カテゴリー: Extreme weather
Trains packed with volunteers arrive at tourist town of Guangfu, days after typhoon sent millions of tonnes of mud and water crashing through its streetsThey arrived by train, car and motorbike, in boots and bucket hats and carrying shovels.Students, m…
As the waters recede, a surge in cases of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria and dengue has compounded the misery of people who have already seen their homes and crops disappearOn a sweltering afternoon in Head Muhammad Wala, a riverside village near the Paki…
Vietnamese authorities said the typhoon was the most devastating storm to hit the country this yearThe death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in south-east Asia has risen to more than 30, as heavy rains continued to lash the region.In Vietnam, authorities said…
Super Typhoon Ragasa has caused widespread flooding and damaged roads in Hong Kong, which resumed international flights on Thursday but kept kindergartens and some schools closed. Ragasa, the strongest storm so far this year, killed 14 people in Taiwan…
Huge clear-up efforts start after storm leaves trail of destruction, with 25 reported dead in Taiwan and the Philippines Huge clear-up operations were under way in southern China and Hong Kong on Thursday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa battered the region…
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:Ragasa: 17 killed in Taiwan as storm batters Hong KongIn pictures: Ragasa’s path of destructionSuper Typhoon Ragasa is the strongest storm of 2025 and is now bearing down on China’s southern…
Deadly floods have crashed through Taiwan’s Hualien county as a barrier lake burst its banks, leaving 124 people missing as the typhoon continues its path. Hong Kong and parts of southern China were on high alert, forcing Chinese authorities to shut do…
Chinese businesses and schools shut and residents in high-rises ordered to evacuate as storm forecast to make landfall along Guangdong coastSuper Typhoon Ragasa – latest updatesFierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong as Super Typho…
Drone shots showed flooding in a Philippine town north of the capital, Manila, after heavy rain from Super Typhoon Ragasa hit the area. The country’s president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, ordered the country’s disaster response agency to go on full alert and…
Bali governor says new instructions issued to stop hotels and restaurants being built on productive land, especially rice fieldsIndonesia will ban the construction of new hotels and restaurants built atop cleared rice fields and agricultural land on th…
Fifteen people are dead and 100 missing as Indonesia reels from floods caused by extreme rainfall. Rescuers search for survivors after at least 112 neighbourhoods were submerged by rising rivers. Torrential rain began on Monday, causing flooding and la…
Heavy rain has caused flash flooding across Bali, forcing evacuations across the popular tourist destinationFlash floods in Indonesia leave at least 15 people dead and 10 missing Continue reading…
Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes – and hundreds of thousands of acres of cropsFor days, farmers in the Indian state of Punjab watched the pounding monsoon rains fall and the rivers rise with mounting apprehension. By Wednesda…
Shock, panic, guilt and grief grip survivors as mental health experts warn of chronic trauma from repeated exposure to natural disastersFor a 10-year-old, the loss is proving hard to grasp. “It has been four days since I last saw my home,” says Ahsan. …