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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicFlash floods

Topic: Flash floods

Extreme downpour kills 30, displaces 80,000 in Beijing, turns city into a ‘rain trap’

Chinese capital hit by 543.4 mm of rain in less than a week in its northern districts—nearly a year’s worth, as the average annual rainfall is around 600 mm.

Death toll rises to 216 as torrential rains batter Pakistan

At least 13 more people, including 4 children and 3 women, died in the past 24 hours. NDMA says 800 homes destroyed since the rains began, with nearly 200 animals reportedly killed.

Flash flood alert sounded for 13 districts in Jharkhand, IMD predicts heavy rainfall

An ‘orange’ alert for very heavy rainfall has been issued in parts of Jharkhand till 17 July.

State Disaster Management Authority says 91 dead since 20 June after intense rainfall in Himachal

The SDMA's Cumulative Loss Report (as of July 10) reveals that the largest number of rain-related deaths occurred in Mandi district (17 deaths), Kangra (12 deaths) & Kullu (3 deaths).

Flash flood displaces more than 100 families in Tripuraomeless as flash flood hits Tripura

South Tripura district administration has asked residents of low-lying areas to remain alert in wake of the flash flood caused by incessant rain Tuesday.

‘Failed people,’ Himachal Cong chief hits at Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut for ‘not taking job seriously’

Ranaut's Mandi visit amid ravaging flash floods was met with criticism after she said parliamentarian doesn’t have permission to allocate funds in case of a disaster.

Flash flood washes away ‘Friendship Bridge’ near Nepal-China border, dozens missing

At least 18 people are missing in Nepal while China’s Xinhua news agency said 11 people were missing on the Chinese side of the border.

Himachal flash floods: 3rd body found in Kangra, search continues for 8 still missing

While the bodies are yet to be identified, search operations were intensified Thursday after a cloudburst triggered a massive flash flood in the Kangra & Kullu districts.

Monsoon fury in Himachal: 20 labourers working at hydroelectric project feared swept away in flash floods

The state grapples with widespread losses in Kullu and other districts, prompting urgent calls for environmental accountability and disaster preparedness.

More than 50,000 people affected in Odisha after heavy rains in Jharkhand trigger flash floods

Officials advise residents living in low-lying and flood-prone areas to stay alert and be prepared to shift to nearby cyclone shelters if the situation deteriorates.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

How Op Mahadev unfolded: A day-by-day account of how the net closed in on Pahalgam terrorists

New Delhi: The killing of the three LeT terrorists behind the Pahalgam massacre was the culmination of an operation that started immediately after the...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.