Tag: flash floods

ISLAMABAD — Unseasonal rainfall has lashed Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past few days, killing more than 100 people across the neighboring countries, authorities said.In Afghanistan, heavy rain and floods in 23 provinces killed 66 people and wounded 36 others, according to preliminary reports from Mullah Janan Sayeq, a ...

ISLAMABAD — At least 39 people have been killed in Pakistan after days of unusually heavy rains battered the country's southwest.Some of those killed were farmers struck by lightning while harvesting wheat, authorities said.Images online show swathes of farmland engulfed by rainwater. Flash floods have also disrupted power supplies ...

ISLAMABAD — Lightning, thunderstorms and heavy rains have killed 30 people in Pakistan amid predictions of more rough weather in the South Asian country, DPA reported.Several others were reportedly injured in rain-related incidents in the last 48 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday.At ...

SHIMLA — Torrential rains and unabated construction are frequently triggering disasters in India's Himalayan region.But an unusual increase in rainfall is making the terrain even more dangerous.Landslides and flash floods have already killed dozens in the area this month, burying homes and buildings. Parts of Nepal and Pakistan have ...

Two people were rescued on Saturday after they got trapped in a flash flood in the Simroli area of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.The two people were rescued by a joint team of the J&K police, Army, NDRF and CRPF officials. The flash flood was triggered by heavy ...

NEW DELHI — Heavy rains are continuing to cause havoc across northern India, claiming at least 20 lives since Saturday.The bad weather -- which is expected to continue into Friday -- has downed trees, flooded homes and closed major roads in several states.On Tuesday, Delhi was put on high ...

Landslides hit several areas after heavy monsoon rains, due to which the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and the Mughal Road temporarily suspended for traffic movement | Photo Credit: PTI Four persons, including two soldiers, died in J&K due to rains, which triggered landslips and flash floods in the past 24 hours.According ...

Thousands of people across three states in Australia were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday after two days of unrelenting rain triggered flash floods in the south east of the country. The flooding has been worst in the state of Victoria so far, with southern parts of New ...

https://sputniknews.com/20220918/waves-of-death-who-warns-of-second-deadly-disaster-in-pakistan-after-floods--1100923408.html'Waves of Death': WHO Warns Of Second Deadly Disaster in Pakistan After Floods 'Waves of Death': WHO Warns Of Second Deadly Disaster in Pakistan After Floods The unprecedented floods in Pakistan in August-September have covered one-third of the country in water, claiming over 1,500 lives and displacing more than ...

#Pakistan News The death toll from the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan was rising steadily on Wednesday as the South Asian country struggles to rescue and care for millions of people displaced by widespread flooding driven by monsoons that have claimed more than 1,160 lives this summer. The National Disaster ...