Two US military planes loaded with about 35 tons of relief aid to be distributed in southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected regions. Source link
Ameeran, a 29-year-old pregnant woman from a village in Sindh province's Qambar district, has been taking refuge in a relief camp set up in the provincial capital Karachi since record torrential rains caused massive floods in the country in recent days. "The roads were completely wiped away by the ...
Issued on: 05/09/2022 - 09:56 More than 1,300 people have been killed in the devastating floods that have already submerged a third of Pakistan, razing villages and displacing millions of people. The worst may be yet to come as the country’s largest freshwater lake, Manchar, threatens to overflow. FRANCE 24’s Shahzaib ...
#Pakistan News The initial economic losses from floods in Pakistan could reach at least $10 billion, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said Monday. Unprecedented and historical flash floods caused by abnormal monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing at least 1,000 people in recent weeks and ...
The extreme temperatures Europe has experienced in recent weeks have resulted in an increase in the rate of snowpack melt in the Alpine glaciers. As in many other parts of the world, the consequences are increasingly visible in the Alps, where the glaciers are particularly vulnerable due to their smaller ...
ISLAMABAD — An earthquake has shaken a remote area of eastern Afghanistan, injuring at least 31 people, a Taliban official said Tuesday. The quake struck in the same region where an earthquake last month killed hundreds of people and caused widespread devastation. Earlier reports said 10 people were injured. ...
Issued on: 23/06/2022 - 09:13 Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed some 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of proper roads hampered their efforts, officials said, as the country's supreme leader pleaded with the international community for ...
Issued on: 22/06/2022 - 16:14 An earthquake impacting Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktika on the night of June 21 has killed at least 1,000 people and injured more than 1,500. Rescue workers and volunteers are still digging through the rubble left behind by the quake, as victims are being ...
Issued on: 09/01/2022 - 07:28 Pakistan rescuers were working Sunday to clear routes to a locked-in hill town sheltering thousands of tourists after 22 people died in vehicles trapped by heavy snow. The resort town of Murree, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) northeast of Islamabad, was inundated with tourists ...
Six days’ relentless rain had saturated the soil on the rolling slopes of Rajamala hamlet in Anamalai hills--which support tea and coffee plantations--in Idukki district of Kerala. On August 6, 2020, the downpour became especially torrential, forcing a portion of the hills to move, triggering a ...