Durban: South Africa’s flood-ravaged east was hit by more rain Saturday after the deadliest storm to hit the country in living memory killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless. Floodwaters engulfed parts of the eastern coastal city of Durban earlier in the week ripping apart roads, sweeping away homes and those trapped […]
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12,000 displaced by floods in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: About 12,000 people in Malaysia have been evacuated from their homes, officials said on Sunday, after heavy rains caused flooding in the country’s northern states. The tropical Southeast Asian nation was hit by bouts of bad weather over the weekend, as continuous rain swamped towns on the peninsula’s east coast. Malaysia often sees […]
PDMA Punjab issues flood warning in River Chenab
Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority has issued a flood warning in River Chenab. According to a press release, River Chenab is likely to attain low to medium flood situation at Marala, Khanki, and Qadirabad Headworks. The river’s water is likely to get as high as 110,000 to 170,000 cusec at all the stated points. Meanwhile, Punjab […]
All is well in Karachi after heavy rains
This is perhaps the only occasion in the last decade when people of Karachi witnessed that there has been heavy rain for almost the whole day, and not only most of the city’s roadways have not been flooded, but no power disruptions have been reported in the port city during heavy downpour. The power cut […]
Death toll in central China floods rises to 302, 50 missing
The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least 302 with dozens of people still missing, officials said Monday, after record downpours dumped a year’s worth of rain on a city in just three days. Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province and the epicentre of the record flooding, was hardest-hit with […]
11 killed as India’s monsoon death toll swells
Eleven people were killed in eastern India after torrential rains swept away homes and triggered landslides, officials said Saturday, taking the country’s monsoon death toll above 230. Rainstorms that have swept across the nation lashed the eastern state of West Bengal causing widespread destruction. Four people were electrocuted after rain gushed into their homes in […]
India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease
Rescuers waded through waist-deep mud in western India Monday to reach injured residents and start a massive clean-up as the death toll from monsoon-triggered landslides and floods climbed to 198. In the worst-hit state of Maharashtra, rescuers halted search operations in the hillside village of Taliye, southeast of Mumbai, where 53 bodies have been recovered. […]
India monsoon death toll climbs to 124 as rescuers search for missing
The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India climbed to 124 Sunday, officials said, with rescuers searching for dozens more missing. The country’s western coast has been inundated by torrential rains since Thursday, with the India Meteorological Department warning of further downpours over the next few days. In Maharasthra […]
Belgian toll mounts to 24 as PM visits flood zone
The death toll from flooding in eastern Belgium hit 24 on Saturday, as police went door-to-door seeking news of at risk residents and the prime minister toured devastated towns. Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander de Croo headed to the town of Rochefort in the basin of the river Meuse to see the aftermath of what he […]
Death toll rises as monsoon floods hit Bhutan and Nepal
At least a dozen people have been killed in Bhutan and Nepal and several others are missing as torrential monsoon rains hit the region, triggering landslides and inundating homes, officials said Thursday. The annual monsoon season is crucial to replenish water supplies across South Asia, but it also causes death and destruction. Ten collectors of […]