Flooding

Ninety percent of Cox’s Bazar is now waterlogged, with more than 100 villages submerged. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

Hundred-year storm tides will occur every few decades in Bangladesh: MIT study

According to the MIT study, the warming climate is likely to expand the seasonal window of cyclones, allowing them to overlap with the monsoon season for the first time

Cars drive through standing water in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, following strong winds and heavy rain, May 2024 Photo: AFP
Middle East

Saudi Arabia hit by thunderstorms, floods, with temperatures at 9 degrees

People cross the bridge amid the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains, in Kathmandu, Nepal September 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
South Asia

Nepal closes schools as deaths from heavy rains hit 151

8,250 fish enclosures and 3.15 hectares of cropland have been flooded in Khulna due to incessant raining for the past few days. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Heavy rains devastate over 8,000 fish enclosures and crops in Khulna, causing Tk 100cr in losses

A firefighter assists with the transport of people and pets on a boat amid evacuation efforts due to flooding in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Silesia region, Poland September 15, 2024. Photo: Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Grzegorz Celejewski via REUTERS
Europe

Floods claim more lives as torrential rain pounds central Europe

Pechea, Galati county, Romania, September 14, 2024. Photo: Galati Inspectorate for Emergency Situations/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Floods in Romania kill at least four people as rain batters central Europe

Markets have been flooded for days in Barishal as a low pressure system brought continuous rain for days. Photo: TBS
Environment

Continuous rain disrupts Barishal, launch services resume on all routes after 24 hours

In Chakaria, at least 20,000 people are currently living under water, while sapling of Aman paddy and various winter vegetables have been washed away by water. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

5 fishermen die, 70 go missing due to inclement weather in Cox's Bazar 

People suffer amid floods in Feni on 22 August 2024. Photo: Md Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Fears of waterborne disease rise in Bangladesh as floods recede slowly

Flooding in Feni. Photo: TBS
Environment

Lakhs stranded without electricity amid flood in Feni

Akhaura land port flooded on 21 August 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Landslides, rains disrupt immigration, import-export through Akhaura port

A drone shot shows a cargo plane at the flooded Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Wesley Santos/File Photo
World+Biz

Brazil's Porto Alegre airport to resume operations after major floods

A drone view shows flooded buildings following heavy rainfall in the region, in Caoshi town of Hengyang, Hunan province, China, July 28, 2024. Photo: China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
China

Four killed in rains, floods as remnants of weakened Gaemi lash south China