Indonesia flash floods kill 42, many missing
World | Mar 17, 2019, 09:50 AM ISTMore than 40 people have died and dozens are missing as flash floods hit Indonesia's Papua province, a disaster official said on Sunday.
More than 40 people have died and dozens are missing as flash floods hit Indonesia's Papua province, a disaster official said on Sunday.
While the IMD has predicted heavy rains for southern, eastern and western India, north India continues to reel under inclement weather with disasters such as landslides, flash floods and cloud bursts in various regions.
The water-level in major rivers – Gomati, Deo, Manu and Howrah was swelling with every passing hour posing flood threat throughout the state.
Disasters are never funny but sometimes they can be weird.
Kabul: One person has been confirmed dead and 10 others were injured when a flash flood washed away more than 500 houses in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan early Saturday.“There was heavy rain in Baghlan-e-Markazi
Srinagar: Army today resumed searches for two soldiers, who went missing after their boat capsized during a rescue and relief operation in flood-affected Pulwama district of Kashmir.“The search operation was resumed this morning for the
Gopeshwar: It is a little over a year since a natural calamity of catastrophic proportions hit Uttarakhand but people in the affected areas are still singing paeans to the bravery of Darshan Lal who saved
Guwahati: Nearly 30,000 people have been affected in the first round of floods in four districts of Assam. Flood has been reported from seven revenue circles and 43 villages in these districts. According to an
Jammu, Aug 5: Timely rescue efforts by police on Monday saved a man trapped in flash floods in the border Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.A police officer told IANS that Tufail
Dehradun, July 20: Inclement weather today posed a major hurdle to repair of vast network of damaged roads and distribution of relief material in calamity-hit Uttarakhand with moderate to heavy rains in most parts of
New Delhi, Jul 15: Exactly a month after the devastating flash floods ravaged Garhwal hills in Uttarakhand, the officials on Monday said that list of the missing persons has been sent to the chief secretaries
Shimla, July 8: The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rains Monday and all the rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials said here.Heavy rain badly hit a village near
New Delhi, June 23: Over 4,500 people were rescued on Sunday from several areas of the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said here."A total of 4,613 pilgrims and tourists were rescued till 3
Rishikesh/Dehradun/Joshimath, Jun 20: Thousands of pilgrims and locals in the flood-hit ares of Uttarakhand have been waiting for food and relief for the last four days, giving a lie to government's claims about distributing relief.
New Delhi: The killer flash floods triggered by torrential rains in Uttarakhand have damaged a portion of the famous Kedarnath temple but authorities said there have been no reports of damage to the structure itself.
Kolkata, Sep 7: Five more bodies were fished out of the Bhairabanki River Friday, raising the death toll in the bus accident in West Bengal's Bankura district to seven, police said.The accident occurred Thursday as
Bankura (WB), Sept 6: Two persons died and at least three went missing after an overloaded private bus was washed away today while crossing a flooded bridge over Bhairabbanki river in West Bengal's Bankura district.According
Kabul, May 12: A flash flood swept through villages in a mountainous area of northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 27 people, authorities said.It was the second major flood reported this week in the
Kathmandu, May 6: Nearly 64 people are feared dead even as the death toll in the flash flood near the famous tourist spot of Pokhara in western Nepal reached 17 today with at least 47
Manila, Dec 27: The death toll from flash floods that swept away entire villages in the southern Philippines climbed to nearly 1,500 on Tuesday, as authorities widened their search for bodies.The Office of Civil Defense's
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