Jakarta: At least 160 people, mostly women and children, are missing from an Indonesian village that was pounded by an enormous wave after an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused a local tsunami, officials said on Tuesday. The 7.5 magnitude quake hit 78 km west of South Pagai in the Mentawai islands late on Monday and destroyed most buildings in the coastal village of Betu Monga, said Hardimansyah, an...
08:03 PM, Oct 26, 2010
The video was captured by an emergency management coordinator from his car on the outskirts of Dallas. ...
10:32 AM, Oct 26, 2010
Much of the country's economy and infrastructure has already been washed away by record monsoon rains and floods. ...
11:49 AM, Aug 29, 2010
Islamabad: The Pakistani government on Tuesday announced emergency measures aimed at averting major outbreaks of cholera and other epidemic diseases in the country's flooded areas. A national steering committee, comprising top health official, was set up to monitor the situation on a regular basis, officials said after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and attended by local and international health officials. National Health Volunteers groups, comprising some...
08:23 AM, Aug 25, 2010
With winters just 2 months away, people of Leh, whose lives were shattered by flash floods two weeks back, face an even bigger threat to their survival. ...
09:18 AM, Aug 21, 2010
The roof of a primary school collapsed following heavy rains in Kapkot area of Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district on Wednesday. ...
08:54 PM, Aug 18, 2010
It is estimated that more than 13 million people have been left homeless by the floods. ...
10:26 PM, Aug 17, 2010
Majority of victims of the deadly floods in Pakistan are struggling to make it to relief camps. ...
07:37 PM, Aug 16, 2010
The flash floods in Leh following a deadly cloudburst has left over 150 dead and many more injured. A CJ shows how his car was swept away by mudslide in Choglamsar village. ...
09:40 PM, Aug 11, 2010
Dr Ritesh Arya, a geologist working in Leh, video recorded the devastation that was unleashed by the flash floods. Dr Arya was staying in a three-storey building in the Choglamsar village, which was the worst affected in the tragedy. The video shows Dr Arya and a few members of his team wading through waist deep sludge gathered in the first storey of the house as they attempt to evacuate a ...
09:31 PM, Aug 11, 2010
Srinagar: The death toll in the devastating flash floods caused by the sudden cloudburst in Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region went up on Tuesday to 166, including 23 foreigners, while around 400 people were still missing, officials said. Over 3000 tourists who had been trapped in Leh for the last 4 days were relocated to safer places on Tuesday as the Indian Army intensified its rescue and...
09:28 AM, Aug 11, 2010
A 16-year-old girl, whose parents were employed with the BRO as contract labour, lost her father in the flather. ...
10:48 AM, Aug 10, 2010
Two-year-old Deldan Angmo was washed away by flood water on August 6 in Leh, Ladakh. ...
10:59 PM, Aug 09, 2010
In a cruel twist of fate 28-year-old Riyaz died in the tragedy just as he was getting ready to marry. ...
10:44 PM, Aug 09, 2010
The cloudburst and flash floods in Leh affected not only civilians but the men guarding India's borders also. ...
09:40 PM, Aug 09, 2010
CNN-IBN team managed to travel to the worst affected village on the outskirts of Leh. ...
12:00 PM, Aug 09, 2010
Leh is now living on a hope that most of the missing will be found safe and alive. ...
10:52 PM, Aug 07, 2010
Ladkah is crippled and at Fotilla Pass, 150 kilometers from Leh, many people are stranded in transit. ...
10:26 PM, Aug 07, 2010
Leh has been devastated by flash floods following a cloudburst on Friday. More than 100 people have been killed, over 600 are still missing and nearly 15,000 have been injured. If you have not been able to contact your family or friends, CNN-IBN will help you do so. Send us the details and our reporters will help locate your near and dear ones.
08:39 PM, Aug 07, 2010
The inundated airstrip has been operational again but communication lines are still down. ...
10:19 PM, Aug 06, 2010
