Disaster
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Japan issues mid-level volcano warning
Mar 31, 2025Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption “may occur”. There was, however, no evacuation order for local residents near... -
Global aid effort begins for Myanmar quake relief
Mar 31, 2025A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage. Here is what we know about relief efforts: China China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to... -
Japan wildfire evacution orders partially lifted
Mar 8, 2025Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country’s worst blaze in more than half a century from spreading. The fire had raged in the mountains around the northern city of Ofunato for over... -
US embassies end pollution data popular in China and India
Mar 6, 2025As President Donald Trump cuts foreign and environmental funding, the United States on Tuesday stopped measuring pollution at its embassies, which had been a crucial source of information, particularly in Beijing. “Budget constraints” were the excuse... -
Rare tropical cyclone swirls off eastern Australia
Mar 4, 2025On Tuesday, a densely populated area of Australia’s east coast braced itself for what might be the first tropical cyclone to hit the area in half a century. Tropical Cyclone About 550 kilometers (340 miles) east... -
Japan deploys nearly 1,700 firefighters to tackle forest blaze
Mar 3, 2025As over 4,600 residents are still under an evacuation advisory, officials announced Monday that almost 1,700 firemen are fighting Japan’s largest forest fire in thirty years. Following last year’s hottest summer on record in Japan and... -
Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades on Saturday
Mar 2, 2025Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades on Saturday, one of several blazes that have killed one person and forced the evacuation of more than a thousand. Flames are estimated to have... -
Nearly 400 people died in Niger by last year’s flood
Mar 2, 2025Nearly 400 people died in Niger and more than 1.5 million others were affected by floods triggered by last year’s exceptionally torrential rains, according to a final toll announced on Saturday. “Floods caused the deaths of... -
BNEWA hands over 85 new houses among Feni flood victims
Feb 23, 2025Under the direction of Navy Chief Admiral M. Nazmul Hasan and at the suggestion of its president Nadia Sultana, the Bangladesh Navy Family Welfare Association (BNEWA) donated 85 newly constructed homes to flood victims in the... -
After Patagonia, Argentina’s northern prairies consumed by fires
Feb 12, 2025As firefighters continue to fight fires in the isolated southern area of Patagonia, local officials announced Tuesday that since January, wildfires have burned up to 250,000 hectares of land in northeastern Argentina. According to data from...
