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Guide to OZ Jobs/Rooms listingsKATHMANDU/AHMEDABAD: A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said on Monday, as the annual monsoon season enters its final stretch after claiming hundreds of lives in South Asia. Ten people, including four children, were killed after a landslide buried five hou...
DHAKA, BANGLADESH: When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few sacks of rice and clothes. Like him, an estimated 17.5 million people across South Asia are suffering as a resul...
KARACHI: Three days of heavy monsoon rains triggering flash floods killed at least 50 people in various parts of Pakistan, as troops with boats rushed to a flood-affected district in the country’s southern Sindh province Sunday to evacuate people to safer places. Every year, many cities in Pakistan struggle to cope with the annual monsoon del...
SEOUL: At least 26 people have died after 46 days of heavy rains in South Korea, with the country’s longest monsoon in seven years causing more flooding, landslides and evacuations on Saturday. Nearly 5,000 people had been evacuated as of 4:30 p.m. local time on Saturday (0730 GMT), according to Ministry of the Interior and Safety data, as r...
NEW DELHI: A mudslide triggered by heavy monsoon rain and flooding killed at least five people in southern India on Friday, police said. Kerala state’s top elected official Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted that dozens of people were feared trapped and teams from the National Disaster Response Force were on their way to Idukki district’s Rajamal...
PATNA: Monsoon floods have swamped large parts of India’s densely populated Bihar state and affected nearly 4 million people by Friday, exacerbating the risk of the coronavirus and stymieing its response to the pandemic. The floods have killed at least 24 people in the state, where heavy rain has submerged thousands of villages in 12 district...
Damauli, July 30 Local levels in Tanahun district are planning to identify potential areas at risk of monsoon-induced disasters. It may be noted that foods and landslides have buried 13 to death in different parts of the district this year and the risks are still looming large in the area. Keeping such vulnerability in mind, the local levels her...
The 2017 and 2019 monsoon floods in Nepal dilapidated many settlements, especially in the southern part of the country and across the riverbanks in the middle and high mountains. The 1993 and 2008 floods had already provided some lessons that should not have been forgotten to downscale the loss of lives and property. The notorious floods of 2017 an...
KATHMANDU: As monsoon begins to peak with downpour being a constant everyday feature in the past couple of weeks, people across various parts of the country are facing increased risk of floods and other season related disasters in the coming days. Meteorological Forecasting Division shared that the country is currently affected by monsoon wind and ...
Panchthar, June 25 Locals of Phalgunanda Rural Municipality in Panchthar are facing problems in accessing the rural municipality office due to poor condition of the road during the rainy season. The rural municipality centre is far away from settlements and the locals face difficulty reaching the centre due to its remoteness. Locals said the tempor...