A 'water bomb' that pummelled parts of the northern Italian region of Lombardy with rain and hail over the course of several hours on Tuesday night felled trees and flooded homes, national media reported.
The region's capital of Milan recorded 40mm of rainfall between 11pm and 2am, with the Città Studi, Isola, Maggiolina and Corbetta neighbourhoods and the roads around the Navigli canals reported to be worst affected.
The northern city experienced more rainfall on Tuesday night than it would typically receive in the first two weeks of July combined, meteorologist Mattia Gussoni of the weather site meteo.it told reporters.
Firefighters were reportedly called to the scene in at least 20 different locations, to move fallen trees and branches and carry out interventions on flooded basements.
Massive boulders rolled down and smashed three cars on the Kohima-Dimapur National Highway during a landslide amid rain on Tuesday. The incident took place in Chumoukedima, near a police checkpost. At least two people were killed, and three others were injured in the incident.
A viral video of the incident shows a massive rock hitting two cars one after the other. Both the cars were crushed and suffered serious damage. The video also shows another boulder crashing a car in front of the two cars. The car hit a truck standing on its left.
The town of Rivière-Éternité in Quebec's Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean region is currently facing a devastating situation as search and rescue efforts continue for two missing individuals. The town has been in a state of emergency since Saturday after being hit by severe flooding and landslides over the weekend.
One of the missing individuals has been identified as Pascale Racine, a woman in her 40s from Quebec City. Racine was traveling in the region with her husband, who survived the incident but sustained serious injuries and had to be hospitalized. The other missing person is a man in his 40s who was also swept away by the landslide.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is leading the search and rescue operation, utilizing divers, all-terrain vehicles, and helicopters to assist in locating the missing individuals. The efforts have been ongoing since the incident occurred.
The impact of the flooding and landslides has been significant, with nearly 200 people forced to leave their homes and over 100 campers evacuated via helicopter from a nearby provincial park. The town of Rivière-Éternité remains inaccessible, and Route 170, the main road leading to the town, will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time.
Authorities say that the heaviest rainfall in 3 years was responsible for yesterday's flooding in parts of Phnom Penh.
Mr. Sam Piseth, Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport of Phnom Penh, said that heavy rainfall on the evening of July 3 of up to 153 mm (measured at Boeung Trabek station) was the heaviest rainfall in the last 3 years and caused heavy flooding in the central areas of Khan Sen Sok Meanchey, Chbar Ampov, Por Sen Chey.
The director of the department asked citizens to ensure that no garbage was blocking drains, as this can exacerbate flood issues.
Rainfall caused an emergency for some residents in Clinton County.
Our sister station, WCAX in Burlington, Vermont, sent us videos that show heavy flooding across major roadways. That area of the state saw between four and seven inches of rain on Sunday.
The National Weather Service notes emergency managers in the area say some people have had to be rescued after being trapped by high flood waters.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement Sunday afternoon that employees with the state's Office of Emergency Management were deployed to the area to provide support for local leaders.
A flood warning for Franklin and Clinton counties expired at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday.
According to state media, heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people and damaged infrastructure across China.
Authorities in the northern Shaanxi province reported the worst flooding in 50 years, while in the south-western city of Chongqing, a landslide caused cracks in roads and damaged foundations.
Further footage from across the country shows vehicles submerged in water and bridges destroyed.
No deaths have been reported as a result of the flooding so far.
Heavy rains flooded Chicago streets Sunday, trapping cars and forcing NASCAR officials to cancel the last half of an Xfinity Series race set to run through the city's downtown.
The National Weather Service warned the flooding could be "life-threatening," with numerous impassable roads, overflowing creeks and streams and flooded basements across the Chicago area. Up to 6 inches of rain fell in suburban Cicero and Berwyn by midday, according to the NWS website. Flood warnings had mostly expired by evening.
The Illinois State Police said parts of Interstate 55 and Interstate 290 have been closed because of flooding, with at least 10 cars trapped in water on Interstate 55 near Pulaski Road, a major north-south thoroughfare in the city. Trains were stopped in some parts of the city as well.
As rain pelted down throughout Saturday, many city streets became waterlogged, causing much inconvenience to the city dwellers, especially those who were returning from their native homes after celebrating Eid-ul-Azha. The photo shows cars and buses driving through stagnant water on a road close to the Notre Dame College in Motijheel area of Dhaka.
Roads looked inundated and many vehicles went phut as season's heaviest rainfall resulted in massive waterlogging in almost all parts of the capital on Saturday, also disrupting normal life.
People of all walks of life, including Eid holidaymakers, faced woes and difficulties in their movement on various streets and main roads of the city, says a firsthand account of the raining.
Besides, almost all streets, lanes and by-lanes in the capital city were seen under ankle-to waist-deep water due to heavy rain that began in the afternoon.
People in the capital and elsewhere in the country saw incessant rainfall over the last three days, starting from the Eid-ul-Azha day of holy fiesta, which also disrupted their Eid celebration mostly.
Several areas in Ahmedabad city too were waterlogged, which led to heavy traffic jams and inconvenienced commuters.
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Gujarat in the last 24 hours, inundating low-lying areas in cities and villages and creating a flood-like situation, an official said on Saturday.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed in Kutch, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Navsari, which were some of the worst-affected districts, the official said.
According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), nine people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the last two days.
As per the data shared by the SEOC, 37 talukas of the state received more than 100 mm rainfall in 30 hours ending at 12 pm on Friday.
Visavadar taluka in Junagadh district received extremely heavy rainfall of 398 mm in a 24-hour period ending at 6am on Saturday, as per the SEOC.
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