Residents in 54 villages in Khongxedon district, Saravan province, are suffering from flash floods after heavy rain in recent days, unleashed by tropical storm Wutip.
The district has been flooded since June 13, affecting farmland, houses, schools and animals, while roads are unusable. Fortunately, there have been no reports of injuries or deaths, according to the disaster management committee in Khongxedon district.
Currently, the Khongxedon district authorities are moving residents, vehicles and animals to safe places, and authorities continue to monitor the flood situation, especially in villages along the Xedon River.
They have also prepared for the situation, such as 24-hour patrols, 13 rescue boats, life jackets, food, drinking water and other necessary items.
Flash floods destroyed five entire villages in the Andarab Valley after a large reservoir wall collapsed early Saturday, local residents said, leaving no trace of homes and sweeping away farmland, bridges, and livestock.
According to residents, the deluge began around 7 a.m. when the wall of a major water reservoir above the Taghank gorge in Pul-e-Hisar district gave way, unleashing water that surged through the valley. The villages of Shurabak, Upper and Lower Mad Naj Khil, Qishlaq-e-Kalan Taghank, and Darband-e-Tirgaran were completely washed away.
"There's nothing left," one resident said, describing the devastation that also destroyed six footbridges, four vehicle bridges, five mosques, and hundreds of hectares of farmland. Nearby villages like Seyedabad, Dahyak, and Nowbahar were also severely damaged.
Residents said the initial landslide-like surge gave people time to escape, preventing loss of life. Taliban officials conducted two helicopter rescue missions and distributed limited food aid, but humanitarian groups have yet to fully respond. The Red Crescent is currently conducting assessments but has not delivered assistance.
Jean-Yves Kamale ABC News Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:28 UTC
Detail from Kinshasa, Photo: Screenshot/Youtube
Major flooding hit several neighborhoods in Congo's capital Kinshasa, killing at least 19 people and causing severe damage, authorities said Saturday.
Heavy rains Friday through Saturday triggered floods and landslides in Kinshasa's western neighborhood of Ngaliema, killing at least 17 people, the local mayor, Fulgence Bolokome, told the radio station Top Congo. Two avenues in the city were also cut off, he added.
Two other people died when the deluge toppled a wall in the southern neighborhood of Lemba, Mayor Jean-Serge Poba said. A police camp and a bridge were damaged.
"It was around 3 a.m. when we heard a loud noise. When we went outside, the neighbors' wall had collapsed. The man and his wife both died, leaving behind five children who made it out unharmed," resident Clovis Kalenga told The Associated Press.
In April, floods in Kinshasa killed at least 22 people and cut off access to over half the city and the country's main airport.
Affected by a second landfall of this year's first Typhoon Wutip along the western coast of Leizhou, South China's Guangdong Province, waterspouts appeared near Guangzhou's Nansha passenger port on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, torrential rains triggered by the typhoon have caused a deadly mudslide in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, resulting in three fatalities.
According to the Guangdong provincial meteorological observatory, the center of the typhoon made landfall again in the western coastal area of Leizhou around 12:30 pm Saturday, packing maximum force 11 winds near its core, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
At around 10 pm Saturday, the official Weibo account of Guangzhou emergency early warning information release center stated that a waterspout occurred south of the Humen Bridge between 2:36 pm and 3:00 pm Saturday, followed by another waterspout east of Longxue island between 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm, the Chinanews reported on Sunday.
No disaster reports have been received regarding these waterspouts, said the report.
Mount Raung erupted on Saturday afternoon, June 14, 2025, with an eruption column reaching 1,500 meters above mountain peak.
Mukijo, the Observation Post Officer of Mount Raung in Kampung Mangaran, Sumber Arum Village, Songgon District, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, mentioned in his report that the eruption occurred at 04:53 p.m. local time. "The ash column was observed to be grayish black in color with moderate to thick intensity, leaning toward the southwest and west," said Mukijo in his written report on Saturday afternoon, June 14, 2025.
As per the release of this article, there has been no change in the volcanic activity level of Mount Raung, which administratively and geographically covers Banyuwangi, Jember, and Bondowoso regencies.
The Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) announced that the volcanic activity of Mount Raung remains at Level II, which caution visitors to avoid 3-kilometer radius of the crater.
Meanwhile, the seismic observations in the last 24 hours until early Saturday morning mentioned several seismic activities, including 5 times of eruption tremors with an amplitude of 4-5 mm and earthquake duration of 36-52 seconds.
Virendra Vanvasi, his wife, and two daughters died after lightning hit their house in Prayagraj; bodies sent for postmortem.
Four members of a family were killed after being struck by lightning in Sonvarsha Hallabor village here, officials said on Sunday.
Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) Vinita Singh said the family was sleeping in their thatched house on Saturday night when the incident took place.
The deceased have been identified as Virendra Vanvasi, his wife Parvati and daughters Radha and Karishma.
The age of the deceased is yet to be ascertained, Singh said, adding the bodies have been sent for postmortem.
Lightning strikes in the sky along Church Street in Witham, Essex, early this morning
More than 30,000 lightning strikes were recorded overnight as powerful thunderstorms swept across the UK (and the bad weather is set to continue).
The Met Office said the "vast majority" of the lightning struck over the sea, but torrential downpours also hit land, causing significant flooding and disruption in Kent.
A major storm reached the county at around 10pm on Friday (June 13), prompting an amber weather warning and leaving homes in Dover under water.
It comes as late on Friday, the Environment Agency issued five flood warnings, where flooding is expected and immediate action is needed.
It also issued 49 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.
A further six flood alerts have been put in place by Natural Resources Wales in South Wales.
Typhoon Wutip has caused widespread devastation in central Vietnam, resulting in three fatalities and significant damage to agriculture and infrastructure, according to the Vietnam News Agency on Saturday.
Two individuals lost their lives in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province, during flood prevention efforts, while a third person drowned in Hai Lang district. In neighbouring Quang Binh province, four people remain missing as search and rescue operations intensify under improving weather conditions.
The flooding has submerged over 21,000 hectares of rice fields, alongside vast areas of vegetable crops and aquaculture ponds. Tens of thousands of poultry have perished, compounding the agricultural losses. Severe flooding has inundated homes, blocked transport routes, and forced evacuations across lowland and mountainous regions, though river levels are now beginning to recede.
The storm, which has weakened to a severe tropical storm, made its second landfall near Leizhou City in Guangdong Province, China, at 12.30am on Saturday, with winds of up to 30 metres per second and a central pressure of 980 hectopascals. This followed its initial landfall near Dongfang City on China's Hainan Island late Friday night.
Wutip is currently moving northeast at a speed of 20 to 25 km per hour, skirting the border between Guangdong and Guangxi provinces while gradually losing intensity. The storm's impact has highlighted the region's vulnerability to severe weather and the urgent need for disaster preparedness.
In a country better known for sun-soaked beaches and scorching summers, Australians have been bundling up—especially in Queensland, a state in northeastern Australia often nicknamed the "Sunshine State" due to its typically mild, subtropical climate.But this week, Queenslanders have faced a startling shift, as freezing temperatures swept far into the tropics, breaking decades-old cold records and delivering a frosty reality check to the nation's warm-weather image.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Oakey, located on the Darling Downs about two hours west of Brisbane, recorded the lowest temperature in the state in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Thursday, a bone-chilling - 4.2°C (24.4°F). In the state capital Brisbane, the mercury dipped to 6.5°C (43.7°F)—its coldest June morning in 11 years and the coldest temperature recorded so far in 2025.
More remarkably, several towns north of the Tropic of Capricorn—squarely within Australia's tropical zone—dropped below freezing, a highly unusual event for the region:
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter Scale jolted Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.
As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks.
In a post on X, the NCS said, "EQ of M: 6.1, On: 14/06/2025 00:05:11 IST, Lat: 46.01 N, Long: 153.38 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Kuril Islands."
EQ of M: 6.1, On: 14/06/2025 00:05:11 IST, Lat: 46.01 N, Long: 153.38 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Kuril Islands.
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Comment: Also in central Vietnam just a day prior to the above report: First in a century: Unprecedented summer flood submerges Vietnam's Hue City - almost 3 FEET of rain in 3 days