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Monsoon flooding kills at least 173 across South Asia

Aug 14, 2017

Heavy monsoon rains have devastated large swaths of northeastern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh, killing at least 173 people, displacing or stranding millions and washing away vital crops

Monsoon flooding kills at least 160 across South Asia

Aug 14, 2017

Heavy monsoon rains have devastated large swaths of northeastern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh, killing around 160 people, displacing or stranding millions and washing away vital crops

Rescuers pull out 13 bodies after landslide hits north India

Aug 13, 2017

Soldiers and rescue workers in northern India have pulled out 13 bodies from two buses buried in mud from a landslide that was triggered by heavy monsoon rains, and police say more victims may still be found in the debris

Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain kill 47 in Nepal

Aug 13, 2017

Police say landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 47 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless

State TV: Flash floods kill 12 in northwest Iran

Aug 12, 2017

Iranian state TV is reporting that flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 12 people in the country's northeast

Iraqi weather service warns of brutal heat wave next week

Aug 3, 2017

Iraq's weather service warns temperatures to increase next week; highs expected at 51 Celsius, or about 124 Fahrenheit

Lightning kills 11 during monsoon season in eastern India

Jul 30, 2017

A government official says lightning has killed 11 people in eastern India, with most of the victims dying while working in rice paddies

At least 2 injured as summer storm hits Istanbul

Jul 27, 2017

Turkish media reports say a severe summer storm has hit Istanbul, with heavy rains flooding streets and underpasses and "walnut-sized" hail damaging windows and windshields and knocking down trees

48 dead as heavy monsoon rains lash western India

Jul 26, 2017

At least 48 people have been killed as large swathes of western India are lashed by heavy monsoon rains and heavy flooding over the last week

Heavy monsoon rains lash western India, killing 16

Jul 25, 2017

At least 16 people have been killed this week in heavy monsoon rains that have lashed western India, including the desert state of Rajasthan, with more than 24,000 villagers evacuated to higher ground