The hundreds of people who were trapped on an active volcano in Indonesia after a deadly earthquake killed 16 people were on Monday began descending to safety.


Indonesia earthquake: Trapped hikers descend volcano, toll 16


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Train traffic was on Monday restored on the old Yamuna bridge after being suspended since Sunday night due to the rising level of the river, officials said.


Rail traffic restored on old Yamuna bridge


At least six people have died in a deadly fire that has ravaged a large swathe of California and continues to grow amid dry weather conditions severely hampering efforts to control the blaze.


6 killed, 7 missing as California wildfire rages


Rescue teams on Monday were trying to reach more than 500 mountaineers who have been stranded on Mount Rinjani on Lombok island in Indonesia, a day after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake killed at least 14 people and injured 162.


More than 500 mountaineers stranded after Indonesian quake


The death toll from last week's wildfire near the Greek capital city Athens reached 91 on Monday, according to the Fire Department.


Death toll in Greece wildfire increases to 91


Days after moderate to heavy showers led to abnormal rise in the water levels of most of the rivers, the hills of Himachal Pradesh is witnessing subdued rainfall activity, the Met said on Monday.


Monsoon intensity recedes in Himachal


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed his Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot to visit the people affected by the flood waters of the Yamuna river and ensure arrangements for the displaced people. The authorities, meanwhile, continued evacuating the affected people to safer places.


Delhi CM monitoring Yamuna evacuation


More than 200 hikers are trapped on a mountain on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides which cut off escape routes.


Hikers trapped on mountain after Indonesian quake


Twenty three bodies have been recovered from a site where 27 people went missing last week after a landslide hit Myanmar's Kachin state, media reports said on Monday.


23 bodies recovered after Myanmar landslide


The old Yamuna Bridge, connecting north Delhi to east Delhi, has been shut as the water level of the Yamuna river here rose beyond the danger limit on Sunday.


Old Yamuna Bridge closed to traffic


In the wake of flooding of roads and parking lots, road cave-ins and wall collapse threatening buildings, Ghaziabad authorities has cracked the whip on constructions done in violation of rules and ordered the sealing of nearly 300 such buildings, an official said on Sunday.


Ghaziabad authorities get cracking, order sealing of 292 buildings


As the Yamuna river continued to flow above the danger mark in Delhi on Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia took stock of the ongoing evacuation in low-lying areas.


Yamuna flows above danger mark, Sisodia reviews evacuations


A large of part of a road in Patna caved in on Sunday following heavy rains that pounded the state capital round the clock, officials said.


Patna road caves in after heavy rains


Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday called an emergency meeting at his residence here to take stock of the situation arising from floods in villages around Yamunanagar town following the release of excess water from the Hathnikund barrage.


Flood-like situation in Haryana villages; CM to review situation


US President Donald Trump declared on Saturday a state of emergency in California and ordered the federal government to provide additional assistance due to the wildfires that since July 23 have devastated the region and forced authorities to evacuate close to 38,000 people.


Trump declares California wildfires a state of emergency


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday held an emergency meeting with the Chief Secretary and the Flood Control Department on the possibility of flood in the national capital due to the release of 5 lakh cusecs water from Haryana's Hathnikund barrage.


Kejriwal holds meeting as Yamuna crosses danger mark


The Odisha government on Saturday decided to issue a Request for Proposal (RfP) for a port to be set up on Mahanadi river in Kendrapara district.


Odisha to issue RFP for Mahanadi riverine port


A raging wildfire in California has killed two firefighters and prompted 38,000 evacuations, destroying scores of homes and threatening other dwellings and businesses.


2 killed, thousands flee as deadly wildfire devastates California


The authorities in Delhi on Saturday began to evacuate hundreds of people living in the Yamuna catchment area as a flood threat loomed following a sharp rise in the river's level, officials said.


Evacuation begins as Yamuna level rises in Delhi (Fourth Lead)


The authorities in Delhi on Saturady began to evacuate hundreds of people living in the Yamuna catchment area as a flood threat loomed following a sharp rise in the river's level, officials said.


Evacuation begins as Yamuna level rises in Delhi (Third Lead)


A woman pilgrim from Pune in Maharashtra was washed away and three other persons were reported missing in a flashflood triggered by heavy rains in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday while they were on way to Kinner Kailash, police said.

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