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Health Minister Flags Off Relief Material For Flood-Hit Uttarakhand
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Friday flagged off three Indian Red Cross trucks carrying flood and cold relief supplies and medicines for the people of Jammu, Srinagar, Ladakh and Uttarakhand.
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No homes for Ladakh flood victims
After living in tents for over three months, the Ladakh flood victims have started shifting to the new houses, but construction work is not complete just yet and most people are still forced to live in the tents out in the open in the bitter winter cold.There are nearly 160 families from Choglamsar region who have decided to shift into their new ho...
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NGO men held for kidnapping Leh orphans
Seems like there is no end to distress for the children who lost everything during the Ladakh flash floods. It was just a week ago when an NGO, Youth movement for peace, had claimed it adopted 28 children and would take care of them. Now, the Police say they were kidnapped by the NGO and brought to Jammu."Five people have been arrested and th...
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What is a cloudburst?
A cloudburst is a sudden downpour within a radius of few kilometres. It usually lasts no longer than few minutes but is capable of flooding the area.Rainfall from a cloudburst is usually over 100 mm per hour.Cloudbursts descend from very high clouds, sometimes with tops above 15 kilometers. Rapid precipitation is possible due to large droplets grow...
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Blog: Report from Leh Ground Zero
The Leh Airport does not give any indication of the devastation that the sudden cloudburst wrought on the Ladakh capital late on Thursday night. The Army and the Air Force have managed to completely wipe out the slush that the runway was under through the day on Friday.So, flights landed - commecial as well as military - on Saturday morning bringin...
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Health Minister Flags Off Relief Material For Flood-Hit Uttarakhand
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Friday flagged off three Indian Red Cross trucks carrying flood and cold relief supplies and medicines for the people of Jammu, Srinagar, Ladakh and Uttarakhand.
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No homes for Ladakh flood victims
After living in tents for over three months, the Ladakh flood victims have started shifting to the new houses, but construction work is not complete just yet and most people are still forced to live in the tents out in the open in the bitter winter cold.There are nearly 160 families from Choglamsar region who have decided to shift into their new ho...
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NGO men held for kidnapping Leh orphans
Seems like there is no end to distress for the children who lost everything during the Ladakh flash floods. It was just a week ago when an NGO, Youth movement for peace, had claimed it adopted 28 children and would take care of them. Now, the Police say they were kidnapped by the NGO and brought to Jammu."Five people have been arrested and th...
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What is a cloudburst?
A cloudburst is a sudden downpour within a radius of few kilometres. It usually lasts no longer than few minutes but is capable of flooding the area.Rainfall from a cloudburst is usually over 100 mm per hour.Cloudbursts descend from very high clouds, sometimes with tops above 15 kilometers. Rapid precipitation is possible due to large droplets grow...
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Blog: Report from Leh Ground Zero
The Leh Airport does not give any indication of the devastation that the sudden cloudburst wrought on the Ladakh capital late on Thursday night. The Army and the Air Force have managed to completely wipe out the slush that the runway was under through the day on Friday.So, flights landed - commecial as well as military - on Saturday morning bringin...
