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False-colour NASA satellite image of the swollen Gandak River and flooded land in Nepal and northern India on 29 September 2026.
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Gandak embankment damage raises flood risk in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Heavy rain in Nepal’s Gandak catchment caused renewed flood pressure along the river basin on 28–29 September 2026. DD India, citing an official Bihar Water Resources Department release, reported two damage sites on the left-bank Champaran embankment and a Bagaha gauge peak of 91.25 metres. A separate 06:00 Bihar Flood Early Warning and Monitoring System…

GANDAK EMBANKMENT DAMAGE REPORTED · BREACH COUNTS DIFFER BY SOURCE · NO VERIFIED IMPACT TOTAL
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Uttar Pradesh heavy rain kills at least 56; AP reports a separate higher toll

Heavy rain and flooding from 25 to 27 September 2026 caused deaths, injuries and housing damage across Uttar Pradesh. The state Relief Commissioner’s figures reported by Reuters and The Indian Express record 56 deaths, 46 injured and more than 1,000 damaged houses (1,021 in the Indian Express account). The Associated Press separately reports at least 62…

STATE REPORT: 56 DEAD · AP: AT LEAST 62 DEAD · 46 INJURED IN BOTH REPORTS
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Coastal Andhra deep-depression impacts kill six; 70 rescued in Visakhapatnam

Six people died in separate wall-collapse and electrocution incidents across coastal Andhra Pradesh on 24 September as heavy rain and gale-force winds accompanied a deep depression crossing near Kalingapatnam. The reported deaths included an eight-year-old boy killed when a rain-soaked wall collapsed in Kakinada district and five people electrocuted in…

6 DEATHS · 1 INJURED · 70 RESCUED FROM VISAKHAPATNAM BUILDING
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The Odisha Chief Minister speaks with rain-affected residents at Chindili High School in Koraput district, a flood shelter, on 27 September 2026.
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Southern Odisha floods: over 100,000 moved to safety across 13 districts

Flooding associated with the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal affected southern Odisha in late September 2026. An officials-attributed DD India report on 28 September said more than 100,000 people had been moved from low-lying areas and sheltered in over 500 relief centres across 13 districts. In Balasore district, 67,266 people had been evacuated…

OVER 100,000 MOVED TO SAFETY · 13 DISTRICTS
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GDACS and GFS forecast map of Tropical Cyclone ONE-26 off India, with the cyclone track, wind field, pressure contours and wind-speed scale.
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Tropical Storm ONE-26 exposure estimate revised to 10.248 million in India

GDACS classified Tropical Cyclone ONE-26 as an Orange alert with medium humanitarian impact after the system crossed India between 23 and 24 September 2026. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 83 km/h. On 28 September, GDACS revised its modelled tropical-storm-strength wind exposure from up to 10.7 million to 10.248 million people. No population…

GDACS ORANGE · MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT · 83 KM/H
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Kottakamboor landslide kills two and injures one at Vattavada farm shed

Two people were killed and one woman was seriously injured when a rain-triggered landslide buried a temporary farm shed at Kottakamboor in Vattavada, Idukki district, Kerala, on 20 September 2026. Balakrishnan and his sister Chinnu died; Balakrishnan’s wife Mariyamma was rescued and admitted to hospital. The three had been working on a garlic farm and…

2 CONFIRMED DEATHS · 1 SERIOUSLY INJURED SURVIVOR · TEMPORARY FARM SHED BURIED
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Kottayam landslips kill two in separate Teekoy and Poonjar incidents

Two people died in separate rain-triggered landslips in Kottayam district, Kerala, on 20 September 2026. Near Velathussery on the Erattupetta–Vagamon road at Teekoy, a roadside landslip killed Sangeetha Arul Lal, 35; the woman travelling with her was rescued with injuries and was reported stable. In a separate incident at Peringulam in Poonjar…

2 CONFIRMED DEATHS IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS · 1 INJURED SURVIVOR AT TEEKOY · 2 SURVIVORS FROM POONJAR HOUSE
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Kerala heavy-rain warning summary showing five deaths, one missing person and six districts in the cited orange alert
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Kottapuzha flash flood toll reaches six after missing woman’s body is recovered

A sudden flash flood in the Kottapuzha River near TK Colony in Nilambur, Malappuram district, swept away six people on 20 September 2026 after heavy rain upstream. On 22 September, rescuers recovered the body of the last missing person, 26-year-old Sajitha, near Pookkottumpadam at about 12:30 IST. The confirmed death toll therefore reached six and the…

SEARCH CONCLUDED · 6 DEAD · 0 MISSING
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NOAA-20 satellite view of clouds over Gujarat, India, on 18 September 2026
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India floods: GDACS reports 136 deaths and 457,351 displaced

The GDACS Orange flood alert for India now reports 136 deaths and 457,351 displaced people across the event period from 9 August to 7 October 2026. Compared with the 7 October snapshot, deaths increased by one while displacement remained unchanged. Earlier dated observations remain in the evidence history. Separate Bihar and Uttar Pradesh state-level…

