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  Nepal: 14 killed as landslides, floods and lightnings ravage Himalayan nation | VIDEO

  World | June 26, 2024 22:27 IST

  According to authorities, eight people were killed by landslides, five due to lightning and one due to floods in Nepal within the last 24 hours. The Nepalese Home Ministry said at least 28 people have lost lives in the past 17 days till Wednesday.

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  Govt issues helpline numbers for Indians amid extreme weather in Dubai, in touch with authorities

  World | April 18, 2024 17:29 IST

  The Indian Consulate General in Dubai said it had facilitated contact between stranded passengers and their families in India and extended relief materials. The UAE recorded its highest rainfall in the last 75 years, flooding roads, buildings and the airport in Dubai.

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  Mercury drops down to minus 50 degrees in Canada, extreme cold warnings for coming days

  World | December 27, 2021 11:36 IST

  Reports say cities including Sunridge, Edmonton Ski Club, Snow Valley and Rabbit Hill announced closures to the extreme cold.

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  Utmost condition of weather on Venus might change length of its days

  Science | June 20, 2018 11:21 IST

  New results from a simulation continue to paint a strange picture of our noxious neighbor. It seems that an interaction between the planet’s mountains and its atmosphere could create waves strong enough to change the length of a Venusian day by up to two minutes.

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  Now, get extreme weather alerts on cell phones

  India | January 08, 2014 11:58 IST

  Chennai: In a path-breaking discovery, a system has been developed through which extreme weather alerts on your mobile phone can avert casualties.According to Satyajit Ghosh, senior professor at the school of mechanical building sciences at