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Anger builds after China deliberately floods towns to save Beijing
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Nearly a million people have been forced to evacuate in the province and in adjacent villages on the fringes of Beijing. In some areas, the flooding has disrupted power supplies as well as internet and mobile connections. Residents have posted online pleas for help finding hundreds of missin
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Bangladesh: Heavy rains lead to flooding in Chittagong
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The largest port city Chittagong witnessed extreme flooding and waterlogging in several areas due to continuous heavy rainfall since Thursday midnight, reported Dhaka Tribune.
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Himachal CM calls on PM Modi, seeks financial assistance for flood-hit sta
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
CM Sukhu also requested PM Modi for immediate financial assistance from the central government for relief and restoration operations to bring back normalcy in the state, according to an official statement by Himachal Pradesh Government.
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Odisha rains: 6,834 people evacuated, shifted to safe places in Bhubaneswa
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu, who is closely monitoring the situation through State Emergency Operation Center on Thursday said that scores of people were evacuated and sheltered in safe places following the heavy rain and flood-like situation in the state.
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Himachal Pradesh: 330 roads closed due to rain-triggered landslides, flash
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Vikramaditya Singh expressed gratitude to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for assuring Rs 400 crore package for flood-hit Kullu district restoration during his recent visit to the state.
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Himachal monsoon mayhem: 199 people dead, 31 missing till now
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Nearly 200 rain related-deaths were reported and 31 people went missing during the past 41 days since the onset of the monsoon in Himachal Pradesh, the state disaster management authority said.
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Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over West Odisha districts during next
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Heavy rainfall was experienced in several parts of Odisha on Wednesday. Locals were seen catching fish at the inundated National Highway 57 in the Boudh area after ponds of the fisheries department got flooded following heavy and continuous rainfall.
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Kisan Bhawan damaged, three vehicles hit by landslide in Shimla's Dhalli
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"The landslide occurred at nearly 10 am, and people were in the building. Three cars were damaged, and windows were also broken. In total, nearly 50 people were in the building, and all are safe. We have vacated the building due to threat perception," stated Rewa Shankar, the manager of K
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China likely to witness multiple typhoons in August
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid heavy rains in China, several parts of northern and southern China will face a high risk of flooding in August as two or three typhoons are expected to make landfall across the nation, China-based Global Times reported citing Chinese authorities.
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Devastating landslide on Kalka-Shimla road shatters hopes of tourism reviv
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The tourism industry in Shimla faces a devastating blow as the Kalka-Shimla four-lane National Highway 5 in Solan district gets washed away in a landslide.
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LIFE Mission case: SC grants interim bail to Sivasankar on medical grounds
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The case pertains to the state government's LIFE Mission project, which intended to provide homes to the poor who lost their houses in the floods of 2018.
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HP: Union Minister Gadkari assures Rs 400 cr for flood-hit Kullu district
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday jointly assessed the aftermath of the recent disaster that ravaged Kullu district.
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