Gandhinagar, July 24 (IANS) More than 38,600 people have been moved to safer locations and over 5,500 stranded residents rescued as Gujarat continues large-scale relief and rescue operations in response to widespread heavy rainfall, with emergency teams, the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard deployed across the state’s worst-affected districts.According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar, 38,653 people have been evacuated to safer places dur…
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Jammu, July 20 (IANS) Seven persons were killed after a fresh landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday. Officials said the landslide hit the Loran-Dumilan area of Poonch today. “The landslide was triggered by incessant rain, killing seven people. Seven bodies have been recovered while search and rescue operations are underway to trace any missing person,” officials stated.Locals said announcements were made from mosques to alert residents as flash floods…
Kohima, July 19 (IANS) At least eight people, including children, were killed after a massive landslide ripped through Defence Colony in Nagaland’s Mon district on Sunday, sweeping away several houses and triggering a large-scale multi-agency rescue operation, officials said. A senior Nagaland disaster management official said rescue personnel have so far recovered four bodies, while four more bodies remain buried under the debris. Rescue teams are continuing search and recovery operations ami…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms across 15 states on Saturday, warning of intense rainfall, strong winds and lightning as monsoon activity gathers pace in several parts of the country.According to the IMD, heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds with speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour is likely in several states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The strong winds may cause dama…
Dhaka, July 12 (IANS) At least 51 people were killed and 39 others injured in floods and landslides in Bangladesh, local media reported on Sunday, citing the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief. As many as 1,022,963 people have been affected by the floods in Bangladesh, while members of 267,918 families remain marooned. As many as 44,457 people have taken refuge in shelter centres as relief operations continue in the flood-affected areas, Bangladesh’s The Business Standard reported.The fl…
Patna, July 8 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has become active across Bihar, prompting the Meteorological Centre in Patna to issue a yellow alert for 24 districts.The department has warned of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds with speeds of 40-50 km/h in several parts of the state.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), adverse weather conditions are likely in Siwan, Saran, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Madhepu…
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday hit back at the opposition, which targeted him and the Mahayuti government directly, alleging large-scale corruption in the Mumbai-Pune Missing Link project after traffic came to a halt following a landslide there. “Answers should only be given to people who actually understand something. Those whose sole purpose is to criticise, who have done nothing in their own lifetimes, not even built a simple bridge, and whose party ruined th…
Dhaka, July 6 (IANS) At least nine people, including women and children, were killed after heavy rainfall triggered landslides in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar on Monday morning, local media reported. Among the nine victims, eight were killed in separate landslides at different Rohingya camps in Ukhiya Upazila, while another person died in Cox’s Bazar municipality. Five of the victims were reportedly children.In the early hours of Monday, a landslide struck the house of Rohingya refugee 44-year-old M…
Itanagar/Guwahati, June 24 (IANS) At least three people went missing, and around 20 houses and residential units were damaged after flash floods triggered by incessant rainfall over the past 48 hours struck Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district on Wednesday, officials said. The Assam government has also issued a high alert following reports of heavy rainfall and flash floods in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, fearing downstream impacts in several districts of the state.A senior official in …
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast moderate rainfall across several parts of Tamil Nadu over the next two days, even as temperatures in the State capital are expected to remain high, touching around 38 degrees Celsius.According to the latest weather bulletin, moderate rainfall is likely in the Western Ghats districts, parts of northern Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory regions of Puducherry and Karaikal on Tuesday.The department has also pr…