Beijing, July 16 (IANS) Floods triggered by rounds of torrential rains have left 39 people dead and nine others missing in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Chinese authorities said on Thursday. The death toll includes the casualties resulting from a severe reservoir breach in the regional capital city of Nanning, according to a flood control and disaster relief press conference held at noon on Thursday. On Tuesday, authorities upgraded the emergency flood response for northeast China’s …
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Manila, July 13 (IANS) The death toll from the combined effects of Typhoon Bavi and the enhanced southwest monsoon has risen to 18, while 12 people remain missing, according to the Philippine Office of Civil Defence (OCD). Most of the deaths were caused by landslides and drowning, while the severe weather has affected about 562,000 people across the country, according to the OCD on Sunday (local time).According to local media reports, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Serv…
Beijing, July 12 (IANS) China’s Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday upgraded its flood warning to yellow, as Typhoon Bavi is forecast to bring heavy rainfall to vast swathes of the country from Sunday to Tuesday.China has a four-tier colour-coded warning system for floods, with red being the most severe, followed by orange, yellow, and blue. The yellow alert calls for heightened preparedness and precautionary measures.The downpours, with accumulative precipitation ranging from 40 mm to 90 mm, …
Shanghai, July 11 (IANS) India’s Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, reviewed the preparations for super typhoon Bavi on Saturday along with Indian community associations from Shanghai Municipality and Zhejiang Province.”Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur took a hybrid format review meeting with Indian community associations from Shanghai Municipality and Zhejiang Province on preparations for super typhoon Bavi at the Consulate today, and reviewed preparations for emergency response meas…
Beijing, July 10 (IANS) A total of 95,657 people from 36,279 households in Beijing had been evacuated as of 5 pm on Friday, as authorities intensified flood-control measures and carried out emergency relocations in preparation for heavy rainfall.A new round of heavy rain began battering the city on Friday, with average precipitation reaching 12 mm from 8 am. to 5 pm, according to the Beijing municipal flood control office. The heaviest rainfall was recorded at a marketplace in the suburban distr…
Taipei, July 10 (IANS) India’s Pukhraj Singh Gill fired three consistent rounds of 3-under 69 each to finish a tidy Tied-19th in the Ever Glory ADT Open on the Asian Development Tour.The Ludhiana star, who won the IGPL Order of Merit in India in 2025, has been focussing on earning his way into the Asian Tour via the Asian Development Tour.With 69-69-69 he totalled 9-under 204 and was Tied-19th. Gill, who plays for the Honer Homes Gurugram on the IGPL, is now sixth on the Merit Llist and stands…
Tokyo, July 7 (IANS) Typhoon Bavi, a very large and violent tropical cyclone, could approach Japan’s southern island prefecture of Okinawa with strong intensity later this week, the country’s weather agency said on Tuesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), as of 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the season’s ninth typhoon was moving westward near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific at a speed of 30 kilometres per hour (kph), packing gusts of up to 270 kph, and had an atmospheric pr…