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Sep 07, 2022 (AFP)

The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres on Monday, accordin...

Pakistan's brick workers need kilns reignited after floods

Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)

Though the floods that engulfed Aqilpur and its surrounding fields have receded from the highs of a week ago, the kilns are still surrounded by water. Most of t...

Rescuers search for survivors after dozens killed in China quake

Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)

The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres on Monday, accordin...

Rescuers scour for survivors after dozens killed in China quake

Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)

The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres on Monday, accordin...

Typhoon kills one, leaves several missing in South Korea

Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)

The typhoon, one of the most powerful to bear down on the country in decades, hit the southern island of Jeju overnight before making landfall near the port cit...

At least six killed in Afghanistan earthquake

Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)

The 5.3-magnitude temblor that hit districts along the eastern border with Pakistan comes less than three months after a powerful quake killed more than 1,000 p...

Engineers breach Pakistan lake as flood misery grows for millions

Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)

Nearly a third of Pakistan is under water -- an area the size of the United Kingdom -- following months of record monsoon rains that have killed 1,300 people an...

Death toll from Sudan floods hits 112

Sep 04, 2022 (AFP)

Heavy rains usually fall in Sudan between May and October, and the country faces severe flooding every year, wrecking property, infrastructure and crops. Last m...

Pakistan floods wash away a family's marriage hopes

Sep 04, 2022 (AFP)

"I had been collecting her dowry for almost three years," Hussain told AFP from the courtyard of his four-room house, which he shares with his brother's family....

Flood-born: Nothing but mud as mother, infant return to Pakistan home

Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)

Her mother, Hajira Bibi, flits between checking on the 10-day-old girl -- so young she's yet to be named -- and attempting to clean away the ankle-high mud left...

10 times normal rainfall drove vast Pakistan flooding: ESA

Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)

Rains, described by UN chief Antonio Guterres as a "monsoon on steroids" have claimed hundreds of lives since June, unleashing powerful floods that have washed ...

Villagers brave snakes and hunger to protect land in flooded Pakistan

Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)

But unlike the tens of thousands of people who have fled their flooded homes, villages and towns across the country, several families here have refused to leave...

Tremors shake Greece's Samos island

Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)

A 4.7-magnitude tremor hit at 0956 GMT and was followed by a 5.2-magnitude quake at 1010 GMT, the National Observatory of Athens said. A third earthquake with a...

Misery mounts for millions in Pakistan's 'monsoon on steroids'

Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)

Monsoon rains have submerged a third of Pakistan, claiming at least 1,160 lives since June and unleashing powerful floods that have washed away swathes of vital...

Pakistan floods highlight need for climate 'loss and damage' help

Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)

Torrential monsoon rains have killed more than a thousand, left a third of Pakistan under water and displaced hundreds of thousands, months after the country wa...

Powerful typhoon nears southern Japan islands

Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)

On Tuesday evening, the typhoon was in Pacific waters south of Japan, 340 kilometres (210 miles) east-northeast of Minami Daito island, one of a string of remot...

Pakistan floods 'worst in country's history', aid efforts gather pace

Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the flooding "the worst in the history of Pakistan", adding it would cost at least $10 billion to repair damaged infrastruc...

Floods impact millions this year in Nigeria; 75 dead in Niger floods

Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)

Twenty-three of Africa's most populous country's 36 states are affected by seasonal flooding, with northeastern states particularly hard-hit this year. Buhari's...

Relief and desperation in Pakistan's makeshift flood camps

Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)

But the relief at finding safety can turn to desperation for many. In the northwestern town of Nowshera, a technical college was turned into a shelter for up to...

UN to call for $160 mln in Pakistan flood aid

Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)

Pakistani officials say over 1,100 people have died since June, when the seasonal rains started, but the final toll could be higher. This year's flooding has af...