Jammu, Aug 27 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 14 others were injured after a landslide hit the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in J&K’s Reasi district, even as the water level in all the rivers of Jammu division and the Jhelum River in Kashmir flowed above the flood level on Wednesday.
New Delhi, August 26 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday expressed grief and termed the landslides in Vaishno Devi “deeply tragic” in which five people lost their lives while four have been injured.
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) Heavy downpour on Tuesday disrupted mobile telephone and Internet services in the Valley, while all major rivers in the Jammu division are flowing above the danger level, throwing normal life out of gear.
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) As many as 406 people have been killed and 245 injured in rainfall and flash floods across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) since June 26, as the torrential rainfall continues to wreak havoc in Pakistan, local media reported on Tuesday.
Jammu, Aug 26 (IANS) At least four people were killed on Tuesday in heavy downpour in J&K’s Doda district, and the overall flood situation deteriorated in Jammu division due to incessant rainfall during the last 24 hours.
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Devastation in Buner and across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where hundreds of people lost their lives and entire villages were destroyed, cannot be attributed solely to torrential rain but arises from a system that ignores science, violates its own rules, and consistently fails to hold violators accountable, a report has said.
Karachi, Aug 24 (IANS) The recent torrential rains have once again exposed the chaotic and fragmented governance of Karachi, with the widespread flooding reviving the confusion on which agency or municipal body is responsible for basic services, further causing anger among people and leading to debates regarding how the city is governed, as per a report.
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.
