A landslide hit the Talis village in Ghanche district in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Saturday. The village has around 500 houses and a population of 5,000.
South Korean city planners and developers were blamed yesterday for allegedly causing "man-made" disasters that killed at least 59 people and left thousands homeless after record rainfall this week
At least 25 people were killed and as many as 31 others went missing as a slow-moving tropical storm dumped enormous amounts of rain across the Philippines' main island, authorities said Wednesday.
Mudslides set off by torrential rain crushed mountainside houses and tourist dwellings in South Korea on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, the police said.
Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through the South Korean capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said.
Three women were killed by avalanche in Donga Shamlai area of Battagram while a former union council nazim was killed when his vehicle plunged into a deep ravine near Ghanool on Tuesday.
Rainfall activity picked up in parts of North India on Thursday, including the Capital, even as three persons died in the region in various rain-related mishaps.
The weatherman has predicted light to moderate showers over the next 24 hours at several places in the region.
Though rain brought down the temperature at many places, surging humidity made life difficult at most places.
