Monsoon rains have stopped in Balochistan, since July 20, 19 people including 9 children were killed and 11 were injured due to flooding and debris, while the areas of Kalat, Jhal Magsi, Ziarat and Sahabpur were more affected.
According to the Department of Meteorology, the weather is hot and humid in most parts of Balochistan, Kashmir, North-East Punjab, Potohar region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North-East Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan are likely to rain today.
The Meteorological Department said that there is another powerful Monsoon system in Northeast Balochistan which may cause more rains.
The Meteorological Department has predicted the possibility of rain in some places of Zhob, Barkhan, Musa Khel, Sherani, Loralai, Sibi, Ziarat, Lasbela, Kalat, Khuzdar and Naseerabad.
The road connecting Balochistan with Karachi was washed away in the flood relay, traffic was suspended
According to PDMA, during the last 24 hours, 48 mm of rain was recorded in Kalat, 21 mm in Aosta Muhammad, 10 mm in Quetta.
According to PDMA, 3 more deaths occurred in Balochistan due to rains and flood rails, after which 19 people including 9 children and a woman died due to being swept away by flood water and lightning strikes since July 20, while monsoon 11 people including 10 children were injured during the rains.
With water levels continuing to rise and a toll of at least 37 dead and 74 missing, the situation is becoming increasingly critical in southern Brazil, where the regional capital Porto Alegre was hit in turn today.
The work of rescuers is titanic, with entire cities virtually cut off from the world, rendered inaccessible by the floods that have for days ravaged the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where it is expected to rain at least until Sunday.
Inhabited areas have been drowned as far as the eye can see, roads destroyed, bridges swept away by the current, not to mention the dam breaks that risk further worsening the situation: human losses and property damage are high and concentrated mainly in the central region of this state bordering Argentina and Uruguay.
In Porto Alegre, the regional capital with nearly 1.5 million inhabitants, the disaster is “unprecedented”, warned Governor Eduardo Leite.
Today, streets in the historic center of the city were filled with water due to the great flooding of the Guaiba, an iconic river of southern Brazil.
The authorities estimate that the level of the Guaiba may reach 5 meters within the next hours. The historical record, dating back to 1941, is 4.71 meters.
Worst disaster
According to the governor, the state of Rio Grande do Sul is experiencing the “worst climate disaster in its history.”
At least four dams “are in a state of emergency, at risk of breaking,” local authorities warned.
Amid the devastation, there are some comforting images, such as the rescue of four pregnant women in the town of Agudo, who were airlifted to a hospital.
The toll, already high, remains very temporary, with 37 dead, 74 missing and 74 injured.
More than 250 locations have been affected for several days by devastating storms.
The latest report by the authorities speaks of some 351,000 affected. In total, 23,600 people were forced to leave their homes.
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At least 15 people died, while 115 were taken to safe places, as announced today by the disaster management service of Indonesia, after the floods and landslides caused by the heavy rains in South Sulawesi.
Landslides triggered by heavy rains hit Luvu district in South Sulawesi early yesterday (local time), disaster management agency (BNPB) spokesman Abdul Muhari said in a statement.
“In total, 14 residents died due to floods and landslides in Luvu, South Sulawesi province,” he said.
More than 100 houses were severely damaged and 42 were swept away, while four arterial roads and a bridge were damaged, according to the same source.
More than 100 people moved to mosques or the homes of their relatives as authorities tried to evacuate more than 1,300 affected families.
In another area of South Sulawesi province, at least one person died and two others were injured in yesterday’s floods, the BNPB spokesman said in another statement.
In Indonesia, several landslides occur during the rainy season, and the phenomenon has been exacerbated in some areas by deforestation.
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Almost 25,000 people were forced to leave their homes after the storms they hit more than half of its cities southern Brazil
The floods caused by the torrential rains in southern Brazil they have claimed the lives of 56 people and at least 67 others are missing, according to the latest report released today by the civil protection service.
According to his principles Rio Grande do Sulnearly 25,000 people were forced to flee their homes after the storms hit more than half of the 497 towns in this state that borders Uruguay and Argentina.
Roads and bridges were destroyed by the waters in many areas. Landslides were also triggered and a dam at a small hydroelectric station partially collapsed. There is also a risk of a second dam collapsing in the city Bento Gonsalves.
At Porto Alegrethe capital of Rio Grande do Sul, the Guaiba River overflowed, flooding the streets. Porto Alegre International Airport suspended all flights indefinitely.
State Governor Eduardo Leyte told reporters that the death toll could rise. Rain is expected again in the northern parts of the State today and authorities have urged those living in communities at risk to seek shelter elsewhere.
Source: RES-MPE
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