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Four dead, one missing in Austria avalanche

Posted on February 5, 2022 by News Desk

Vienna, Feb 4 (AFP/APP): Four people died and one was missing Friday after several avalanches struck Austria’s Tyrol province, the rescue services said. “It was one of 13 avalanches today in Tyrol… It happened off-piste” near the border with Switzerland, Patrick Ortler from the province’s […]

Rain-wind thunderstorm with snow over hills expected in KP, ICT, Punjab, Kashmir, GB

Posted on February 4, 2022 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, FEB 03 (ONLINE): Rain-wind thunderstorm with snow over hills is expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, northeast Punjab, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next twelve hours. Windstorm and dust raising winds are expected in coastal areas of Sindh including Karachi, coastal belt and central […]

Thousands lose power but Mauritius escapes ‘major damage’ from cyclone

Posted on February 3, 2022 by News Desk

Port Louis, Mauritius, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): Thousands of homes were left without power in Mauritius on Wednesday but the Indian Ocean island nation escaped without “major damage” from a battering by powerful cyclone winds. Tropical cyclone Batsirai passed within 130 kilometers (80 miles) of the […]

Two babies killed by winter cold in northwest Syria: UN

Posted on February 2, 2022 by News Desk

Haranbush, Syria, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): Two Syrian infant girls have died from harsh winter weather in northwest Syria where snow and rain have destroyed the tents of hundreds of displaced families, the United Nations said Tuesday. “A seven-day-old girl and a two-month-old girl have died […]

22 dead, dozens injured as flooding hits Ecuador capital

Posted on February 2, 2022 by News Desk

Quito, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at least 22 people in Quito, inundating homes, swamping cars and sweeping away athletes and spectators on a sports field, officials said Tuesday. Twenty people are missing and 47 injured, […]

Cold, dry weather expected in most plain areas of country: Met Office

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

ISLAMABAD, Feb 01 (Online): Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while very cold in upper parts during the next twelve hours. Fog is likely to prevail in upper Sindh and few plain areas of Punjab during morning […]

Mainly cold and dry weather likely to prevail in most parts of country

Posted on February 1, 2022 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (Online): Mainly cold and dry weather is likely to prevail in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. However, rain with light snowfall over mountains is expected at isolated places in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining […]

Storm kills at least three in central Europe

Posted on January 31, 2022 by News Desk

Berlin, Jan 30 (AFP/APP): At least three people died and several were injured as violent winds uprooted trees and caused travel chaos in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic on Sunday. A 58-year-old man was killed in the town of Beelitz near the German capital […]

Snow ‘bomb’ unleashes blizzard on eastern US

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

New York, Jan 29 (AFP/APP):Blinding snow whipped up by near-hurricane force winds pummeled the eastern United States on Saturday, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered severe weather alerts, transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million […]

Deadly storm Ana strands tens of thousands in southern Africa

Posted on January 29, 2022 by News Desk

Lilongwe, Malawi, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): Torrential rains from deadly Tropical Storm Ana subsided on Friday leaving tens of thousands of people across three countries in southern Africa cut off by flood damage, without power and living in shelters. The death toll stood at 86 across […]

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