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August 9, 2025 8:54 AM

Heavy rain batters Delhi-NCR, causing waterlogging and flight delays

Delhi-NCR woke up to heavy rainfall on Saturday, causing severe waterlogging in several parts of the national capital and the adjoining cities of Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurugram, disrupting traffic movement and flight operations. The India Meteorolog...

August 8, 2025 9:10 PM

Mobile network restored in Harsil; evacuation and rescue ops continue in rain-hit Uttarkashi

The Uttarakhand government on Friday announced that mobile network services have been restored in Harsil Valley, Uttarkashi district, following sustained efforts by the administration. "Mobile network has been restored in Harsil Valley due to the ti...

August 8, 2025 11:33 AM

Bharat Forecast System boosts extreme rainfall prediction accuracy by 30%: Jitendra Singh

India’s newly developed Bharat Forecast System (BharatFS) has enhanced the country’s capability to predict extreme rainfall events, improving accuracy by 30% compared to the previous operational model, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)...

August 8, 2025 10:08 AM

Uttarakhand CM Dhami reviews rescue, relief operations in disaster-affected areas

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday held a meeting with officials at Disaster Control Room and reviewed rescue and relief operations in disaster affected areas. In a post on X, the CM stated that instructions were given to o...

August 8, 2025 10:06 AM

Uttarakhand cloudburst: 10 Gujarat pilgrims rescued by army, reunited with families

Ten pilgrims from Banaskantha district in Gujarat, who were stranded near Dharali in Uttarakhand following a devastating cloudburst, have been successfully rescued by the Indian Army. The pilgrims - all residents of Chichodra village in Bhabhar talu...

August 7, 2025 3:47 PM

France’s biggest wildfire since 1949 moving more slowly but not yet under control

A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has lost intensity but is still not under control, officials said on Thursday. France's biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades has...

August 7, 2025 3:55 PM

Uttarakhand cloudburst: 409 rescued so far from flood-hit areas; more rescue personnel deployed to Uttarkashi

Several individuals stranded in disaster-hit areas of Uttarkashi were rescued and brought to Harsil on Thursday, bringing the total number of rescued people to 409, Uttarakhand officials involved in the ongoing relief and rescue efforts confirmed. T...

August 7, 2025 2:24 PM

Dharali-Harsil road connectivity to be restored within 3 days after cloudburst damage: BRO chief

Following a devastating cloudburst and heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has launched swift operations to restore road and bridge connectivity to the affected areas of Dharali and Harsil. BRO Director General Lt Gen ...

August 7, 2025 2:14 PM

IMD forecast heavy rainfall in Northeast, eastern India, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a prolonged spell of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Northeast and adjoining eastern India over the next seven days, with extremely heavy showers (more than 21 cm) likely at isolated places i...

August 7, 2025 1:23 PM

Heavy rain with thundershowers to continue across south Bengal: IMD issues yellow alert

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a yellow alert for Kolkata and several districts in south Bengal, forecasting light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds (30–40 km/h) through the weekend. A seni...

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