Heavy rain
- Middle East
Watch: Historic floods hit Madinah, cars swept away
The holy city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, August 30, witnessed heavy rains that caused unprecedented floods and swept away a number of cars. Video footage circulated on social media platforms…
- Middle East
Watch: Heavy rain lashes Makkah, Madinah; NCM issue warning
Heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms, lashed in Makkah, Madinah, and other regions across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Wednesday, August 21, providing relief from the scorching heat.…
- Hyderabad
One killed as heavy rain lashes Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A person was washed away in flood water as heavy rain lashed Hyderabad early Tuesday, inundating low-lying areas and throwing normal life out of gear. Water-logging on several roads disrupted the…
- India
Orange alert issued in three Kerala districts as southwest monsoon intensifies
Thiruvananthapuram: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for three districts of Kerala on Sunday. The alert was issued in Kottayam, Idukki and Kozhikode districts, which have been receiving heavy…
- India
Over 100 roads closed as rain lashes parts of Himachal Pradesh
Shimla: Heavy rain lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh, causing landslides and closing more than 100 roads in the state, officials said on Wednesday. The meteorological office here has issued an ‘orange’…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu: Weather department issues yellow alert for 6 districts
Chennai: The weather department on Saturday issued a ‘yellow alert’ in six districts of Tamil Nadu for the next two days. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) predicted heavy rain along with thunderstorms…
- Kerala
Wayanad Collector asks people living in landslide-prone areas to shift to safer places
Wayanad: As rains continued to lash various parts of Wayanad, the authorities on Wednesday directed people living in landslide-prone areas of the hill district to move to safer places at the earliest.…
- Mumbai
Heavy rain in Mumbai, NDRF teams deployed; local train services partially hit
Mumbai: Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai on the second consecutive day on Monday, with some areas receiving up to 34 mm of rainfall in just one hour in the morning, affecting…
- India
Train and flight services hit as Mumbai rained out; woman dies
Mumbai: Incessant showers lashed Mumbai and adjoining areas, disrupting suburban train services and flight operations as normal life was thrown out of gear in the metropolis, where an elderly woman died of…
- India
Nearly 2k households evacuated amid potential floods in Myanmar
Yangon: Nearly 2,000 households in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State have been evacuated as the Ayeyarwady River overflowed above the danger mark due to heavy rains, according to the Kachin state government on…
- India
Wall collapse in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar: 3 bodies found, death toll rises to 11
New Delhi: The bodies of three labourers were on Saturday pulled from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar area here amid heavy rain,…
- India
Ayodhya: Ram temple’s roof leaking after heavy showers, says chief priest
Ayodhya: Water was leaking from the roof of the sanctum sanctorum at the Ram temple here after the first heavy showers since it was opened to the public, chief priest of Ram…
- India
Army builds 150-ft bridge to reconnect border villages in Sikkim after heavy rains
New Delhi: Engineers of the Indian Army have built a 150-ft-long suspension bridge over waters in north Sikkim to reconnect villages which got impacted due to heavy rains, a senior official said…
- India
Cyclone Remal kills at least 6 in West Bengal, 10 in Bangladesh
Kolkata: At least six people in West Bengal and 10 in Bangladesh have been reported dead due to Cyclone Remal, Reuters reported. Heavy rains and wind gushed the entire region as the…
- Telangana
Telangana: 7 people die in separate incidents due to heavy rain
Hyderabad: As many as seven people were killed in separate incidents as heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning lashed several parts of Telangana on Sunday, May 26. Four people died after…
