A portion of a two-storey building collapsed on Saturday midnight in the Gauripada area of Bhiwandi city leaving two persons dead, officials said, adding that the building is said to be forty-five years old.
"Twenty to 25 people are trapped under debris here. A total of 21 people have died in the last 24 hours in the state. I appeal to people to stay indoors, to not venture near rivers and landslide-prone areas. Restoration work will begin as soon as rain stops," the chief minister said.
Flooding, typhoons, geological disaster and drought were the main natural disasters in China in July. Other kinds of disasters including hailstorms, earthquakes, sand-dust storms and forest fires also occurred, according to the ministry.
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.
A firework warehouse was destroyed by an explosion in southern Thailand killing at least nine people dead and more than 100 others injured, Al Jazeera reported citing the officials.
As many as 16 people were killed and several others were injured after the landslide occurred at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday, officials said.
"12 bodies have been retrieved from the debris in Irshalwadi, Raigad; also, one rescuer died of cardiac arrest. Total of 13 deaths till now," police said on Thursday.
Three women and one child were among the seven people dead while thirty others were injured after an Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Bus plunged into a water canal in Prakasam district, police said on Tuesday.
A Fourth of July celebration in north Louisiana turned tragic after a mass shooting left three people dead and at least six other people injured in Shreveport, according to information provided to CNN affiliate KSLA by Shreveport officials.