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Cause of deadly 2010 India flood revealed

Source: Webindia123, Nov 14 2012, 2:28am CST

Researchers have found the root cause of the flash flood that hit Leh, an Indian town in a high desert valley in the Himalayas, on the night of Aug. 5, 2010, causing severe damage and leaving 193 dead, hu ...

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2 days ago

South-west monsoon makes debut over Andaman Sea

Source: Economic Times  |   May 17 2013, 8:03am CDT

NEW DELHI: South-west monsoon today made a debut in the Andaman Sea and parts of Bay of Bengal, setting the stage for the four-month rainfall season crucial for India's agriculture-based economy. "Southwest mon ...

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2 days ago

Monsoon Reaches Andamans

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 17 2013, 6:57am CDT

By Debiprasad Nayak MUMBAI—Monsoon rains have reached India's Andaman Sea and parts of Bay of Bengal, the state-run India Meteorological Department said Friday. Conditions are favorable for further advance of the southwest monso ...

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26 weeks ago


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"The key is that this happened for three successive days. If the third day hadn't happened or if the first two days hadn't set the process in motion, there probably wouldn't have been such a devastating flash flood"


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3 days ago

One million evacuated from Bangladesh storm

Source: This Is London  |   May 16 2013, 3:13am CDT

The outer bands of Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh today, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds and forcing the evacuation of more than a million people. The eye of the storm is expected t ...

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3 days ago

Arrival of monsoon in India likely to happen on June 3 this year

Source: Keralanext  |   May 16 2013, 2:07am CDT

"The southwest monsoon normally advances over Andaman Sea around 20th May with a standard deviation of about a week. The onset of monsoon on the Kerala coast, signalling the arrival of the four-month rainfall season in India, is likely to h ...

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3 days ago

Cyclone Mahasen batters Bangladesh; 1 million flee

Source: KGW.com  |   May 16 2013, 2:04am CDT

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The outer bands of Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds that flattened mud and straw huts and forced the evacuat ...

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3 days ago

As rain from cyclone falls, Myanmar minority stay

Source: FindLaw: AP Professional News  |   May 15 2013, 10:30pm CDT

SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. ...

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4 days ago

Myanmar minority resist Cyclone Mahasen evacuation

Source: Sify  |   May 15 2013, 11:46am CDT

"Now they say, 'You have to move because of the storm,'" he said. "We keep refusing to go. ... If they point guns at us, only then will we move." The cyclone churning through the Indian Ocean appears to have weakened but could still bring ...

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4 days ago

Cyclone Mahasen slows, aimed at Bangladesh; distrustful Myanmar minority resist evacuation

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   May 15 2013, 11:34am CDT

SITTWE, Myanmar - The cyclone was only a day or two away, churning through the Indian Ocean and carrying with it winds and rains that authorities warned could quickly turn deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps th ...

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4 days ago

Bangladesh’s severe weather hotline faces test as tropical storm approaches

Source: Sustainability Thomsonreuters  |   May 15 2013, 9:15am CDT

A new telephone hotline in Bangladesh that gives advance warning of bad weather could be put to the test in coming days as a tropical storm threatens to reach hurricane strength over the country. The hotline, launched in March, enables Bangladeshis to g ...

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