Pakistan, cloudburst and flash flood
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STORY: Flash floods and landslides in Pakistan’s northwest have killed more than 300 people after days of heavy monsoon rains.Homes, roads, and bridges were swept away as an intense downpour struck the hilly region,
Leading meteorologists are raising red flags over the growing misuse of the term “cloudburst” in Pakistan’s media and
Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district continues search operations for missing persons after a devastating cloudburst. Death toll reaches 65.
Day 7 search ops continue for 39 missing; death toll at 65. Senior officials coordinate massive NDRF, Army, SDRF rescue efforts.
So far, 167 people have been rescued, while the number of missing has dropped to 39 after a fresh revision of the list
In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani village following a cloudburst.
Experts in meteorology have dismissed the theory of `Cloudburst’ as reason behind recent devastating floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
With the recovery of three more bodies from the debris on Tuesday, the death toll in cloudburst-hit Chishoti village has mounted to 64, said officials.
The calamity reportedly took place in the remote Lagghati region of Kullu at around 1.30 am. No casualties have been reported yet in the incident.
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed all stakeholders to take emergency measures in view
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One more cloudburst in Kishtwar, no loss of life reported so far
Even as the district is yet to cope with the massive destruction and grave loss of lives in terms of huge numbers, one more cloudburst struck Khanpura area near Mugalmaidan in Kishtwar during the early hours today.