Latest Monsoons News

Monsoon flooding closes schools and offices in India's southern IT hubs

Oct. 16, 2024 21:52 PM EDT

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Schools, colleges and government offices were shut Wednesday in parts of southern India as heavy monsoon rains triggered severe flooding. The worst-hit cities included Chennai and Bengaluru, the country’s industrial and information technology hubs. Power...

Heavy monsoon rains and floods kill at least 33 in south India and 5 children in Pakistan this week

Sep. 03, 2024 03:21 AM EDT

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday. In India's Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, houses collapsed and were swept away by...

Monsoon floods tear through a village in Yemen and kill 13 people

Aug. 28, 2024 14:24 PM EDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Rescue workers in northern Yemen have recovered the bodies of 13 people who went missing after a flash flood inundated a village, authorities said Wednesday, as officials said 99 people have been killed since the start of heavy seasonal rains. Yemen's current...

Heavy rains hit Pakistan's south as this monsoon's death toll rises to 209

Aug. 19, 2024 13:04 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north, officials said Monday, as the death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 209 since July 1. Fourteen people died across Punjab province in...

Death toll rises to 156 as weeks of heavy monsoon rains wreak havoc in Pakistan

Aug. 08, 2024 11:32 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has risen to 156, officials said Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some villages and causing landslides. More than 1,800 homes have been damaged...