Southwest monsoon rains in India hit four years high this season, experiencing about 108 per cent of the long period average at 934.8 mm, data made available by state-run weather bureau India Meteorological Department showed. A rainfall of 868.6 mm is the long period average in India.
The Indian Embassy in Nepal has said that the officials are in touch with the Indian nationals who have been stranded due to floods and landslides in Nepal, adding that the embassy is arranging for their safe return.
Death toll in Nepal's flood has reached 193 as authorities' revamp rescue and search efforts across the whole nation since the onset of the disaster on Saturday, the Home Ministry confirmed.
The death toll in Nepal has risen to 170 after torrential rain combined with a devastating series of floods, and landslides pounded the Himalayan nation on Saturday.
Nepal Police on Saturday recovered at least 14 bodies from two vehicles buried by a landslide along the Prithvi Highway in the Dhading district of Nepal.
Issuing a notice, Nepal's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has conveyed all the local levels to halt the classes until Tuesday in schools across Nepal.
The Kathmandu Valley, comprising Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur alone, recorded 34 deaths in a single day due to water logging and landslides on the slopes. Five different districts of Bagmati Province recorded an additional 19 deaths, while Koshi Province recorded 7 deaths in the past
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to X and posted, "Update from Kanpur Play has been called off for Day 2 due to rains. #TeamIndia | #INDvBAN | @IDFCFIRSTBank." Earlier, during the delay, team India left the Green Park Stadium as the start of the day two was hit by rai
Thousands of travellers have been left stranded along the highway and the airport, facing delays and travel chaos. A major highway connecting Kathmandu valley with other districts remained closed after a mudslide swept through halting the traffic since afternoon.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday transferred relief funds of Rs 9 crore, 64 lakh, for compensation of various affected businessmen who suffered losses due to damage caused to the pedestrian and motor road from Lincholi to Sonprayag following heavy rains in the Kedarnath area on J