Overall Orange alert Flood for India
in India

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Flood India can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101588
Death: 38
Displaced: 80862
Countries: India
From - To 11 Aug - 28 Aug

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Odisha, India, August 2022Flooding in Odisha, India, affected almost 500,00 residents from 13 to 18 August, 2022 with some 60,000 displaced from their homes. Flooding began after a period of heavy rain from around 13 August 2022. Around 215 mm of rain fell in Ersama in Jagatsinghpur District in 24 hours to 14 August. According to the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority, the average rainfall in the state from 01 to 18 August is 325 mm, where the monthly average is 356 mm. India's Central Water Commission reported the Bhargavi in Khordha and Puri districts had reached record high levels. Flood gates on the Hirakud dam were opened.Thu 18 Aug 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 114 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Storia di un amore impedito dal nazionalismo malsano2022-09-03T06:14+0200.

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Storia di un amore impedito dal nazionalismo malsano2022-09-03T05:32+0200.

In una donna con un retroterra anglo-indiano meno certificato di quello di Mabel Layton, quella che veniva vista come eccentricità sarebbe probabilmente stata considerata ostilità ai valori di quel mondo; ma Mabel aveva credenziali impecc
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Climate justice: Who will compensate if global warming is responsible ... 2022-09-02T15:21+0200.

Climate scientists have repeatedly warned about the impacts of global warming in terms of extreme weather events for decades. The projections are frequently turning true of late, especially in the most vulnerable parts of the world. The lat
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Heavy Rains Expected in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka; IMD Issues Yellow Alert ... 2022-09-01T13:03+0200.

India Weather Latest Update : Even as heavy rains have brought normal life to standstill in Bengaluru, fresh rains on Thursday turned roads into rivers in Tamil Nadu. In the meantime, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),