Buildings are partially submerged as floodwater covers large areas northwest of Sydney, Australia. Some 18,000 residents of Australia's most populous state have fled their homes si...
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People walk under umbrellas on the Ridge during rains, in Shimla.
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An abandoned excavator still has its flashing warning light working as it is engulfed by water from the flooded Hawkesbury River in Windsor, northwest of Sydney.
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A house is surrounded by water from the flooded Hawkesbury River in Windsor, northwest of Sydney.
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Buildings are partly submerged in flood waters at Londonderry on the western outskirts of Sydney, Australia.
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The New Windsor Bridge is seen inundated by flood waters from the Hawkesbury River in Windsor, northwest of Sydney, New South Wales.
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A truck drives through a flooded road at Old Pitt Town, north west of Sydney, Australia.
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A boat is loaded back onto its trailer on a flooded road at Old Pitt Town, north west of Sydney, Australia. Australia's most populous state of New South Wales on Sunday issued more...
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Vehicles are submerged in a flooded yard near Londonderry on the western outskirts of Sydney, Australia.
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A farmer inspects wheat crop affected due to rains and strong winds, at a village on the outskirts of Amritsar.
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A vehicle stuck in mud slush on the Larji-Sainj highway following heavy rainfall, near Pagal Nala in Kullu district.
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People shelter under umbrellas as they watch the flooded Hawkesbury River in Windsor, north west of Sydney, New South Wales. Hundreds of people have been rescued from floodwaters t...
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Vehicles move slowly on a slippery road to enter the national capital after rain amid farmers' ongoing agitation against the new farm laws, at Ghazipur in New Delhi.
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Women try to stay dry on Western Avenue as a much needed rain lands in Los Angeles.
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In this photo taken by a drone, the city of Beattyville, Ky., sits underwater following heavy rains which caused the Kentucky River to flood.
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People carry their belongings as they wade through the water in a flooded neighborhood following heavy rains in Bekasi, Indonesia. Thousands of residents are being evacuated on the...
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People push their motorcycles through an area flooded after the embankment of Citarum River burst, in Bekasi, Indonesia. Heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in the regio...
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People push their motorcycles through an area flooded after the embankment of Citarum River burst, in Bekasi, Indonesia. Heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in the regio...
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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy inspects a flooded residential colony following heavy rains, in Puducherry
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People swim through a flooded neighborhood following heavy rains in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The direction was issued in the wake of a Met department forecast that thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is very likely to occur at isolated places in the state.
Heavy rains and floods have claimed at least 48 lives in Pune, Aurangabad and Konkan divisions in the last three days, while crops on lakhs of hectares have been damaged.
Reports suggest crops spread over 57,354 hectares have been damaged. 'I am going to ask the Union government to provide some compensation to farmers who have lost their livelihood,' says Relief Minister Vijay
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Maharashtra, including Pune, Solapur and Kolhapur. 'NDRF, district disaster management cell have been deployed to evacuate stranded people': Officials
Mumbai experienced heavy rains overnight along with thunderstorms and lightning, causing water-logging in some low-lying areas. There may be more today.
The BMC has appealed to Mumbai residents to stay at home and urged commercial establishments, except those providing essential services, to remain closed.
The red light has been blinking and now the government has acknowledged that India is facing the worst water crisis in its history with about 60 crore people facing high to extreme water stress
With reservoirs running dry, Tamil Nadu's water restoration system has struck a controversial note even as the government issues diktat on how the rain god must be appeased!
Before the rains started, coffee planters in Coorg were talking of a good crop —the plants were well rested after a lean year and went through the process of blossoming and forming fruits. That settled, seasonal certainty is gone with the wind and merciless lashings of torrential rain.
Why does nearly every ‘natural’ disaster hit us on such a scale? What are we doing wrong? Who’s guilty? Kerala’s monster monsoon leaves us with a deluge of questions.
"Error in tracking cyclones is decreasing. If we compare ourselves with other countries, I can say we are better than the Japanese in predicting cyclone paths," writes director of forecasting, IMD