The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Amarnath Yatra was temporarily suspended on Sunday because of the inclement weather and landslides along the yatra route. And as the Met office has predicted more rains in the valley, more interruptions in the annual pilgrimage are likely. This is for the second time in past three days that …
KOHIMA: Due to incessant rains, landslides occurred at various locations along the NH-39 between Dimapur and Kohima. With the onset of monsoon, it is anticipated that bigger slides may occur along this road. The Border Roads Organization has been working tirelessly to clear the slides as and when they occur. …
SHILLONG: Incessant rains that lashed Shillong since Tuesday night have flooded many areas in Shillong and its outskirts. Many people have been displaced as rain waters and waters of the Wahumkhrah river inundated their houses. Landslides have also been reported from different localities of Shillong and Ri-Bhoi district. The Wahumkhrah …
Kohima: Flash floods following heavy downpour in Nagaland inundated many low-lying areas and caused soil erosion in river banks and landslides in hilly areas. According to an official report here today, the Chathe river caused soil erosion, damaging properties and rendering people living alongside the river homeless. Soil erosion threatened …
Four men died in flash floods while fishing and two people were crushed to death in northern Vietnam as a weakening storm approached from the Gulf of Tonkin, state media said on Friday, while 11 fishermen were missing after storms in the Philippines. Rescuers in Vietnam located one body after …
BALASORE: Even as the flood waters have receded in northern parts of Balasore, erosion of river embankments has left people scared. Banks of rivers at many places have eroded due to lack of maintenance and appropriate measures to protect them. Sources said massive erosion of the embankments of Subarnarekha has …
MIDNAPORE/TAMLUK, 19 JUNE: Incessant rain coupled with strong winds triggered by the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal continued to wreak havoc in both West and East Midnapore today disrupting life. The Kanshabati river, which breached its embankment near Maratala in Debra, flooded at least seven villages today. Villagers …
Rain kept the mercury below normal levels on Thursday in most parts of North India and triggered landslides in Himachal Pradesh, disrupting traffic on highways and link roads in the hill State. The maximum temperatures stayed below normal at most places in Punjab and Haryana after rain lashed the two …
Traffic along Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi blocked BELGAUM: Traffic along the Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi has been blocked due to a major landslide at Amboli Ghat. The landslide in the wee hours of Sunday has blocked about 40 meters of the road and has caused severe hardship to motorists, an …
RAIN along the middle and lower Yangzi River this week has helped alleviate the region’s worst drought in 50 years. But it has not doused a storm of criticism of the Three Gorges dam upriver, including allegations that it contributed to the disaster. Opponents of the colossal edifice have been …
The loss of life and property in the cloudburst in Doda district last evening could have been averted had the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) taken timely steps and installed modern weather forecasting equipment in the state. Even after the cloudburst of Leh last year in which nearly 179 persons were …
At least three civilians were feared dead and some others reported missing by the local villagers after a massive cloudburst hit the crucial patch of Doda-Kishtwar highway 1B near Baggar late Wednesday evening. Eyewitness reports said a huge volume of mudslides triggered after the cloudburst swept away two roadside eateries …
Missing persons untraced, 4 vehicles recovered from debris Batote-Doda-Kishtwar remain cut off JAMMU: The first ray of sunlight unfolded the exact destruction caused by the cloudburst in Doda and Ramban districts with authorities noticing massive damages to the civil and electrical infrastructure of 450 Mega Watt Baglihar Hydroelectric Project on …
A vast cloud of ash spewing from a Chilean volcano disrupted air travel on Wednesday across much of South America, as heavy rains around the eruption site prompted fears of mudslides. Air traffic was sharply curtailed on the continent as the ash cloud drifted over Argentina, and into Brazil. Flights …
A storm unleashed torrential rains, mudslides and flooding in Haiti, killing at least 10 people, Haitian officials said on Tuesday after thunderstorms pounded several Caribbean countries. The heavy rainfall across the region, which began over the weekend, comes after the June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season and as …
Jammu and Kashmir State being mountainous in nature, has been divided into three distinct regions. These are (i) The vale of Kashmir, known as paradise on earth; (ii) The Ladakh, centre for Buddhist culture with a unique geographical setup; and (iii) The Jammu region, well known for its plains, submountain …
At least eight persons have so far been killed due to heavy rain, floods and landslides in the Kegalle, Galle, Gampaha, Colombo and Kalutara districts, the Disaster Management Center said More than 17,000 persons have been affected as a result of the inclement weather, it said. Landslides had caused most …
An avalanche of mud smashed into an orphanage in Malaysia killing at least five children, police said, after heavy monsoon rains lashed the capital Kuala Lumpur and surrounding areas on Saturday. Police said eight children had been rescued from under the mud that partly covered the orphanage in the central …
