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Heavy rains, landslides, and flash floods block 288 roads in Himachal

Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains over the last two days has led to the closure of more than 280 roads in Himachal Pradesh, with 150 being closed on Saturday, according to officials. Water from overflowing streams has entered several houses in Una while the Lahaul and Spiti police have issued an advisory for residents and travellers to exercise extreme caution and not to cross the Jahalman Nallah as its water level is "rapidly" rising, they said. Rescue operations to trace about 30 people who went missing after the July 31 flash floods in Kullu, Mandi and Shimla district are being conducted but there has been no major success. So far, 28 bodies have been recovered, the officials said. More than 100 people have been killed in rain-related incidents, and the state has suffered losses of about Rs 842 crore between June 27 and August 9, they said. The officials said of the 288 roads, 138 were closed on Friday and 150 on Saturday. State emergency operation centre dat

Debby finally moves out of US, risk from flooded rivers still remains

Debby finally moved out of the US on Saturday after the storm spent the better part of week unleashing tornadoes and flooding, damaging homes and taking lives as it moved up the East Coast after first arriving in Florida as a hurricane. Debby's last day over the US before blowing into Canada inundated south-central New York and north-central Pennsylvania with rain, prompting evacuations and rescues by helicopter. The post-tropical cyclone continued dropping rain on New England and southern Quebec, Canada, on Friday night with conditions expected to improve Saturday morning as the system continued moving northeast. Some of the worst flash flooding in New York on Friday happened in villages and hamlets in a largely rural area south of the Finger Lakes. In Steuben County, which borders Pennsylvania, officials ordered the evacuation of the towns of Jasper, Woodhull and part of Addison, and said people were trapped as floodwaters made multiple roads impassable. By mid-evening, some of .

Deadly tornado, flooding, and heavy rains plague residents in Debby's path

Tornadoes spawned by Debby leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person early Thursday, as the tropical system dropped heavy rain and flooded communities across North and South Carolina. It only took 15 seconds for a tornado to devastate Genesis Cooper's home in Lucama, North Carolina, a small town about 40 miles (64 kilometres) east of Raleigh. He almost slept through it if not for an alert on his wife's phone. He, his wife and their 20-year-old son huddled in a bathroom with blankets. They felt vibrations and heard glass shattering before hearing a sudden boom. I can't even describe it. It's like, suction, that's what it felt like, Cooper said. Like something is squeezing, like your ears are popping. The tornado was one of at least three reported overnight in North Carolina, and perhaps the most devastating. One person was found dead in a home damaged by the Lucama tornado, Wilson County spokesman Stephen Mann said in an email. No further details on the person were ...

Himachal cloudburst: 13 dead near Samej bridge, rescue operations on

Earlier, on August 7, the IMD reported significant rainfall across the state

Rain in Delhi causes waterlogging, traffic disruptions; more expected

Rain lashed parts of Delhi during the evening hours of Wednesday, causing waterlogging and disrupting traffic movement in some areas of the city, with the weather department forecasting more rain in the coming hours. Waterlogging was reported in several parts of central, north and east Delhi, causing traffic jams in the city. The national capital is under a yellow alert, which stands for 'be aware' according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday. "Light to moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at most places in Delhi and NCR during the next one to two hours," the weather department said in their nowcast alert. The minimum temperature in the national capital settling at 26.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The humidity level was recorded at 92 per cent at 8.30 am. The maximum temperature in Delhi is likely to settle around 32 degrees Celsius.

84% of Indian districts at risk of heatwaves, 70% prone to extreme rainfall

Over 84 per cent of Indian districts are prone to extreme heat waves and 70 per cent of those are witnessing increased frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events, a study by IPE-Global and GIS company Esri India said on Tuesday. The study projects that eight out of 10 Indians will be exposed to extreme events by 2036. IPE Global, Climate Change and Sustainability Practice, Head Abinash Mohanty, said that the current trend of catastrophic extreme heat and rainfall events is a result of 0.6 degree Celcius temperature rise in the last century. Recent Kerala landslides triggered by incessant and erratic rainfall episodes and the cities getting paralysed with sudden and abrupt downpour is a testament that climate is changed. Our analysis suggests that 8 out of 10 Indians will be highly exposed to extreme events by 2036, Mohanty said. According to the study, the frequency, intensity, and unpredictability of these extreme heat and rainfall events have also risen in recent ...

