Tag: flooding

Rivers Indus, Kabul, Chenab, Ravi run in medium, low flood

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) on Sunday said that River Indus was flowing in medium flood at Guddu and in low flood at Sukkur...

Flooding kills dozens in North Korea, thousands left homeless

GENEVA: Severe flooding in North Korea has killed at least 76 people with nearly the same number missing and thousands left homeless by the...

Significant rainfall causes 2 deaths, 8 injured in Punjab, KP

ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in its Monsoon 2018 daily situation report has stated 2 people dead, 8 injured and 12 houses partially...

Govt to deploy 259,000 police personnel for election duty

--CM Askari reviews security situation ahead of polls -- High-level meeting devises strategies to deal with dengue, flooding LAHORE: Punjab caretaker government on Saturday decided to deploy...

Sea levels boost as Antarctic ice loss triples

Antarctica has lost a staggering three trillion tonnes of ice since 1992, according to a landmark study published Wednesday that suggests the frozen continent...

Loss of coral reefs would double flood damage

Loss of coral reefs around the world would double the damage from coastal flooding, and triple the destruction caused by storm surges, researchers have...

P&D minister directs administration to remain prepared for Monsoon flooding

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Planning and Development and Chairman Cabinet Committee on Floods Malik Nadeem Kamran on Tuesday directed all district administrations to remain...

Philippines’ coast guard rescues 252 passengers from capsized ferry

REAL: The Philippines’ coast guard said on Friday that it had rescued 252 passengers and crew, including an Australian and his Filipino wife, and...

Karachi confronts rising flood risk after August rains

Authorities creating the city’s first flood management plan KARACHI: In late August, a month’s worth of rain fell on Karachi in two days, leaving...

PM grieved over flood-related losses in Chitral

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Sunday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of lives, caused by damage to the houses and washing...

31 perish as flash flood washes away KP village

Four children, a woman and eight security officials among the deceased after a mosque and 35 houses washed away in Orsoon, a village in...

Landslides and flooding kill 25 in India

The death toll from landslides and flooding in northern India has risen to 25 after rescuers found more bodies buried under debris, officials said...

Traffic chaos, schools shut as Riyadh hit by rare flooding

Traffic backed up and schools were shut in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday after the desert city was struck by a rare severe...