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The Rio Negro has swollen to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping. More than 450,000 people have been affected state-wide. Residents in Manaus, the biggest city in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, were struggling to cope with severe flooding after…
Cyclone Tauktae caused an estimated 100 billion Indian rupees ($1.4 billion) worth of damage in the Indian state of Gujarat after making landfall on May 17, Times of India reported. Agriculture, energy and housing sectors have recorded the highest losses.…
Photo Illustration Nine people have died and two children are in hospital after a cable car plunged to the ground near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. The capsule fell from its cable near the summit of the Mottarone mountain with…
On Sunday, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) stated that two new houses have collapsed in the landslide pit in Gjerdrum. “We received a message from Gjerdrum Municipality on Sunday morning that two homes have collapsed. This is…
Photo Illustration Back-to-back tornadoes killed 12 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, authorities said Saturday. Eight people died in the inland city of Wuhan on Friday night and four others in the town…
India was slammed on Monday by the strongest storm on record to reach its west coast, hampering authorities’ response to the Covid-19 crisis in some of the country’s hardest hit regions. Tropical Cyclone Tauktae, a storm with wind speeds equivalent…
Photo Illustration A severe dust storm hit parts of Karachi, Pakistan, with gusty winds and dark clouds on Tuesday (May 18). According to reports, the storm left at least four people dead in roof collapse incidents in several areas in…
Two avalanches in the French Alpine region of Savoie have left seven people dead, prefecture sources said today. Local authorities had already warned yesterday of unstable snow formations given a recent falloff in temperatures. The first avalanche occurred late morning…
Rescuers work at a site where an overpass for a metro train partially collapsed, in Mexico City, Mexico, May 3, 2021. Courtesy of Reuters / Luis Cortes Twenty three people including minors died and around 79 were injured after a…