GDACS ORANGE · MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT · 136 DEATHS · 457,351 DISPLACED
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Assam flood emergency leaves more than one million affected

Exceptionally heavy monsoon rain triggered widespread flooding in Assam from 19 July, with rainfall in parts of Upper Assam reaching far above seasonal norms. The emergency peaked around 27–28 July when more than 800 villages were inundated. Although water levels later began to recede, an IFRC update said 1,144,733 people remained affected across eight…

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UN Peacekeeping: 11 current missions and their deployed personnel

The United Nations lists 11 current peacekeeping operations: MINURSO in Western Sahara; MINUSCA in the Central African Republic; MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; UNDOF in the Golan; UNFICYP in Cyprus; UNIFIL in Lebanon; UNISFA in Abyei; UNMIK in Kosovo; UNMISS in South Sudan; UNMOGIP in India and Pakistan; and UNTSO across the Middle…

11 CURRENT OPERATIONS
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Kerala floods: Dozens missing in deadly India disaster

More than 20 people have been killed in floods in southern India after heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, cutting off towns and villages. Several houses were washed away and people became trapped in the district of Kottayam in Kerala state. Video from the area showed bus passengers being rescued after their vehicle

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Severe Flooding in 4 States After Rain From Cyclone Gulab

Odisha India’s National Emergency Response Centre (NERC) reported 179,829 people have been affected by Gulab across 1,274 villages in Odisha. As of 28 September, 512 houses were damaged, with the worst damages reported in Koraput and Malkangiri districts. No fatalities were reported however. A total of 46,075 people ev

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District of Chamoli in Uttarakhand Hit by Heavy Rains

India's National Emergency Response Centre reported heavy rain in the District of Chamoli in Uttarakhand caused flash floods and landslides damaging huts of Border Road Organisation (BRO) workers and burying 11 vehicles. One person was injured.

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Flooding Affects Thousands in Odisha India

Many parts of Odisha experienced heavy rainfall from around 13 September, brought by a Low Pressure Area over the Bay of Bengal. In a 24 hour period to 13 September, Puri recorded 343 mm of rain, Bhubaneswar 200 mm and Paradeep 221. The following day the heavy rain moved to further inland where Angul recorded 221 mm. F

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12 Dead, Thousands Displaced by Floods in Bihar

Officials in the state of Bihar in eastern India report flooding in 15 districts has affected 2.7 million people. The Ganges River is at record levels in Bhagalpur and Patna Districts. Rivers across the state are above the danger mark in 26 locations. Bihar Chief minister, Nitish Kumar, surveys the floods in Bihar, Ind

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Rivers Reach Record Highs in Madhya Pradesh

Floods in Madhya Pradesh, India, 02 August 2021. Photo: Indian Air Force Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh described the flood situation as grim. He said in a statement of 04 August that flooding has affected 1,225 villages in Shivpuri, Sheopur, Datia, Gwalior, Guna, Bhind and Morena districts. Br

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Floods and Landslides

Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr Uddhav Thackeray visited the landslide site of Taliye village in Mahad, Raigad district, India on 24 July 2021. Photo: Government of Maharashtra The heavy rain brought floods and landslides affected 1028 villages across the districts of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Kolhapur, Thane, Sangli, Satara, S

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heavy rains Hit Assam State in India

Widespread floods triggered by heavy rain have been affecting most parts of Assam State (northeastern India) over the past few days, resulting in casualties and damage. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, 7,587 people have been affected in 96 villages across the Districts of Bongaigaon, Dhemaji

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7,000 in 2 Assam Districts (India) Flooded

Disaster authorities in the state of Assam, north eastern India, reported on 30 June that overflowing rivers have affected over 7,000 people in the last 24 hours. A total of 7,587 people have been affected in Dhemaji and Dibrugarh districts. As of 30 June there were no displacements. Flooding has also caused damage in

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India Bracing for Tropical Storm Yaas

In India, State governments of West Bengal and Odisha, also impacted by TC Amphan in 2020, are on high alert. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed. State Government of West Bengal have ordered the evacuation of people from low-lying areas. The Deep Depression over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal i

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TAUKTAE-21

Sunday, May 16, 11 pm: As the year’s first cyclone continues to intensify over the Arabian Ocean—slightly off the west coast of India—the devastation has already begun in many parts of the coastal region. At least 12 deaths have been reported so far across coastal districts of four states: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtr

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Assam Earthquake 6.4M HitS India

Apowerful earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Assam and other parts of the Northeast on Wednesday morning. Seven aftershocks were recorded in the hours after the first quake shook up the region. The earthquake originated in Tezpur in Assam and tremors were felt even in North Bengal and other parts of t

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Himalayan glacier bursts in India, dozens feared dead - Feb 2021

Detailed event map. European Union, 2021. Map produced by EC-JRC. The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union. Dozens of people are feared dead in India after a Himalayan glacier broke apart and crashed into a hydroelectric dam, with people hurriedly being evacuated amid rising…

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