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New York flooded by heavy rains, subway partly paralysed

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Images from around New York showed cars half-submerged and traffic snarled, with some major roads completely blocked

Clues to ancient Kosi superflood say it could happen again today

Narmada floods: Congress demands SIT probe, higher compensation

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Tackling Bengaluru’s flash floods with Sponge City systems, underground storage tanks

Remembering the great flood through the eyes of saviours

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Kullu: A section of a road washed away after the heavy monsoon rainfall, at Gadsa Valley in Kullu, Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

As extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, scientists take a closer look at global warming’s role

Training wall at Cooum river mouth to help quicker draining of floodwater

Flood in Narmada, Bharuch a man-made calamity, allege Opposition parties in Gujarat

Rescuers and relatives sit in front of the collapsed buildings after the recent flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya.

Left behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability

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Rescuers and relatives of victims set up tents in front of collapsed buildings in Derna, Libya, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Some 11,300 people died when two dams collapsed during Mediterranean storm Daniel last week sending a wall of water gushing through the city, according to the Red Crescent aid group. A further 10,000 people are missing, and presumed dead.

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An aerial view shows the destruction, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 16, 2023.

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An aerial view shows Libya’s eastern city of Derna on September 18, 2023, following deadly flash floods. A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace.

UN warns of disease threat in flood-ravaged east Libya

A view of a waterlogged road after the water level of the Narmada River rose which led to the closure of Pahadgam bridge due to the release of water from Sardar Sarovar Dam following heavy rainfall, in Narmada.

Floods in Gujarat; BJP and Opposition play blame game over Narmada water

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Priyank Kharge, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, chairing a review meeting in Kalaburagi on Saturday.

Karnataka Minister calls for eye estimation survey to assess crop loss in Kalaburagi district

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Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people.

Libya investigates dams’ collapse after flood killed over 11,000

An aerial view shows the mass grave, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya on September 16, 2023.

Libya's flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpses

AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inspects damage caused by rain-triggered landslide at Krishna Nagar, in Shimla. File

Himachal CM Sukhu donates savings of ₹51 lakh to disaster relief

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. File

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra writes to PM Modi urging him to declare Himachal floods as national calamity

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A view of Susah, Libya, in the aftermath of the floods on September 15, 2023.

Libya seals off flooded city so searchers can look for 10,000 missing after death toll passes 11,000

An Egyptian barge is seen at sea, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 14, 2023.

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A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace on September 14 after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing

Libya's flood-ravaged Derna in grisly hunt for thousands still missing

A view shows people inspecting the damaged areas, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 14, 2023.

Most Libya flood casualties could have been avoided: U.N.

Volunteers from the Beltrees Youth Movement sort clothes that are to be distributed to the displaced people, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya, on September 14, 2023.

Global aid effort intensifies for flood-stricken Libya

Revenue and Disaster Management and Fire and Rescue Services department conducted drills to demonstrate evacuation and rescue methods during natural disasters at Elango Corporation Higher Secondary School in Madurai on Thursday.

Firemen demonstrate rescue techniques to students in Madurai

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