Disaster

The European Union (EU) has provided assistance to 25,000 flood victims in Jamalpur, Sylhet, Sirajganj, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, and Tangail districts. The EU said in a press release today that it was providing 1,00,000...

Heavy monsoon rains in the upstream regions and incessant onrush of water from upstream over the last weeks inundated 21 northern, north-eastern and south-eastern districts in Bangladesh affecting over 3.3 million people. So...

Young climate activist Greta Thunberg has assured funds worth €100,000 to multiple organizations that are currently handling relief efforts in the flood-hit provinces of northeast Bangladesh and India. In a series of posts...

Star Priyanka Chopra and her American musician life partner Nick Jonas recently donated money to two organizations for the floods in Assam. The money will be used to feed and rehabilitate flood-affected people,...

Weeks of torrential monsoon rains, widespread flooding and deadly landslides in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have affected millions of children and families, UNICEF said. Over 4 million children are currently estimated to...

An approximate of 5.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, including over 3 million children, because of the combined devastating impact of floods, the locust invasion and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....

Europe has been struck by more frequent and extensive flooding in the last decades than at any other time in the past 500 years, according to a sweeping analysis of the continent’s flood...

The flood situation has worsened further in the Brahmaputra and Meghna basins due to the onrush of hilly water coming the upstream, reports BSS. As the major rivers of the basin are flowing...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hits the Alaska peninsula yesterday, as stated by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake, with an epicenter at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), prompted the U.S....

The floodwaters will increase till July 25 and decrease from the next day. State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief, Enamur Rahman said. He was speaking at the signing ceremony of a rescue...