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JAMMU, Jun 2: Two cloudbursts struck Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Tuesday, triggering flash floods and road blockades in several areas, officials said.No loss of life has been reported so far, they added.The cloudbursts occurred in Sarthal’s Gahan area and Machhipal, prompting the district administration to launch restoration ...

SRINAGAR, Apr 8: The Meteorological Department has warned of possible flash floods and landslides in parts of Kashmir due to heavy showers, even as fresh snowfall was recorded in higher reaches and rains lashed the plains on Wednesday. The popular tourist destination Gulmarg and other higher areas, including Kupwara ...

#Pakistan News But he said it can also cause human suffering and financial loss.In western Herat province, farmer Abdul Rahim Taimori said: "We don't remember such a flood happening before. It has caused us a lot of damage. "It has destroyed the crops of people, their homes. If it ...

At least 28 people are killed in Afghanistan and 17 in Pakistan after heavy rainfall causes severe flooding.Published On 30 Mar 202630 Mar 2026Heavy rain that has caused severe flooding and landslides has killed at least 45 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past five days, authorities say.Afghanistan’s ...

#Pakistan News Heavy rain that triggered severe flooding and caused buildings to collapse killed 45 people and injured 74 in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the last five days, authorities have said, with Kabul also warning of continued risks from bad weather.Most of the deaths in war-shattered Afghanistan were reported ...

Dadu, Pakistan – Inayatullah Laghari stands on his toes to point at a faint line on the school wall, a watermark left by the floodwaters that had submerged the building and the surrounding villages during the catastrophic floods in Pakistan four years ago.For him, it is a reminder of ...

Dead include five members of a family in the Kabkan district in the province of Herat.Published On 2 Jan 20262 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHeavy rains and snowfall in Afghanistan have ended a prolonged dry spell but triggered flash floods in several areas, killing at least ...

The year 2025 saw multiple catastrophic natural disasters that led to large-scale devastation and loss of life across the country. From floods in Punjab that damaged thousands of homes and caused major crop losses to cloudbursts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district and avalanches in Uttarakhand, the year witnessed ...

Devastating floods ravaged multiple regions of the world in 2025, from Southeast Asia to North America and the Middle East.We asked climate experts what is causing the devastation and what governments should be doing to prevent the situation from becoming even worse in the coming year.Which places were worst ...

Cyclones and floods in south-east Asia this autumn killed more than 1,750 people and caused more than $25bn (£19bn) in damage, while the death toll from California wildfires topped 400 people, with $60bn in damage, according to research on the costliest climate-related disasters of the year.China’s devastating floods, in ...