Overall Green alert Flood for India
in India

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100529
Death: 11
Displaced: 3776
Countries: India
From - To 04 Jul - 13 Jul

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India - Monsoon rains update Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:08

  • Rain and widespread flooding due to the Southwest Monsoon continue to affect most of the States of India. The death toll reached 413 people across 12 States, mainly in central, western, and eastern parts of the country.
  • As per daily report by the National Emergency Response Centre (NDMI), as of 14 July, 114 people were reported dead in West Bengal, 85 in Assam, 81 in Gujarat, 62 in Karnataka, 22 in Kerala, 16 in Arunachal Pradesh, 14 in Chhattisgarh, 8 in Meghalaya, 8 in Nagaland, and 3 across Punjab.
  • The same source reports more than 72,350 displaced people, and more than 6,500,550 affected people across the aforementioned States. In addition, more than 20,430 houses were damaged, of which around 2,500 fully damaged.
  • Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rain is forecast over most of the country, except over northern States. Locally very heavy rain is forecast over western, and northeastern States.
Gujurat, India, July 2020Heavy rain from 05 July caused flooding in the western state of Gujurat, India. Local media reported 1 person died crossing a flooded river near Rajkot City. Another person died after a lightning strike.Sun 5 Jul 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 35 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Extreme rainfall from July 19 may trigger more floods in NE : IMDThu, 16 Jul 2020 20:46:00 +0200.

New Delhi: Northeastern states, including flood-hit areas like Assam, are likely to receive extremely heavy rains from Sunday that will trigger further flooding in the region, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. Widespre
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12 killed in rain, flood related incidents in India; red alert issued ... Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:20:00 +0200.

NEW DELHI: Twelve people were killed in rain and flood-related incidents in across the country, while the IMD issued a red alert for Mumbai and other coastal areas in Maharashtra following heavy rains in the region. While seven people died
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Twitter backs disaster preparedness efforts; launches a dedicated sear ... Wed, 15 Jul 2020 09:36:00 +0200.

NEW DELHI: People come to Twitter first to learn about news and events unfolding in real-time, and the company is committed to ensuring that the information they receive is credible and authentic. To continue serving its purpose, Twitter In
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Heavy floodingWed, 15 Jul 2020 04:54:00 +0200.

Flash flood. A flash flood is a rapid of low-lying areas: washes, and . It may be caused by heavy associated with a , or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods may occur after the collapse of a natura
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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),