Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has declared a holiday for all schools and colleges in Chennai and the surrounding districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpattu on Tuesday. The holiday has been declared following a weather department warning of very heavy rains in these areas on Tuesday. The Chief Minister announced the holiday for … Read more
Shillong: At least 10 people died, including seven of a family, in rain-induced flashfloods that ravaged Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district in the past 24 hours, officials said. Incessant rainfall has triggered landslides in Gasuapara region of the district, they said on Saturday. The family of seven were inside their home in the remote village … Read more
Photo: SPA Riyadh: The rare sight of arid mountains in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah region have been turned into a lush green landscape after heavy rainfall and thunder in the Kingdom over the past few days. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shared images and videos on X showing mountains of Makkah turned green. “Captivating scenes of … Read more
In the first episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, fictional entomologist Gil Grissom arrived at a crime scene and used tweezers to pull a maggot out of a dead body. Within moments, he announced that the age of the maggot indicated that the body had been dead for seven days. The same approach applies in … Read more
Heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms, lashed in Makkah, Madinah, and other regions across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Wednesday, August 21, providing relief from the scorching heat. A video clip circulated on social media platforms shows Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two … Read more
Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end. Every June and July, there is a peak in the amount of dust from the North African desert that is lifted high above … Read more
Mumbai: Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai on the second consecutive day on Monday, with some areas receiving up to 34 mm of rainfall in just one hour in the morning, affecting local train services during the rush hour between Kalyan and Thakurli stations of the Central Railway network. In the last 24 hours ended … Read more
Yangon: Nearly 2,000 households in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State have been evacuated as the Ayeyarwady River overflowed above the danger mark due to heavy rains, according to the Kachin state government on Monday. There have been no reported fatalities and ongoing rescue operations, a member from the Kachin stated government, reported Xinhua news agency. The … Read more
New Delhi: The bodies of three labourers were on Saturday pulled from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar area here amid heavy rain, officials said. With this, the number of people killed in rain-related incidents in Delhi has risen to 11. The under-construction wall collapsed on … Read more
We were all turning blue during an unusually cool spring but on the plus side it made for a bumper crop of British blueberries. Growers say the below average temperatures created the perfect growing conditions. And Hall Hunter, which provides 50 per cent of the 6,000 tonnes of UK-grown superfruit, said buying the best of … Read more
