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Here are the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites.
Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from Kashmir's coldest November, Cyclone Ditwah, to South-east Asia floods.
Kashmir records coldest November since 2007 at minus 6 degrees Celsius, NDTV reports
Kashmir is experiencing its coldest November since 2007, NDTV reports, with minimum temperatures dipping below the freezing point across several locations. Srinagar recorded its coldest night of the season last night with the minimum temperature settling at minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, down from minus 4.4 degrees Celsius the previous night, officials said. The report mentions that the city has witnessed a continuous drop in the night temperatures over the last few days. The night temperature in Srinagar was over four degrees below the normal for the season. Read the full report here.
Hindustan Times live updates on Cyclone Ditwah: 46 dead in Sri Lanka
The Indian Meteorological Department on Friday informed that the Cyclonic storm Ditwah is currently moving over coastal Sri Lanka and the adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal, Hindustan Times reports. It is moving towards north-northwest and is expected to move closer to the Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts by the early hours of November 30, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). At least 46 people have died, and 23 more are missing as the cyclone continues to intensify, the report says. Read the full report here.
Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal after coup, BBC reports
BBC reports thatGuinea-Bissau's deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week. It follows negotiations by the regional West African bloc Ecowas to secure his transfer amid rising tensions in Guinea-Bissau. The report says that Senegal's foreign ministry said in a statement that Embaló had landed in the country "safe and sound" on a chartered military flight late on Thursday. Read the full report here.
India Today on India's new quake map: Entire Himalayas in highest-risk danger zone
India has unveiled a radically updated seismic zonation map as part of the revised Earthquake Design Code by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), placing the entire Himalayan arc in a newly introduced highest-risk Zone VI for the first time. India Today reports that this marks one of the most significant shifts in seismic hazard assessment in decades, revealing that 61 percent of the country now falls under moderate to high hazard zones. Previously fragmented across Zones IV and V despite uniform tectonic threats, the Himalayan belt now receives consistent classification, the report says. Read the full report here.
South-east Asia flood deaths cross 180: The Straits Times
The death toll from floods across large swathes of South-east Asia rose to at least 183 on Friday, The Straits Times reports, with the authorities in the region working to rescue stranded citizens, restore power and communications and coordinate recovery efforts as the waters began to recede. Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been stricken by cyclone-fuelled torrential rain for a week, with a rare tropical storm forming in the Malacca Strait. The report adds that on badly hit Sumatra in Indonesia, 94 people had been confirmed dead by the afternoon. Read the full report here.
