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Tsunami

11 dead in flash floods caused by incessant overnight rain in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Pradeep Dutta
NDTV
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:16 UTC
Vehicles are washed away after flash floods caused by incessant overnight rain, in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026.
© PTIVehicles are washed away after flash floods caused by incessant overnight rain, in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026.
At least 11 people have died and several others went missing as torrential rains triggered landslides and flash floods in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, prompting a multi-agency rescue operation.

Within minutes, swollen rivers breached their banks, inundating low-lying areas and leaving a trail of destruction. The new bus stand lay in ruins, dozens of vehicles were swept away by the raging currents, and many others remained submerged. Tragically, the body of a woman who had gone missing was also recovered.

All major rivers in the district - Darhali, Khandli, Suktoh and Jamola - were in spate, flowing dangerously close to or above the danger mark. The deluge turned streets into torrents and forced hundreds of residents to flee to safety.

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Tsunami

Death toll rises to 3 after heavy rains in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico


nmas.com.mx
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:57 UTC
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The search efforts that began for two people missing in swollen streams during the intense rains of July 16 in Nogales, Sonora, culminated on Saturday the 18th, with the recovery of three bodies in total, in the Rio Rico area, Arizona.

César Ramón Vélez Hernández, fire chief of Nogales, reported that the first bodies located on Thursday and Friday correspond to a man and a woman who are in the process of official identification.

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Arrow Down

Car plunges into sinkhole in east Baltimore, Maryland


foxbaltimore.com
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:41 UTC
Water rushes over a car that has plunged into a sinkhole in east Baltimore.
© WBFF / Maggie YbarraWater rushes over a car that has plunged into a sinkhole in east Baltimore.
A woman escaped after her car plunged into a large sinkhole in east Baltimore early Saturday morning.

The sinkhole appeared in the 900 block of North Chester Street over a stretch of new pavement. Water rushed into the sinkhole and submerged the car, according to bystanders.

Police said that a 50-year-old woman was able to exit the vehicle safely and without injury.

Baltimore City Department of Transportation said DOT and Department of Public Works crews were on scene hours later at North Chester Street and Ashland Avenue preparing to repair a broken 12-inch water main.

"Please avoid the area, expect traffic impacts, and follow posted detours," Baltimore City DOT said in a social media post. "Thank you for your patience as crews work to restore the area safely."

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Cloud Precipitation

Areas in Yemen covered in white due heavy hailstorm during the peak of summer


YouTube
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:20 UTC
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In a rare spectacle that captivated residents, Mount Sabr, overlooking the city of Taiz (southwest Yemen), was blanketed in white on Friday, July 17, 2026, following a heavy hailstorm that swept through the highlands.

Videos circulating online showed hailstones covering the mountain's slopes and peaks, an exceptional weather phenomenon that evoked memories of winter despite the arrival of summer. The scene was widely captured by citizens using their mobile phones.

Mount Sabr is one of the most prominent mountain ranges in Yemen, and its peaks occasionally experience unique weather phenomena. However, the density of the hail that covered large parts of it this time made the scene resemble a rare winter wonderland in mid-July.

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Attention

Regina couple killed in bear attack at McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

Lisa Risom, Laura Gillis
CBC News
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:05 UTC
Jay and Deb MacDonald were spending time at their cabin when they died in a bear attack this week, family members say.
Jay and Deb MacDonald were spending time at their cabin when they died in a bear attack this week, family members say.
Family members are mourning the loss of Regina residents Jay and Deb MacDonald, saying the couple died in a bear attack at McTavish Lake on Wednesday.

Deb MacDonald's brother, Donjames LeBlanc, said he had visited with Deb at his home just before the couple left for a trip to the cabin.

"They were going to go up and do a little fishing and so on," LeBlanc said.

The couple flew into McTavish Lake to stay at their cabin, which they also leased out, he said.

"They didn't respond to calls that we forwarded to them, so [the family] contacted the police."

The couple had previously talked about the numerous black bears in the area, he said.

McTavish Lake is a fly-in lake approximately 90 kilometres north of La Ronge as the crow flies.
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Doberman

Animal rescue worker reportedly killed in dog attack in Manitoba, Canada

Morgan Modjeski
winnipegfreepress.com
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:53 UTC
Amanda Nobiss, 37, has been identified by family as the woman who was killed in a reported dog attack on the Sandy Bay First Nation while she was volunteering with K9 Advocacy Manitoba.
Amanda Nobiss, 37, has been identified by family as the woman who was killed in a reported dog attack on the Sandy Bay First Nation while she was volunteering with K9 Advocacy Manitoba.
Police are investigating after a woman died on the Sandy Bay First Nation, reportedly after being attacked by dogs.

