Bangladesh floods kill 51 and affect one million people
Floods, heavy rain and landslides have killed 51 people across Bangladesh, according to the latest government assessment. The disaster has affected 1,022,963 people in seven...
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Mayon eruption widens farm toll as crop checks continue
LEGAZPI: More than 1,200 hectares of farmland in Albay were potentially affected by ashfall from Mayon Volcano’s ongoing effusive eruption, with satellite analysis offering the broadest...
Pakistan rocked by 6.2 quake from Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush
ISLAMABAD: An earthquake that Pakistan’s meteorological agency measured at magnitude 6.2 shook parts of the country late Friday, sending residents into the streets in Islamabad and several northwestern...
Ethiopia floods and landslides raise death toll to 70
ARBA MINCH: The death toll from floods and landslides in southern Ethiopia’s Gamo Zone has risen to 70, according to official reports issued on Friday, as rescue teams...
Nairobi floods kill 28 as Kenya storms displace thousands
NAIROBI: Flash floods triggered by heavy overnight rain killed at least 28 people in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after rivers and drainage channels overflowed and sent water through...
At least 12 dead after Tropical Storm Basyang in Philippines
MANILA: At least 12 people have died and 36 others were injured in the Philippines in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Basyang, as emergency officials continued to validate...
Indonesia counts 50 dead after West Bandung landslide buries homes
MENA Newswire, JAKARTA: The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia’s West Java province has risen to 50, police said Wednesday, as rescuers continued searching for dozens of missing...
Massive quake hits Myanmar and Thailand leaving widespread destruction
A powerful earthquake in Myanmar and its aftershocks reverberating through Thailand have left at least 154 people dead and scores more injured or missing, with...