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Climate scientist Roxy Mathew Koll of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology believes that the increased frequency of flooding in the mega-city calls for extra defences - as well as a warning system to protect the growing population.

Mumbai fears for homes and lives amid rising seas

Written by AFP

Tue 24 Sep 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

Mumbai, which British colonial rulers formed by joining seven small islands, is already vulnerable to floods because so much of it is below the high-tide line

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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala in Ahmedabad.
Photo: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images.

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Kerala floods: UAE telcos give public chance to help victims

Written by Staff Writer

Mon 20 Aug 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Prominent businessmen Yousef Ali, Dr. BR Shetty and Sunny Varkey donated AED5m each to help those affected by the floods

An Indian poultry farmer and his friends take out a batch of hens to a safer place at Aluva in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

BR Shetty

UAE-based Indian businessmen donate $2.7m for Kerala flood victims

Written by Staff Writer

Sun 19 Aug 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation collected donations by Indian businessmen for Kerala flood victims