カテゴリー: Extreme weather
Forced to endure a ‘humiliating’ life in tent cities, waiting for stagnant waters to recede, villagers say they have been abandonedSeveral times a week, Manzoor Ali wakes with a faint hope in his heart and walks from the camp on the outskirts of Dadu, …
As rain and flooding eases, attention turns to assessing the scale of the damage after four people were killed by unprecedented extreme weatherInsurers say devastating flooding in Auckland was the “biggest climate event” in New Zealand’s history, as ra…
Four people have been killed as authorities warn severe weather conditions will continue in New Zealand’s north islandHeavy rainfall continued to batter New Zealand’s north island, causing landslides, flash floods and knocking out roads, with the death…
Weather authorities in Japan and the Korean peninsula have issued warnings over freezing temperatures and gales that have killed at least one person and left thousands of people stranded. Severe cold weather has caused havoc across the region…
Extreme weather kills at least one person in Japan and more than 100 in Afghanistan while parts of China hit record low temperaturesWeather authorities in Japan and the Korean peninsula have issued warnings over freezing temperatures and gales that hav…
International funders join Pakistan PM and UN secretary general in Geneva to agree recovery plan following ‘monsoon on steroids’The international community has promised more than $9bn (£7.4bn) to help Pakistan rebuild after last summer’s catastrophic f…
Climate disasters continue to ravage our country – more international aid is urgently needed to save millions from miseryMuhammad Shehbaz Sharif is the prime minister of PakistanThe apocalyptic rains and floods that hit Pakistan last summer claimed 1,7…
Rain-induced floods and landslides unlike previous disasters in the country, which are typically triggered by severe typhoonsRescue teams across nine provinces in the Philippines raced to try to locate 26 people missing after weekend rains, floods and …
At least 17 people have been killed and more than 90 injured in heavy snows that also left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials have saidPowerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions of Japan since last wee…
Many deaths caused by people falling from roofs or being buried underneath thick piles of snow sliding off rooftopsHeavy snow in large parts of Japan has killed 17 people and injured more than 90 while leaving hundreds of homes without power, disaster …
Devastating floods across Pakistan in August and September after several years of high temperatures have left chilli farmers struggling in a country heavily dependent on agriculture, where the flooding is estimated to have caused $40bn worth of damage …
Officials revise death toll after fast-moving waters sweep away entire families and damage almost 500 housesThe Philippines has significantly revised down the death toll from a tropical storm ravaging the country, saying only 45 people have been killed…
Heavy rains ahead of Storm Nalgae caused flooding and multiple landslides in the southern Philippines, killing dozens of people, a senior government official said on Friday. Authorities have evacuated thousands of people from the path of the …
Nearly 10,000 homes were destroyed or damaged by storm that flooded cities and forced a million to evacuateAt least 24 people have died and millions were without power after Cyclone Sitrang struck Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million p…
Photographer Gideon Mendel visited Sindh province in Pakistan after the worst floods in living memory this summer killed more than 1,500 people and left millions homeless.The portraits, part of his Drowning World project, are a powerful reminder of the…