At least 11 people died after a highway bridge collapsed partially in northwest China's Shaanxi province on Saturday morning, Xinhua reported, citing local authorities.
A day after the Munak canal barrage broke down, the situation on Friday improved in JJ colony of Bawana in Northwest Delhi that led to severe waterlogging in the area.
Two boys died allegedly due to drowning near the rainwater-flooded Siraspur underpass in northwest Delhi's Samaypur Badli area on Saturday, police said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to continue over many parts of North India during the next 24 hours and gradually abate thereafter due to an approaching western disturbance towards northwest India.
"Currently, a cyclone has formed in the upper air of Northwest Madhya Pradesh. A cyclone is also formed in Rajasthan due to which moisture is arriving from the Arabian Sea. Due to the moisture, movement of clouds is being seen. As a result of which, there may be rain with strong winds in Bar
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that the southwest monsoon had advanced into some parts of the central Arabian Sea and some parts of Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Westcentral and Northwest Bay of Bengal.
"The Southwest Monsoon has advanced into the remaining parts of the northeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of the northwest Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and most parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim," said the weather department.
The India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday that the heatwave to severe heatwave conditions prevailing over Northwest and Central India are likely to reduce gradually from May 30.
Reportedly, several fires broke out simultaneously on February 2 around the coastal city of Vina del Mar, 70 miles (110km) northwest of Chile's capital Santiago, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.
As temperatures are soaring past the 45°C mark in some areas of Northwest India, impacting daily life and forcing people to stay indoors, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma instructed officials of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and Power Distribution Corporation