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Explained: Why North India, Pakistan Are Being Hit So Badly by Cloudbursts
Massive, sudden downpours of rain known as cloudbursts have struck India and Pakistan during this monsoon season, killing hundreds of people in the flash floods and landslides they have triggered.
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3 Dead, Over 1,000 Evacuated As South Korea Hit By Heaviest Rain In 120 Years
At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began.
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Storm Éowyn Hits UK and Ireland: Red Alerts for Snow, Wind, and Flooding
Storm Éowyn, a rapidly intensifying bomb cyclone, is set to hit the UK and Ireland, bringing snow, heavy rainfall, and winds up to 160 km/h. Red weather warnings have been issued for multiple regions, including Ireland, Northern Ireland, and parts of Scotland, signaling life-threatening conditions. Meteorologists are comparing its strength to the ...
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7 Dead, 3 Missing After Heavy Rain, Floods Hit China: Report
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains battering swathes of the country and many regions enduring sweltering heat waves, is by far the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases says scientists.
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Watch: Heavy Rain Brings Mumbai To A Standstill, Trains Hit, Schools Shut
Mumbai Rain: Heavy rain overnight pounded large parts of Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), affecting suburban and long-distance trains, roads, and highways.
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Asia Hit Hardest By Weather Disaster, Climate Change In 2023: UN
Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses.
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Chinese City Launches Operations To Hunt For Crocodiles Set Loose By Flooding
A Chinese city has launched an operation to find a large number of crocodiles that escaped when floods hit the region in recent days, authorities said Tuesday.
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Watch: Mud Tsunami Crashes Through Streets As Flash Floods Hits Italian Town
The mountain town is currently undergoing a significant cleanup operation, as its streets continue to be covered in layers of mud and debris.
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Train With 100 Onboard Derails After Floods Wash Away Embankment In Sweden
Heavy rainfall drenched southern Scandinavia on Monday, causing a train to derail and roads to flood in what officials in Sweden and Norway warned could become the most extreme wet weather system to hit the region in decades.
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China Ramps Up Rescue Efforts After Heavy Storm Hits Northern Region
Beijing and nearby cities stepped up rescue efforts on Tuesday after rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri disrupted services and food supplies and claimed 20 lives in one of the worst storms to hit northern China in over a decade.
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Parts Of Saurashtra Hit By Flood-Like Situation After Heavy Rain: Gujarat
Torrential downpours hit parts of Gujarat's Saurashtra regions today, causing flooding in low-lying areas and cutting off several villages, prompting authorities to move people to safer areas in many places.
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Cyclone Mocha Floods Myanmar Port City, Spares Major Refugee Camps
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
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Biden Declares Disaster As New Storms Hit Flooded California
The latest in a damaging succession of storm systems blew into California on Saturday, bringing heavy flooding to already waterlogged regions and threatening snowfalls of up to six feet (two meters) in areas.
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Snow, Flood And Tornado Threats As First Winter Storm Of 2023 Hits US
The first major US winter storm system of the year dumped a frosty mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet from the Northern Plains to the Upper Great Lakes region on Tuesday while posing a tornado and flood threat to a large swath of the South.
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Southwest France Hit By Flooding After Heavy Rains
Rivers overflowed their banks across a large swath of southwest France on Friday after heavy rains lashed the region overnight, leading to evacuations of dozens of residents.
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Explained: Why North India, Pakistan Are Being Hit So Badly by Cloudbursts
Massive, sudden downpours of rain known as cloudbursts have struck India and Pakistan during this monsoon season, killing hundreds of people in the flash floods and landslides they have triggered.
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3 Dead, Over 1,000 Evacuated As South Korea Hit By Heaviest Rain In 120 Years
At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began.
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Storm Éowyn Hits UK and Ireland: Red Alerts for Snow, Wind, and Flooding
Storm Éowyn, a rapidly intensifying bomb cyclone, is set to hit the UK and Ireland, bringing snow, heavy rainfall, and winds up to 160 km/h. Red weather warnings have been issued for multiple regions, including Ireland, Northern Ireland, and parts of Scotland, signaling life-threatening conditions. Meteorologists are comparing its strength to the ...
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7 Dead, 3 Missing After Heavy Rain, Floods Hit China: Report
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains battering swathes of the country and many regions enduring sweltering heat waves, is by far the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases says scientists.
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Watch: Heavy Rain Brings Mumbai To A Standstill, Trains Hit, Schools Shut
Mumbai Rain: Heavy rain overnight pounded large parts of Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), affecting suburban and long-distance trains, roads, and highways.
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Asia Hit Hardest By Weather Disaster, Climate Change In 2023: UN
Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses.
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Chinese City Launches Operations To Hunt For Crocodiles Set Loose By Flooding
A Chinese city has launched an operation to find a large number of crocodiles that escaped when floods hit the region in recent days, authorities said Tuesday.
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Watch: Mud Tsunami Crashes Through Streets As Flash Floods Hits Italian Town
The mountain town is currently undergoing a significant cleanup operation, as its streets continue to be covered in layers of mud and debris.
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Train With 100 Onboard Derails After Floods Wash Away Embankment In Sweden
Heavy rainfall drenched southern Scandinavia on Monday, causing a train to derail and roads to flood in what officials in Sweden and Norway warned could become the most extreme wet weather system to hit the region in decades.
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China Ramps Up Rescue Efforts After Heavy Storm Hits Northern Region
Beijing and nearby cities stepped up rescue efforts on Tuesday after rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri disrupted services and food supplies and claimed 20 lives in one of the worst storms to hit northern China in over a decade.
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Parts Of Saurashtra Hit By Flood-Like Situation After Heavy Rain: Gujarat
Torrential downpours hit parts of Gujarat's Saurashtra regions today, causing flooding in low-lying areas and cutting off several villages, prompting authorities to move people to safer areas in many places.
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Cyclone Mocha Floods Myanmar Port City, Spares Major Refugee Camps
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
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Biden Declares Disaster As New Storms Hit Flooded California
The latest in a damaging succession of storm systems blew into California on Saturday, bringing heavy flooding to already waterlogged regions and threatening snowfalls of up to six feet (two meters) in areas.
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Snow, Flood And Tornado Threats As First Winter Storm Of 2023 Hits US
The first major US winter storm system of the year dumped a frosty mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet from the Northern Plains to the Upper Great Lakes region on Tuesday while posing a tornado and flood threat to a large swath of the South.
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Southwest France Hit By Flooding After Heavy Rains
Rivers overflowed their banks across a large swath of southwest France on Friday after heavy rains lashed the region overnight, leading to evacuations of dozens of residents.
