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Ganga inching closer to danger mark again in Prayagraj

Flooded low lying areas in Prayagraj (HT PHOTO)
Published on Sep 09, 2025 03:04 AM IST

Ludhiana: 1.1k-acre crop under water

If the crop stays underwater for more than 48-72 hours, it starts rotting, agricultural experts warned. (HT Photo)
Published on Sep 07, 2025 06:06 AM IST

Ludhiana: After fresh rain, areas along Buddha Nullah flooded once again

Residents make their way in flooded Shivaji Nagar. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Published on Sep 07, 2025 04:12 AM IST

Relief for Delhi as Yamuna recedes below evacuation mark; thousands affected

A view of the swollen Yamuna near Wazirabad in New Delhi on Saturday. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)
Updated on Sep 07, 2025 03:52 AM IST

Punjab objects to Haryana releasing SYL Canal water into Tangri river

Farmers from Punjab clashed with Haryana Police while demanding the sluice gates at the Jansui headworks in Ambala district be shut on Thursday lest the Tangri river overflows and floods their fields in Dudhan Sadhan block of Patiala district. (HT Photo)
Published on Sep 06, 2025 05:14 PM IST

Floodwaters blur Delhi’s class lines, but inequality persists in hardship

The Yamuna’s rising waters forced people in several parts of the city to evacuate their homes. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Sep 06, 2025 04:17 AM IST

Yamuna in spate, overruns low-lying Mathura areas

Water enters the Bateshwar temple in Agra on Friday (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 05, 2025 05:19 PM IST

‘Not a drop in Civil Lines’: Parvesh Verma says 'wrong to say Delhi submerged'

This statement by Verma comes after multiple reports showed waterlogging and flooding in several areas of Delhi
Published on Sep 05, 2025 01:33 PM IST

Slush, stench: Relief eludes residents in low-lying areas in Ludhiana

Work underway to clean the Buddha Nullah in Shivpuri area on Thursday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Published on Sep 05, 2025 03:54 AM IST

Delhi flood: Civil Lines’s residents reliving ‘2023 horror’

Waterlogging on Bela Road. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
Published on Sep 05, 2025 03:36 AM IST

SC takes note of landslides, flash floods; issues notice to Centre, NHAI, NDMA

The Supreme Court has also issued notices to seek response from the state governments of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Punjab.
Published on Sep 04, 2025 02:30 PM IST

Ludhiana: Sutlej water level on rise, ‘thikri pehra’ begins in villages

A gathering of villagers near Sasrali village on Wednesday. (HT Photo)
Published on Sep 04, 2025 07:28 AM IST

Rain pounds West UP districts, triggers floods, crop losses

Rain enters Vishram Ghat in Mathura. (HT Photo)
Published on Sep 04, 2025 03:54 AM IST

Ludhiana: 7 roads damaged, houses inundated, PSPCL sees 8.5-crore loss, 18,000 plaints

Waterlogging in Basant Nagar-Jain Colony in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Published on Sep 03, 2025 07:16 AM IST

Punjab: Tractor-trolleys turned into shelters

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Published on Sep 02, 2025 03:26 AM IST

Punjab: Flooded Harike poses threat to gharials, wildlife teams on alert

Besides Gharial (in pic) Harike Wetland supports a range of endangered species, including Indus river dolphins, smooth-coated otters, and numerous migratory birds. (File)
Published on Sep 01, 2025 05:28 AM IST

Punjab floods: Several villages in Garhshankar inundated after rain

A woman in her flooded homes at Hakumatpur village near Garshshankar, Hoshiarpur, on Sunday, August 31.
Updated on Aug 31, 2025 08:29 PM IST

Book Box | A river, alive and angry

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Updated on Aug 31, 2025 05:15 PM IST

Punjab: 323 villages inundated in Gurdaspur, 5,400 rescued

Army personnel and locals carry rescued rabbits at a flood-affected village in Kapurthala, Punjab on Saturday. (PTI)
Published on Aug 31, 2025 06:04 AM IST

Ludhiana: Floodwater submerges nearly 50 acres of farmland in Sasrali village

Cabinet minister Hardeep Singh Mundian and deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain (left) at Sasrali colony in Ludhiana on Thursday. (HT Photo)
Published on Aug 29, 2025 05:30 AM IST

Yamuna water level crosses ‘danger’ mark in Delhi

Authorities said they will start evacuations when water level hits 206 metres. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
Published on Aug 28, 2025 03:38 AM IST

Ludhiana: Residents of low-lying villages jittery as Sutlej water level rises

Authorities said the Sutlej has reached 4,400 cusecs, which is within safe limit. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Published on Aug 27, 2025 03:10 AM IST

Part of NH-3 caves in Hoshiarpur amid heavy rain in Punjab | Video

Administration in charge of the affected areas have reportedly launched relief measures and are carrying out evacuations wherever necessary.
Published on Aug 25, 2025 04:49 PM IST

Overflowing rivers flood parts of northern Odisha

Overflowing rivers flood parts of northern Odisha
Published on Aug 25, 2025 12:24 PM IST

Heavy rainfall in catchment areas flood border villages in Pathankot

Due to heavy rainfall in Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh since Saturday night, the situation in villages situated along the Indo-Pak border in Pathankot district has become critical. The increased flow of water in the Ujh river, Ravi river, and other drainage canals has badly affected the crops of farmers. (HT Photo)
Published on Aug 25, 2025 05:04 AM IST

Chamoli cloudburst: Debris buries girl, cars swept away; NH closed | 10 updates

A police official and others during a search and rescue operation at an affected area after heavy rainfall in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.
Updated on Aug 23, 2025 01:53 PM IST

Does it make sense for America to keep subsidising a sinking city?

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Two men paddle in high water after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area on August 31, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Published on Aug 22, 2025 06:30 PM IST

Seven years, three floods: Farmers in mand area of Sultanpur Lodhi on edge

A man carries essentials in a boat on Thursday. (HT)
Published on Aug 22, 2025 05:46 AM IST

Delhi govt completes virtual mapping of Yamuna floodplains; physical starts Sep 1

A one-in-25-year floodplain includes and refers to land along a river which has a one-in-25 or 4% chance of flooding every year. A one-in-100-year floodplain includes land along the river that even has a one-in-100 or 1% chance of flooding each year. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)
Published on Aug 22, 2025 05:44 AM IST

GB Nagar: Admin asks depts to be on high alert for rains, flooding

Authorities have also been told to keep a close watch on river water levels and issue timely alerts to residents of vulnerable villages.
Published on Aug 21, 2025 04:48 AM IST