Flood 
The Maharashtra floods of 2005 refers to the flooding of many parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis Mumbai, a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, on the western coast of India, in which at least 5,000 people died. It occurred just one month after similar flooding in Gujarat. The term 26 July, now is, in context always used for the day when the city of Mumbai came to a standstill.
FINANCIAL EFFECT
The financial cost of floods was unprecedented and these floods caused a stoppage of entire commercial, trading, and industrial activity for days. Preliminary indications indicate that the floods caused a direct loss of about Rs. 450 crores (€80 million or US$100 million). The financial impact of the floods were manifested in a variety of ways: The banking transactions across the counters were adversely affected and many branches and commercial establishments were unable to function from late evening of 26 July 2005. The state government declared the 27th (and later, 28th) of July as a public holiday. ATM networks of several banks, which included the State Bank of India, the nation's largest national bank; ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and several foreign banks like Citibank and HSBC, stopped functioning from the afternoon of 26 July 2005 at all the centers of Mumbai.
2008 Bihar Flood
The 2008 Bihar flood, which is one of the worst and disastrous floods in the history of the Indian state of Bihar, occurred due to a breach in the Kosi embankment near Indo-Nepal border (at a place called Kusha in Nepal) on August 18, 2008. The river changed its course and inundated areas which hadn't experienced floods in last many decades.. The flood affected over 2.3 million people in the northern part of Bihar.
On, 18 August 2008 heavy monsoon rains and poor maintenance caused a breach in the embankments inside Nepal. Water passed through at an estimated at 129,800 cumecs (cubic meters per second), inundating hundreds of villages in north Bihar districts of Supaul, Araria,Saharsa, Madhepura and Purnea. The flood submerged most of the Kosi alluvial fan area, which is very fertile and has dense agrarian population. Flooding caused substantial loss of life and property in the south east tarai region of Nepal and six districts of north Bihar. In all, more than 2.5 million people were impacted.
CLOUDBURST IN Leh:
At least 85 people were killed and many others went missing after heavy downpour triggered flash floods devastating Leh in the Ladakh region.
85 bodies have been Recovered from the flooded areas, J and K Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda said. Among the dead were three jawans of the Army Service Corps.
"At least 350 people are in the army hospital with injuries. And many more people are trapped under houses and buildings that have collapsed," he said.
