KATHMANDU: The narrow streets of Kathmandu – sized for pedestrians and rickshaws – are choked with engines. Buses, motorbikes, small trucks and taxis fill the sprawling valley with horns and exhaust. For its more than 3 million residents, just getting around is a dangerous, eye-stinging ordeal.But recently, a new kind of motor has started to […]
Visuals of flash flooding in Washington DC (Video credits: Youtube/Nature Damage) Torrential rainfall on Saturday caused flash flooding across Washington DC and parts of neighbouring Maryland and Virginia, prompting multiple emergency rescue operations, officials confirmed.Some areas, including densely populated suburbs like Silver Spring, recorded more than 5 inches of rain. Several major roads in Montgomery, […]
US President Donald Trump (AP image) US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) lashed out at protesters who allegedly threw rocks and bricks at ICE officers calling them “slimeballs” and ordering their immediate arrest.In a strongly worded post on Truth Social, Trump said he witnessed the incident while returning from a visit to flood-hit […]
Texas Hill flash floods (Image credits: AP) At least 24 people have died while several are missing after sudden, heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Texas Hill Country early Friday.Among the missing are 23 girls who were attending Camp Mystic, a summer camp with about 750 attendees. Rescue teams are continuing search efforts using helicopters, […]
Smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak (Image credits: AP) A cargo ship transporting nearly 3,000 vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean on Monday, weeks after a fire forced its crew to abandon the vessel. The ship, named Morning Midas, went down in international waters off […]
Visuals of floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province South Africa’s Eastern Cape province is experiencing massive floods, with the death toll reaching 78 as of Thursday. The search and rescue operations continue for the fourth day. Authorities said that they expect the toll to rise further.Videos and images of the floods have gone viral […]
Heavy rains led to flash floods in the Wichita area of Kansas, a state in the US. Emergency rescue teams rescued dozens of people, including drivers who were stuck in their cars.Julie Stimson, Sedgwick County’s emergency management director, said the county received between 1.5 to 7 inches (4 to 18 cm) of rain since Monday. […]
Two vehicles involved in the killing of India’s Harsimrat Randhawa in Canada have been recovered, the Hamilton Police said. The Hamilton Police on Wednesday provided an update in the Aril 17 shooting death of Harsimrat Randhawa, an Indian student, and said that they have recovered two vehicles involved in the shooting.Acting Det.-Sgt Daryl Reid told […]
Israeli military on Saturday admitted to shooting at ambulances in Gaza Strip citing them as “suspicious vehicles.” Hamas condemned the attack as a “war crime” that resulted in at least one fatality.“A few minutes afterward, additional vehicles advanced suspiciously toward the troops… The troops responded by firing toward the suspicious vehicles, eliminating a number of […]
