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Uttarakhand: Multiple agencies on site to open recently formed lake in Har
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Multiple agencies, including the National Disaster Response Force (NDF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Police, Revenue, Health, Food Supply, and Public Works Department (PWD), are working to open the recently formed temporary lake in the Harsil area as soon as possible.
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Monsoon fury claims 280 lives in Himachal, including 145 in rain-related d
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The monsoon fury in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 280 lives since June 20, with 145 deaths caused by rain-related disasters and 135 in road accidents, according to the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA).
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Car swept away in Gujarat's Valsad; man rescued, wife and child among 4 mi
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), along with local residents, launched a rescue operation to trace the missing.
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"Strategic disaster": Nikki Haley urges Trump to treat India as "prized fr
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, in an opinion piece on Newsweek, emphasised the need to treat India as "prized free and democratic partner" to counter China said that "scuttling 25 years of momentum" with New Delhi would be a "strategic disaster."
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Himachal Pradesh floods: 143 dead in rain-related incidents, 133 in road a
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The monsoon's fury in Himachal Pradesh has left 276 people dead since June 20, with 143 fatalities caused by rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, electrocution, and falls from steep slopes, while 133 deaths were the result of road accidents, accordi
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Heavy rain, thunderstorms expected in Maharashtra, MP: IMD
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
According to data released by the Maharashtra Disaster Management Department, six people have lost their lives in rain and flood-related issues in the last 24 hours in the state.
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Spain declares Galicia wildfire zones disaster as record heatwave fuels de
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Spain will declare wildfire-hit areas in northern Galicia as disaster zones. Fires have burned nearly 4,000 sq km, killed four, and forced massive firefighting efforts. PM Sanchez warned of climate change impacts. Human activity is linked to many fires, with 23 arrests and 89 under investiga
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Himachal Pradesh Minister Rajesh Dharmani calls for national and global co
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Rajesh Dharmani, Town and Country Planning and Technical Education Minister of Himachal Pradesh, on Tuesday stated that the impact of global carbon emissions were being disproportionately borne by Himalayan states, which had been facing repeated mountain disasters, further bringing to atten
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Death toll in Himachal Pradesh rises to 276
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Of these, 143 people lost their lives in rain-related disasters such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts and drowning, while 133 died in road accidents triggered by incessant rains and unsafe conditions.
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"Finding the missing persons alive now looks nearly impossible": Jammu and
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that it might be impossible to find anyone alive in the Kishtwar incident, stating that the disaster took place due to cloudburst rather than a breach of glacial lakes.
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Maharashtra DCM Ajit Pawar reviews rainfall crisis at Mantralaya amid heav
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar visited the disaster control room at Mantralaya on Tuesday to assess the situation as heavy rainfall continues in Mumbai and other parts of the state, informed the Deputy Chief Minister's office.
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J-K: NDRF holds disaster awareness camp in Rajouri following cloudbursts,
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid recent incidents of cloudbursts and landslides in the region, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday organised a one-day civil defence awareness and training camp in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.
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