Severe flooding has hit several provinces of Yemen, leaving more than 150 people dead and thousands more displaced as of Sunday, according to a Yemeni source and a UN agency.
Following a request from the Gujarat government, six columns of the Indian Army are conducting rescue operations in the worst-affected areas as the flood-like situation continues in parts of the state due to incessant rainfall.
Incessant rainfall caused by sustained depression over the Damodar East sub-basin in the last couple of days resulted the Durgapur barrage to open 16 of its 34 lock-gates resulting a discharge of 60210 cusecs at 6 pm today, posing a minor inundation threat to the lower valley basin.
An overcast sky and showers on most of the days for the last twenty days has also failed to make up for the deficit rainfall in Kolkata. The city continues to be deficit in seasonal rainfall despite having several rainy days.
Washing away badly constructed bridges, flooding illegally constructed basements, causing potholes in newly inaugurated roads, and revealing non-existent drainage of so-called smart cities, the rain gods mercilessly exposed the shamefully poor construction and maintenance of expensive infrastructure.
Low lying area inundated in the state's most districts.
A road in the Chabba Seri area at Jammu Srinagar National Highway (NH44) was washed away on Sunday due to heavy rainfall.
The weather forecast for today — July 10 — is that heavy to very heavy rainfall will continue in the…
Delhi Education Minister Atishi has instructed the Education Department to conduct physical inspections of each and every government school for the safety of school children.
The Safdarjung Observatory recorded 126 mm of rainfall in a space of nine hours from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in Delhi.
