Disaster
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1.9KHurricane Florence leaves 5 people dead, downgraded to ‘Tropical storm’
Hurricane Florence left five people dead as it touched down in Carolina on Friday, leaving a path of destruction on its trail,...
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Hurricane Florence about to make landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina, says NHC
North Carolina was left drenched after the outer bands of Hurricane Florence swept the coast on Thursday and flooded roads, rivers and...
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1.7KHurricane Florence to hit North Carolina on Thursday, one million evacuated
Hurricane Florence, said to be the first Category 4 storm to hit North Carolina in six decades, is expected to hit the shore...
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4.9KAll four tunnels on Jammu-Udhampur highway develop leaks: NHAI must come clean, says Rana
Asks NHAI to carry out immediate safety audit Jammu: National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on Monday expressed grave concern over the...
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4.0KA Kashmiri volunteer in flood-ravaged Kerala: ‘I saw a reassuring state response, unlike in our case’
Massive flash floods and landslides that ravaged Kerala prompted several volunteers to go to“God’s own country” with rescue and relief. One among...
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1.8KKEA’s protest on fourth anniversary of floods foiled, many detained on way to Civil Secretariat
Srinagar: Police on Friday foiled the protest march of Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) and detained scores of its members after they tried to...
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2.1KEarthquake in Japan causes landslides, 10 people injured
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake ripped through northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, causing a landslide that hit several homes and snapped power supply...
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1.7KTyphoon Jebi hits Japan: Nine killed, thousands stranded
Heavy rains, landslides, floods and extreme heat waves were topped by Typhoon Jebi that entrapped Japan on Tuesday, killing nine people. Evacuation...
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4.6KRat fever disease takes over flood-ravaged Kerala, 15 dead
A woman died of leptospirosis (rat fever) in the flood-ravaged Kerala on Sunday, increasing the death toll related to diseases to 15. In...
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2.5KEminent ecologist says ‘completely improper unscientific management of dams’ cause of Kerala floods
Eminent ecologist and writer Madhav Gadgil, during the sidelines of a lecture he had given, said that there was prima-facie evidence of unscientific...
