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2021 Maharashtra floods, widespread flooding in Mahad and Chiplun on 22 July 2021 caused by exceptionally heavy rainfall. 2022 Assam floods, heavy flooding in Assam State in May 2022. [16] 2022 Balrampur floods after heavy rains, with over 1300 villages affected [17] 2023 North India floods after heavy rainfall in North Indian states. [18]
In October 2009, flooding occurred across many parts of South India. It was one of the worst floods in the area in the last 100 years, killing at least 299 people and making 500,000 homeless. The Leh floods occurred on 6 August 2010 in Leh, the largest town in Ladakh, a region of the northernmost Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the last four years, India has seen as many as over 4,620 deaths caused by heat waves, according to data published by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. [30] Indian Meteorological Department declared that the storm that hit northern India in May 2018 was severe and their frequency could increase due to global warming. This ...
2021 South India floods; Part of the 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season: Date: 6 – 12 November 2021 (3 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 5 days) Location: India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh) Sri Lanka: Also known as: 2021 Tamil Nadu floods, India-Sri Lanka floods, Chennai floods: Type: Flood: Cause
The 2021 Uttarakhand flood, also known as the Chamoli disaster, [1] began on 7 February 2021 in the environs of the Nanda Devi National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site [2] in the outer Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand state, India (Maps 1 and 2). [3] It was caused by a large rock and ice avalanche consisting of material dislodged from Ronti ...
Heavy rains brought deadly floods to northern India on the weekend as the country’s capital marked its wettest July day in more than 40 years, according to authorities and local reports.
The floods have led to closure of schools, disruption of flights and train operations in various parts of North India. [1] [5] [6] Another period of intense torrential rain continued in August, and at least 71 more people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, while 10 others died in Uttarakhand. [7]
Heavy monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides in India’s Himalayan region, leaving at least 48 people dead and many others trapped, officials told local media on Monday. Torrential ...