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…
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,…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Torrential rains that slammed South Korea for five days have left 14 people dead and 12 others missing, the government said Sunday. One person was killed on Sunday after their house collapsed during heavy rain and another person was found dead after being swept by a swollen stream in Gapyeong,…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s north and west braced for flash floods and landslides on Thursday as annual ‘Plum Rains’ left a trail of destruction and prompted the mobilisation of thousands of rescue workers to pull people from floodwaters. Red alerts were issued tracing the rains as they moved from the southwestern province of Sichuan through the…
Spain’s deadliest flooding in decades kills 95: Rainstorms ruin homes, transportation (Picture credit: AP) At least 95 people lost their lives in Spain following torrential rains that triggered the country’s most devastating floods in nearly thirty years. The floods caused torrents of muddy water that surged through cities and towns, trapping residents in their homes,…