Environment

News Hour: Floodwater was still rising in eastern Australia on Sunday as emergency workers battled to restore water and electricity supplies in regions hardest hit by a powerful tropical cyclone. At least two people are dead and...

News Hour: Torrential rain hampered relief efforts on Thursday after a powerful cyclone wreaked havoc in northeast Australia, with floods sparking emergency rescues as fed-up tourists wait to be evacuated from resort islands. Cyclone Debbie has...

News Hour: Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from towns in two Australian states as authorities warned on Friday there could be deaths from severe flooding caused by the ex-tropical cyclone. Category four Cyclone...

News Hour: Water shortages, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene practices and disease outbreaks are posing an additional threat to severely malnourished children in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said today. Across the four famine-threatened...

News Hour: Five people were killed and hundreds of others displaced after flash floods hit Padang Sidempuan of North Sumatra province in western Indonesia on Sunday night, an official of disaster agency said on Monday. Heavy...

News Hour: About 25,000 people have been told to evacuate as a cyclone carrying winds up to 240km/h (150 mph) moves towards the Queensland coast. Cyclone Debbie is expected to intensify into a Category 4 system...

News Hour: Six high school students were feared dead on Monday after they were engulfed by an avalanche while on a mountain-climbing outing, officials and reports said. Local authorities and police confirmed that an avalanche had...

News Hour: UN Environment will assist Colombia with overcoming the environmental degradation legacy of the internal conflict which lasted for more than 50 years, especially in remote rural areas. By invitation of the Colombian President Juan...

News Hour: Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UNICEF report released on World Water Day. The...

News Hour: Smarter and more efficient use of the world’s natural resources today means the next generation will reap annual economic benefits of $2 trillion by 2050, while offsetting the costs of ambitious climate change action,...