Latest Monsoons News
Heavy monsoon rains and floods kill at least 33 in south India and 5 children in Pakistan this week
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
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
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
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...
Pakistan's cultural capital sees record rainfall, flooding streets and affecting daily life
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s cultural city of Lahore saw record-high rainfall early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, while flooding streets, disrupting traffic and affecting daily life, officials said, as the death toll from rain-related incidents over the past month...
Flash flooding triggered by heavy monsoons in northwest Pakistan kills at least 14 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy monsoons in northwest Pakistan triggered flash flooding, killing at least 14 people, 11 from the same family, officials said Tuesday. The rains in Kohat, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooded the basement of a house where the family...
It's a fine line as the summer rainy season brings relief, and flooding, to the southwestern US
MONUMENT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — It's as if the sky opened up and dropped everything it had in a matter of minutes. Giant raindrops combined with hail to transform an otherwise toasty summer day into a white wintry scene, at least for a few minutes. Then it all turned to red mud. ...
Days after heatwave, intense rain causes roof collapse at New Delhi airport, killing 1 person
NEW DELHI (AP) — A portion of a canopy at a departure terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport collapsed Friday as monsoon rains lashed the Indian capital, killing one person and injuring six others, officials said. All flight departures from Terminal 1 were...
Monsoon storm dumps heavy rain in parts of Flagstaff; more than 3,000 customers without electricity
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding in parts of the Flagstaff area prompted authorities to issue a shelter-in-place order Tuesday afternoon. Coconino County officials asked residents around noon to seek higher ground as a monsoon storm moved...
Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A days-long intense heat wave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in its largest city, Karachi, where doctors treated thousands of victims of heatstroke at various hospitals, health officials said Tuesday. Several people fell unconscious in...
