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10 dead as freak torrential rains flood Delhi, India forcing schools and offices to close - 4 inches of rainfall in an hour

Namita Singh
Independent (UK)
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:24 UTC
Vehicles near Karol Bagh metro station were partially submerged under water due to severe waterlogging.
© PTIVehicles near Karol Bagh metro station were partially submerged under water due to severe waterlogging.
At least 10 people died in India's national capital region after heavy rainfall led to water logging and closure of schools and offices.

The Meteorological Department issued an alert as Delhi recorded over 100mm rain in a span of an hour yesterday while the government announced the closure of schools.

Residents were advised to stay indoors after waterlogging in several areas choked traffic.

A woman and her son drowned on Wednesday in a drain in East Delhi's Mayur Vihar, as the city received its highest rain in 14 years. According to the police, the boy, Priyansh, slipped into an open drain which was not visible due to heavy flooding. The mother, identified as Tanuja, also fell inside while trying to rescue her son.

Two more people died on Wednesday, including one in a house collapse, reported India Today. A 12-year-old boy died from electrocution while he was returning home from tuition. Police have registered a case and are investigating the matter.


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At least 35 dead from floods in northwest Pakistan (UPDATE)


telesurenglish.net
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:00 UTC
Floods in Pakistan, July 2024
Floods in Pakistan, July 2024
Rains in Kohat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooded the basement of a house where the family slept,

At least 14 people died, 11 of them from the same family, due to heavy monsoon rains in northwestern Pakistan that caused flash floods, as the authorities said on Tuesday.

Rains in Kohat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooded the basement of a house where the family slept, said Bilal Faizi, an emergency services spokesman. The bodies of a man, three women, six children and an 11-month-old baby had been recovered. The other three deaths were reported in the districts of Hangu and Bajur, in the same province, he said.

Pakistan has received heavy rains since the beginning of July, which have caused more than 60 deaths and damaged more than 250 houses, Most of them in eastern Punjab and the southwestern province of Baluchistan.

Authorities warned that rains are likely to cause flash floods next week in several parts of the country.


Comment: Update August 1

Anadolu Ajansı reports:
Rain-triggered flash floods continued to batter northern Pakistan on Wednesday, washing away neighborhoods, triggering landslides, and killing at least 35 people over the past 48 hours, officials and locals said.

Torrents of rainwater wreaked havoc on swaths of scenic Chitral district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where heavy precipitation and flash floods washed away houses, bridges and livestock on Wednesday, disconnecting dozens of suburban villages from the city.

Heavy rains also triggered landslides, sending torrents of mud, and tumbling boulders downhill, which blocked roads at different points.

"The situation is very serious," Israr Ahmad, a local told Anadolu on the phone.

"By the grace of God, human losses are not that big compared to the devastation caused by rains and flash floods," Ahmad said.

"However, infrastructural losses are huge," he maintained.

According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, 19 people have lost their lives and 15 others injured in different parts of the province in rain-related accidents over the past 48 hours.


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More than 8 inches of rain in 6 hours cause flash flooding overnight in Northeast Kingdom, Vermont

Ethan Weinstein
vtdigger.org
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:34 UTC
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Slow-moving storms dropped 3 to more than 8 inches of rain over parts of the Northeast Kingdom overnight, prompting the National Weather Service in Burlington to declare two separate flash flood emergencies near St. Johnsbury and Morgan.

Flood warnings remained active Tuesday morning for communities in Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties.

"Ten swiftwater rescue teams were dispatched to the area overnight and have conducted approximately two dozen rescues from flooded areas. Those teams are still in the area to respond to potential additional calls for assistance," Vermont Emergency Management wrote in a press release Tuesday morning, referencing specifically Caledonia and Essex counties.

Pete Banacos, science and operations officer at the Burlington office, called the event "very localized," unloading torrential rain for about 6 hours starting near midnight.

Observers noted 8.4 inches of rain just north of St. Johnsbury, more than 7 inches in Island Pond, over 6 inches in Morgan Center and almost 5.5 inches in East Burke.


Comment: In the same region about 3 weeks prior: Significant flash flooding leaves at least 2 dead in Vermont as Beryl's remnants pound New England - over 6 inches of rain in 24 hours

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Lightning bolt kills 6 people in Pakistan


The Nation (Pakistan)
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:42 UTC
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At least eight people died as a result of lightning strikes during heavy rain in Tharparkar on Monday while more than 60 cattle were also killed in different areas.

According to officials, six people lost their lives when lightning struck the village of Akraro in Nagarparkar during the rain. The deceased were later identified by police as 20-year-old Ramesh Bheel, 17-year-old Ranjit Bheel, 40-year-old Bhamro Bheel, 14 year-old girl Sagna Bheel, 16-year old Vikram Bheel and 17- year-old girl Anita Bheel. Another person, named Tabo was injured and shifted to the civil hospital Mithi for treatment.

