Heavy Rain

Heavy rain was raising hopes Friday for an end to Australia's unprecedented bushfire crisis, as downpours douse blazes that have burned out of control for months. The devastating fires, fuelled by prolonged drought and record-high…

The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than 200,000 into relief camps, officials said on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was due to visit the southwest state later on…

Around 20 people have been killed in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh over the past 24 hoursfollowing landslides triggered by heavy rains over the past couple of days. As a precautionary measure, all schools, educational…

Heavy rains flooded a hospital intensive care unit in eastern India, an official said on Monday, as annual monsoon rains destroyed homes in several parts of the country and forced others to flee to higher ground. Television showed…