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Itanagar (PTI): Eight people have been feared killed in the recent flash floods in the Rupa town of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Thursday.
A vehicle carrying six persons was washed away and a Nepali couple was drowned while attempting to cross a stream at Rupa town which experienced incessant rains in the last few days, they said adding that the bodies were yet to be recovered.
The flash flood also breached several points on the vital road linking the border town of Tawang from Balipara in Assam, disrupting movement of vehicles.
Border Road organisation sources in Tezpur told PTI over phone that long stretches of the road had been washed away and 500 men and machines were on duty to rebuild it.
The officials said that heavy machines were being airlifted from Aalo to expedite the restoration work which might take 15 to 20 days.
Traffic was disrupted on the road for several days due to a similar breach in July last.
Chief minister Dorjee Khandu after making an aerial survey of the Rupa sub-division yesterday announced Rs 50 lakh as immediate relief and ex-gratia of Rs one lakh to each of the next of kin of the deceased.
While 24 houses, including two belonging to state government were washed away, 37 others badly damaged in the flash flood which was caused by the cloudburst. |
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SANAA, Oct 26 (Reuters) - About 100 people are dead or missing in Yemen after severe flooding caused by torrential rain affected large areas of the country in the past few days, a government official said on Sunday.
Television pictures showed survivors signalling to rescue helicopters in the provinces of Hadramout and Mahra which suffered 30 hours of heavy rain.
"About 7,000 people have been made homeless and there are about 100 dead or missing. We are still trying to gather more exact figures but communications with some of the affected areas have been cut off," the Yemeni official told Reuters.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Sunday for parliament to approve 20 billion rials ($100 million) in emergency funding for rescue operations and to help rebuild areas affected by the most serious flooding in decades.
Yemeni authorities have declared the provinces a disaster area and Saleh has toured some of the worst affected regions.
Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world and its government is grappling with a rebellion in the north, unrest in the south and a resurgence of al Qaeda, while a growing number of Somali refugees stretch its resources to the limit.
Situated at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen is prone to flooding during the monsoon season. (Reporting by Mohammed Sudam; Writing by Firouz Sedarat; editing by Andrew Dobbie) |
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At least seven people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in central Vietnam, officials say.
Thousands of houses have been submerged in the provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai. A baby and two children are among the dead.
More floods and landslides are expected and residents in the mountainous areas being urged to leave their homes.
The government is sending food and medical aid.
Last month, floods triggered by Typhoon Hagupit killed at least 25 people in northern Vietnam. |
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