Floods
As stated in the Ministry of Emergency Situations on the night of July 21, a total of 231 residential private houses, where more than 550 people live were flooded.
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Photo shows flood-affected houses in Faridpur, Bangladesh, July 19, 2020.
Photo shows flood-affected houses in Faridpur, Bangladesh, July 19, 2020.
Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Tuesday (local time) that some 56,000 of those impacted already have been displaced and are taking refuge in government shelters, Xinhua reported.
"At least 54 people have reportedly been killed to date as a result," Dujarric told reporters at a regular briefing.
"The UN and our humanitarian partners are helping the government respond to the situation by providing food, water purification facilities, hygiene and dignity kits, as well as emergency shelter supplies," he said.
The UN Central Emergency Response Fund recently provided UN agencies with 5.2 million US dollars to help families most at risk, the spokesman said.
According to officials at Bihar disaster management department, 18 people lost their lives in the past 24 hours due to lightning strikes in nine districts of the state.
The deaths have taken place in Banka, Jamui, Nalanda, Nawada, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Jehanabad, Lakhisarai and East Champaran.
"Six people were killed in Banka district, three each in Jamui and Nalanda, and one each in Nawada, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Jehanabad, Lakhisarai and East Champaran districts," an official at Bihar disaster management department said.
Two children below the age of five were buried alive under a landslide in Tokha municipality, 12 km north of Kathmandu on Tuesday morning, they said.
Similar incidents were also reported in the last 24 hours from other parts of the country.
While one death each was reported from Dhading and Darchula districts, two persons died in Nawalparasi district, National Emergency Operation Centre chief Murari Basti said.
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Buildings submerged in flood waters of Shijiu Lake on Sunday in Nanjing, Jiangsu province of China.
Buildings submerged in flood waters of Shijiu Lake on Sunday in Nanjing, Jiangsu province of China.
The dam on the Chu river in Anhui province - a tributary of the Yangtze river - was destroyed with explosives on Sunday morning, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after which the water level was expected to drop by 70cm (2ft).
The water released is being channelled into two storage ponds on a flood plain that can hold more than 60m cubic metres (2.1bn cubic ft) of water.
Water levels on many rivers have been unusually high this year because of torrential rains. Blasting dams and embankments to discharge water was an extreme response employed during China's worst floods in recent years in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3m homes were destroyed.
Comment: Flooding of biblical proportions is happening with an increasing frequency all over the planet, here are just some of the recent reports:
- Tunisia floods due to heavy rains
- Death toll from the flash flood in South Sulawesi, Indonesia rises to at least 36 with 40 still missing
- Oman floods due to heavy rains
- Houses crumble as drain in Delhi overflows after heavy rain
Streets flooded due to heavy rains.
Three rivers in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province overflowed after intense rainfall
Wisnu Widjaja of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in an online press conference that the number of those wounded was 58 while 14,483 people have been displaced and are staying in 76 shelters in Sabbang, Masamba and Baebunta sub-districts.
Three rivers in the area overflowed following intense rainfall that lasted two days, triggering a flash flood that struck the North Luwu area last Monday evening.
"The flash floods were caused by land conversion. A joint team has been deployed to clear the roads that are blocked by the mud using excavators," BNPB spokesman Raditya Djati said in the press conference.
He said the mud-clearing process is expected to finish by Monday.
Salalah city also witnessed heavy rain in the wee hours on Sunday. The rain has completely subsided now. Some low lying areas were waterlogged due to the rain.
Mirbat recorded heavy rain and rescue operations had to be carried out on Sunday to protect a stranded person in the city.
Comment: Also on July 21, lightning strikes killed at least 8 in Birbhum, West Bengal.