Disaster
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1.6KTyphoon Jebi hits Japan: Nine killed, thousands stranded
Heavy rains, landslides, floods and extreme heat waves were topped by Typhoon Jebi that entrapped Japan on Tuesday, killing nine people. Evacuation...
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4.5KRat fever disease takes over flood-ravaged Kerala, 15 dead
A woman died of leptospirosis (rat fever) in the flood-ravaged Kerala on Sunday, increasing the death toll related to diseases to 15. In...
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2.5KEminent ecologist says ‘completely improper unscientific management of dams’ cause of Kerala floods
Eminent ecologist and writer Madhav Gadgil, during the sidelines of a lecture he had given, said that there was prima-facie evidence of unscientific...
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6.0KNASA shares before and after images of flood-hit Kerala
NASA, through its Operational Land Imager (OLI), shared the before and after images of the devastating, unprecedented floods that hit Kerala since August...
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2.7KThousands of migrant workers leave flood-ravaged Kerala
Thousands of migrant workers have left flood-ravaged Kerala from north and northeastern India through two special trains in the last 10 days,...
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5.2KTo help Kerala flood victims, Kashmiri humanitarian organisation Athrout sends aid, volunteers, doctors
Kashmir’s well known charitable body Athrout has sent a team of volunteers with medicines and hygiene kits for the flood affected people...
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9.4KWith losses over 22,000 Cr, GoI’s 500 Cr relief draws outrage as Modi refuses foreign aid for Kerala
The Government of India (GoI) has announced that it will not take aid from foreign countries willing to send help to Kerala,...
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2.6KKerala floods: GoI declares ‘severe calamity’, exempts relief material from custom duty, IGST
The Government of India has declared the floods in Kerala as a ‘calamity of a severe nature’, paving the way for national...
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Kerala floods: Qatar steps in, Pope Francis calls for international solidarity
Following UAE, Qatar has announced financial aid of 34.89 crore for flood ravaged Kerala for providing assistance for shelter, a media report...
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3.7KKerala floods: Death toll rises to 357, expert says part of the problem ‘man-made’
The Indian Meterological Department has said that “heavy rainfall” is expected only in Kozhikode, Kannur and Idduki districts over the next four days....
