Disaster

The European Union (EU) will provide 11 lakh Euros to Bangladesh to recover from the damage caused by the Super Cyclone Amphan. “We have decided to respond to Bangladesh’s call and assist the...

Stormy winds can blow over seaports in coastal areas in Bangladesh. Therefore, the meteorological office has asked to show warning signal number 3 in all the seaports of the country. This afternoon, meteorologist...

The super cyclone Amphan has moved northeast in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has issued this morning the highest “danger signal” on the scale for tropical cyclones for the southwestern coastlines. It was...

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr. Md Enamur Rahman said 12,078 shelters have been set up to deal with cyclone Amphan.     The state minister was speaking at an online...

Super Cyclone Amphan has moved quite close to the coastline of Bangladesh. It was located 690 km south-southwest of Payra seaport at 12 noon on Tuesday. The meteorological department said the cyclone could...

A very super cyclone Amphan is approaching the coast of Bangladesh in a very strong way. Global storm tracker AccuWeather described Amphan as the first super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal since...

Ukraine on Sunday mobilised aircraft to battle a forest blaze in the restricted zone around Chernobyl, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident, authorities said. They said two planes, a helicopter and around...

One year after Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique and set off a series of unprecedented climate-related disasters, 2.5 million people, almost half of them children, remain in need of humanitarian assistance. More...

It is always twenty past nine in Buzi. The clock in the humid lobby of my hotel seems to have stood still. Just like the time since I was last here. Building roofs...

The death toll from two tornadoes that ripped through central Tennessee has risen to 25, the state’s Governor William Lee said on Tuesday. In Nashville, Tennessee’s biggest city, the tornadoes caused widespread damage...