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In a message broadcast on radio early Thursday, President Thein Sein said areas near the Irrawaddy were at risk as the river rises “above danger level”.

Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee spent Sunday night in her office in Kolkata to monitor the situation across West Bengal in the aftermath of Cyclone Komen. The Ministry of Home Affairs is regularly monitoring the flood situation in various parts of the country and...

The federal government ordered rescue and relief teams to be sent to Manipur, even as the annual monsoon wrought havoc in the region.

The death toll jumped from around 120 on Monday, after the discovery of more bodies in West Bengal and the western state of Gujarat where water levels have receded, allowing families to return home. Numerous deaths were due to drowning, collapsed masonry, lightning strikes and...

The release of water from brimming dams has exacerbated the flooding in West Bengal after Cyclone Komen struck the east coast on Friday, Khan said.

More than 10 lakh food packets have been airdropped or distributed to the flood victims, an official statement said here today. 32 people have died in worst affected Banaskantha district alone.

Large parts of the city were hit by flooding following incessant heavy rainfall, measuring over 170mm, since Friday night due to the effect of Cyclone Komen.

“But the situation at current is rendered beyond management”, Banerjee informed reporters on the state secretariat Nabanna as we speak.