Disaster

Widespread flooding and landslides in five provinces in central Vietnam have left more than 1.5 million children at risk of disease, losing out on education and poor nutrition. At least 135,000 families have been directly impacted...

About 380 whales have died in what is suspected to be Australia’s largest stranding on record, officials say. Since Monday, hundreds of long-finned pilot whales have been found beached on Tasmania’s west coast. Rescuers had managed...

Severe floods produced by torrential rain in Niger have made death and destruction of property across the nation, striking 432,613 people, and leaving them in need of shelter, water, food, and essential items. Already 65 life...

Bangladesh, like the rest of the world, is facing tremendous adversity due to the COVID-19 pandemic; moreover, the recent disastrous flood worsened the suffering of the people and left them without food and shelter. Huawei Technologies...

US Firefighters on Sunday battled some of California’s largest-ever fires that have driven tens of thousands of inhabitants from their houses and burned one million acres of land, with further lightning strikes and gusty winds forecast...

Agriculture Minister Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak said this year’s floods have damaged crops worth Tk 1,323 crore in 37 districts of Bangladesh. He said the amount of cropland submerged in the floodwaters is 2 lakh 57...

The increasing water level in many of the important rivers in the Ganges basin has been extending again for the second consecutive day today because of the onrushing of floodwater from upstream hilly catchment areas caused...

The European Union (EU) has contributed 1.65 million Euro in humanitarian aid funding in acknowledgment to severe flooding that has struck South Asian countries – Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. From this support package, 1 million euro...

The European Union (EU) has provided assistance to 25,000 flood victims in Jamalpur, Sylhet, Sirajganj, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, and Tangail districts. The EU said in a press release today that it was providing 1,00,000 euros (about one...

Heavy monsoon rains in the upstream regions and incessant onrush of water from upstream over the last weeks inundated 21 northern, north-eastern and south-eastern districts in Bangladesh affecting over 3.3 million people. So far 93 people...