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Video Captures Moment Flood Water Swept Away House In US's New Mexico
While rescuers in the United States' Texas were searching for survivors following the catastrophic floods last week, a New Mexico mountain town experienced dangerous flooding on Tuesday after heavy rain fell in the area.
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Texas Floods Death Count Crosses 100, More Rain Expected
The death count from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.
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Vande Bharat Express Stranded For 7 Hours In Odisha As Rains Flood Tracks
Torrential rains in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Saturday brought life to a standstill and severely disrupted railway services, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded aboard the Vande Bharat Express for nearly seven hours.
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78 Dead In Himachal Flash Floods, 4 Uttarakhand Districts On Landslide Alert
Himachal Pradesh has reported 23 flash floods, followed by 19 cloud burst incidents and 16 landslides leading to 78 deaths.
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"We're Being Washed Away": Missing Texas Woman's Last Text To Family Amid Floods
Torrential rains starting the night before the Independence Day holiday caused the river to rise the height of a two-story building in less than hour, flooding parts of Kerr County, including several children's camps.
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11 River Sites Across India Breach Flood Warning Levels: Central Water Commission
Water levels at 11 river monitoring stations across India have breached the warning level, but none have reached the danger or extreme flood thresholds, the Central Water Commission (CWC) said on Wednesday.
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Hindu Kush Himalayas At Greater Risk Of Landslides, Floods This Monsoon: Report
There is a high risk of flash floods, landslides and glacial lake outburst floods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region this monsoon season due to forecasts of above-average rainfall, experts from an intergovernmental organisation said on Wednesday
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Government Debunks Reports Of Pakistani Strikes On Amritsar Military Base
A fake video of the claim was also circulated on social media, with the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check division noting that the footage is from a wildfire in 2024.
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Jai Hind, Bharat Mata Ki Jai: Ministers Applaud Military Action Against Terror Bases
Messages of "Jai Hind" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai" flooded social media platform X as Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Piyush Goyal and others applauded the "Operation Sindoor"-- focussed strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-
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Meta Reportedly Planning to Add ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of AI Users to Facebook, Instagram
Meta reportedly plans to flood its social media platforms with artificial intelligence (AI) bots that will act as regular accounts. As per the report, the tech giant is working on introducing AI-powered characters that can post, share, like, and perform other activities that human users can do. These AI bots are said to be added to both Facebook an...
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Rain Continues In Chennai For 2nd Day, Waterlogging Reported In Many Areas
Heavy rain continued in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, bringing residential neighborhoods and roads under knee-deep water and leading to traffic congestion besides affecting public transport services.
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Vietnam Estimates Damages Of $3.31 Billion From Typhoon Yagi: Report
Asia's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong ($3.31 billion) across northern Vietnam, or twice as much as previous estimates, state media said on Saturday.
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Nearly 250,000 Displaced In Myanmar After Typhoon Yagi Floods: Report
Floods in Myanmar sparked by Typhoon Yagi have displaced more than 235,000 people and killed at least 33, the junta said on Friday.
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"Misleading Narrative": Foreign Ministry Blasts CNN Bangladesh Flood Report
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has once again trashed reports that the flooding in some areas of Bangladesh were caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura.
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Explained: The Farakka Barrage Pact Amid 'Fake News' On Bangladesh Floods
Reports in Bangladesh have claimed that the flooding in the country is caused partially due to the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, prompting a fact-check by the Government of India, which trashed all such reports as "fake".
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Video Captures Moment Flood Water Swept Away House In US's New Mexico
While rescuers in the United States' Texas were searching for survivors following the catastrophic floods last week, a New Mexico mountain town experienced dangerous flooding on Tuesday after heavy rain fell in the area.
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Texas Floods Death Count Crosses 100, More Rain Expected
The death count from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.
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Vande Bharat Express Stranded For 7 Hours In Odisha As Rains Flood Tracks
Torrential rains in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Saturday brought life to a standstill and severely disrupted railway services, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded aboard the Vande Bharat Express for nearly seven hours.
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78 Dead In Himachal Flash Floods, 4 Uttarakhand Districts On Landslide Alert
Himachal Pradesh has reported 23 flash floods, followed by 19 cloud burst incidents and 16 landslides leading to 78 deaths.
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"We're Being Washed Away": Missing Texas Woman's Last Text To Family Amid Floods
Torrential rains starting the night before the Independence Day holiday caused the river to rise the height of a two-story building in less than hour, flooding parts of Kerr County, including several children's camps.
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11 River Sites Across India Breach Flood Warning Levels: Central Water Commission
Water levels at 11 river monitoring stations across India have breached the warning level, but none have reached the danger or extreme flood thresholds, the Central Water Commission (CWC) said on Wednesday.
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Hindu Kush Himalayas At Greater Risk Of Landslides, Floods This Monsoon: Report
There is a high risk of flash floods, landslides and glacial lake outburst floods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region this monsoon season due to forecasts of above-average rainfall, experts from an intergovernmental organisation said on Wednesday
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Government Debunks Reports Of Pakistani Strikes On Amritsar Military Base
A fake video of the claim was also circulated on social media, with the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check division noting that the footage is from a wildfire in 2024.
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Jai Hind, Bharat Mata Ki Jai: Ministers Applaud Military Action Against Terror Bases
Messages of "Jai Hind" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai" flooded social media platform X as Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Piyush Goyal and others applauded the "Operation Sindoor"-- focussed strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-
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Meta Reportedly Planning to Add ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of AI Users to Facebook, Instagram
Meta reportedly plans to flood its social media platforms with artificial intelligence (AI) bots that will act as regular accounts. As per the report, the tech giant is working on introducing AI-powered characters that can post, share, like, and perform other activities that human users can do. These AI bots are said to be added to both Facebook an...
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Rain Continues In Chennai For 2nd Day, Waterlogging Reported In Many Areas
Heavy rain continued in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, bringing residential neighborhoods and roads under knee-deep water and leading to traffic congestion besides affecting public transport services.
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Vietnam Estimates Damages Of $3.31 Billion From Typhoon Yagi: Report
Asia's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong ($3.31 billion) across northern Vietnam, or twice as much as previous estimates, state media said on Saturday.
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Nearly 250,000 Displaced In Myanmar After Typhoon Yagi Floods: Report
Floods in Myanmar sparked by Typhoon Yagi have displaced more than 235,000 people and killed at least 33, the junta said on Friday.
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"Misleading Narrative": Foreign Ministry Blasts CNN Bangladesh Flood Report
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has once again trashed reports that the flooding in some areas of Bangladesh were caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura.
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Explained: The Farakka Barrage Pact Amid 'Fake News' On Bangladesh Floods
Reports in Bangladesh have claimed that the flooding in the country is caused partially due to the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, prompting a fact-check by the Government of India, which trashed all such reports as "fake".
