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July 14, 2010: "Thousands of people in Bihar fled their homes Wednesday as floodwaters entered over 100 villages and threatened to inundate many others.Nearly 100 villages in Aurai, Katra and Gaighat blocks of Muzaffarpur have been inundated since Monday....

On 7/6/2010 7:08:24 PM, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 and depth 16.7km occurred in India. This earthquake potentially affected 2.8 million people.

Date: 06 Jul 2010
Source: AlertNet

July 6, 2010: "e;Chandigarh, July 6 (IANS) The army was requisitioned in Haryana?s Ambala and Kurukshetra districts after major breaches in rivers and canals led to flooding of vast areas, disrupting traffic and electricity supply.Heavy rain led to wa...

Date: 19 Jun 2010
Source: Reuters - AlertNet

DanChurchAid - Denmark 55-year-old Mangli Devi is happy to have a new home. The old one was lost in the devastating Kosi floods of 2008. In the times to follow Mangli was able to rebuild her home and life with the support given by DCA. This is her story.

May 22, 2010: "e; A brave police constable who jumped into swirling flood waters to save a woman got washed away in the strong currents in coastal Andhra Pradesh. His body was recovered Friday.Constable Mohammad Rafi was Thursday washed away in the fl...

May 17, 2010: "e; Assam"e;s flood-prone districts of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji was on Sunday hit by the second flood of the season following heavy rainfall in the catchment areas, official sources said.The water level of Brahmaputra"e;s tributarie...

Date: 10 May 2010
Source: ActionAid

Source: Reuters * Large mines may see costs up but quick start to projects * Bigger compensation could boost govt's rural support base * Mines minister not in favour of iron ore export duty hike (Adds quotes, ...

Source: Reuters NEW DELHI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - India plans to raise the compensation paid to people displaced by large mining projects, the federal mines minister said on Monday. The government will introduce a new ...

AmeriCares An AmeriCares team in India is responding to the disaster with medicines, medical supplies and disaster aid. Read more and find out how you can help.

Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland Loss of shelter, sanitation and sources of income are the biggest problems facing survivors of the worst floods in southern India in 100 years, says Sushant Agrawal, director of an ACT International ...

Source: Reuters For more on Asia-Pacific disasters, click [ID:nSP24809] HYDERABAD, India, Oct 5 (Reuters) - About 2.5 million people crammed into temporary relief shelters after floods triggered by torrential rains ...

A massive rescue and relief operation is under way after severe flooding in southern India left more than 230 dead and millions without homes. Original article

Source: Reuters By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, July 20 (Reuters) - Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains over the past week have killed at least 36 people in the eastern Indian state of Orissa and inundated ...

Source: AlertNet NEW DELHI - Half a million people in northeast India have been forced from their homes after flash floods inundated towns and villages, destroying property, crops and livestock, aid agencies said on ...

Date: 18 Feb 2009
Source: Save the Children

ActionAid International- India Questions were answered by Sanjay Krishna of ActionAid's Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan (Shelter Rights Campaign). The campaign was set up in 2000 to work with homeless people in India to help tackle the ...

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre In 2007-2008, civilians in various parts of India continued to be displaced by internal armed conflict and separatist, ethnic or communal violence, as well as conflict stemming from the threat of development-induced displacement.