Death toll in Pakistan floods nears 1,500; hundreds of thousands sleep in open
Karachi/Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster. The deluge, brought by record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern mountains, has impacted 33 […]
Flood-hit Pakistan breaches lake to avert overflow
Karachi, Pakistan Reuters Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan breached the country’s largest freshwater lake on Sunday, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes but saving more densely populated areas from gathering flood water, a minister said. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan’s northern mountains have brought floods that have affected 33 million people […]
South Pakistan braces for yet more flooding as waters flow down from north
Dadu, Pakistan Reuters Southern Pakistan was braced for yet more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus river, threatening further devastation in a country already a third inundated, in a growing disaster blamed on climate change. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have […]
Updated: Flash floods kill over 500 people in Pakistan during heaviest rains in decades
Updated: 8am, 6th August, 2022 (AEST)Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished south-western province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said. Government agencies and the army have set up aid and […]
Heavy rain and floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday. The Taliban government, struggling to cope with the disaster that has affected more than a third of its provinces, will approach international […]
India heatwave deaths rise to 36, poorest workers worst hit
Mumbai/Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A heatwave gripping India has killed 36 people with the poorest workers bearing the brunt, national disaster management officials said on Wednesday, warning that the record temperatures were impacting more states than in previous years. India’s capital Delhi recorded its highest-ever temperature of 48 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, while Churu in […]