14 people missing after boat capsizes in southern Ethiopia
A total of 14 people are missing after a boat capsized on a lake in southern Ethiopia, according to local officials.
A total of 14 people are missing after a boat capsized on a lake in southern Ethiopia, according to local officials.
A staggering 68,826 hectares of farmland have been either fully or partially destroyed resulting in a loss of 2.43 lakh metric tons as the state grapples with the aftermath of relentless rains.
According to family members of the deceased, the incident took place in their presence, while an idol was being immersed in the river Yamuna.
Areas like Behala, MG Road, Park Circus, Park Street, Theatre Road, Shakespeare Sarani were under knee deep water. People had to wade through the water to reach their working places.
Of the five persons on the ill-fated raft, Sushma Phadtare, 32, her 8-year-old daughter Aiyarn, and another girl Pooja Kale, 10, drowned in the churning river water.
The bodies of four engineering students who drowned in the River Krishna in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday were recovered on Sunday following an intensive search operation.
An eight-year-old boy drowned to death in a drain on Tuesday, police said. The boy, Shankar, a resident of Naya…