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A weekend of heavy rains and flooding has left destruction across large swaths of northern India, killing at least 49 people and causing landslides and flash floods that washed away bridges and buildings, officials said.The hardest hit was the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, which received more than 10 ...

Unprecedented rainfall has triggered flash flooding in countries from the US to India, China, the UK and Spain in the past days.  22 people were killed as floods collapsed a bridge and destroyed numerous dwellings in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.Over the weekend, an extremely heavy start ...

After the Uttarakhand disaster of 2013, there has not been a single year when India has not had at least one major extreme rainfall event, one that resulted in large-scale flooding, destruction and, in most cases, loss of lives. Such events have happened in Kashmir, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — The death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55 on Thursday after 12 people, including eight children, died in weather-related incidents in Pakistan amid fears of flash floods, authorities said. The eastern city of Lahore witnessed a record-breaking downpour the previous ...

The country is still cleaning up from last year's devastating floods which killed more than 1,700 people and caused some $30 billion in damage. Issued on: 07/07/2023 - 04:01 The death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55 on Thursday after 12 people, including ...

SRINAGAR, Jul 4: The Congress on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to immediately start work on desilting of the Jhelum River as well as the Dal and Wular lakes to prevent flooding in Srinagar.Senior Congress leader and former minister Ghulam Ahmed Mir warned the administration that if ...

Heavy rains have brought relief to western Canada, in what crews hope could be a “turning point” in a protracted fight against wildfires, but officials also warned the much-needed downpour could lead to catastrophic flooding – and fresh blazes from lightning strikes.Officials in Alberta said that cool, wet weather ...

LONDON — Up to 15 million people face risk of catastrophic flooding from glacial lakes which could burst their natural dams at any moment, a new study finds.The study led by Newcastle University is the first global attempt to map potential hotspots for such floods.As the climate warms, ...

https://sputniknews.com/20230208/millions-of-people-at-risk-of-flooding-due-to-climate-change-research-finds-1107060789.htmlMillions of People at Risk of Flooding Due to Climate Change, Research FindsMillions of People at Risk of Flooding Due to Climate Change, Research FindsGlaciers are melting, exposing the lives of millions of people around the world to the risk of flash floods, says new study. Most of these ...

As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called glacial lake outburst ...