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Rains wreak havoc in Mumbai, death toll 22 Rains wreak havoc in Mumbai, death toll 22 Updated: Jul 19, 2021, 06:00 IST Wall collapse kills 17 in Chembur; incessant rain floods most parts of the city; Konkan affected MUMBAI At least 22 persons were killed in 11 different incidents as rains wreaked havoc on Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Region since midnight, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC) Disaster Control said here on Sunday. As Mumbai slept, the skies opened up with thunder, lightning and heavy rains measuring between 197 mm to over 235 mm in some areas in barely 3-4 hours, a...

Citizen Journalist Almost three years after a dam collapse that caused Laos’ worst flooding in decades, most of the 3,600 survivors of the collapse are still living in shelters, with their cash and food allowances cut off or reduced since January, Lao sources say. On July 23, 2018, water surged over a saddle dam in Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy (PNPC) hydropower project following heavy rains, inundating 12 villages and killing at least 40 people in Attapeu and neighboring Champassak province. Only around 111 families of survivors have now been...

View Comments State lawmakers on Tuesday took the first step toward ending the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 last year, but Gov. Phil Murphy would still retain vast powers over face mask rules and gathering limits while protecting financially struggling renters and homeowners.  Although a bill introduced in the Assembly would nullify dozens of Murphy's executive orders in the pandemic, it would keep in place legal immunity for hospitals and long-term care facilities, keeping families locked out of the legal system in most cases of medical malpractice.  The bill also leaves...

Fire kills 13 Covid patients in Indian hospital Tragedy in Mumbai comes only two days after 22 coronavirus patients died in an oxygen leak at another Maharashtra hospital Updated: April 23, 2021 10:47 AM GMT Trending Policemen stand guard as hospital workers move patients from the Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar on the outskirts of Mumbai on April 23 after a fire killed 13 coronavirus patients. (Photo: AFP) A fire in a hospital in India's Mumbai city has killed 13 Covid-19 patients, adding to the challenges of spiraling pandemic cases in Maharashtra, India's richest and most industrializ...

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