Relief, rescue operations continue for sixth day in Kedarnath valley

Many pilgrims and tourists are stranded on the Sonprayag-Kedarnath road as heavy rains lashed the state

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Kedarnath rescue ops continue, 400 people to be airlifted from Lincholi

Over 370 people, including devotees and locals stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath, have been evacuated and sent to Lincholi to be airlifted as the rescue operation entered its fourth day. Chief Executive Officer of Shri Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee Yogendra Singh said that these 373 people who left from Kedarnath with rescuers, including teams of SDRF and NDRF, for Lyncholi from where they will be airlifted to safer places via helicopter. Meanwhile, 570 passengers are also waiting for the helicopter at Kedarnath helipad. Singh said the district administration, temple committee and Tirtha Purohit Samaj are providing food packets, water bottles and fruits to all the people stranded in Kedarnath. According to officials, 110 pilgrims stranded on the Rambada-Chaumasi track have also been evacuated and taken to Chaumasi. More than 534 pilgrims and locals have been evacuated from this route so far. The trek route to Kedarnath suffered extensive damage as a resul

Himachal cloudburst: Army builds temporary bridges for restoration work

Teams of the Indian Army, NDRF, SDRF, Home Guard, and CISF have been deployed to carry out the restoration operation

114 roads closed in Himachal, MeT predicts heavy rainfall till Aug 7

Flash floods and landslides due to cloudbursts and heavy rains have led to the closure of 114 roads in Himachal Pradesh, while the weather department on Saturday warned that heavy showers would continue in the state till August 7. Of the roads closed for vehicular traffic, 36 are in Mandi, 34 in Kullu, 27 in Shimla, eight in Lahaul and Spiti, seven in Kangra, and two in Kinnaur district, according to the state emergency operation centre. The Himachal Roads Transport Corporation has suspended its bus services on 82 routes, an official said. Moderate to heavy showers continued to lash parts of the state, with Jogindernagar receiving the highest rainfall of 85 mm since Friday evening, followed by Gohar 80 mm, Shilaroo 76.4 mm, Poanta Sahib 67.2 mm, Palampur 57.2 mm, Dharamshala 56.2 mm and Chopal 52 mm. The local weather office has issued a "yellow" alert for heavy rains till August 7. Rain-related incidents have claimed 77 lives between June 27 and August 1 and caused losses amounti

Wayanad landslides: Search, rescue ops enter Day 5, death toll at 308

The death toll in the massive landslides that occurred on July 30 in Chooralmala and Mundakkai of Wayanad stands at 308 as of Friday, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said

UPSC aspirants' deaths: Protest against coaching centres enters 7th day

The students have been protesting since July 27, when three civil services aspirants lost their lives in the basement of Rau's Rau's IAS Circle after rainwater gushed into it

Himachal gets yellow alert, heavy rain likely till Aug 6; 115 roads closed

The meteorological office here on Friday issued a 'yellow' alert for heavy rain, thunderstorm and lightning in isolated places in ten out districts of Himachal Pradesh till August 6. A total of 115 roads -- 46 in Mandi, 38 in Kullu, 15 in Shimla, six each in kangra and Sirmaur, three in Kinnaur and one in Lahaul and Spiti -- are closed for vehicular traffic following heavy rains in the state. According the state emergency operation centre, 225 transformers and 111 water supply schemes have been affected. Rain-related incidents have claimed 77 lives since the onset of monsoon on June 27 till August 1 and the state has also suffered losses to the tune of Rs 655 crore, according to the centre. The Himachal Roads Transport Corporation (HRTC) has suspended bus services on 82 out of the total 3,612 routes, Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur said. The MeT office also cautioned of the possibility of landslides and flash floods in vulnerable areas and damage to plantations and standing c

117 dead in Assam floods this year; toll over 5 yrs 880: MHA to Rajya Sabha

The MoS of Home Affairs further said that the Assam government has informed that, the Water Resources Department has been implementing flood and River bank erosion management schemes

Gurgaon rains: 3 pedestrians electrocuted near Iffco Chowk metro station

The three deceased came in contact with a high-tension power cable that had fallen after an uprooted tree fell on it near Gurgaon's Iffco chowk metro station

Uttarakhand CM Dhami inspects rescue, relief ops in rain-affected areas

Chief Minister met affected people in the area and enquired about their condition

Crops expected to get higher rainfall over remainder of Monsoon season

Showers in July were 9 per cent above average at 305.8 millimeters

Himachal cloudburst: Rahul speaks with CM Sukhu to take stock of situation

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the loss of lives in the cloudburst incidents in Himachal Pradesh, and said that he had spoken with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to take stock of the "difficult situation". Three people were killed and about 40 went missing after two separate incidents of cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh where rains washed away many houses and roads and left two hydro power projects damaged, officials said on Thursday. "The news of the death and disappearance of many people due to cloudburst and heavy rainfall in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu is extremely saddening," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X. "I express my deepest condolences to all the bereaved families in this difficult time,"the former Congress chief said in a post in Hindi on X. Gandhi said he had taken stock of this difficult situation by talking to Sukhu. "He (Sukhu) informed that he himself is visiting these sites of incidents and during this time, the NDRF,

Over 50 missing in Himachal after cloudburst in Shimla, Mandi, Kullu

Himachal Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukkhu said that rescue and relief operations are ongoing