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Train links to Pakistan's Karachi cut by rain
Karachi (AFP) Jul 31, 2006 Flooding caused by monsoon rain washed out a railway bridge in Pakistan and cut the line to the southern financial hub of Karachi, officials said Monday. A river rose by about 20 feet (six metres) and swept away part of the bridge across a gully at Ran Pathani, 80 kilometers (48 miles) north of Karachi, railways official Syed Nasir Zaidi told AFP. It also damaged the pillars of the bridge and carried off some of the tracks. All ten daily trains serving Karachi are now stopping at Hyderabad city, 120 kilometres to the northeast, with buses covering the rest of the route. "We are waiting till the water recedes and I assess that the repair work could be started tomorrow," Zaidi said. Torrential rain in Pakistan has killed at least 30 people in the past two weeks and caused widespread damage to crops, roads and triggered landslides. In neighbouring India, the monsoon death toll has exceeded 300 according to one count, although officials are also predicting the bountiful rains will yield bumper crops. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
July set to be hottest month in Britain since 1914
London (AFP) Jul 31, 2006 Britain is "very likely" to have endured the hottest July ever recorded and the warmest month since 1914, the Met Office told AFP on Monday. |
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