Flood

Lankan jets bomb rebel positions

Seven killed, thousands displaced by floods Sunday, November 30, 2008 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s air force carried out a series of attacks against Tamil Tiger rebel targets, including a heavy gun position and a guerrilla training...

Kelantan flood claims first victim, a 25-year old

TANAH MERAH: The floods in Kelantan claimed the life of its first victim, Nik Zulkifli Nik Kob, 25, who drowned after falling into the swollen Sungai Sokor in Tanah Merah. His body was found by a search party, comprising the...

ABTF Chaired by Prince Alwaleed Donates over $500,000 to Leadership University College, Bangladesh

Chairman of Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation* (ABTF) donated $511,232 to Leadership University College (LUC), Bangladesh to help build female dormitory with 250 beds, and build a teachers' and staff quarter to accommodate 25...

Manitowoc Red Cross offers disaster relief services

Red Cross' disaster services come to the rescue by charlie Mathews • Herald Times Reporter • November 30, 2008 MANITOWOC — It is impossible to predict days in advance when a tornado, flood, ice storm or nuclear plant meltdown...

England pay for poor discipline

England 6 New Zealand 32: A one-sided final quarter distorted what was otherwise a full-blooded encounter Player ratings IT HAS come to something when there is an air of relief around the stadium after England have gone down by...

Cape Girardeau theater plans food drive; FEMA aid approved for September storms

FEMA aid approved for Sept. weather, floods JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Federal and state officials say nearly $2.8 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency grants have been approved to aid Missouri victims of storms, floods...

Karunanidhi announces relief for flood victims

10 kg of rice and Rs. 2,000 in cash for affected CHENNAI: Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi on Saturday announced 10 kg free rice to those whose house was fully or partially damaged in the floods and Rs 2000 in cash. In a statement...

Government flayed for flood situation

PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry unit of the Communist Party of India and the Puducherry Munnetra Congress on Saturday criticised the government for “poor handling” of the flood situation in the Puducherry and Karaikal ...

3.64 lakh evacuated in Tiruvarur district

— Photo: M. SRINATH Lending ears and words: Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin, speaking to the people affected by floods and now given refuge in a school in Salia Mangalam near Thanajvur on Saturday. TIRUVARUR: Samba...

Form panel to monitor flood relief: TNCC

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.V.Thangkabalu here on Saturday urged the State government to form a committee consisting of local MPs, MLAs and local body representatives in rain-affected districts to monitor...

               

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