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Normal monsoon is expected this year, says top IMD scientist
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general, Meteorology, India Meteorological Department, said quantitatively, the seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the country during the southwest monsoon, as a whole, is likely to be 96 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) wit
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JalTara -- Art of Living's vision for a water-rich India
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): India is under extreme water stress - especially due to depleted groundwater across its rural communities. This is not due to poor rainfall - India gets plenty of rainwater from annual monsoons. The main reason is that only a small
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Pakistan needs USD 16 Bn to build back as losses due to flash floods cross
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Losses due to devastating floods in Pakistan have surpassed USD 30 Billion in the country as the monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing over 1,000 people and affecting more than 33 million
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Monsoon rains induce floods, landslides in Nepal, claims 35 lives
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 12 (ANI): At least 35 people have lost their lives while dozen are still missing as monsoon rainfall-induced floods and landslides in various parts of Nepal.
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UN chief lands in Pakistan to take stock of the floods situation
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday landed in Pakistan on a two-day visit to take stock of the floods related situation and express solidarity with the country's people hit by extreme monsoon rain.
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UN chief to pay two-day visit to flood-hit Pakistan from tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres will visit Pakistan on September 9-10 to express solidarity with the country's people drenched by extreme monsoon rains that have led to the country's worst flooding in a decade.
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Study reveals climate change-related incidents pose negative effects on ps
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): As the heavy monsoon rains and floods continue to play havoc with people's lives and resources in Pakistan, analysts have climate change produces negative effects on the psychological and reproductive health of women who bear the major brunt of disast
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About 8 lakh livestock lost in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Over the past few weeks, torrential monsoon rains have broken a century-long record and dumped more than five times the 30-year average for rainfall in some provinces, killing more than 1200 people, including about 400 children.
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Major health risks unfolding amid floods in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): As districts in Pakistan continue to be affected by massive monsoon rainfall and unprecedented levels of flooding, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of significant public health threats facing affected populations, including the risk of fur
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Floods killed over 900 including 326 children in Pakistan since June: Sher
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Wednesday revealed that over 900 people were killed during monsoon rains across Pakistan since June this year, while 1,293 were left injured, media reports said.
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IAF to deploy 2 helicopters in MP's Vidisha for disaster relief operations
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) August 23(ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) will deploy two medium-lift helicopters for disaster relief operations in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha where a flood-like situation prevails in many areas after heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours.
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Nepal: Joys of rafting on Bagmati reduced by garbage, debris on shores
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], August 20 (ANI): A dozen rafts took part in a rafting trip organised on the Bagmati river but the joy was reduced by the garbage and debris which had been washed off and accumulated on the shores after the monsoon rains.
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