Natural disasters
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Japan vending machines to automatically offer free food if earthquake hits
Machines in coastal city of Ako, are located in an area that experts say is vulnerable to a future powerful ea…
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UN denied access to Rohingya refugee camps after Cyclone Mocha
UNHCR says Myanmar government has refused to allow it to distribute health supplies in Sittwe, where an estima…
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‘Peace of mind at last’: the Bangladeshi villagers digging their way out of the floods
‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes …
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Tonga volcano explosion equalled most powerful ever US nuclear test
Scientists calculate 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano released 1,000 times more energy than …
- Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Natural disasters, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
I couldn’t sleep. I cried at night. But I had to help the women devastated by the floods in Pakistan | Abida Channa
When the rains came last autumn, I was among the millions made homeless in Sindh province. Here is why – month…
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Five-year-old boy pulled from Indonesia earthquake rubble after two days
Azka, whose mother died in disaster, probably survived due to being protected by a mattress, while 40 people r…
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Indonesian earthquake: survivors recall the moment deadly quake struck – video
The earthquake struck the main island of Java killing at least 162 people, many of them children, and injured …
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Indonesia earthquake: many of those killed were schoolchildren, says official
Death toll of Java quake rises to 268, with dozens of schools affected, as rescuers race against time to find …
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Indonesia: deadly earthquake destroys homes on island of Java – video
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 has shaken Java, Indonesia's main island, killing at least 162 people. D…
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Earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java kills at least 162 people
Rescue operation under way after magnitude-5.6 quake triggers landslides and causes buildings to collapseAt le…
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Natural disasters, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
The west is ignoring Pakistan’s super-floods. Heed this warning: tomorrow it will be you
Those who don’t die from the floods risk death by starvation – yet you’ve probably heard little about the deva…
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China earthquake kills dozens as tremors shake locked-down Chengdu
Deadly quake in Sichuan leaves at least 46 dead, and was also felt in provincial capital where millions are co…
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Pakistan: fears for areas cut off by floods as damage to roads hampers relief effort
PM vows government will not disappoint flood victims as economic losses estimated at more than $10bnThere are …
- Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Natural disasters, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan floods kill 580 and bring misery to millions
Government accused of inaction as downpours leave schools destroyed, homes ruined, crops failing and cholera o…
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China floods leave at least 12 dead, with thousands evacuated
Another 12 missing in flash floods in Sichuan and Gansu, as some areas receive double their monthly rain in le…