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Death toll from bad weather rises to 20 in Sri Lanka
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 27 (ANI): Nearly 20 people have lost their lives and over 150,000 have been affected from the floods and landslides caused due to heavy rains in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka: Death toll from adverse weather rises to 11
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 24 (ANI): According to the National Disaster Management Center (DMC), around 11 people have died and over 100,000 were affected from the floods and landslides caused due to heavy rains in Sri Lanka.
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Adverse weather kills 9 in Sri Lanka
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 23 (ANI): According to the National Disaster Management Center (DMC), nine people have been killed and, 23 are missing due to floods and landslides caused due to heavy rains in Sri Lanka.
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VP Naidu lays foundation stone of NIDM's south campus in Andhra
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Gannavaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India] May 22(ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the Southern Campus of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) at Kondapavuluru Village, Gannavaram Mandal, Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh.
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Centre asks officials to mitigate better natural disasters' impact
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Friday asked all officials of central and state departments concerned to be better prepared so as to minimize losses due to natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes etc.
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Andhra boat capsize: 12 bodies recovered, CM announces ex-gratia
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 10 lakh to the families of the people, who lost their lives after a boat carrying 44 passengers capsized in Godavari river on May 15.
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Andhra boat capsize: Chandrababu Naidu to visit the spot
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday, will be visiting the spot where a boat had capsized yesterday.
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Andhra boat capsizes: Joint-Rescue effort being conducted
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Devipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Following the capsize of a boat in the Godavari river on Tuesday, a joint-effort by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Fire Service and Police officials is underway to recover the boat and bodi
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Andhra: Boat capsizes in Godavari river, 23 missing
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Devipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): A boat carrying around 40 people on Tuesday capsized in Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh.
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Varanasi flyover collapse: Adityanath announces ex-gratia, forms committe
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakh to the family of people, killed in flyover collapse incident in Varanasi's cantonment area today.
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Adityanath chairs disaster management meeting
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 14 (ANI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday chaired a disaster management meeting.
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Are you also spreading false info on Twitter?
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): Active Twitter users are likely to spread falsehoods during disasters, finds a study.
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