Chamoli, Aug 23 (IANS) At least two people have gone missing after a cloudburst struck a village in Tharali tehsil of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district late on Friday night, leaving behind a trail of devastation, officials confirmed on Saturday.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Integrated Control Room for Emergency Response (ICR-ER) on Friday organised a seminar in the national capital in the wake of monsoon-related disasters in some parts of the country, an official said, adding the objective of the meeting was to ensure seamless integration with the Emergency Operation Centres (EOCs) of all states and union territories.
Madrid, Aug 22 (IANS) The devastating wildfires sweeping across Spain this summer should serve as a warning to the rest of Europe about the rising dangers of climate change, a Barcelona-based climatologist said.
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) At least 11 people were killed and 10 were injured in Pakistan's Karachi as heavy downpours flooded major roads, submerged underpasses, and paralysed daily life in the country, according to local media reports.
Jammu, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian Army was at the forefront of the relief and rescue operation on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, where four people were killed and many injured in flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in the Ghati area.
Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) Multiple flash flood incidents were reported on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, triggering landslides, damaging scores of houses, washing away vehicles and hampering the Mandi-Kullu road stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway.
Jammu, Aug 17 (IANS) At least four people were killed and many others injured after a cloudburst hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district during the night intervening Saturday and Sunday, said officials here, adding that a rescue operation is now underway in the affected area.
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Torrential monsoon rains and flash floods continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan with as many as 307 people losing their lives and 23 getting injured across the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) over the past 48 hours, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Saturday.
Jammu, Aug 16 (IANS) Relief and rescue operations continued for the third day on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kishtwar district as so far 60 dead bodies were recovered and over 100 injured people were evacuated to hospitals for treatment. Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah reached Kishtwar on Friday evening and would be reaching the disaster site at Chashoti village today.
Islamabad, Aug 15 (IANS) At least 33 people have been killed and 25 others are missing after heavy rains and a cloudburst caused floods and landslides in several districts of northwestern Pakistan, officials said on Friday, local media reported.
