Tornado watch: Severe weather warning for over 51 million people in Texas, Wisconsin, Missouri, Oklahoma, KansasTornado warning: National Weather Service received more than 1,100 reports of large hail, winds above 60 mph (96 kph) and tornadoes as part...
18 Apr, 2026, 01.10 AM IST
High-level committee to examine Teesta Stage III dam breach: Sikkim CMThe Sikkim government has formed a high-level committee to investigate the Teesta Stage III dam breach that occurred on October 4. The comm...
20 Oct, 2023, 01.54 PM IST
Sikkim: Icy flood that killed 31 in India's northeast had been feared for yearsRescuers are searching for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India's Himalayan north. The flood has kill...
07 Oct, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
Glacial lake floods: A growing, unpredictable climate riskIndian rescuers are searching for over 100 missing people after a flash flood caused by a glacial lake bursting its banks. Glacial lake out...
06 Oct, 2023, 11.47 AM IST
Uttarakhand: Gangotri national highway blocked due to landslide, restoration underway"The Gangotri National Highway has been blocked due to a massive landslide near Purana Thana Dharasu Bandh. Dozens of vehicles are stuck in...
20 Jul, 2023, 09.16 AM IST
Fighting in south Ukraine as offensive expectations intensifyMoscow says clashes have intensified since Thursday in the Zaporizhzhia region, particularly around the small town of Orikhiv and towards t...
09 Jun, 2023, 06.47 PM IST
Blast detected at time of Ukraine dam breach: Norway seismological instituteNORSAR's announcement, which did not provide any information about the cause of the blast, supports suggestions that the hydroelectric dam,...
09 Jun, 2023, 06.44 PM IST
Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as officials wrestle with impact of major dam breachAuthorities have rushed supplies of drinking water to flooded areas from a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine as officials considered resett...
07 Jun, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
Ukrainian dam breach: What is happening and what's at stakeAuthorities and rescue workers on both sides stepped up efforts on Wednesday to pull beleaguered residents to higher and drier ground a day...
07 Jun, 2023, 02.43 PM IST
Morbi bridge collapse: Staff at local crematoriums, graveyards say they never saw huge influx of bodies in short spanThe British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in the town caved in on Sunday evening, plunging people into the water below.
02 Nov, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
No major deficiency in 1,352 Maharashtra dams inspected, says reportAn official said the upside of the report was that none of the dams in the state have any major deficiency which could lead to failure.
08 Jul, 2019, 03.58 PM IST
Maharashtra minister blames crabs for Tiware dam breachThe minister said officials and locals had informed him that a large number of crabs weakened the wall of the dam.
05 Jul, 2019, 12.04 PM IST
23 feared dead after dam breach in Maharashtra; 11 bodies recoveredThe dam breach caused a flood-like situation in seven downstream villages, with 12 houses being swept away.
03 Jul, 2019, 04.38 PM IST
People near Ratnagiri dam had warned of cracks, Maharashtra minister admitsThe Tiware dam in Ratnagiri district developed a breach late last night after heavy rains.
03 Jul, 2019, 03.48 PM IST
In a first, government to run safety checks on 5,000 big damsThe project cost has now been revised to around Rs 3,400 crore and the World Bank has agreed to fund 80% of that, DRIP director Pramod Nara...
27 Sep, 2017, 10.35 AM IST
US President Barack Obama hails recapturing of Iraq's strategic Mosul DamHe said that the recapturing of the Mosul Dam by Iraqi and Kurdish forces with US support is a major step forward in the fight against the ...
19 Aug, 2014, 11.30 AM IST
- Orissa flood scene worsens, 7 breaches in Mahanadi system
Mahanadi, caused at least 7 breaches and swept away many villages.
20 Sep, 2008, 12.05 PM IST