カテゴリー: Extreme weather
More than 100 so far reported dead or missing after two storms destroy homes and leave trail of destruction Floods and landslides in Vietnam are reported to have left at least 102 people dead or missing, while tens of thousands of people have lost thei…
Extreme weather, locust invasions and violence have forced people to flee their homesMillions of people were uprooted from their homes by conflict, violence and natural disasters in the first six months of this year, research has found.Nearly 15m new i…
Dante Addug called his partner as water entered the Gulf Livestock 1 cargo ship but family has not heard from him sinceThe last time the captain of the Gulf Livestock 1 spoke to his partner, Typhoon Maysak was battering the ship and water was already f…
Strong winds and rain from Typhoon Maysak hamper rescue of crew from Philippines, New Zealand and Australia A cargo ship carrying 43 crew members and nearly 6,000 cattle sank off the coast of Japan after reportedly losing an engine in rough seas caused…
Authorities use boats to rescue Karachi residents trapped by monsoon rains Heavy rains have hit parts of Pakistan, including the financial capital of Karachi, for a fifth straight night, bringing further flooding to towns and villages and leaving at le…
Torrential rain and floods in the southern island have left at least 50 people dead or missing. Rescue workers are still combing through the wreckage of houses hit by flooding and landslides in after extreme weather hit the region. The death toll on Ky…
Bihar state records one of the highest daily tolls from lightning in recent years as monsoon beginsAt least 107 people have died from lightning strikes in northern and eastern India, officials said, during the early stages of the annual monsoon season….
Popular tourist region in south already affected by coronavirus downturn is battered by downpours sparking mudslidesFloods and mudslides in south China have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and left dozens dead or missing, according to state me…
Strong winds tore down electricity pylons, walls and buildings, with full scale of damage still being estimatedThe most powerful cyclone to hit Bangladesh and eastern India in more than 20 years tore down homes, carried cars down flooded streets and cl…
The Bay of Bengal’s fiercest storm this century, super-cyclone Amphan, has slammed into the coast of eastern India and Bangladesh, bringing heavy gales and the threat of deadly storm surges and flooding. Over 2 million people have been evacuated from t…
Thousands of migrant workers left jobless by Covid-19 pandemic are still on the roads, and evacuations have been hampered by distancing rulesThe Bay of Bengal’s fiercest storm this century – super cyclone Amphan – was bearing down on millions of people…
Pakistani Kashmir hardest hit as winter storms sweep through region, with more forecastAvalanches, flooding and harsh winter weather have killed more than 130 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan and left others stranded by heavy snowfall.At least 93…
Storm and flood warnings issued as category two cyclone moves east towards TongaOne person was killed in Fiji and one was missing as tropical cyclone Sarai battered the country with strong wind and heavy rain, authorities said.The Fiji National Disaste…
Toll could rise as internet and mobile phone networks are still cut off in some badly damaged areasA typhoon that ripped across central Philippines on Christmas Day, uprooting houses, wreaking havoc in popular tourist areas and devastating festive cele…
More than 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, say officials, after Typhoon Kammuri slammed into the central Philippines.The typhoon, the country’s 20th this year, brought winds of up to 124mph (200km/h) and caused flooding and landslid…