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Landslide, floods from monsoon rains kill at least 41 in India, Nepal

Aug 31, 2020

KATHMANDU/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...

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South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

Aug 14, 2020

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...

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Bajura ravaged by catastrophic flood; connection with district headquarters severed

Aug 10, 2020

BAJURA: The swelling of Budhiganga river induced by incessant downpour has swept away the bailey bridge along the Sanfe-Martadi road-section, on Sunday. Following the damage to the bridge, the connection to district headquarters Martadi has been lost as vehicular movement has halted. Similarly, at least five suspension bridges have been destr...

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Days of torrential rain in S Korea leave at least 30 dead

Aug 9, 2020

SEOUL: More than a week of torrential rain in South Korea has left at least 30 dead and 12 missing in landslides, floods and other incidents, the government said Sunday while warning of a further downpour. The causalities include 13 dead and two missing from the last two days of heavy rainfall in southern South Korea, the Ministry of the Interior a...

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South Korea floods, landslides kill 26 as heavy rains continue

Aug 8, 2020

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...

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Farmers fear hunger as floods worsen pandemic woes in western Nepal

Aug 7, 2020

KATHMANDU: Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Nepali farmer Ganga Bahadur Shahi would go to India for six months a year to work as a labourer, earning money to feed his family of five. This year he came back early to his home in Bhajani municipality in Nepal‘s Far West region after COVID-19 started spreading rapidly in India. But his ...

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India’s Bihar state fights twin threat of virus and floods

Jul 31, 2020

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...

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Flood, landslides damage roads in Bhojpur district

Jul 30, 2020

BHOJPUR: Flood and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall have damaged many roads, obstructing movement, in Bhojpur district for the past couple of days. According to Dingla Area Police Office In-charge, Police Inspector Bhaskar Khatiwada, rural road sections along Dhingla-Satighat, Dingla-Nepaledanda, Dingla-Sampang, Sampang-Boya, and Dingl...

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Floods, coronavirus hobble two of India’s poorest states

Jul 28, 2020

NEW DELHI: Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India‘s poorest states have displaced or affected 8 million people and killed 111 since May, authorities said on Tuesday, at a time when coronavirus cases have swelled there. The Brahmaputra river in the northeastern state of Assam is flowing above the “danger level” in ...

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Vegetable prices rise significantly due to floods, landslides

Jul 27, 2020

KATHMANDU, JULY 26 Vegetable prices have surged in the last week due to the floods and landslides across the country. In the last one week vegetable prices have gone up by 50 per cent. Citing the recent floods and landslides traders have increased the price of green vegetables. “The incessant rains have damaged crops and vegetables and landsl...

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