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Best of the Web: Landslide following days of heavy rain kills more than 1,000 people after wiping out village in Sudan

Sam Elliott-Gibbs
Mirror
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:27 UTC
Torrential rain caused the slopes of the Marrah Mountains to collapse
Torrential rain caused the slopes of the Marrah Mountains to collapse
At least 1,000 people are feared dead in war-torn Sudan following a catastrophic landslide which has wiped out an entire village.

The disaster struck in the settlement in Tarasin following torrential downpours in late August. Days of heavy rain loosened the soil, triggering the collapse of the slopes of the Marrah Mountains.

On Sunday, families who had sought refuge after leaving their homes due to the on-going war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, were crushed to death.

Sudan Liberation Movement leader Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour made an urgent appeal to the United Nations and international aid agencies for their help to recover the bodies.

He said: "Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people. Only one person survived."

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Pakistan's Punjab evacuates half a million people stranded by floods


Al Jazeera
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:46 UTC
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as river water levels rose to all-time highs.
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as river water levels rose to all-time highs.
Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said, as they carried out a massive rescue operation.

Three transboundary rivers that cut through Punjab province, which borders India, have swollen to exceptionally high levels, affecting more than 2,300 villages.

Nabeel Javed, the head of the Punjab government's relief services, said on Saturday that 481,000 people stranded by the floods had been evacuated, along with 405,000 livestock.

Overall, more than 1.5 million people have been affected by the flooding, including in Lahore, the provincial capital and the country's second-largest city.

"This is the biggest rescue operation in Punjab's history," Irfan Ali Khan, the head of the province's disaster management agency, said at a news conference.


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Webcam captures waterspout near Galveston Island, Texas

Chad Washington
cw39.com
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:03 UTC
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A waterspout was spotted off the coast of Galveston Island on Saturday afternoon, close to the Seawall.

A webcam from the Saltwater Recon website captured the moment the waterspout appeared, near the beach at 45th Street just before 1 p.m. Saturday. Reports said that the waterspout moved on to the beach, blowing umbrellas and chairs around on the beach. No injuries were reported.

According to the National Weather Service, a waterspout is a tornado "that form over water, or move from land to water. They have the same characteristics as a land tornado." They form during severe thunderstorms and usually bring strong winds and lightning.

Most waterspouts dissipate rapidly when they make landfall, the NWS says. But if they do move inland, they become a tornado.

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Parts of Metro Manila, Philippines flooded after heavy to intense rains - 4.7 inches in just an hour

Jamil Santos
gmanetwork.com
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:43 UTC
Only the top part of a pickup truck can be seen in a flooded area along Mother Ignacia Ave. in Quezon City Saturday afternoon.
Only the top part of a pickup truck can be seen in a flooded area along Mother Ignacia Ave. in Quezon City Saturday afternoon.
A number of areas in Metro Manila experienced flooding following heavy to intense rainfall on Saturday afternoon.

In Quezon City, footage from YouScooper Gelo Imperial showed floodwaters up to the roof of a vehicle along Mother Ignacia Avenue in Barangay South Triangle.


Floodwaters on Mother Ignacia Avenue rose to around average human height in less than an hour, Darlene Cay said in her report on "24 Oras Weekend."

Due to the strong current, a plastic barrier was taken away while a utility van, a pickup truck, and a street sign were submerged.

Several motorists and commuters were stranded due to the flood.

Comment: From the same source on August 31:
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The amount of rainfall reached 121 millimeters in just one hour in Quezon City, which is much more than the highest amount of rainfall in an hour during Tropical Storm Ondoy, which was 90 mm/hour.

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Heavy rains spark flash floods, streets submerged across Saudi Arabia cities


WION
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:52 UTC
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Torrential rains have triggered dangerous flash floods across Saudi Arabia, leaving streets submerged and traffic disrupted.

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'Amazing' scenes across Australia's alpine regions as winter's 'last hurrah' extends ski season after nearly a meter of late snowfall

Nick Whigham
Yahoo! News
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:17 UTC
Mount Hotham in Victoria has enjoyed nearly 80cms of fresh snow in recent days.
Mount Hotham in Victoria has enjoyed nearly 80cms of fresh snow in recent days.
Spring might be just around the corner but you'd hardly know it looking out the window for millions of Australians this weekend. Keen skiers are thanking their lucky stars after blizzard conditions have dumped plenty of snow in the alpine regions in Australia's southeast in recent days - promising some enticing September skiing this year.

