Through the Deluge

Anatomy of a Wet Crumbling

How Mumbai responds to regular rain determines how it responds to a flood

NDRF: The Lifeline of Disaster Management

Tamil Nadu Floods

Heavy rainfall in the state has led to the deaths of at least 71 individuals, 59 of them in Chennai alone

After the Flood

There are no OB vans covering the crisis in Odisha. And the government’s response is terribly inadequate

Food Shock

It’s been an agri annus horribilis. The crops spared by drought were hit by floods. And now food prices are headed skywards.

Floods of Fury

The governments of deluged Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have been hurling blame around. Thankfully, there were actual rescuers at work too.

Don’t Worry, It’s Only a Flood

The attitude of the establishment towards the recent floods in Bihar: it happens