Flood

Flooding in Moheshkhali after rain on 29 May 2025. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

One dies as light rain floods low-lying areas of Moheshkhali

Areas including Kutubjom, Sairar Dail in Matarbari, Dhalghata, and Chhoto Moheshkhali have been severely affected. Roads, homes, and shops have gone underwater, disrupting normal life and...

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh signs $270 million loan deal with World Bank for flood risk reduction, recovery

Tourists wade through flooded waters in Jaflong with umbrellas as hill runoff submerges the popular Sylhet tourist spot amid heavy rain on 20 May 2025. Photo: Debashish Debu/TBS
Bangladesh

Heavy rain floods parts of Sylhet city, tourist hotspot Jaflong

Residents were rescued by boats from flooded areas of Bengaluru. Photo: Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via BSS
South Asia

One dead as rains choke India's tech capital

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Bangladesh

World Bank to provide Bangladesh $270m for flood risk reduction and recovery

Rescuers evacuate people using a rubber boat from a flooded residential area following heavy rains in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Asia

Floods in Indonesia's capital displace thousands

The flow of water at the barrage point started increasing after 4pm on yesterday (15 February).
Bangladesh

Sudden rise in Teesta water threatens vegetables farming in Lalmonirhat

A view shows a partially submerged school and madrasa premises amid severe flooding in the Fazilpur area of Feni, Bangladesh, August 26, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
Environment

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Dreamwater Portable Filter Project empowering women in the flood affected areas

GPH Ispat responsible for flooding 2 Sitakunda villages, probe finds
Environment

GPH Ispat responsible for flooding 2 Sitakunda villages, probe finds

Cristobal Martinez, an 87-year-old resident of the flood-hit eastern Spanish town of Paiporta who also witnessed a devastating flash flood in 1957, is assisted by his grandson as he walks amid mud and debris near his house in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain November 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Climate Change

How slow warnings, poor defences left Spain exposed to deadly floods

People throw mud at Spain's King Felipe near Valencia, Spain, 3 November 2024. Photo: Collected
Europe

Angry crowds throw mud at Spanish king on visit to flood-hit Valencia

People work to clear a mud-covered street with piled up cars in the aftermath of torrential rains that caused flooding, in Paiporta, Spain, October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez
Europe

Spain sends thousands more troops to flood-hit region