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08 Sep

How the Balkans region grappled with the hottest summer in more than a century

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BELGRADE, Serbia -- Jelena Popovic normally loves summer and all it brings along, including the hot weather. But this year it was just too much. “This summer was too hot, you couldn't walk in the city. It was only pleasant when you swim," said Popovic, a resident of Belgrade, Serbia's capital. “It was like a tropical summer, like we live in Africa and not in Europe."This was true for much of the Balkans, a region in southeast Europe that is used to hot summers but where this one broke previous records with repeated heat waves and almost a totally dry…
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03 Sep

Heavy monsoon rains and floods kill at least 33 in India and 5 children in Pakistan

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HYDERABAD, India -- Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday. In India's Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, houses collapsed and were swept away by torrential downpours while floods disrupted road and rail traffic, officials said. The weather service issued a red alert for 11 districts, predicting more rains in the region, Telangana’s top bureaucrat, Shanta Kumari, said.More than 4,000 people have been moved to 110 government-run relief camps in Telangana since Monday, according to the state's top elected official, A.…
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01 Sep

Storm creeps through Japan, bringing heavy rainfall to some spots for days

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TOKYO -- Tropical Storm Shanshan brought torrential rain Sunday to Japan ’s Shizuoka area, 180 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of Tokyo, as weather officials warned the storm would linger for several more days.Shanshan, packing winds of 65 kph (40 mph), made landfall Thursday, leaving landslides, flooded rivers, torn branches and scattered debris in its path. In southwestern Japan, people were busy cleaning up muddied homes and throwing out broken appliances.The storm is so far connected with at least six deaths, including three people who were trapped in a mudslide. It left one person missing and 127 people injured, according to…
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25 Aug

Heavy storms kill 11 people and leave 14 others missing in northeastern Chinese city

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BEIJING -- Heavy rainstorms that swept a city in northeast China this week killed 11 people and left 14 others missing, while causing more than $1 billion in damages, state media reported Friday.State broadcaster CCTV said an officer who was trying to save lives was one of the people who died in the city of Huludao in Liaoning province. Rescuers were still trying to find the people who went missing during the “historically rare” destructive rainfall, it said. An image from the broadcaster showed roads seriously flooded.According to preliminary estimates, 188,800 people were affected by the natural disaster, with losses…
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Heatwave alert! From Prayagraj to Gurugram. Top 10 hottest cities in India right now
18 Jun

Heatwave alert! From Prayagraj to Gurugram. Top 10 hottest cities in India right now

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India Heatwave Update: As the intense heatwave continues to scorch northwest India, large swathes of the country battle with record-high temperatures. From Ladakh to Jharkhand, the weather department has reported maximum temperatures exceeding the "normal" 5.1 degree Celsius (C) range, PTI reported. States and Union Territories (UTs) of Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh remain in the grip of "intense heat waves", it added. 6. Amritsar and Pathankot in Punjab both recorded a high of 45.8 degrees C 7. Hisar in Haryana registered 45.7 degrees C 8. Patiala in Punjab at 45.4 degrees…
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Monsoon Tracker: IMD issues heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for these regions – Check details
15 Jun

Monsoon Tracker: IMD issues heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for these regions – Check details

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that conditions are favourable for further advance of the Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of various states over the next four to five days. Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, the remaining parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and some parts of Bihar will see the advancement of the monsoon during the next 4–5 days. Heavy rainfall warningThe Weather department said that heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls is very likely to continue over sub-Himalayan West Bengal,…
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