Officials in the central region expect the number of casualties to increase as rising waters destroy thousands of homes. At least 50 people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed following a new bout of heavy rains and flooding in central Afghanistan, the authorities confirmed. Flash floods caused by…
Authorities say firefighters are facing a ‘challenging day’ as a huge blaze nears Fort McMurray in the Alberta tar sands. Authorities in the Canadian province of Alberta have issued evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, as a growing wildfire nears the community at the heart of Canada’s tar sands…
The billboard collapsed on some houses and a petrol station next to a busy road in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar following gusty winds and rain. At least 14 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after a huge billboard fell on them during a thunderstorm in India’s…
Heavy rain triggers a flash flood and a cold lava flow from Mount Marapi, resulting in the disaster in West Sumatra. At least 14 people, including several children, have been killed and many others are missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit western Indonesia, according…
Thousands of houses have been destroyed or damaged in the worst-hit northern province of Baghlan. At least 153 people have been killed in flash floods in northern Afghanistan triggered by torrential rains, the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has said. On Saturday, ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani put the number…
The United States has halted the shipment of some types of heavy bombs to Israel and US President Joe Biden has also pledged to halt the supply of some offensive weapons and artillery shells to the country if it goes ahead with its assault on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah….
Zomato unveiled a crowd-supported real-time weather monitoring infrastructure on Wednesday. Dubbed Weather Union, the company highlighted that the system is first-of-its-kind in India and the largest private infrastructure in its space in the country. Announcing the platform, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said that its API will be made free-to-access for…
Crews race to rescue survivors as floodwaters displace 160,000 people across southern state of Rio Grade do Sul. The death toll from tremendous flooding in southern Brazil has reached 100, the local civil defence agency said, as emergency crews continued to search for dozens of missing people. Nearly 400 municipalities…
Rescuers are rushing to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 90 people have been killed and more than 130 others are missing. The state capital of Porto Alegre has been virtually cut off by the flooding, with the…
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