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The flood reached the Teesta III Dam at Chungthang at midnight, before its gates could be opened, destroying the dam in minutes. [2] Water levels downstream in the River Teesta rose by up to 20 feet (6.1 m), causing widespread damage. [3] It was the deadliest flood in the area after the 1968 Sikkim floods when around 1000 people were killed. [4]
On 14 January, the Met Office issued 98 flood warnings and 169 alerts across England. [1] The River Ouse broke its banks, causing severe flooding in York which left parts of the city centre submerged, [2] with rescue workers seen travelling down the street in boats. [1] The River Severn also broke its banks in some areas, causing flooding in ...
Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts remained in place on Friday, with the UK Health Security Agency issuing a cold weather alert from Saturday. ‘Huge’ amount of flooding across parts of ...
The flooding took place along the Teesta River in the Lachen Valley of India’s state of Sikkim, and was worsened when parts of a dam were washed away, the New Delhi Television channel said.
2016 Italian flood: Northwestern Italy: 1: Heavy rain 2017: 2017 West Attica floods: Greece: 24: Heavy rain 2018: 2018 European floods: Spain, France, Italy: 69: Heavy rain 2019: 2019 Yorkshire Dales flooding: United Kingdom: 0: Heavy rain 2019: 2019–2020 United Kingdom floods: United Kingdom: 11: Heavy rain 2020: 2020 floods in Evia, Greece ...
An amber warning has been issued for areas of the Midlands and the south of the country, which came into force at 6pm and will last for 12 hours.
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Flooding in August killed 57 people, left several missing, displaced around 45,000 residents and affected 1.2 million others, as well as damaging over 2,700 shelters. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Damage estimated by the government in Bandarban District was Tk 7 billion (US$63.9 million), though the locals estimated the loss to be over Tk10 billion (US$91.4 ...