Heavy rains on Friday prompted the Nilgiris district administration to ask tourists to postpone holiday plans to May 20, while in Tenkasi district, heavy downpours triggered flash floods at Old Kautalam Falls, killing a 17-year-old boy die. The Nilgiris district administration said heavy rains are expected here from May 18 to 20 and asked people … Read more
People witnessed extraordinary resilience and compassion when a dog, himself a survivor of the Brazilian floods, reached out to comfort another dog facing the same ordeal. A video captures the dog’s gentle movements as he strokes and hugs another dog. The image, taken from a widely circulated video, shows a dog rescued from floods comforting … Read more
Unusually heavy seasonal rainfall in Afghanistan has triggered flash floods that have claimed hundreds of lives. During the crisis, multiple international aid organizations provided relief supplies, including medicines and other supplies. The World Health Organization said it had shipped 7 tons of medicine and first-aid kits. Flash floods triggered by unusually heavy seasonal rainfall in … Read more
Flash floods sweeping through northern Afghanistan have killed more than 200 people in a single province, the United Nations said on Saturday. Flash floods caused by heavy rains in Laqiha Village, Baghlan Makazi District, Baghlan Province, an Afghan man carrying luggage walked through the muddy streets (AFP) Heavy rains on Friday triggered massive flooding that … Read more
Flash floods caused by seasonal rains in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province on Friday killed at least 50 people, a Taliban official said. Flash floods also hit the capital, Kabul, said Abdullah Janan Sek, spokesman for the Taliban’s National Ministry of Natural Disaster Management. (File)(AP) Edayatullah Hamdad, director of the Baghlan Provincial Natural Disaster Management Authority, … Read more
Heavy rains in Brazil killed at least 56 people, followed by floods and mudslides that forced thousands to leave their homes, Al Jazeera reported, citing government sources. In the city of Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, residents evacuated from a community flooded by heavy rains. (Associated Press) Rescue operations are underway as emergency … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the southern region of the country on Thursday, where floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains have killed 29 people and the death toll is expected to rise. People walk in a flooded area next to the Taquari River during heavy rains in Encantado, Rio Grande do … Read more
French rescuers on Sunday recovered three bodies and were searching for four more people, including two children, most believed to have been in cars on a flooded bridge after violent storms battered southeastern France washed away. A helicopter joins a search operation for seven missing people near the Gardon River in Russia after heavy rains … Read more
On the eve of summer, India’s Silicon Valley is grappling with one of its worst water crises. This seems paradoxical because a few years ago, after heavy rains lashed the IT capital, the city woke up to boats being deployed while images of submerged villas and apartments went viral on social media. If it is … Read more