Published on: Sept 04, 2025 02:36 am IST On Wednesday, Lorena was about 145 miles (230 km) west of Cabo San Lucas with winds of 80 mph (130 kph), moving northwest at 16 mph (26 kph). Hurricane Lorena was intensifying Wednesday off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and a tropical storm warning was…
NAROWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers raced to evacuate tens of thousands of stranded Pakistanis hit by floods earlier this week, while many were left with no food or medical supplies Friday as the government struggled to send help. The floods in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province began Monday when an abnormal amount of rain triggered sudden…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -A 7-km (4-mile) lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially “catastrophic” floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday. The mud flow descended into the main Ghizer River channel and blocked it completely on Friday, creating the lake in Gilgit Baltistan province, the National Disaster…
Published on: Aug 15, 2025 12:35 pm IST At least 23 people were killed in the past 24 hours in mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, while seven were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Heavy monsoon rain triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan, killing at least 30 people and leaving many others trapped in the debris…
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Several people are feared dead in flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote, mountainous village in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Thursday. India’s deputy minister for science and technology, Jitendra Singh, said the floods were triggered by a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Chositi area and “could result in substantial…
China: At least 10 people have been killed, and 33 others are missing after flash foods in Yuzhong County in China’s northwestern Gansu province, Chinese state media reported on Friday. Heavy rains since Thursday have triggered flash floods knocking out power and telecommunications services in the Xinglong Mountain area, stranding more than 4,000 people across…
Hong Kong authorities have urged the public to avoid hiking and stay away from streams and large trees in the coming days, following recent record-breaking downpours that have heightened the risk of landslides and flash floods. The warning came after the city’s second-longest black rainstorm warning, which lasted for more than 11 hours on Tuesday….
The Hong Kong government is under mounting pressure to clarify the circumstances that warrant an “extreme conditions” announcement to prevent residents from commuting to work during hazardous weather, a day after record-breaking downpours wreaked havoc across the city. Some lawmakers and labour union leaders called for further clarification on Wednesday after residents expressed confusion as…
Beijing has placed most of its hilly districts on top alert for torrential rains on Monday and urged residents against going out needlessly, following the deadliest floods to hit the Chinese capital since 2012. 4. According to local authorities, the risk of flash floods and landslides is “extremely high”. 5. In the summer of 2012,…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster issued another amber signal on Monday and warned that widespread heavy rain might hit the city as areas…