Over 700 deaths have been reported in an African cyclone around the Southern Africa that had left people stranded on the rooftop and trees due to flood in the region.

Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Saturday asked four District Collectors to remain on the alert as the Baitarani river crossed its danger mark.

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Tuesday said it has sanctioned Rs 334.75 crore in August, under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), to West Bengal for 158 minor irrigation and 23 flood protection projects.

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Tuesday said it has sanctioned Rs 334.75 crore in August, under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), to West Bengal for 158 minor irrigation and 23 flood protection projects.

Private life and non-life insurers - Bharti AXA Life Insurance and Bharti AXA General Insurance - on Monday announced a simplified claims procedure for flood victims of Kerala and Karnataka.

With the flood rescue operations now over, health authorities in Kerala on Friday asked all those who came in contact with the flood waters to take preventive action for leptospirosis, mostly spread by rodents.

In a recent update, it has been learnt that owing to floods in Kerala, the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) has has received a total amount of Rs 1,027.78 crore as of August 31. The details of funding have been updated on a real-time basis.

Twenty years ago, in August 1998, then Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji proposed, in a meeting of China's State Council, a total ban on logging in the forest slopes of Sichuan province. It was in response to the devastating flood-crisis that China was facing in the Yangtze river basin.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the officials to remain prepared for a possible flood on Mahanadi river system.

Thousands left for their once flooded homes in Kerala on Monday, still leaving 342,699 in some 1,000 shelters, as an army of volunteers continued their drive to clean houses that were submerged for days.