When Cyclone Nivar hit Tamil Nadu on November 25-26, Semmanjeri got flooded too – but that's a regular occurrence for the people relocated to this low-income area to make way for ‘development’ projects

Many have left their villages in the Sundarbans in recent years after floods and cyclones have taken away their land, homes and livelihoods – Amphan, in the midst of the lockdown, was the fourth in two decades

On August 4, an overflowing Vaitarna river ravaged the homes of Katkari Adivasis in Maharashtra's Palghar district. The villagers are now anxious about depleting rations, uneven state support and another flood

At least 40 people have been killed across Kolhapur and Sangli districts of Maharashtra, over 400,000 evacuated to transit camps, and livestock and crop losses are huge but yet to be properly estimated

After the recent huge flood in Kerala, children at a relief camp in Alappuzha district were given pens, crayons and diaries. Their pictures and words speak of their fears and prayers, of loss and relief

The houses and crops of many Adivasi families in Itukulakota were damaged by flood waters from the Polavaram canal last October. They are still recovering, without any help from the government

In north Bihar, embankments built by the government along the turbulent Kosi have created conflict, aggravated floods and caused huge losses to the people living in Ghongepur and other villages