Flash flood
- India
Sikkim flash flood: Toll rises to 18; searches on for 98 missing people
Gangtok: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 18 on Thursday as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and fast flowing water in the Teesta…
- India
14 dead, 102 missing, 3K tourists stranded in Sikkim flash flood
The Sikkim Government on Wednesday confirmed that 14 people have died so far in the flash floods that occurred in Sikkim in the early hours of Wednesday. The 14 deceased are all…
- India
10 dead, 22 army men among 82 missing as flash flood wreaks havoc in Sikkim
Gangtok: At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the…
- India
ISRO conducts satellite image-based studies of South Lhonak lake in Sikkim
Bengaluru: The National Remote Sensing Centre, one of the ISRO centres, has conducted a satellite-based study on the outburst of the South Lhonak lake in Sikkim by obtaining temporal satellite images (before…
- India
Flash flood in Himachal Pradesh’s Una, 10 houses damaged
Shimla: A flash flood occurred in a village in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district on Wednesday morning, damaging about 10 houses in a village in Haroli area, the state emergency operation centre said.…
- World
13 dead in Philippines flash floods
Manila: At least 13 people died on Friday and several other were reported missing after a strong overnight downpour flooded a number of towns in the Philippines’ Maguindanao province, an official said.…
- World
Death toll rises to 17 in China flash floods
Beijing: The death toll after a flash flood in China’s Qinghai province has increased to 17, with another 17 people still missing, local authorities have confirmed. Twenty people who were previously reported…
- India
Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather
Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather conditions and no fresh batch was allowed to proceed from here to the base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave…
