Overall Orange Flood
in India

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103434
Glide number: FL-2025-000171-IND
Death: 171
Displaced: 51930
Countries: India
From - To 16 Aug - 09 Oct

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India - Monsoon rains, update (ECHO 25 Aug 2025)Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:43

  • Very heavy monsoon rainfall, strong winds and lightning have been affecting western India (in particular the Maharashtra state) over the last five days, causing floods, flash floods, overflowing rivers (mainly the Jagbudi, Vashishti and Ulhas rivers), several severe weather-related incidents and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and widespread damage.
  • Media report, as at 20 August, 21 fatalities (of whom six in the last 24 hours), five people still missing, approximately 500 people evacuated to a number of temporary shelters, and nearly 450 people rescued across the Greater Mumbai area (coastal northern Maharashtra state).
  • Over the next 48 hours, more very heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of the state of Maharashtra.
Flood in India - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 03 Sep 2025 18:05

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India - Severe weather and landslides (ECHO 12 Oct 2025)Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:38

  • In recent days, heavy rainfall has struck northeastern India, triggering landslides and meteorological incidents that have caused casualties and damage.
  • The National Disaster Management Authority of India reports that in West Bengal, 20 people have died and a bridge collapsed due to landslides and floods in Mirik town. Meanwhile, in Bihar, 12 people have died and 13 others were injured in severe weather-related incidents across nine districts.
  • For the next 24 hours, moderate rainfall accompanied by lightning is expected to continue across the affected states.

 

India - Landslide (ECHO 13 Oct 2025)Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:00

  • A landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall occurred in Bilaspur city, Himachal Pradesh state, northern India, resulting in casualties.
  • According to media, at least 18 people have died and others are feared to be buried under the debris.
  • On 8 October, moderate rain with localised thundestorms is expected while on 9 October, drier conditions are expected over the affected area.
Himachal Pradesh State, India, Early October 2025Local media reported a landslide triggered by recent heavy rain buried a bus in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh State, India, in early October 2025. As of 08 October, at least 15 of the estimated 30 bus passengers had died and 4 were recued alive. Emergency workers were searching for the remaining passengers.Wed 8 Oct 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),