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By The Conversation Shailaja Fennell , University of Cambridge The UN estimates that the floods which besieged Pakistan in the summer of 2022 have affected 33 million people, with over 2 million homes destroyed and over 8 million people displaced in a region which already struggles with high rates of malnutrition. A recent report showed that the flooding followed severe heat. Parched land cannot easily absorb water from swollen rivers and the soil will need time to recover, delaying the sowing of next season's crops. Receding flood waters are also more likely to leave pastures contaminated by ...
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By Sista Mukherjee A 2019 video of a flooded school hallway from Texas was shared on social media with a false claim that it's from a school in Florida before Hurricane Ian made the landfall. This video was shared on social media in the backdrop of recent destruction caused by hurricane Ian in Florida. Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, September 28 as a Category 4 storm. More than two million people were left without electricity and communication. According to reports, at least 66 people were killed and more than 1070 people had been rescued and evacuated from the flooded ar...
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By Prachi Sibal Bengaluru received unprecedented rains on Sunday night, leaving parts of the city water-logged and citizens struggling to go about their daily lives. Photos and videos from the city, of officegoers taking boats and even tractors and people wading through knee-deep water, went viral. The Bengaluru Bruhat Mahanagara Palike said it had identified several areas that had encroachments to stormwater drains. The government announced funding for improving the drainage system in the city. Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai announced Rs 1500 crore for the draining of water in the ...
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By BOOM Team Bengaluru continued to reels under the flood situation on Tuesday as several areas continued to be water logged. While Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai announced measures to tackle the situation that has affected regular life in the city, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rainfall in the region till September 9. Transportation within the city, schools and businesses were affected because of the waterlogging that made it difficult for citizens to go about their daily lives. Water supply problems and power cuts were reported as well. Here's a look at h...
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By The Conversation Pakistan is experiencing the most devastating and widespread floods in its history, with the country's climate minister saying waters have reached across a third of the nation. The growing tally of impacts is dire. More than 1,100 people have been killed, a million homes have been destroyed and 33 million people have been directly affected. Total damage estimates exceed US$10 billion (£8.6 billion), and further disruption to the country's economy and critical food production is inevitable. Also Read:Pakistan Floods Kill Over 1,000; Rescue Ops Hit: All You Need To Know On Au...
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By BOOM Team Floods in Pakistan have killed over 1,000 people since mid-June, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority said in a release on Monday. It said that over 1,600 hundred people had been injured by the floods. Flash floods have been wreaking havoc in Pakistan with rescue efforts also hampered because of the severity of the situation and rescue sorties being unable to land because of a lack of dry land. Hundreds of villages have been washed away and rescue workers have been carrying on evacuation. Also Read: Kamaal R Khan Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody For 2020 Tweets 'Climat...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video from Pakistan of a jeep washed away in the floods is being shared falsely linking it to the recent incident where a TV reporter died after his car was washed away during floods in Jagtial district, Telangana. On July 12, 2022, Zameer, a reporter working with the Telugu news channel NTV, had gone to Bornapalli village in Jagtial district to report on nine farm labourers who were trapped in the Godavari floods. Zameer and another person named Syed Riyaz Ali were returning to Jagtial from Bornapalli, when the Swift Dzire car they were in was washed away by the flood...
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