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Heavy Rain Forces Kerala School To Declare Holiday, Roof Collapses Hours Later
A major tragedy was narrowly averted on Wednesday after the ceiling of an auditorium at Kodaly Government Upper Primary School in Thrissur collapsed -- fortunately, on a day when the school was closed due to heavy rains.
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Student Killed, 5 Injured As Landslide Hits School In J&K's Poonch
A student was killed and five people were injured when a landslide triggered by heavy overnight rain hit a government school in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.
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Gujarat Bridge Collapse Death Count Now 15, Rescue Teams Tackle 3-Metre Mud
The death count in the Gambhira bridge collapse in Gujarat's Vadodara district has climbed to 15, and three people are still missing. Disaster response teams are conducting the rescue operation and two more vehicles are likely in the river.
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4 Of A Family Killed In Delhi Rain, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Condoles
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta expressed grief over the tragic death of four family members and injury to one person due to a tree falling during a heavy storm and rain in Kharkhadi Nahar village, Najafgarh.
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Mumbai Woman's Death Puts Spotlight On Manhole Tragedies, What's Behind Them
The death of 45-year-old Vimal Anil Gaikwad after she fell into a manhole in a waterlogged street last night has put the spotlight on Mumbai's manhole tragedies and the lives they have claimed in the past few years.
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2 Dead, Nearly 3 Million Stranded In Deadly Bangladesh Floods
Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials from the country's disaster management ministry said on Thursday.
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"Coaching Centres Have Become Death Chambers": Top Court On Delhi Tragedy
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the centre and the Delhi government over the death of three students - they drowned in the flooded basement of an IAS coaching centre in Rajendra Nagar amid heavy rain - last month.
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Red Alert Came Hours After Wayanad Tragedy, Says Pinarayi Vijayan
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comment that Kerala was sent a red alert about heavy rains and landslide, has been negated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who indicated that it was a case of too little too late.
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3 Pilgrims Dead In Landslide In Kedarnath, 8 Injured Taken To Hospital
At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.
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Rain Causes Havoc In Parts Of Uttarakhand, But Also Douses Forest Fires
This year's first major spell of rain has led water entering houses in some parts of Uttarakhand. A silver lining to the tragedy, however, is that fires raging in forests were doused in some of the places where the rainfall occurred.
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4-Year-Old Dead, 2 Missing After Boat Capsizes In Assam's Brahmaputra River
A four-year-old child died and two persons were reported missing after a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river in South Salmara-Mankachar district, amid heavy rain and hailstorm across Assam, a senior official said on Monday.
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17 Bodies Recovered From Debris Of Shiv Mandir In Shimla
As many as 17 bodies have been recovered so far after the tragic landslide in the Summer Hill area of the rain-battered Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on August 14, the official said on Sunday.
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50 Dead In Himachal Landslides, Cloudburst, 7 Swept Away By Flash Floods
Himachal Pradesh rains live: In the third major rain-related tragedy in less than 24 hours in Himachal Pradesh, flash floods have swept away seven people.
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Amarnath Tragedy Result Of Highly Localised Rain Event: Weather Department
The India Meteorological Department on Friday said that the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir was due to a highly localised rain event.
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With Lessons Of 2018 Floods, Kerala Releases Water Marginally From Dams
Kerala's lessons from the 2018 flood tragedy became evident today as the state opened shutters of Idukki reservoir's Cheruthoni dam -- one of the largest in Asia.
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Heavy Rain Forces Kerala School To Declare Holiday, Roof Collapses Hours Later
A major tragedy was narrowly averted on Wednesday after the ceiling of an auditorium at Kodaly Government Upper Primary School in Thrissur collapsed -- fortunately, on a day when the school was closed due to heavy rains.
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Student Killed, 5 Injured As Landslide Hits School In J&K's Poonch
A student was killed and five people were injured when a landslide triggered by heavy overnight rain hit a government school in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.
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Gujarat Bridge Collapse Death Count Now 15, Rescue Teams Tackle 3-Metre Mud
The death count in the Gambhira bridge collapse in Gujarat's Vadodara district has climbed to 15, and three people are still missing. Disaster response teams are conducting the rescue operation and two more vehicles are likely in the river.
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4 Of A Family Killed In Delhi Rain, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Condoles
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta expressed grief over the tragic death of four family members and injury to one person due to a tree falling during a heavy storm and rain in Kharkhadi Nahar village, Najafgarh.
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Mumbai Woman's Death Puts Spotlight On Manhole Tragedies, What's Behind Them
The death of 45-year-old Vimal Anil Gaikwad after she fell into a manhole in a waterlogged street last night has put the spotlight on Mumbai's manhole tragedies and the lives they have claimed in the past few years.
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2 Dead, Nearly 3 Million Stranded In Deadly Bangladesh Floods
Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials from the country's disaster management ministry said on Thursday.
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"Coaching Centres Have Become Death Chambers": Top Court On Delhi Tragedy
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the centre and the Delhi government over the death of three students - they drowned in the flooded basement of an IAS coaching centre in Rajendra Nagar amid heavy rain - last month.
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Red Alert Came Hours After Wayanad Tragedy, Says Pinarayi Vijayan
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comment that Kerala was sent a red alert about heavy rains and landslide, has been negated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who indicated that it was a case of too little too late.
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3 Pilgrims Dead In Landslide In Kedarnath, 8 Injured Taken To Hospital
At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.
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Rain Causes Havoc In Parts Of Uttarakhand, But Also Douses Forest Fires
This year's first major spell of rain has led water entering houses in some parts of Uttarakhand. A silver lining to the tragedy, however, is that fires raging in forests were doused in some of the places where the rainfall occurred.
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4-Year-Old Dead, 2 Missing After Boat Capsizes In Assam's Brahmaputra River
A four-year-old child died and two persons were reported missing after a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river in South Salmara-Mankachar district, amid heavy rain and hailstorm across Assam, a senior official said on Monday.
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17 Bodies Recovered From Debris Of Shiv Mandir In Shimla
As many as 17 bodies have been recovered so far after the tragic landslide in the Summer Hill area of the rain-battered Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on August 14, the official said on Sunday.
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50 Dead In Himachal Landslides, Cloudburst, 7 Swept Away By Flash Floods
Himachal Pradesh rains live: In the third major rain-related tragedy in less than 24 hours in Himachal Pradesh, flash floods have swept away seven people.
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Amarnath Tragedy Result Of Highly Localised Rain Event: Weather Department
The India Meteorological Department on Friday said that the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir was due to a highly localised rain event.
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With Lessons Of 2018 Floods, Kerala Releases Water Marginally From Dams
Kerala's lessons from the 2018 flood tragedy became evident today as the state opened shutters of Idukki reservoir's Cheruthoni dam -- one of the largest in Asia.
