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At least 207 missing in Brazil floods, 741 dead
Jan 20th
RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil’s worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741. The list of missing people released by the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutor’s office – the first official estimate of the [...]
Brazil mudslide deaths over 700 and rising
Jan 19th
ITAIPAVA: The death toll from catastrophic mudslides in Brazil last week rose Thursday to 702 as more bodies were recovered from the devastated mountainous Serrana region near Rio de Janeiro.
Rio''s state health and civil defense service, whic…
Flood-hit families to get shelter houses by Feb
Jan 19th
Disaster Management Authority to reach out to thousands of families rendered homeless in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Brazil flood death toll rises to 655
Jan 18th
PETROPOLIS: The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Brazil rose Monday to 655, as the military stepped up efforts to reach isolated communities near Rio by helicopter. More than 1,500 emergency personnel, including from the army, air force, and police and fire services, were mobilized to tackle the disaster — the worst of [...]
100 dead in Indian pilgrimage stampede
Jan 15th
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: More than 100 Hindu devotees were killed after a road accident triggered a stampede among thousands of pilgrims returning from an Indian religious festival, officials said Saturday.
The Friday evening tragedy unfolded in a remo…
Alternative routes : Gilgit-Chitral road construction okayed
Jan 15th
The construction of an Rs18 billion, 370 km long road from Gilgit to Chitral announced.
Brazil death toll rises as rescuers battle floods
Jan 14th
TERESOPOLIS: Rescue workers in Brazil braced for more rain on Friday as they struggled to reach areas cut off by massive floods and landslides that look certain to have killed more than 500 people.
In one of the country''s worst natural disast…
More than 500 dead in Brazil mudslide disaster
Jan 14th
RIO DE JANEIRO: More than 500 people died in mudslides and floods near Rio de Janeiro this week, officials on Friday told media, which classed it as the worst disaster in Brazil’s history. Municipal officials in towns in the mountainous area hit by the catastrophe counted 506 deaths, according to a compiled tally by news [...]
Death toll in Brazil floods hits 432
Jan 14th
RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 432 people have been killed in torrential floods and landslides which swept down hillsides outside Rio de Janeiro, a news television said Thursday.
Most of the deaths were recorded in the town of Nova Friburgo, some 140 kil…
Over 257 dead as rains pummel Brazil
Jan 13th
RIO DE JANERIO: Floods and landslides devastated mountain towns near Rio de Janeiro and killed dozens, bringing the death toll on Wednesday from heavy rains in Brazil''s south to at least 257.
At least 130 people were killed in Teresopolis, ab…
