Every year, as November edges into December, Chennai holds its breath. The skies grow heavy, brooding with a strange familiarity, and the first drops on the win ...

Chennai faces unavoidable floods and droughts, according to IIT-M professor Balaji Narasimhan. He highlights the need for sustainable urban planning, ...

Chennai rains expose poor infrastructure despite ₹4,000 crore spent on storm-water drains. Roads across Anna Salai, OMR, and ...

CHENNAI: The water resources department (WRD) on Thursday issued a flood warning as widespread rainfall in the Palar river ...

India’s coastal cities face an increasing risk of flooding, driven by a warming world and the now-frequent extreme weather ...

In flood-prone Vyasarpadi, children are empowering their community by learning about drainage and emergency preparedness ...

Chennai has been placed under an orange alert, with the IMD warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Tamil Nadu due to the formation of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. Fishermen have ...

A sponge park is a specially engineered green space designed to act like a natural sponge. They will be used to prevent ...

Greater Chennai Corporation resumes desilting 1.13 lakh silt catch pits and storm-water drains to prepare for upcoming rains.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has inaugurated a comprehensive welfare initiative aimed at supporting municipal sanitation ...

Chennai: In a proactive measure to strengthen urban flood preparedness, the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department has invited ...

Two men died in separate basement flooding incidents as a torrential rainstorm drenched New York City on Thursday. One victim in Brooklyn died trying to save his dogs from rising water, while another ...