Following heavy monsoon rainfall, on 26 June 2012, flooding commenced across many districts in Assam which is situated in the northeast of India. Over the past two weeks, 124 people have lost their lives due to these floods including a large number of children. There is a report of sixteen people losing their lives in a landslide caused by heavy rain. At least 2.2 million people have been affected by this flooding. The torrential rains started early this monsoon season and the rains were exceptionally heavy this year.

18th September 2011, would be a date that Sikkim would like to push aside in the back pages of memory and get on with life. The horrors of the evening can be well explained only by those who had experienced the nightmare of a devastating earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitudes on the Richter scale. But memories of the faces of near and dear ones lost, the picture of the ravaged surroundings, broken homes, derailed lives and that horrifying sound shall never fade from the minds of the survivors who have lived to tell the tale.

Assam | Bihar | Punjab | Uttar Pradesh | West Bengal
September 10th, 2011

With so many districts flooded, many have been forced to build temporary shelters on flood embankments, like here in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh.

Earlier the Secretary General had accompanied Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chairman of the Society and Minister for Health

It has been reported that up to 1 million people are living out in the open since the tornado ripped through impoverished villages in seven districts of Bihar on 13th of April which killed over 135 people. Tens of thousands of homes are flattened and the infrastructure of two of the worst affected districts, namely Araria and Pumia, has been badly damaged. Communication and power supplies are still being restored.

Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chairman of the Indian Red Cross Society & the Minister for Health & Family Welfare

India: Floods 2009

The Indian Red Cross Society is the largest humanitarian organization in India with over 12 million volunteers and members. It has a network of 700 branches spread all over the country. It is also a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red

The cyclone also disrupted the normal

The Delhi government has evacuated people living on the banks of river Yamuna following Haryana releasing a record of 4 lakh cusecs of water to Delhi. River Yamuna crossed the danger mark on 22nd September and water level touched a high of 205.25 meter. Control room is working round the clock to monitor the levels and boats have been pressed in to evacuate affected people, who are being sheltered along roadside temporary camps.

In Orissa, about 43.43 lakh population in 3462 villages in 17 Districts have been affected due to floods. More

According to the updated report of the Disaster Management Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, so far, incessant rains and flash floods have engulfed 1906 human lives, affected a population of 199,69326, estimated livestock loss is 19940 and demolished/damaged 583255 houses in 13634 villages of 117 districts across the country.

In Bihar there is some improvement in flood situation as the water level has receded by three to four feet in the flooded areas of Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul and Araria districts. So