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Pakistan’s largest city ravaged by devastating monsoon rains

Streets and homes are flooded as an annual deluge overwhelms Pakistan’s commercial capital, Karachi.

Nearly 100 people dead as monsoon rains lash Pakistan

Every year, many cities in Pakistan struggle to cope with the annual summer deluge, drawing criticism about poor planning.

Plane skids off runway and breaks apart in India, killing several

The heavy monsoon resulted in low visibility and a wet landing conditions, which now complicate rescue efforts.

Heavy monsoon triggers fatal mudslide in India

India's southwesterly monsoon has hit western parts of the country with heavy, persistent rain, leaving widespread disruption and flooded roads and buildings.

At least 189 dead as floods sweep through India and Nepal

Floods triggered by monsoon rains have wreaked havoc in the Indian state of Assam where at least 2.75 million have been displaced. In neighbouring Nepal floods and landslides had forced hundreds out of their residences.

Deaths from heavy monsoon rise to nearly 140 in eastern India

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the current monsoon has been the heaviest since 1994, classifying it "above normal", and this year's season has been longer than usual.

At least 113 die in India monsoon rains

Heavy rains have killed at least 100 people in India's Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states triggering floods and forcing people to flee. With more rain predicted, weather experts say September could end as the wettest in more than a hundred years.

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India floods kill more than 270, displace one million

Heavy rains in parts of four Indian states – Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat – have forced more than 1.2 million people to leave their homes, mostly for government-run relief camps.

Monsoon rains cause 17 deaths in Pakistan

At least seven people died from electrocution and three others died after a roof collapsed in Karachi whereas another five people died in a flash flood and another two were electrocuted in Punjab province.

Bangladesh flood death toll climbs to 104

Most victims were drowned but others were killed by landslides, snake bites and lightning strikes, officials say.

Lightning storm kills 20 in eastern India

More than 50 people died after being struck by lightning in the month of July, including over 30 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.