13 h. ago Photos of mourners and searches for the missing from flash floods in Pakistan and India

Communities in mountainous areas of India and Pakistan are mourning the loss of hundreds of lives due to recent flash floods, with many families holding funerals as the search for those still missing continues.

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15 h. ago Flash floods kill at least 159 people in Pakistan after huge cloudburst

Search for the missing continues in north-west after downpour also sparks deadly flooding and landslides in IndiaA massive cloudburst has triggered flash floods in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 157 people, as rescuers continued to search for people missing after floods in neighbouring India.Mohammad Suhail, a provincial emergency services spokesperson, said 78 bodies were recovered from various parts of Buner district in the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by noon on Friday, and a further 79 were pulled later from the rubble of collapsed homes and flooded villages. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Rescuers search for missing flash flood victims in remote Kashmir village

Authorities are searching for missing people in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir after flash floods caused by torrential rains

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42 h. ago Devastating cloudburst kills 33 and injures 120 as torrent tears through town

Officials expect the death toll to climb after at least 33 people were killed when a cloudburst struck a remote pilgrimage town in India's Jammu and Kashmir region

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44 h. ago Indian officials fear several people have been killed by Kashmir flash floods

Indian officials say several people are feared dead in flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote, mountainous village in Indian-controlled Kashmir

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52 h. ago Parents of woman who died in Texas flooding file lawsuit saying campground had ‘history of dangerous flooding’

The lawsuit accuses the campground of placing ‘guests in a known floodplain with a history of dangerous flooding’

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7 d. ago Flash floods kill at least 10 people and leave 33 missing in northwestern China

Chinese state media reports flash floods have left at least 10 people dead and 33 missing in Yuzhong County in China’s northwestern Gansu province

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9 d. ago Five dead and over 100 missing after flash flood sweeps away Himalayan village

Floodwaters destroy homes and road in Uttarakhand

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1 week ago Rescuers search for dozens missing after deadly flash floods kill 4 in northern India

Rescuers are scouring a devastated Himalayan village in northern India's Uttarakhand state to find missing people, a day after flash floods killed at least four and left many others trapped under debris

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1 week ago Four killed and over 100 missing after flash flood sweeps away Himalayan village

Floodwaters destroy homes and road in Uttarakhand

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1 week ago Chilling moment flash flood wipes out town leaving least 4 dead and 50 missing

Flash floods swept away homes and shops in northern India, killing at least four people and leaving many others trapped under debris. Floodwaters surged into a mountain village

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1 week ago About 100 people missing as flash flood tears through town in northern India

Large-scale search and rescue operation under way after at least four people killed in Himalayan regionA torrent of mud from a flash flood has smashed into a town in India’s Himalayan region, tearing down a mountain valley before demolishing buildings and killing at least four people, with about 100 others missing.Videos broadcast on Indian media showed a terrifying surge of muddy water sweeping away blocks of flats in the tourist region of Dharali in Uttarakhand state. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness

Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national parkRescuers in Norway have resumed the search for an award-winning environmental journalist who has gone missing in bad weather during a solo hike in the remote Folgefonna national park, home to one of the country’s biggest glaciers.Alec Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight from Bergen. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Four dead and over 50 missing after flash flood sweeps away Himalayan village in India

Floodwaters destroy homes and road in Uttarakhand

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1 week ago More than 50 people missing after flash floods wash away Himalayan village in India

Floodwaters destroy homes and road in Uttarakhand

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1 week ago Rescuers call off search for 11 people presumed dead in Pakistan floods

Rescuers in northern Pakistan have called off a two-week search for at least 11 people swept away by flash floods last month, saying they are now presumed dead

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1 week ago Body found in collapsed Chile mine as search continues for trapped miners

At least 100 people involved in rescue operation at El Teniente copper mine, which partially collapsed after ‘seismic event’One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world’s largest underground copper mine has been found dead, Chile’s state-owned Codelco group announced on Saturday, as rescuers continued their search for survivors.The collapse took place on Thursday at the El Teniente mine in Rancagua, 100km south of Santiago, after a “seismic event.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Number of missing from devastating Kerr County flash floods drops to just 3

Flooding along the Guadalupe River killed at least 135 people on July 4 weekend

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3 w. ago Number of missing in devastating Kerr County flash floods drops to just 3

Flooding along the Guadalupe River killed at least 135 people on July 4 weekend

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4 w. ago What to know as Texas' search for flood victims stretches into a 3rd week

The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down exactly how many people remain missing

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