HARNAI, JUNE 23 (Online): As many as 6 persons have died due to flash flood and heavy rains in the areas of Harnai, Dakki, and Kohlu. The link roads have been badly affected due to flash flood. On the other hand flashfloods have claimed two […]
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 21 (Online): Rain-windstorm with thundershower is expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir, Sindh and northeast Balochistan during next twelve hours. Heavy to very heavy rainfall and a few hailstorms may also occur at scattered places during the forecast period. Heavy […]
Beirut, June 8 (AFP/APP): Emergency teams brought under control a massive blaze in Lebanon’s largest pine forest on Wednesday that authorities said could be deliberate, as the country braced for another summer of fires. The fire in the northern Dinniyeh region broke out on Tuesday […]
NANCHANG, June 7 (Xinhua/APP): Over 800,000 residents in east China’s Jiangxi Province have been affected by torrential rains and rain-induced floods as of 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to local authorities. The latest round of rainfall since May 28 has wreaked havoc in 80 counties of […]
QUETTA, Jun 06 (APP): The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in most parts of Balochistan during the next 24 hours. According to the Met Office, the minimum temperature in Quetta was recorded at 14.5 degrees centigrade and 7.1 degrees centigrade in Ziarat […]
MANSEHRA, Jun 05 (APP):Raging weather on Sunday once again blown off corrugated irons sheet rooftops, uprooted trees, billboards and electricity pools in many areas of district Mansehra. Fallen trees, electricity polls and billboards also blocked some of the roads in Shankiyari and surrounding villages. Several […]
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 03 (Online): Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while very hot in south Punjab and upper Sindh during the next twelve hours. However, rain-wind and thunderstorm is expected at a few places in Gilgit Baltistan […]
Recife, Brazil, June 2 (AFP/APP): While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep: they fear landslides like the ones that claimed 120 lives in recent days. “We have children; we have all our things […]
BEIJING, Jun 1 (XINHUA/APP): Beijing has intensified its flood control efforts as the city entered this year’s flood season Wednesday, authorities told a press conference. From June to August, the precipitation in Beijing is forecast to be 450 mm to 530 mm, 20 to 40 […]
Recife, Brazil, May 31 (AFP/APP):Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 100 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tuesday as emergency workers searched for bodies and survivors. The force of the landslides ripped apart houses in neighborhoods including Jardim Monteverde, […]