Maldives Independent Updates

Several main streets were inundated. Torrential rains flooded the streets of Malé on Wednesday morning as the Met office warned of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across large parts of the country. ...

It was the first death caused by dengue in 2019. By Hassan Moosa A nine-year-old boy died from dengue fever on Tuesday. Hassan Haisam Hussain, from Haa Dhaalu Kulhudhuffushi island, passed away while...

Solih said the Maldives is working to bring Maldivian women and children back for rehabilitation. By Hassan Mohamed The government is trying to bring back the Maldivian women and children held in...

Flooding caused damages to 576 homes. By Mohamed Junayd Nearly 600 homes faced damages from flooding as monsoon rainstorms continue to wreak havoc across the country. The worst affected islands were...

Floodwaters have been pumped out from 43 homes. Forty-three homes on six islands in the south-central Thaa atoll were flooded during monsoon rains on Monday, according to the National Disaster...

The number of dengue cases reported across the Maldives has increased more than 200 percent compared to the previous year. Some 1,912 cases of dengue were reported by the end of last month with 506...

by Mohamed Junayd The Health Protection Agency has launched a vector control campaign after more than 1,000 cases of mosquito-borne disease were reported across the country. At a press briefing...

Flooding on two southern islands last week was predicted by an environment impact assessment for a causeway proposed to connect the Hoadehdhoo and Madaveli islands. Hoadehdhoo islanders dug out a...

An estimated MVR1 million (US$65,000) worth of damage was caused to Dhaalu Bandidhoo island after it was hit by a tropical cyclone on Tuesday, local media reported. The cyclone, with heavy rains and...

Cases of dengue, flu, viral fever and influenza spiked in the Maldives earlier this year. The Health Protection Agency reported a drop in the spread of communicable diseases for June. Earlier this...

Heavy rainfall on Saturday caused flooding in the southern Thinadhoo island and Addu City. Water seeped into two households each in the Hithadhoo, Feydhoo and Hulhudhoo wards of Addu City but no...

President Abdulla Yameen has ended a 45-day state of emergency declared last month in response to a Supreme Court order for the release of his jailed opponents. The emergency was lifted effective...

A bout of extreme weather during the weekend caused damage to households and property in 62 islands across the Maldives. Heavy rainfall caused flooding on 36 islands, strong winds tore off roofs and...

Torrential rain and strong winds caused damages in 14 islands as a bout of bad weather continues to wreak havoc across the Maldives. Fathmath Thasneem, head of the National Disaster Management...

Heavy rainfall and strong winds have damaged agriculture fields on the island of Thoddoo in Alif Alif atoll, the country’s largest producer of watermelon. Farmers on Thoddoo traditionally step up...

Some 18 people were forced out of their home Sunday night when a wall fell on their roof after Malé was buffeted by strong winds. Parts of a brick wall from the Sosun Flower house in the Henveiru...

By Mohamed Saif Fathih Torrential rain, thunderstorms, and rough seas have been wreaking havoc across the Maldives with the onset of the south-west monsoon. On Wednesday night, a tornado struck the...

Businesses and households in Malé have been struggling to buy drinking water for the past five weeks amid an acute shortage caused by a fall in production coupled with high demand during the dry...

The island council of Vilufushi in the south-central Thaa atoll has disputed the government’s claim of providing permanent shelter for families displaced by the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. ...

Two former commissioners of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) have filed a case at the UN to investigate reprisals against human rights defenders in the Maldives. The petitioners...