Swathes of the United States and Canada endured record-setting heat on Sunday, forcing schools and Covid-19 testing centers to close and the postponement of an Olympic athletics qualifying event, with forecasters warning of worse to come. The village of Lytton in British Columbia broke the record for Canada’s all-time high, with a temperature of 46.6 […]
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Three dead, dozens injured as rare tornado razes Czech homes
At least three people died and dozens were injured after a rare tornado razed houses to the ground in the Czech Republic’s southeast, rescuers said on Friday. “Unfortunately we could not help three patients,” local emergency service spokeswoman Hedvika Kropackova told AFP. She said 63 injured people had been taken to hospital, 10 of them […]
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 […]
Quetta: water crisis amid hot weather conditions
The water crisis continues in Quetta city of Balochistan province in hot weather, water supply is suspended in most areas and non-existent in most areas. WASA employees in the province are reluctant to perform their duties due to a pay cut. Unannounced strikes by WASA wallmen and other staff due to pay cuts have affected […]
Rain wind thunderstorm expected in KP, Punjab
Rain-wind/thundershower is likely in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir while isolated heavy falls and hailstorm were also forecast during next 24 hours in the country. Hot and dry weather to grip other parts of the country during this time span. Seasonal low lies over northwest of Balochistan and its adjoining areas. Moist currents from Arabian […]
11 dead in Mumbai building collapse
At least 11 people, including eight children, were killed when heavy monsoon rains caused a residential building to collapse in a Mumbai slum, Indian authorities said Thursday. Mumbai city authorities confirmed that seven other residents were injured in the incident late Wednesday even as search and rescue operations continued for several others feared missing. Residents […]
Lightning strikes kill 27 during India monsoon storm
Lightning strikes killed 27 people and four passengers on a flight were hospitalised after severe turbulence during monsoon storms in eastern India, officials said Tuesday. Lightning strikes during the June-September annual monsoon are fairly common in India. Officials said West Bengal was hit by thunderstorms late Monday, with lightning strikes in parts of the state. […]
Thousands homeless as Sri Lanka floods death toll hits 17
Army relief workers in aluminium dinghies handed out rice and other food to residents in submerged parts of the Sri Lankan capital as the death toll from monsoon floods across the country rose to 17 Monday. The monsoon hits the South Asian country twice a year, bringing vital rain for irrigation and hydro-power generation, but […]
La Nina climate cycle over: UN
The 2020-2021 La Nina weather phenomenon has ended, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, occurring every two to seven years. The effect has widespread impacts on weather around the world — typically the opposite impacts to […]
Dust storm kills four in Karachi; Sindh receives moderate rain
A dust storm followed by drizzled turned out to be deadly for the residents of Karachi on Tuesday as four people were killed. Elsewhere, the rain-dependent arid zone of the country on late Monday and on Tuesday received moderate to light showers after the tropical cyclone hit Indian Gujarat. Various areas of Nagarparkar and Islamkot […]