Overall Green alert Flood
in India

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4251
Death: 8
Displaced: 200
Countries: India
From - To 17 May - 21 May

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 54 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Kiren Rijiju to focus on rescuing animals during natural disastersMon, 25 May 2015 17:44:00 +0200.

Updated: May 25, 2015 8:00 pm. Samudra Gupta Kashyap Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju on Monday asked the NDRF not to restrict itself just to rescuing human beings during a natural calamity or disaster, but also take care of do
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Nepal landslide blocks river; raises fears of flood reaching IndiaSun, 24 May 2015 16:12:00 +0200.

Nepali authorities urged thousands of villagers on Sunday to move to safety after a landslide likely triggered by recent earthquakes blocked a river, raising fears of a devastating flash flood, officials said. The landslide at Ramche villa
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Nepal landslide blocks river, raises fears of flood reaching IndiaSun, 24 May 2015 15:14:00 +0200.

Nepali authorities urged thousands of villagers on Sunday to move to safety after a landslide likely triggered by recent earthquakes blocked a river, raising fears of a devastating flash flood, officials said. The landslide at Ramche villag
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Nepal Landslide Creates Risk Of Huge Flood, Thousands Flee HomesSun, 24 May 2015 15:05:00 +0200.

A Nepalese man carries a child in front of a rainbow at a relief camp for earthquake survivors in Kathmandu on May 23, 2015. (Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) | ISHARA S.KODIKARA via Getty Images KATHMANDU, May 24 (Reuters) - Nepali aut
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),