The 2006 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds,but cyclones tend to form between April and December,with peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.
The 2008 North Indian cyclone season was one of the most disastrous tropical cyclone seasons in modern history,with tropical cyclones leaving more than 140,000 people dead and causing more than US$15 billion in damage,making it the costliest season in the North Indian Ocean,until it was made second in 2020. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India. The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD),while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center releases unofficial advisories. An average of four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.
2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 8th year of the 2000s decade.
The 2008 Indian floods were a series of floods in various states of India during the 2008 monsoon season. The floods mostly affected the western regions of Maharashtra state and Andhra Pradesh as well as northern Bihar. In India,the monsoon season generally lasts from June to September.
The 2008 Bihar flood was one of the most disastrous floods in the history of Bihar,an impoverished and densely populated state in India. The Koshi embankment near the Indo-Nepal border broke on 18 August 2008. The river changed course and flooded areas which had not been flooded in many decades. The flood affected over 2.3 million people in the northern part of Bihar.
The 2007 Bihar flood,which began in August 2007,was described by the United Nations as the worst flood in the 'living memory' of Bihar. It is believed to be the worst flood in Bihar in the last 30 years. By August 3rd,the estimated death toll was 41 people,and 48 schoolgirls were marooned in a school in the Darbhanga district. By 8 August,the flooding had affected an estimated 10 million people in Bihar. Army helicopters delivered food packets to Bihar residents,and 180 relief camps were established. By August 10th,aid workers in Bihar reported a dramatic increase in people with diarrhea and by 11 August,flood-related deaths were still occurring. The total number of deaths recorded in the 2007 Bihar floods was 1,300+,which was the second-highest death toll in the state after the 2,500+ deaths in the 1987 Bihar floods.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila was the second named tropical cyclone of the 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Warned by both the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RMSC) and Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC),Aila formed over a disturbance over the Bay of Bengal on May 23,2009 and started to intensify and organize reaching sustained wind speeds of 110 kmh (70 mph). It was the worst natural disaster to affect Bangladesh since Cyclone Sidr in November 2007. A relatively strong tropical cyclone,it caused extensive damage in India and Bangladesh.
Mercy Relief is a non-governmental humanitarian organization in Singapore. The organization was officially launched in 2003,by the then-Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore,Mr Lee Hsien Loong,it seeks to promote a life of compassion,care and volunteerism.
This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in India. Floods are the most common natural disaster in India. The heaviest southwest,the Brahmaputra,and other rivers to distend their banks,often flooding surrounding areas.
Cyclonic Storm Komen was an unusual tropical cyclone that originated near the southern coast of Bangladesh and later struck the same country while drifting over the northern Bay of Bengal. The second named storm of the 2015 season,Komen brought several days of heavy rainfall to Myanmar,Bangladesh,and India. It formed as a depression on July 26 over the Ganges delta and moved in a circular motion around the northern Bay of Bengal. Komen intensified into a 75 km/h (45 mph) cyclonic storm and moved ashore southeastern Bangladesh on July 30. The system turned westward over land and was last noted over eastern India on August 2.
The 2017 Sri Lanka floods resulted from a heavy southwest monsoon,beginning around 18 to 19 May 2017. Flooding was worsened by the arrival of the precursor system to Cyclone Mora,causing flooding and landslides throughout Sri Lanka during the final week of May 2017. The floods affected 15 districts,killed at least 208 people and left a further 78 people missing. As of 3 June,698,289 people were affected,while 11,056 houses were partially damaged and another 2,093 houses completely destroyed. According to Al Jazeera,about 600,000 people have been displaced due to the floods.
Widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan,Bangladesh,India,Nepal and Pakistan from July through September 2017. More than 45 million people were affected by the floods,including 16 million children.
In mid-March 2019,monsoonal downpours caused widespread flooding and landslides across South Asia.
On 8 August 2019,due to heavy rainfall in the monsoon season,severe flood affected Kerala. As a security measure in the prevailing situation of heavy rains,the India Meteorological Department had issued a red alert in the 9 districts in Northern and Central Kerala,orange alert in 3 districts of Central Kerala,and yellow alert in the 2 districts of southern Kerala. Thousands of people have been evacuated to safer places and relief camps. A total of 121 people have died due to rain-related incidents as of 19 August 2019.
The 1993 India floods was a deadly flood caused by several days long heavy monsoon rains and severe weather that occurred in July 1993 across eight states in the north of the country. Severe floods left 530 fatalities and millions people went homeless,including from Haryana. Punjab with 350 deaths was the most affected state where "1.2 million acres of crops" were extensively damaged,mostly from Patiala,north-western region of the state. Flash floods swept away major railway tracks,roads,and bridges,leading to disrupt the communications between the northeastern states and the rest of the country. Initial reports cited one hundred deaths in Gujarat.
2020 Assam floods refers to the significant flood event of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian north-eastern state of Assam and coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. Initial flooding started in May 2020 due to heavy rainfall affecting 30,000 and destroying crops across 5 districts. As of October 2020 the floods affected over five million people,claiming the lives of 123 people,with an additional 26 deaths due to landslides,5474 villages were affected and over one hundred and fifty thousand people found refuge in relief camps.
Beginning in May 2022,deadly floods hit northeastern India and Bangladesh. Over 9 million people in both countries have been affected,and around 300 people have been killed.
From January to October 2022,excessive rainfall and widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan,Bangladesh,India,Nepal,Pakistan,and Sri Lanka. It has become the region's deadliest floods since 2020,with over 3,700 people dead.
In 2020,floods have affected South Asia due to heavy monsoon rains. The floods caused $105 billion USD of damage,making it the costliest standalone flood in modern history,and the ninth costliest disaster of all time. In addition there were 6,511 fatalities,the most reported in a flood since Cyclone Sidr in 2007. Floods continued in 2021 and 2022.
