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The rain has subsided today but many low-lying areas in Pune are still inundated. At least 10,500 people were shifted to safer places and schools and colleges will remain closed today.
 

A school in Kenya's Nairobi collapsed due to shoddy construction. In this mishap, seven children lost their lives while more than 50 children are battling for their lives in the hospital.

The death toll in the boat capsize tragedy in the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh has touched 34.  Search operations to find 12 missing persons still underway. The boat with 73 people onboard capsized on Sunday afternoon.
 

A day after Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced Rs 10 lakh as ex gratia to bereaved families, Telangana transport minister P Ajay Kumar, met the kin of those who died in the boat capsize in Godavari river.

The tourist boat capsized near Kacchuluru village in Devipatnam Mandal of the East Godavari district.

Three people have died in Gujarat and two in Rajasthan due to Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever also known as CCHF or Congo fever. 17 in Gujarat and 3 in Rajasthan are tested positive.
 

Nearly 50 people have died after Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas. The death toll is expected to rise significantly

Addressing the media, the spokesperson of Bahamas prime minister said that the death toll reached 43 and is expected to grow significantly in the next few days.

Speaking to reporters in the UN Headquarters in New York from the Bahamas, the UN relief chief said that he had told the Bahamian Prime Minister that he would release $1 million "immediately, from the Central Emergency Response Fund, to deal with exactly the set of priorities that he has identified."

The death toll in the Kabul wedding blast has touched 80, with over 180 people left wounded. A suicide bomber targeted a packed Afghan wedding hall in west Kabul on Saturday. The ISIS had claimed responsibility for the attack.

Heavy rains and floods in Kerala have killed 113 people. More bodies have been retrieved from the landslide-hit districts of Malappuram and Wayanad 

 

Several low-lying areas in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada were affected as 72 gates of Prakasam barrage were opened to release water to the Bay of Bengal

Kerala rains: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 31 persons were still missing and over 1.47 lakh are in 891 camps across the state.

As many as 49 people lost their lives in the recent Maharashtra floods. Reacting to this, the state Congress leaders on Friday (August 16) met Sonia Gandhi to discuss the devastation caused in the state

Heavy rains and floods in Kerala have killed 104 people so far according to official reports. Malappuram remained the most-affected district where 43 people have lost their lives so far