Torrential rains kill another 42 people in India

Indian officials said they have moved thousands of people to relief shelters. (File/AFP)
Updated 30 September 2019
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Torrential rains kill another 42 people in India

  • Sunday's toll came days after reports of at least 59 fatalities in the past week
  • More than 350 people have been killed by rain-related causes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh this monsoon season

NEW DELHI: Officials say monsoon rains continue to batter parts of India, with at least 42 more people dying.

They said Sunday that in the past 24 hours, at least 35 people died in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and seven in the eastern state of Bihar.

Sunday's toll came days after reports of at least 59 fatalities in the past week amid forecasts that heavy rains would continue until Monday.

More than 350 people have been killed by rain-related causes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh this monsoon season, which runs from June through September.

 


US regulator briefly grounds JetBlue flights after system outage

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US regulator briefly grounds JetBlue flights after system outage

  • Advisory that the ground stop, which was in force for less than an hour, was issued at the airline’s request
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Tuesday it had lifted a brief order grounding all JetBlue flights, after the airline suffered a system outage.
The FAA said in an advisory that the ground stop, which was in force for less than an hour, was issued at the airline’s request.
JetBlue said a system outage was to blame for its ground stop request.
“A brief system outage has been resolved and we have resumed operations,” the airline told AFP in a statement.
The FAA did not immediately reply to AFP’s request for comment.