As a cold front moved through south-east Australia to end the week, nearly a metre of snow has landed for the resorts. And the intense and blustery conditions are set to ease as the weekend rolls on with one resort saying the "best day of the season" could be in store.

"Blizzard conditions will be generated by damaging wind gusts, combined with a very cold air mass that will cause snow levels to fall as low as 700 metres," the Bureau of Meteorology warned late on Friday.

"Gusty and snowy conditions are forecast to continue into Saturday morning, before gradually easing later in the day."

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5 killed, 11 missing in cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand, India


Outlook
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45 UTC
Rudraprayag: SDRF personnel during a search and rescue operation at a cloudburst-hit village, in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
© PTIRudraprayag: SDRF personnel during a search and rescue operation at a cloudburst-hit village, in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Five people were killed and eleven others went missing as heavy rains and a series of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various districts of Uttarakhand early Friday, triggering landslides that damaged houses and left people buried under mounds of rubble, officials said.

Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri and Bageshwar districts bore the brunt of the natural calamity which came close on the heels of the Tharali disaster on August 23.

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Lightning strike kills 29 goats and 2 dogs in Maharashtra, India


Lokmat Times
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:20 UTC
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Various parts of Maharashtra are experiencing, heavy rainfall, leading to sever waterlogging road blockage. On Thursday wardha also experienced rainfall accompanied with lighting, which killed 29 goats. Fortunately, the caretaker narrowly escaped. After the death of several goats due to a lightning strike in Dongargaon Shivara, Sarpanch Chhaya Vilas Uike notified the Tehsildar, Beat Anmaldar, and Taluka Livestock Development Officer.

Villagers rushed to the scene where 29 goats belonging to Devidas Uike (16), Suresh Chaudhary (4), Pankaj Sonone (3), Vasant Kusram (3), Bhagwan Jivatuji Madavi (2), and Kisan Bhutaji Uike (1) were killed, along with two dogs. Caretakers Devidas Madhav Uike and Vishram Kisna Botre narrowly escaped. The place where the lightning struck is in the forest. Therefore, the incident came to light in the evening. Livestock Development Officer Dr. Rahul Nanotkar and Livestock Supervisor Dr. Bhalchandra Jane performed the autopsy. Talathi Savita Bhagat and Gram Sevak Krishna Kurwade submitted a report to the Tehsil Office after conducting a panchnama in the presence of Sarpanch Chhaya Uike, Police Patil Sunita Tantarpale, and former Sarpanch Gangadhar Madavi.
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7 dead, 9 missing as fresh landslides, flash floods hit Himachal Pradesh, India

Sahil Sinha
India Today
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:10 UTC
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Seven people were killed and nine others went missing after fresh landslides struck Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, while an entire village was swallowed by the swollen Ravi river, officials said on Thursday.

In Basondhan village, a brother-sister duo who had stepped out to watch boulders tumbling down a hillside were buried alive when the slope gave way. In Mehla, two women died in separate landslide incidents. Authorities confirmed that two more residents remain untraceable in the flood-hit district.

During the ongoing Manimahesh Yatra, six pilgrims were also injured near Donali after a rockfall hit them while trekking above Hadsar waterfall. They were initially treated in Bharmour hospital and later airlifted to Chamba Medical College. Two of the pilgrims sustained broken legs, while four others suffered multiple injuries, officials said.

In the Holi area of Bharmour Assembly constituency, Saloon village was completely submerged as the Ravi river, swollen by relentless rain, eroded its banks. Videos showed houses collapsing into the raging waters as the earth beneath them crumbled.

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Heavy rainfall triggers flash floods in the central state of Telangana, India - hits road and rail traffic - 16.4 inches of rain in 9 hours


Thenewsminute.com
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:31 UTC
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Heavy rainfall in Kamareddy and Medak districts of Telangana triggered flash floods on Wednesday, August 27, inundating a few towns and villages and bringing road and rail traffic between Hyderabad and Kamareddy to a halt.

Flood water from overflowing rivulets, streams and lakes flooded highways, railway tracks, residential areas in towns and villages, trapping several people.

Farmers and workers were caught in overflowing streams at a few places and were waiting to be rescued. People in a few marooned villages have taken shelter on rooftops.

Pocharam reservoir in Nagireddypet mandal on the border between Nizamabad and Medak districts was overflowing, posing a flood threat to nearby areas. Officials said the reservoir received massive inflows from upstream due to heavy rains since Tuesday night.

The reservoir was overflowing by about eight feet. About 1.30 lakh cusecs were flowing above the reservoir. This has inundated the Medak-Yellareddy highway, bringing the vehicular traffic to a halt.

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