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Flood alert put in New Delhi, India 65 killed, 60,000 pilgrims stranded in N India due to heavy rains 5,000 still stranded in flood-hit northern Indian state06-26 21:06 Indian authorities said Wednesday that rescue operations are continuing to evacuate at least 5,000 people who were still...
NEW DELHI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 22 people were killed due to floods in India's northeastern state of Assam, officials said Friday. "So far 22 persons have lost their lives in flood in Assam," an official said. "The Brahmaputra river is constantly flowing above the danger level ...
GUWAHATI, India--Intense rain and floods in the Indian state of Assam have killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 2.75 million since May, authorities said on Monday, as they tried to collect the bodies of nine rare rhinos drowned in the past 10 days. Rescue teams were facing a...
Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, a disaster that many had warned was possible for years.
Several deaths have been reported as floods caused by torrential rains sweep India’s northeast and neighbouring Bangladesh’s east. The death toll in Bangladesh, which is still recovering from weeks of political turmoil, had risen to 13 on Friday. ...
The Press Trust ofIndianews agency reported that 102 people were missing and cited state government officials saying 14 people died in the floods. Among the missing were 22 army soldiers, with one later rescued by authorities. Image:Pic: AP ...
Delhi got a punishing six inches of rain on Saturday alone, the highest single-day downpour in 40 years. A 58-year-old woman died when the ceiling of her house collapsed amid the deluge in Delhi's Karol Bagh area. India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel rescue fishermen...
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Bangladesh Floods Worsen After Breach, Death Toll Nears 100 in India More Reuters People move along a flooded road in Gaibandha, Bangladesh July 18, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES By Serajul Quadir and Zarir Hussain DHAKA/GUWAHATI, INDIA (Reuters) - One of Ban...