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Death toll rises to 17 in China flash flooding
Beijing : The death toll after a flash flood in China's Qinghai province has increased to 17, with another 17 people still missing, local authorities have confirmed.Twenty people who were previously reported as missing have been rescued and…
Heavy rain causes flood-like situation in parts of Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal : Heavy and incessant rainfall for the past two days has caused flood-like situation in parts of Madhya Pradesh.The state administration on Tuesday warned that a flood-like situation can also emerge in some other places, especially…
Flash floods kill 17 in Afghanistan
Kabul : At least 17 people have been confirmed dead and scores of houses washed away as flash floods swept through several villages in Shinwari district and adjoining areas in Afghanistan's Parwan province, an official said on Monday
The…
Floods kill 91 in Yemen’s rebel-held areas
Sanaa : Yemeni rebels have said 91 people have been killed by recent flash floods, triggered by heavy rain, in areas under their control in the north of the war-devastated country.
At least 140 buildings collapsed and 5,699 others were…
China issues highest alert for heat
Beijing : China on Saturday issued a red alert, the most severe warning in its four-tier weather warning system, for high temperatures across the country due to an ongoing heatwave.
Parts of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei,…
Two washed away in J&K flash flood
Ramban : Two persons were washed away by flash floods triggered by heavy rain on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district.Officials said two persons identified as Shamina and her daughter Rozia were washed away by flash flood…
9 dead, 7 missing in record rainfall in South Korea
South Korea : Nine people have been confirmed dead and seven others remain unaccounted for in this week's record rainfall that battered Seoul and South Korea's central and eastern regions, officials said on Wednesday, adding that more than…
Red rain alert for South Gujarat, Saurashtra region : IMD
Ahmedabad : The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rains for South Gujarat and Saurashtra region for next three days.Due low pressure development in the Bay of Bengal, these two regions can receive very heavy…
Heavy rain likely in interiors of Tamil Nadu till Aug 5: IMD
Chennai : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rain in the interior areas of Tamil Nadu while light to moderate showers are expected in the state capital Chennai till August 5.
A senior officer with the IMD told…
Floods in Iran leave at least 90 dead, 8 missing
Tehran : At least 90 people have been killed and eight others went missing in floods across Iran.Relief operations are underway, Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS) chief Pir-Hossein Kolivand told the official IRNA news agency on Wednesday.…