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Dozens dead in Pakistan and India after floods and landslides
2016-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: At least 58 people have been killed in northern Pakistan and India by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains. Floods in the Chitral district of Pakistan damaged houses and a mosque killing at least 30, officials said. Another 28 are now known to have died in floods and landslides in India's Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh states in recent days. Hundreds die in South Asian monsoon season floods every year. Bad weather has hampered rescue efforts in both countries....
At least 40 feared dead in rains, landslides in northern India
2016-07-03 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At least 40 people were feared dead following a downpour that triggered flash floods and landslides in northern Indian Uttarakhand state over the weekend, a state official said. Several more people were still missing, a spokesman at the state chief minister's office, Om Prakash Sati, said on Sunday, with remote Chamoli and Pithoragarh being the worst affected districts in the state. The state has so far confirmed 18 deaths, of whom 15 were from Pithoragarh. The official toll was expected to...
Flash floods, landslides kill at least 50 people in Pakistan, India, officials say
2016-07-03 10:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 50 people in northern Pakistan and northern India, officials say. Key points: At least 43 killed in remote Pakistani village More than 40 feared dead in India's Uttarakhand state Thousands believed to be stranded in India At least 43 people were killed in Pakistan, most in a remote village that did not receive an evacuation warning before flash floods hit, washing away most of the settlement, officials said. The heavy monsoon rains...
64 dead in Indonesia landslides as La Nina brings heavy rains
2016-06-27 21:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Last year, an extended dry season brought on by El Nino set the stage for one of the worst natural disasters Indonesia has seen, the devastating forest and peatland fires that burned an area the size of Macedonia. This year, an extra-wet dry season brought on by La Nina is bringing calamity in a different form: floods and landslides. At least 64 people were killed this month in landslides and flash floods and thousands more were displaced, the nations disaster management chief, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho,...
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Nearly 50 die in Indonesia landslides, authorities warn of more rain
2016-06-20 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indonesian authorities raced on Monday to rescue victims of landslides and flash floods caused by torrential rain at the weekend that killed nearly 50 people and left many missing in the main island of Java. Search and rescue teams used earth movers and bulldozers to clear debris in several locations in Central Java province after heavy rainfall damaged thousands of homes and forced residents to evacuate. "Around 200 people...in joint teams from the military, police, NGOs, and volunteers are...