The woman was identified by family as 37-year-old Amanda Nobiss.

"It's just disbelief," said Sherri Nobiss, her mother, in a phone call. Her family is devastated by the loss. "You just want to know what has happened."

She said Amanda was a dedicated animal advocate who was volunteering with K9 Advocacy Manitoba in the community at the time. Amanda, who was from Winnipeg, is pictured with a dog in almost all of her photos on social media.

"She was just a very caring and kind person who obviously had a great love and passion for animals, but also for the people she connected with and interacted with."

She said her daughter regularly spent time on First Nations to help with dogs.

"It was a passion of hers," she said. "Trying to help the community and the connect with the people who live in the community to help with the dog population."
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Tsunami

Flash flood kills 4, leaves 4 others missing in Vietnam


The Hindu
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:36 UTC
Lai Chau steps up flood response after deadly flash floods
Lai Chau steps up flood response after deadly flash floods
At least four people were killed and four ​others were missing after a ‌flash flood swept through a mountainous ​village in Vietnam's northern ⁠province of Lai Chau, state media reported on Saturday (July 18, 2026).

The flood in Muong Than ‌village early on Friday (July 17) after days of heavy rains ‌in several parts of northern ‌Vietnam ⁠also injured seven people, reported ⁠the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam is prone to deadly storms and floods during the rainy ​season that ‌peaks from July through September. Natural disasters, mostly floods, killed 489 people in the country last year, ‌according to government data.

The Vietnam ​News Agency report had photos showing red mud and ⁠flood water blanketing the village, with rocks and wood logs piling in ‌a corner of a damaged road.

Since Wednesday (July 15), landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain have also damaged roads, power grids and hundreds of houses, as ‌well as inundating 238 hectares of ​crops in the region, according to the government's disaster management agency.

Several ⁠parts of northern Vietnam are forecast ⁠to receive heavy rain of up to 250 millimetres on ‌Saturday (July 18), the agency said, warning of more flash floods and ​landslides.

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Lightning

Lightning kills nearly 100 black-nosed sheep on a Swiss alp


swissinfo.ch
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:22 UTC
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© Keystone-SDALightning kills 97 black-nosed sheep on a Valais mountain pasture
A bolt of lightning killed 97 blacknose sheep on an alp in the Swiss canton of Valais on Thursday night. Around 80 animals survived the lightning strike during a night-time thunderstorm on the Eggerhorn alp in the Binntal valley.

One of the sheep farmers affected confirmed a report by the Valais-based online portal pomona.ch. He also confirmed that during the course of Friday, nearly 100 animal carcasses had been airlifted by helicopter from the site of the lightning strike.

Sheep farmer Kilian Schnydrig said the sheep had all been kept in the same place to protect them from large predators. Just a few years ago, keeping them together overnight in this way would not have been necessary. According to pomona.ch, the animals were in a night pen when the lightning struck.
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Arrow Down

Landslide triggered by rain buries buildings, killing at least 8 in Pengshui County, China

Wesley Rahn with Reuters, AP, dpa
Deutsche Welle
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:48 UTC
A section of hillside collapsed in a rural part of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality
© Huang Wei/XinhuaA section of hillside collapsed in a rural part of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality
A section of hillside collapsed in China's Pengshui County near the city of Chongqing on Friday morning, killing at least eight people as it buried several residential buildings and trapped an undetermined number of people, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

Thirty four people have been reported missing.

Images from state broadcaster CCTV showed rescue crews combing through massive rocks and debris at the site, located on a steep slope next to the Wujiang River.

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Sun

Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave, data show

Kate Abnett
Reuters
Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:17 UTC
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© REUTERS/Alice Sacco/File Photo
European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed.

The vast majority — more ​than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above, according to data published by EuroMOMO, a network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization.

Extreme heat can kill by causing heat stroke, or aggravating cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, with older people among the most ​vulnerable.

"To have this kind of excess at this time of year is unusual. It's ​really high," Lasse Vestergaard, Chief Physician at Denmark's Statens Serum Institut, which hosts ⁠EuroMOMO, told Reuters.

"It is difficult to explain this high excess mortality by anything but the extreme ​heat," Vestergaard added.
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