Govt, opposition in verbal bout over Uttarakhand rescue efforts; Death toll may be in thousands
Dehradun/New Delhi: Leaders of the Congress Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) engaged in verbal bout and blame game on Thursday over the natural calamity that destroyed the state of Uttarakh
Monsoon: Why can’t we get ready in time?
A surprise early monsoon should be welcome news for much of the subcontinent, whose mainly agricultural economy is so dependent on the rains, but not if it catches us unprepared — despite all the war
‘My son Missing’
Bengaluru: Worried at not having heard from her son holidaying in Himachal Pradesh for a full 48 hours, an anxious Sudha Patil of Vijaynagar has not slept for some nights now.
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Monsoon fury: Death toll rises to 81, rescue efforts hit
New Delhi: Monsoon rains wreaked fresh havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslips as the death toll climbed to 81 and hundreds of pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines
Flood warnings continue in Britain as sub-zero weather predicted
Britain is still struggling with heavy rain and winds as the met office and the Environment Agency on Monday warned about more floods in northeast England, Wales, Yorkshire & Humber regions.
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Flood claims 9 lives in Assam
The flood situation in Assam on Monday worsened with the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continuing to rise leaving nine persons dead and rendering 10 lakh people homeless in 16 districts.
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Flood alert in Srinagar, people asked to shift to safer places
Authorities here on Monday asked people living along the banks of Jhelum river to shift to safer places as a flood alarm was sounded in the city due to rising water level in the river following inc
Floods displace 20,000 in Nigeria after dam opened
Flooding in eastern Nigeria has killed at least 10 people and displaced an estimated 20,000 following heavy rains and the release of water from a dam in neighbouring Cameroon, an official said Monday.
Taiwan evacuates 3,000 as typhoon looms
Taiwan evacuated more than 3,000 people Thursday as Typhoon Tembin bore down, threatening powerful winds and torrential rains that authorities warned could trigger landslides.
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New storm brings flashfloods, landslides to Philippines
Tropical Storm Tembin brought heavy rains, triggering landslides and flashfloods in the northern Philippines, just weeks after a series of deadly storms and monsoon rains, the government said Monday.