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Three children die as flood sweeps away house in Nepal

Swollen Tatopani Jinchaur river.
Swollen Tatopani Jinchaur river.
Three children lost their lives when their house was swept away by a flood in Rukum West.

Eight-year-old Hitmaya Pun, 5-year-old Dhanisha Pun, and 4-year-old Manisha Sarki died in the landslide and subsequent flooding at Tatopani Jinchour river in Aathbiskot Municipality-12, Rukum West.

According to Ravi KC, the Chief of Aathbiskot Municipality, 40-year-old Dilli Bahadur Budhathoki is currently missing.

Ten-year-old Bijay Sarki, 22-year-old Anisha Pun, 29-year-old Janak Khatri, 65-year-old Mansari Pun, 4-year-old Makson Pun, 20-year-old Dhanmaya Pun, and 65-year-old Kalpana Kami sustained injuries when the house was swept away by the flood.

The District Police Office Rukum West informed that the injured are receiving treatment at Athabiskot Nagar Hospital, while efforts are ongoing to locate Budhathoki.


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Tornado-like cloud spotted over Letterkenny, Ireland

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A video capturing a tornado-like cloud over Letterkenny has amassed nearly 20,000 views online.

Donegal Weather Channel posted the video - which was captured by Seamus Price - of the dark column-shaped cloud on X (formerly Twitter) earlier today (July 16).

Although the strangely shaped cloud looks like a tornado, it is actually a funnel cloud.

According to the Met Office, a funnel cloud only becomes a tornado when it reaches the earth's surface, or if it reaches a body of water it becomes a 'waterspout'.

The funnel cloud is formed when the wind draws in cloud droplets, making a region of intense low pressure visible.

Watch the full video now:


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Dam fails in Nashville, Illinois - residents told to evacuate area - 7 inches of rain in 8 hours

Highway flooding in Nashville, Illinois
© Sydney GordonHighway flooding in Nashville, Illinois on July 16, 2024. Residents have been asked to evacuate the area.
Thunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, overtopping a dam Tuesday in southern Illinois, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, and even sending weather forecasters scrambling for safety. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell onto a home.

Water overtopped a dam near Nashville, Illinois, sending first responders to the flooded area to make sure everyone got out safely, officials said. There were no reports of injuries in the community of 3,000 southeast of St. Louis, but crews were sent to a home where a woman reported water up to her waist, said Alex Haglund, a spokesperson for the Washington County Emergency Management Agency.

Earlier, the Washington County Emergency Management Agency EMA advised residents south of the Nashville City Reservoir, located outside St. Louis, Missouri, to evacuate their homes immediately. Residents were told the community center in Nashville was open for shelter.


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Lightning strike kills 3 children, injures one in Madhya Pradesh, India

Neem tree stripped by lightning strike in Dhar district on Tuesday
Neem tree stripped by lightning strike in Dhar district on Tuesday
Three children lost their lives, and one was critically injured when lightning struck a neem tree under which they had taken shelter from the rain, in Dhar on Tuesday afternoon.

Kotwali police station in-charge Sameer Patidar said the incident took place at around 4.30 pm. The victims, Pankaj (15), Ganesh (10), and Vijay (10), along with Shubham (10), had been playing in an open field on Phadke Marg, in front of the CMHO office. The area is a popular playground for local children.

As the rain intensified, the children took refuge under a neem tree. Unfortunattely, lightning struck the tree, sending the children sprawling on the ground. The intensity of the strike was so great that the bark of the tree peeled off.

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Seven killed in landslide triggered by incessant rain in Karnataka, India

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At least seven people, including five members of a family, were killed in a landslide on a highway near Shirur town in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday.

Incessant rainfall in the area for a week triggered the landslide.

Authorities have launched a search operation, fearing more people may be trapped under the debris.

The fire department, emergency services, and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have launched the search operation.


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40 killed and nearly 350 injured in eastern Afghanistan storm

Taliban officials said at least 40 people were killed and nearly 350 others injured by heavy
© Shafiullah Kakar/APTaliban officials said at least 40 people were killed and nearly 350 others injured by heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan
At least 40 people died and nearly 350 others were injured during a powerful storm which brought heavy rain to eastern Afghanistan, Taliban officials said on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, at least 17 people died when a bus overturned on a main highway, official media reported.

Public Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman Amar confirmed that 40 people were killed in Monday's storm and that 347 others had been taken to the regional hospital in Nangarhar from Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, and nearby districts.

The dead included five members of the same family who were killed when the roof of their house in Surkh Rod district collapsed, according to provincial spokesman Sediqullah Quraishi. Four other members of the family were injured.

About 400 houses and 60 electricity poles were destroyed across Nangarhar province, Mr Quraishi said. Power was cut in many areas and there were limited communications in Jalalabad city. The damage is still being assessed, he added.


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Flood death toll climbs to 8 in Bangsamoro, Philippines

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The death toll in the massive flooding that hit the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) rose to eight with the drowning of a 22-year-old male in Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday.

Benjamin Alip, municipal disaster officer of Pagalungan, said in a radio interview Monday that the victim tried to rescue his cow in Barangay Damalasak.

Pagalungan was among the 22 of 24 towns in Maguindanao del Sur that were submerged by floodwaters following heavy downpour, which also affected neighboring North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao del Norte provinces.

Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo and Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian arrived in Maguindanao del Norte on Sunday morning and visited the most affected town of Matanog, where five children perished due to flash floods on July 9.


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Hail with a diameter of 10 centimeters fell in Slovenia and Croatia

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A storm raged over Slovenia with heavy rainfall and gusts of wind, which then moved in the direction of Slovenska Bistrica and Ptuj.

In Slovenska Bistrica, between Celje and Ptuj, hail with a diameter of up to 10 centimeters fell, reports "H1".

The storm moved from Slovenia to Croatia, in the Varaždin County, and hail fell in Zlogonje, Petrijanac, Virje Otok, Ceštica, Cvetlin, Vinica Brega and Gornji Vratna.

Rain also fell in Međimurje district, and the town of Lopatinec was left without electricity.


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12-hour downpour floods roads, causes evacuations in Phu Quoc, Vietnam - 4.7 inches in just an hour

Soldiers wade through a flooded street on Phu Quoc Island to carry a patient to hospital, July 14, 2024.
© VnExpress/Duong DongSoldiers wade through a flooded street on Phu Quoc Island to carry a patient to hospital, July 14, 2024.
Many roads in Cua Duong Commune on Phu Quoc Island briefly turned into rivers, with some over a meter deep, on Sunday following prolonged rains.

The downpour lasted from late Saturday night to Sunday morning in Cay Thong Trong, Cay Thong Ngoai and Ben Tram hamlets, which are usually flooded every time it rains heavily.

A woman named Nga said the water was nearly a meter deep in some places and entered people's houses.

Many had 20-30 cm of water inside, damaging belongings and forcing them to stay up all night bailing the water out.

Thang of Ben Tram was worried because the water levels were rising quickly in streams near his house.

"It has never not flooded this badly in the past," he said.


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State of Emergency declared in Kyrgyzstan's Osh after deadly flooding, mudslides - at least 5 killed

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Authorities in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh have declared a state of emergency after mudslides and flooding caused by heavy rains killed at least four people on July 14.

As of July 15, the deaths of a 44-year-old woman and her three daughters, as well as the death of another woman, have been confirmed.

The Ak-Buura River's currents became extremely dangerous over the weekend, officials said, and its banks were breached, flooding the local market as well as a village near the city.

Kyrgyz officials said earlier that mudslides and floods caused by heavy rains in recent months killed 17 people.