In another incident, 35-year-old Shafi Manganhar from Cheelhar died due to a lightning strike in the village of Bantari, Nagarparkar. Additionally, 11-year old girl Farzana Mangrio also lost her life in the village of Khameso Ji Dhani, Chachro. Moreover, lightning also killed more than 60 cattle in different areas of Thar including seven cows in village Akraro, five goats in Godi, six donkeys in Kumbhari, 24 goats in Sakryo.
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12 dead in floods in Sudan

Israa Farhan
See.news
Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:32 UTC
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The Sudanese Federal Ministry of Health has reported that 12 people have died in Kassala State due to heavy rains and flooding that have affected several eastern states in recent hours.

According to Sudan Tribune, torrential rains on Friday inundated the tents of displaced persons in three shelters in Kassala city, which houses tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict.

In response to the disaster, the Health Emergency Operations Center convened an urgent meeting to address the situation in Kassala and Gadaref states.

The meeting, led by Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, discussed the impact of the floods and rains and reviewed health conditions in the affected areas.

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North Korea uses military helicopters to rescue thousands from floods


Al Jazeera
Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:05 UTC
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North Korea has said it used military helicopters to evacuate more than 5,000 people from severe flooding in the northwest of the country near the Chinese border.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said leader Kim Jong Un supervised the military rescues on Sunday as residents were brought out of Sinuiju city and Uiju town.

KCNA shared photos of Kim on a windswept airfield with officials, as well as surveying the scale of the floods from the rear passenger window of a black vehicle. Ten helicopters as well as navy and government boats were used in the rescue effort.

Heavy rainfall on Saturday had caused a river on the North Korean-Chinese border to exceed a dangerous level and created "a grave crisis", the agency said.

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CCTV footage of at least 3 people hit by lightning strike in Moscow, one killed

Will Stewart, Benjamin Lynch
Mirror
Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:20 UTC
Two men and a woman were seen falling to the ground
Two men and a woman were seen falling to the ground.
At least three people were struck by lightning in a park in Moscow, with the incident caught in shocking footage

Two men and a woman fell to the ground as the strike hit, seen in grainy CCTV footage from a park in the Russian capital dedicated to the country's war victories. The video, which the Mirror has chosen not to show, showed a bolt of lightning hitting three people and causing them to fall to the floor. Futher footage showed CPR attempts on a man by emergency services being mad, while audible distress was heard from some of the onlookers.

Paramedics were quickly on the scene. One man reported to be named Nikolai Kalashnikov, 67, died later according to Russian reports.

Two men are in a serious condition while the woman hit by the strike was able to get up on her own after she was floored by the strike. Further reports indicated a fourth person was struck in Moscow's Patriot Park and some suggest the victims were two married couples. This did not appear in reports from Russian news agency TASS.

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Flash flood sweeps away shops in Uttarakhand, India

Rahul M
Free Press Journal
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 19:19 UTC
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At least four shops were uprooted and fell into a river in Uttarakhand's Budha Kedar amid heavy and incessant rain on Saturday.

The video of the incident, which went viral on social media, shows the exact moment when the shops were swept away by the strong current of the floodwaters, while men standing nearby watched in shock.

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Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China

Isabel Kua and Oliver Hotham
Yahoo! News
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:47 UTC
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© Yahoo! NewsTyphoon Gaemi slams into eastern China forcing the evacuation of over 300,000 people, July 26+, 2024
Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on Friday, as Typhoon Gaemi brought torrential rains already responsible for five deaths in nearby Taiwan.

Gaemi was the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years when it made landfall on Thursday, flooding parts of the island's second-biggest city.

Typhoon Gaemi exacerbated seasonal rains in the Philippines on its path to Taiwan, triggering flooding and landslides that killed 30 people, according to police figures on Friday.

A tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of oil sank off Manila on Thursday, with authorities racing to offload the cargo and avoid an environmental catastrophe.

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Severe landslide kills 12 in central China province hit hard by heavy rain and floods

William Zheng
South China Morning Post
Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:39 UTC
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© EPA-EFE/Fire and Rescue Department of HunanRescuers clean debris after a landslide desvastated Yuelin village in Hunan province on Sunday.
A severe landslide in central China's Hunan province on Sunday has killed 12 and injured 6, state media reported, citing the provincial emergency management department.

The landslide occurred around 8am in Yuelin village of Hengyang city as a result of heavy rainfall in recent days, according to a report from the official Xinhua news agency.

A one-storey house, described on social media as a homestay that had been operating for more than a decade, was smashed into debris, and local rescuers were seen cleaning fallen trees and other obstacles, according to video clips circulating online.


Comment: Related: Typhoon Gaemi lashes China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines

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