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15 dead, bodies of 19 missing victims found after flash floods in Chitral
2016-07-04 02:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pakistan Today: At least 15 deaths have been confirmed in the flash floods that inundated Arsoon area. Bodies of nineteen victims who went missing after being swept away in Chitral flooding Sunday have been recovered while search is underway for the remaining victims Rescue services have recovered five more bodies. At least 31 people were swept away on Sunday as an aftermath of heavy rains and flash floods that inundated Arsoon, a village near the Afghan border. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority...
Pakistan: Stormy skies ahead: Floods show Chitral is more vulnerable than ever
2016-07-03 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express Tribune: The first rain of the monsoons wreaked havoc in Chitral, but more alarmingly, served as an indicator of things to come in one of the most impoverished districts of the country. The area lost three-fourths of its infrastructural development in 2015. While the emphasis this year has once again been on disaster management instead of adaptive measures, 31 people are missing and 37 houses seven have been destroyed. Officials say these structures were in the path of a water channel induced by the flash...
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Flash floods, landslides kill at least 50 people in Pakistan, India, officials say
2016-07-03 10:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 50 people in northern Pakistan and northern India, officials say. Key points: At least 43 killed in remote Pakistani village More than 40 feared dead in India's Uttarakhand state Thousands believed to be stranded in India At least 43 people were killed in Pakistan, most in a remote village that did not receive an evacuation warning before flash floods hit, washing away most of the settlement, officials said. The heavy monsoon rains...
Pakistan floods kill 28, including worshippers at mosque
2016-07-03 09:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 28 people in northern Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, including some who were swept away while praying at a mosque. Torrential rains began to pelt the Chitral district, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, on Saturday and continued into the night, residents said. Maghferat Shah, Chitral district administrator, said some residents were missing after flash floods swamped a local mosque in Drosh town in Upper Chitral....
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Flash floods kill 43 in northern Pakistan: Officials
2016-07-03 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AFP: Overnight flash floods killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority in a remote village that did not receive an evacuation warning before the waters hit washing away most of the settlement, officials said Sunday. The heavy monsoon rains began late Saturday and were concentrated mainly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been badly affected by flooding in recent years that some scientists have linked to climate change.
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