Torrential rain News

More than a dozen people were missing after the rain hit the province of Bengkulu, on the southwest side of Sumatra, on Friday and Saturday, the agency said.

Sri Lanka`s government on Thursday deployed troops to help regions stricken by a major storm which killed seven people with five others missing, authorities said.

Torrential rain in the last two days led to flash floods in many parts of Manipur affecting many areas in the Imphal valley and the state capital.

Continuous torrential rains since Friday have affected some 40,000 people in China`s southwestern Guizhou province.

Low-lying areas in some cities experienced water-logging as gutters and storm water drains were flooded in a short time and water gushed out onto the streets.  

The toll has risen to 234 dead in a violent landslide in Colombia caused by the overflowing of three rivers swollen by torrential rain, the local Red Cross said on Sunday.

Torrential rain hampered relief efforts Thursday after a powerful cyclone wreaked havoc in northeast Australia, with floods sparking emergency rescues as fed-up tourists began evacuating from resort islands.

All roads, electrical supplies and telephone lines to the area have been cut off and poor weather is hampering rescue efforts.

Local authorities and firefighters were still searching for the missing.

The Illinois National Guard was ordered into action and hundreds of people urged to flee rising floodwaters, as the death toll from days of heavy rain in the US Midwest mounted.

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday allocated Rs 500 crore for flood relief and rehabilitation across the state.

Torrential rain caused chaos across several parts of Iraq on Thursday.

  Hundreds of people today bid a tearful adieu to Adithi, a six years old girl who was swept away in a stormwater drain here during a torrential rain last week and whose body was found only yesterday after a massive search operation involving the Navy.