Category Bridge Collapse Alert

Terrible flooding devastates parts of Iran

MASSIVE LANDSLIDE SHUTS JAMMU SRINAGAR HIGHWAY, AMARNATH YATRIS STRANDED KASHMIR BOUND

More than 2,000 passenger vehicles, including 68 carrying Kashmir-bound Amarnath pilgrims, have been left stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar National highway, following its closure due to massive landslides at several places triggered by overnight rainfall.   The Jammu-Srinagar National highway has…

Army deployed in flood-affected North Bengal, India

The Army has been deployed for rescue and relief operations in landslide and flood-affected parts of north Bengal. The catastrophe claimed several lives in the hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and property worth several lakhs is estimated to have been destroyed.…

Devastating landslides due to heavy rainfall in Darjeeling and Rudraprayag, India

Many houses have been crushed in the landslide and several roads including the Haldwani-Ramnagar highway have been blocked Monsoon rains are continuing to wreak havoc across the country. Incessant rains have triggered deadly landslides in Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand.   Many…

Severe flooding kills at least 28 with many missing in China

Cars are stranded on a flooded street after heavy rainfall hit Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, June 28, 2015. (Reuters photo) At least 28 people have been killed or feared missing after heavy rains-triggered floods and landslides swept through four provinces…

Severe flooding prompts major rescue operations in Uttarakhand and Gujarat, India

Rescue teams help out pilgrims amid a heavy water flow due to heavy rainfall in Rudraprayag on Saturday. (PTI Photo) Rescue workers on Saturday reached out to hundreds of people stranded in the interiors of Gujarat and authorities in Uttarakhand…