largest city. New Yorkers, many of them without cars, don't have much time to get out of the way before the city shutters its subways, buses and trains on Saturday.
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Model Flood Bill awaits implementation by most states
Even as several parts of the country grapple with the flood-like situation, a 35-year-old Model Flood Bill aimed at minimising losses to life and property awaits implementation by most of the states. The bill, prepared by the Central Water Commission (CWC) in 1975, will empower authorities to remove dwellings from flood-pron...
