Following new landslides in the Ramban district, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed to traffic for the third day in a row today, trapping more than 800 vehicles on the highway. Mudslides and shooting stones between Chanderkote and Banihal in the district on Monday blocked the Continue Reading
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan will continue to receive heavy rains till Saturday, the MET office said. Delhi received 112.1 mm of rainfall on Wednesday. This is the highest daily number received in 19 years. Efforts to divert water from low-lying areas of Delhi continue. The monsoon affected 22 districts in Assam, 36 districts […]Continue Reading
About 20 individuals were killed and 12 others harmed in separate occurrences of landslides in Assam’s Barak Valley on Tuesday morning. The landslides happened in the valley’s of the three regions – Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi – in southern Assam. Substantial rain since Monday morning set off the incidents. According to reports coming to here, […]Continue Reading
Continuing rainfall has created serious havoc in several northern districts in Kerala, including Kannur, Kozhikode, Palakad, Malappuram, Kasargod, apart from the hilly districts such as Wayanad and Idukki. The shutters of several dams located in the aforementioned districts have been raised due to the uncompromising rainfall. At present, tens of thousands of people have Continue Reading
The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, is visiting flood-affected regions in the state, which has suffered the heat of the unprecedented rainfall. The leader of opposition, Ramesh Chennithala, and State Revenue Minister E Chandrasekharan are with the Chief Minister. The CM and his team are expected to conduct aerial survey in all affected regions […]Continue Reading
Uncompromising rainfall has inflicted serious injuries in several regions across the South Indian state of Kerala in the form of floods and landslides. Wayanad, Idukki and Alappuzha are the most affected regions in the state, though most of the states have experienced serious rainfall-related ailments. The rescue operators are in the field to contain the […]Continue Reading
Hundreds of people have been killed and more than 2,000 are missing after a landslide smashed into a village in a mountainous area of north Afghanistan on Friday, and rescue teams were struggling to reach the remote area. Villagers dug with their bare hands to try to find survivors under the mountain of mud, but […]Continue Reading