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Two killed, 28 missing in north India floods
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
Fatal floods and landslides are common across India during the annual monsoon but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, intensity and unpred...
Forecasters predict Tropical Storm Carlotta to grow into hurricane
Aug 01, 2024 (UPI)
In its 8 a.m. MST update, the NHC said Carlottta was located about 455 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, is already packing maximum sustained winds of...
N. Korea floods may have caused 'heavy casualties': Seoul
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
Pyongyang's state media said Thursday that some parts of the country in the north, near the border with China, "have recently been stricken severely by flooding...
Mountain split to trigger tsunami in Norwegian fjord -- but when?
Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)
The Akerneset mountain in western Norway, covered in green moss and shrubs, has been slowly splintering for decades, its eastern flank losing up to 10 centimetr...
Typhoons forming closer to coast due to climate change: study
Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)
Coastal communities and cities like Hai Phong in Vietnam and the Thai capital Bangkok are "facing unprecedented threats from longer lasting and more intense sto...
Brazil quake city victims hail landmark Dutch legal victory
Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)
Dutch judges in 2022 agreed to hear a case brought by nine plaintiffs against Braskem, potentially paving the way for thousands of others to seek compensation f...
Hundreds living in floodwater in Vietnam
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
Residents of Ben Voi village -- around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from central Hanoi -- are travelling through the streets by boat and sleeping in homes partially...
Thousands evacuated as record rains pound northern Japan
Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)
A rescuer is among the dead after the downpours in Yamagata and Akita prefectures on the main island of Honshu. Two other people, including another rescuer, are...
Greece's 'Instagram island' Santorini nears saturation point
Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)
This scene has inspired millions of fridge magnets, posters, and souvenirs -- and now the queue to reach the viewing spot in the clifftop village of Oia can tak...
Flash floods and landslides kill seven in Vietnam
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
Five people died in Son La and two others were killed in Dien Bien following the downpours. Rescue workers are also searching for 10 others reported missing in ...
'Back to zero': Manila flood victims clean up, start again
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
She is one of thousands in the Philippine capital coming to terms with their losses from the relentless rain, after Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monso...
Saharan Dust Influences Hurricane Rainfall Patterns
Jul 25, 2024 (SPX)
"Surprisingly, the leading factor controlling hurricane precipitation is not, as traditionally thought, sea surface temperature or humidity in the atmosphere. I...
Taiwan shuts down as deadly Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
On its path to Taiwan, Gaemi had also exacerbated seasonal rains in nearby Philippines, triggering flooding and landslides that killed six. The superstorm hit T...
Streets turned into rivers as Typhoon Gaemi blows past Philippines
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
Rescuers were deployed across the densely populated capital to help evacuate people from low-lying homes after downpours turned streets into rivers, trapping ve...
North China authorities warn heavy rains could spark floods, landslides
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains across the east and south coming as much of the north has sweltered under successive heatwaves. ...
Taiwan shuts down as deadly Typhoon Gaemi approaches
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
The typhoon also triggered flooding and landslides in the nearby Philippines, where authorities said four people were killed south of the capital Manila. Gaemi,...
Etna eruption forces closure of Sicily's Catania airport
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
Millions of passengers pass through Catania International Airport every year, serving the eastern part of Sicily. "Due to eruptions and ash emissions, it has be...
Flooding drives Liberia to mull capital city move
Jul 22, 2024 (AFP)
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left nearly 50,000 Liberians in urgent need, the national disaster management ...
Monsoon rains pound India financial hub
Jul 20, 2024 (AFP)
A woman died and four others were injured after sections of a four-storey building came crashing down in Grant Road, an affluent suburb in the south of the city...
Flash floods across China kill at least 20, dozens missing
Jul 20, 2024 (AFP)
Several vehicles in northwestern Shaanxi province plunged into a swollen river late Friday after a bridge collapsed, with at least 12 people killed and over 30 ...
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