On Saturday, heavy rains lashed Shimane Prefecture and other western Japan areas, with local authorities urging some 370,000 residents in two cities to evacuate their homes.
Heavy rains lashed Shimane Prefecture and other areas in western Japan on Saturday, as local authorities urged some 370,000 residents of two cities to evacuate their homes.
In Izumo City, there have been at least 15 landslides, and 20 sites have been affected by river floods.
Flash floods, landslides hit Himacha Pradesh as heavy rain lashes state.
Incessant rainfall is wreaking havoc across several states in the country, including the hill state of Himachal Pradesh. The continuous downpour has torn apart the normal life of residents and has induced flash floods and landslides in several regions killing five people, reported PTI citing officials.
As per the agency, three members of a family were killed in a house collapse following a landslide due to rains in the Kotgarh area of Shimla district. On the other hand, a landslide also damaged a makeshift house near Kullu town, leaving a woman dead. In another incident, a person was buried alive following a landslide in Katiyan tehsil of Chamba on Saturday night, PTI reported.
According to ANI, train movement on the Shimla-Kalka heritage rail track has been cancelled for Sunday due to ongoing heavy rains and subsequent slides and waterlogging, said HP Traffic, Tourist and Railways Police. The railway track between Koti and Sanwara railway stations at Tunnel No. 10 has also been closed due to heavy rainfall on the Kalka-Shimla railway route, ANI reported. IMD has forecast rain in the state until July 13.
The constant rains of the last few days have caused a large amount of material and water to move down the slopes of the volcano, causing overflows and damage.
Heavy rains battered most parts of Kerala for the third consecutive day, as the southwest monsoon continued to advance. The India Meteorological Department revised its rainfall alerts for the state, and issued a red alert for two districts on July 6, Thursday.
Several buildings, including houses, have been damaged. The rains have caused damage to many houses along the coast, due to increased sea erosion.
The water level in many rivers has increased, and the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, based on data from the Central Water Commission, has issued flood alerts for several rivers in the state.
University Avenue Street flooding in Providence, R.I.
Close to 3 inches of rain fell in some parts of the Providence metropolitan area, causing flash flooding along Atwells Avenue in the Federal Hill neighborhood, and elsewhere
Federal Hill's main thoroughfare is known for its restaurants, and Atwells Avenue is usually flooded with al fresco diners enjoying delicious dishes.
But on July 4th, heavy rains turned Atwells Avenue into an "ocean" according to resident Cassandra Lyn, who watched as cars were washed down the street.
Lyn captured the flash flooding in a video she posted on Facebook.
"Ay yi yi, it looks like the ocean is on ..." Lyn said before a lightning bolt stopped her mid-sentence and she comforted a child. She was perched in the second-story window of her apartment, as floodwaters overwhelmed cars trying to navigate the road.
Heavy rains spawned by thunderstorms brought about by easterlies triggered flash floods that killed two residents in President Roxas town, Cotabato province, on Tuesday night, a local official said on Wednesday.
President Roxas Vice Mayor Jaime Mahimpit said the bodies of Luzviminda Dubria, 69, and Ging Ging Fortunado, 44, a person with disability, were found in separate areas in the rice fields of Sitio Upper Ipuan in Barangay Poblacion, at least a kilometer away from the area where they were last seen.
Letecia Dubria, a relative of one of the victims, said a landslide hit Sitio Ipuan on Tuesday night, followed by the flash flood that hit the victims' houses. "We were aware that they were [swept] away by flood waters but we didn't know what to do. It was nighttime and the current was very strong, so we never ventured out," Dubria told the Inquirer.
Monsoon rain in Lahore shattered 30-year-old records, and lead to the deaths of seven persons across the city.
It all started with light shows in the wee hours of Wednesday but eventually picked pace which lead to urban flooding in several areas including Gulberg, Walton, and Mall Road.
The metropolis witnessed severe urban flooding, after record-breaking rain of 291 millimeters in 10 hours which took the lives of seven people while several suffered injuries. Besides the casualties, torrential rain caused damage to infrastructure.
Ogalah Ibrahim, Vanguard Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:33 UTC
Ten persons have been killed and over 200 houses destroyed in Katsina State capital and Bindawa Local Government Area of the state, as heavy rain overran buildings and roads in the neighbourhood causing havoc.
According to residents of the affected areas in the Katsina metropolis, the heavy rain started at 4p.m., on Tuesday till late night of the same day.
Ungwan Sabuwa, along the Kofar Kaura axis, is said to be the worst hit by the downpour in the Katsina metropolis.
When Vanguard visited the neighbourhood, yesterday, residents were seen making efforts to evacuate their belongings from buildings submerged by the flood.
Electricity has been cut in some buildings as a precaution, with state news agency Montsame reporting that a number of roads in the capital have been closed.
Floods inundated parts of the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator after torrential rain damaged a dam at the Selbe River on Wednesday.
At least 27 residential buildings and hundreds of vehicles were flooded inBayanzurkh district, the country's National Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.
Five other districts were also impacted as a result, reports Xinhua news agency citing the statement as saying.
The water levels in the central and eastern parts of the country have exceeded warning levels due to the prolonged round of rainfall that began Sunday night, with more expected through the end of the week.
The weather agency urged residents living near rivers and lakes to take precautions.
