Nepal floods and landslides kill at least 66 people, 69 missing
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said on Saturday. The death toll could rise, they added, with another 69 people reported missing, and 60 injured since Friday morning, home […]
Landslides, floods kill 38 so far as monsoon rains lash Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Landslides caused by heavy rain have killed at least one person, and blocked a major highway in Nepal this week, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the annual monsoon rains nears 40. People walk along a flooded road along the bank of overflowing Bagmati river following heavy rains, in […]
UN chief appeals for “massive” help for flooded Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to the world for massive help for Pakistan on Friday as he arrived to support its response to a flood disaster that both he and the government have blamed on climate change. Record monsoon rains and glacier melt in northern mountains, have triggered floods that have swept […]
Pakistan foreign minister says help needed after “overwhelming” floods
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan needs financial help to deal with “overwhelming” floods, its foreign minister said on Sunday, adding that he hoped financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund would take the economic fallout into account. Unusually heavy monsoon rains have caused devastating floods in both the north and south of the country, affecting […]
Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
Lucknow/Bhubaneshwar, India Reuters Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded as rescue crews have been racing to evacuate survivors. A general view […]
More than 40 million affected by flooding in South Asia as death toll tops 1,200
More than 40 million people have been affected by flooding and landslides in India, Bangladesh and Nepal as the death toll from the monsoon-related disaster tops 1,200. Oxfam staff in Bangladesh have reported that some two-thirds of the nation is underwater while in Nepal one region received a month’s worth of rain in just two […]