1. Recent Water-related News

1-1 Floods in Afghanistan

- May 9, 2021 Weather.com, 'Heavy Rains, Floods Kill 78 in Afghanistan; Destroy Thousands of Homes' (Link)

1-2 Tropical Cyclone Tauktae in India

- May 26, 2021 Mongabay, 'Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India’s west coast' (Link)

1-3 Tropical Cyclone Yaas in India and Bangladesh

- June 3, 2021 Nation World News, 'Cyclone lashes India, Bangladesh evacuated after 1.1 million' (Link)

1-4 Typhoon Choi-wan = Dante in the Philippines

- June 7, 2021 Philstar, 'Dante death toll hits 11' (Link)

1-5 Floods in South-Central USA

- May 18, 2021 The Watchers, 'Severe storms lash Texas and Louisiana, flood emergency declared' (Link)

1-6 Floods and Landslides in Sri Lanka

- June 7, 2021 The Star, 'Heavy rain, floods kill at least 17 in Sri Lanka' (Link)

1-7 Floods and Landslides in Nepal and Bhutan

- June 17, 2021 Channel News Asia, 'Death toll rises as monsoon floods hit Bhutan and Nepal' (Link)

1-8 Tropical Storm Claudette in Southern USA

- June 23, 2021 AccuWeather, '5 things to know about Tropical Storm Claudette' (Link)

2. International Conferences, Forums and Programs

IDI-Japan helped MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan) with the following online meeting.

5th UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters

The 5th United Nations Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters was held virtually on June 25th, 2021 under the title of "Building Back Better towards More Resilient and Sustainable Post COVID-19 World." The session was the highest-level event globally around the issue where representatives of the member states and diverse stakeholders shared the recognition and understanding on water and disasters for achieving sustainable development.
Minister Akaba of MLIT gave a speech in a video message. He mentioned Japan is tackling the urgent issue of climate change impacts on flood disasters by reviewing flood control plans throughout river basins with involvement of all the stakeholders and making preventive measures as well as recovery plans for Build Back Better for more resilient communities. He stated that Japan would like to share knowledge that is indispensable for achieving SDGs with the international society.

The session video is available in the following UNTV link:
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The session is also referred in MLIT website (in Japanese):
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