State governments, especially in Assam, have failed to implement long-term policies to alleviate people’s suffering.

Rescue workers were searching for more than 100 people on Thursday after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 14 people ...

This year record-breaking rains have battered swathes of northern India (see chart). Floods and landslides have washed away houses, roads and acres of farmland. At least 100 people have died so ...

India is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world. In India, floods are generally caused by heavy rainfall, due to which banks of the rivers start overflowing and surrounding areas are ...

Landslides and flash flooding triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains in India’s northeast have killed at least 22 ...

Intense monsoon rains and floods in India’s southern states have killed at least 25 people, with thousands rescued and taken to relief camps, officials say. At least 16 people have been killed ...

Continuous heavy rainfall and rising water levels in the Brahmaputra River have caused severe flooding in Assam. Many ...

But this year’s early arrival has caused havoc across Mumbai, India’s finance capital and home to its vaunted Bollywood film industry, flooding roads and submerging cars. Sushma Nair ...

At least 34 people have died in India's northeastern region after heavy floods caused landslides over the last four days, ...

Floodwaters have inundated parts of India and Bangladesh, stranding hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighbouring Bangladesh’s eastern region. The death toll in ...

The relentless downpour has triggered deadly landslides, flash floods, and rising river levels, resulting in at least 32 ...

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