Disaster

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 cause the country’s...

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 1999. This is...

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 100 firefighters have...

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 than 3,000 children...

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 are still missing,...

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 to homes and...

Dozens of Jakarta neighbourhoods were flooded on Tuesday after torrential rains pounded Indonesia’s capital, less than two months after nearly 70 people were killed in some of the megacity’s worst flooding in years. There were no...

Heavy rain fell on bushfires in eastern Australia on Friday for a second straight day, offering further relief from a months-long crisis, but dozens of blazes remained out of control. This week’s wet weather has given...

The death toll from floods that hit Indonesia’s capital region jumped to 18, authorities said Thursday, as torrential rains on New Year’s Eve caused landslides and left vast swathes of the megalopolis submerged. Tens of thousands...

Fire-ravaged Australia has launched a major operation to reach thousands of people stranded in seaside towns after deadly bushfires ripped through popular tourist areas on New Year’s Eve. Navy ships and military aircraft were deployed alongside...