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A thousand villages in India’s Punjab state are marooned by deadly floods, with thousands forced to seek shelter in relief camps, government authorities say. Flooding across the northwestern state killed at least 29 people and affected over 250,000 last month, with the state’s chief minister calling it “one of the worst flood disasters in decades.” The region is often dubbed India’s breadbasket, but more than 940 square kilometres (360 square […]
Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 30 people in India’s Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials and local media said Wednesday. An intense monsoon rainstorm in the Indian-administered territory has caused widespread chaos with raging water smashing into bridges and swamping homes. A landslide on the route to the famous Hindu shrine Vaishno Devi killed at least 30 people, a local disaster official told […]
When I left for work on Monday, I could still get through the water-logged street with my car. By the afternoon, the army was rescuing people with a truck," says Porto Alegre resident Magda Moura. That was the day that the floods which have devastated parts of southern Brazil cut off the building she lived in. "By Wednesday, the water had reached [a height of] 1.7m (5ft 6in)," she recalls. […]
Kenyans living in areas at risk of flooding or landslides will be asked to evacuate on Wednesday, the country's president has said. William Ruto was speaking in Mai Mahiu, north of Nairobi, where an overflowing reservoir has wiped out a swathe of houses and swept dozens of people to their death. This is "not a time for guesswork" he said, noting the forecast for more heavy rain. "The likelihood of […]
At least 47 people have been killed and 85 others injured in landslides caused by flooding in northern Tanzania, says a local official, with warnings the toll could rise. Heavy rain on Saturday hit the town of Katesh, some 300km (186 miles) north of the capital Dodoma, district commissioner Janeth Mayanja said. “Up to this [Sunday] evening, the death toll reached 47 and 85 injured,” Queen Sendiga, regional commissioner in […]
Floods caused by torrential rains have killed 32 people in Niger in recent months, the state-owned ANP news agency reported on Thursday. "Tahoua [southern region] is the most bereaved with 12 dead, followed by Maradi [south] with 10 and Zinder [south] with six," the report said, citing updated figures from a department of the Interior ministry. "Two deaths were reported in Tillaberi [western region], one in Niamey [capital] and one […]
