Natural disasters and extreme weather
- Asia Pacific, Law, Natural disasters and extreme weather, New Zealand, Travel, Volcanoes, White Island volcano, World news
Owners of New Zealand volcano that fatally erupted deny responsibility for visitor safety
White Island/Whakaari volcano exploded in 2019, prompting debate over natural hazard tourismThe landowners of …
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Pakistan floods: at least 90 killed in monsoon rains
Streets and homes flooded with sewage in Karachi as downpours overwhelm outdated waste system in country’s lar…
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China floods: Three Gorges dam gushes with water while streets are submerged – video
Extreme floods have hit the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River, which recorded the largest inflow of water …
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Anxiety grows as China’s Three Gorges dam hits highest level
Officials seek to reassure public after world’s largest hydro-electric dam nears capacity amid heavy floodsExt…
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China floods: 100,000 evacuated as waters reach Giant Buddha statue
Flooding in Sichuan province rises over feet of Leshan Giant Buddha for first time since 1949Floods on the upp…
- Environment, Flooding, Global development, India, Mumbai, Natural disasters and extreme weather, South and Central Asia, World news
Monsoon rains driven by high winds bring flooding misery to Mumbai
India’s commercial capital grinds to a halt after heaviest August rainfall in 47 years causes widespread flood…
- Asia Pacific, Environment, Flooding, Landslides, Natural disasters and extreme weather, New Zealand, North Korea, South Korea, World news
South Korea floods and landslides kill 14 after 42 days of rain
Three New Zealanders among dead after avalanche hits Gapyeong holiday cottagesFourteen people have been killed…
- Bangladesh, Climate aid, Climate change, Environment, Flooding, Global development, India, Natural disasters and extreme weather, Nepal, South and Central Asia, World news
‘A critical situation’: Bangladesh in crisis as monsoon floods follow super-cyclone
Despite flood planning efforts hundreds have been killed and millions hit as third of land is submerged by non…
- Climate change, Coronavirus outbreak, Environment, Flooding, India, Natural disasters and extreme weather, Nepal, South and Central Asia, World news
Flooding in Assam and Nepal kills hundreds and displaces millions
Hurried evacuation of millions of residents will increase coronavirus cases, officials say Coronavirus – lates…
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China blows up dam on Yangtze river tributary to ease flooding
Explosives used to destroy Chu river dam in central Anhui province in bid to bring water levels down Authoriti…
- Asia Pacific, Natural disasters and extreme weather, New Zealand, Science, Volcanoes, White Island volcano, World news
New Zealand scientists invent volcano warning system
Researchers claim system could save lives in situations like the Whakaari/White Island eruption in 2019, which…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Environment, Flooding, Natural disasters and extreme weather, World news
China floods: ‘wartime’ measures brought in to tackle worst deluge in decades
Thirty-three rivers break water level records as relief funds criticised as inadequateTorrential rains have co…
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Deadly floods and landslides in Japan – in pictures
Heavy rain that caused deadly floods in southern Japan has moved north-east, hammering large areas of the coun…
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Japan’s devastating rains move north as millions told to evacuate
Heavy downpours in southern Japan, which have killed more than 50, now battering the country’s main islandPoun…
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Wuhan residents told to stay indoors again after record rainfall
City at centre of coronavirus outbreak faces new crisis as China suffers weeks of floodingPeople living in Wuh…