India, Pakistan and Flash flood
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Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 360 people in Pakistan and India and led to severe devastation across the South Asian region. At least 307 people have died and 23 have been injured in Pakistan, according to the latest details from the nation’s National Disaster Management Authority.
Uttarakhand, the mountainous northern state that hosts Dharali, has been devastated by cloudbursts before. A June 2013 cloudburst killed over 6,000 people in Uttarakhand and surrounding states, becoming the country's worst natural disaster in ten years. In 2021, flash flooding triggered by a cloudburst killed over 200.
MUMBAI (Reuters) -Incessant heavy rain lashed India's financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, disrupting flights, flooding roads and prompting shutdowns of schools. Some parts of Mumbai recorded more than 140 mm (5 inches) of rain from Monday morning, the weather department said, causing traffic snarls as cars stalled on inundated roads.
A flash flood and subsequent landslides have killed at least four people and left a trail of destruction in a high-altitude village in north-eastern India, media reports said on Tuesday. Numerous people are missing,
Pope Leo XIV offered prayers and expressed his closeness for the victims of severe flooding that hit Pakistan, India and Nepal. The Pope shared his prayers “for the victims and their families, and for all those who are suffering as a result of this calamity,” Vatican News reported on Aug. 18.
Many people feared to be trapped after a huge torrent of mud and water surged down a mountain and crashed into the village of Dharali in India.
Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people dead and scores missing, according to authorities.
Officials in northern India say at least four people have died and several others are trapped under debris after flash floods swept away several homes and shops
Antonio Guterres offers condolences over hundreds killed, thousands displaced by heavy rains in South Asian countries - Anadolu Ajansı
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Pakistan's monsoon flooding death toll rises to 220 as forecasters warn of more rain to come
BUNER, Pakistan (AP) — Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, with forecasts of more rain in the coming days.