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Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China's Guangdong
Apr 23, 2024 (AFP)
Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said could be of the sort only "see...
Greece floods reconstruction to cost over 3 bn euros: PM
Apr 23, 2024 (AFP)
In September, Storm Daniel, a Mediterranean cyclone of unprecedented intensity, unleashed months' worth of rain in just hours on Thessaly, Greece's most fertile...
China issues highest-level rainstorm warning after deadly floods
Apr 23, 2024 (AFP)
Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said could be of the sort ...
Taiwan hit by dozens of strong aftershocks from deadly quake
Apr 23, 2024 (AFP)
The strongest, which the US Geological Survey measured at magnitude 6.1, hit around 2:30 am (1830 GMT) followed minutes later by a 6.0 tremor. Taipei's Central ...
11 missing, tens of thousands evacuated as storms strike south China
Apr 22, 2024 (AFP)
Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province of Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said...
'Crisis not over' as eruptions at Indonesia volcano go on
Apr 20, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Ruang, located in Indonesia's outermost region of North Sulawesi province, started erupting late Tuesday, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands on i...
Torrential rains flood Dubai as seen in new satellite imagery
Apr 19, 2024 (SPX)
A new image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, taken on 17 April, utilizes a false color composite to clearly depict the flooded areas in turquoise, cont...
Thousands affected by floods in eastern DRC
Apr 19, 2024 (AFP)
"At least 4,500 houses have collapsed, more than 2,000 plots of land have disappeared, and more than 7,000 households have been affected by overflowing rivers a...
Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting four times on Wednesday, forcing authorities to raise ...
Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, causing tsunami threat
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Ruang's crater flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after eruptions pushed an ash column more than a mile into the sky and for...
Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still deluged
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
Emirates, Dubai's state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after telling passengers to stay away on Wednesday, when thousands...
Greek wildlife groups warn against govt flood recovery plan
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
Greenpeace, WWF, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature and the Hellenic Ornithological Society said the strategy was mainly focused on "old-school" ...
What's causing the record-bad floods in Russia?
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
AFP looks at the worst flooding in decades to hit this region: - Spring and snow - Spring floods in Russia and northern Kazakhstan "are to be expected and are a...
Eight reported injured after Japan quake
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 11:14 pm (1414 GMT) Wednesday, was located between the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, the US Geological Survey said. Ja...
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting four times on Wednesday, forcing authorities to raise ...
70 killed as Afghanistan hit by heavy rains
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Afghanistan was parched by an unusually dry winter which desiccated the earth, exacerbating flash-flooding caused by spring downpours in most provinces. Disaste...
Volcano erupts in Indonesia's outermost region, hundreds evacuated
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano in North Sulawesi Province, first erupted at 9:45 pm on Tuesday (1345 GMT) and twice again in the early hours of Wednesday, the cou...
Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Tailbacks snaked along waterlogged, six-lane expressways after up to 259.5 millimetres (10.2 inches) of rain, the most since records began 75 years ago, fell on...
Dubai reels from floods chaos after record rains
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain -- about two years' worth -- fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on Tue...
Burundi appeals for aid as rains, floods displace 100,000
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
East Africa has been experiencing torrential rains in recent weeks that have cost the lives of at least 58 people in Tanzania in the first half of April, and 13...
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