Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Heavy rains continue to pound much of Pakistan, with authorities reporting more than a dozen deaths — including nine children — in the last 24 hours. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian subcontinent, but each year it also brings a wave of ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Another 39 people have fallen prey to the raging floods caused by torrential downpours in southern and northern Pakistan over the past 24 hours, pushing the overall toll to over 700 since June. The majority of the deaths have been reported in the provinces of southern Sindh and southwestern Balochistan, where […...
ADEN, Yemen (AA) – A total of 13 people were killed and 21 others injured in a single day in Yemen from lightning strikes, local media reported Sunday. The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported that seven people died and eight others were injured as a result of lightning strikes in various parts of Hajjah province. […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least five boats with more than 70 fishermen in Bangladesh’s southern coastal district of Barguna have been missing since Friday night, according to local authorities. The fishermen had gone to the Bay of Bengal for catching Hilsha (Elish) fish, which is the national fish in Bangladesh when gusty storm swept [&helli...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Relentless rains and subsequent floods killed another 33 people across Pakistan over the past two days, , officials and local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of people have been directly affected by flooding caused by torrential downpours in all four provinces, the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, an...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – At least 79 people have been killed in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Sudan since June, said a local official on Saturday. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, a spokesman of Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, said dozens of homes were damaged by the floods. “Most of Sudan’s 18 states have been [...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): In the capital of crisis-torn Iraq, two tent cities have sprung up as rival Shiite blocs have set up protest camps, complete with cooked meals and air-conditioners against the blistering heat. As the war-scarred country’s political impasse has dragged on ever since inconclusive October elections, both sides are diggi...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 75 people in Sudan and injured dozens since June, local authorities said on Tuesday. The rains have caused the collapse of 12,511 homes and damaged 24,275 others, the National Council for Civil Defense said in a statement. On Sunday, the United Nations said […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Flooding caused by fresh rain spells across Pakistan killed at least 16 people over the past 24 hours, besides washing away houses, roads, and bridges, and leaving thousands of people stranded, local media and officials said on Monday. Torrential rains along with flashfloods that hit southwestern, northeast, and southe...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – At least 50 people have been killed in floods triggered by torrential rains in northern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday. Parts of Jigawa state have been lashed by heavy rainfall almost continuously since late July. Thousands of homes have been damaged across Jigawa, according to Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the [...
