Flooding

Want to tackle the urban heatwave-dengue-flooding saga? Restore urban ecosystems

Even an hour-long rain generates flooding and waterlogging in many areas.

Why can't children reach school?

Flooded institutions paint grim picture of our students' situation

How rain turns into destructive floods

Catastrophic floodwaters can topple houses, sweep away cars like matchboxes and turn basements into death traps within minutes. Time and again, nature demonstrates its overwhelming force, and we're at its mercy

Tk 5,617cr project fails to prevent waterlogging

Every monsoon, Chattogram residents brace themselves for the annual ordeal of ankle- to knee-deep water flooding the low-lying areas following rainfall.

Living with the river or fighting against it?

It is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate flooding completely, for floods are intricately linked to the very survival of people in this delta country.

Less flooding, more liveability

Our craze to build and pave has led us to create cities of concrete and asphalt. Canals and wetlands are paved over.

Twice flood-affected Lalmonirhat now bracing for erosion

Riverside people from northern Bangladesh devastated by floods twice this season, are now losing their houses and lands to erosion.

Flooding kills 49 in northern Nigeria

Flooding caused by torrential rains on Nigeria's border with Niger has left 49 people dead and another 20 missing, the emergency services said yesterday.

312 dead as mudslides, flooding sweep through Sierra Leone capital

At least 312 people are killed and more than 2,000 left homeless as heavy flooding hits Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, leaving morgues overflowing and residents desperately searching for loved ones.

June 14, 2024
June 14, 2024

Want to tackle the urban heatwave-dengue-flooding saga? Restore urban ecosystems

Even an hour-long rain generates flooding and waterlogging in many areas.

October 15, 2023
October 15, 2023

Why can't children reach school?

Flooded institutions paint grim picture of our students' situation

August 8, 2023
August 8, 2023

How rain turns into destructive floods

Catastrophic floodwaters can topple houses, sweep away cars like matchboxes and turn basements into death traps within minutes. Time and again, nature demonstrates its overwhelming force, and we're at its mercy

August 5, 2023
August 5, 2023

Tk 5,617cr project fails to prevent waterlogging

Every monsoon, Chattogram residents brace themselves for the annual ordeal of ankle- to knee-deep water flooding the low-lying areas following rainfall.

July 27, 2023
July 27, 2023

Living with the river or fighting against it?

It is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate flooding completely, for floods are intricately linked to the very survival of people in this delta country.

July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022

Less flooding, more liveability

Our craze to build and pave has led us to create cities of concrete and asphalt. Canals and wetlands are paved over.

July 2, 2022
July 2, 2022

Twice flood-affected Lalmonirhat now bracing for erosion

Riverside people from northern Bangladesh devastated by floods twice this season, are now losing their houses and lands to erosion.

July 18, 2018
July 18, 2018

Flooding kills 49 in northern Nigeria

Flooding caused by torrential rains on Nigeria's border with Niger has left 49 people dead and another 20 missing, the emergency services said yesterday.

August 14, 2017
August 14, 2017

312 dead as mudslides, flooding sweep through Sierra Leone capital

At least 312 people are killed and more than 2,000 left homeless as heavy flooding hits Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, leaving morgues overflowing and residents desperately searching for loved ones.

September 10, 2015
September 10, 2015

Japan floods: City of Joso hit by 'unprecedented' rain

Areas of Japan are on high alert as heavy rains and flooding continue for a second day, following Typhoon Etau.