ZLITEN Libya: Much of Libya is bone-dry desert but one Mediterranean coastal town is suffering the opposite problem – its houses and fields have been inundated by a mysterious upsurge of groundwater. Stagnant water and squishy mud have flooded houses, streets and palm groves around the
New York: As many as eight million people in flood-hit areas need medical assistance, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said in its 100-day report, as diseases continue to spread unabated.
Cotabato, Philippines: Heavy rain followed by flooding killed 31 people from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, a disaster official said Friday. The storm unleashed flash floods carrying uprooted trees, rocks and mud overnight in mainly rural communities around Cotabato, a city of 300,000 people
New York: Flood-devastated Pakistan is looking not only for funds but also technical expertise, tools and technology in an effort to build back better, turning the country greener and more climate resilient, Pakistani Consul General in New York, Ayesha Ali, said. “Such is the magnitude of
London: Four in five cities across the world are facing significant climate hazards such as heat waves, floods and droughts, data from environmental disclosure non-profit CDP showed on Thursday. CDP's report "Protecting People and the Planet" surveyed 998 cities from across the globe and showed that
Sydney: Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years as authorities braced for major floods in Australia's east on Thursday, with more heavy downpours expected to fall over the next three days. With almost three months of 2022 still to go, Australia's largest city has recorded
Geneva: The United Nations has revised up its humanitarian appeal for Pakistan five-fold to $816 million from $160 million as it seeks to control a surge in water-borne diseases following the country's worst floods in decades, an official said on Monday. Nearly 1,700 people have been
Bengaluru: Harish Pullanoor spent his weekends in the late 1980s tramping around the marshes and ponds of Yemalur, an area then on the eastern edge of the Indian metropolis of Bengaluru, where his cousins would join him catching small freshwater fish. In the 1990s, Bengaluru, once
New Delhi: Indian politician and leader of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families, who lost their loved ones in cataclysmic floods in Pakistan. The devastating floods across the country have caused unprecedented damage to human life and infrastructure as
Beijing: The Chinese government has decided to provide 100 million yuan (around $14.5 million) of emergency humanitarian assistance, including 25,000 tents and other disaster relief materials urgently needed by flood-hit Pakistan, said Zheng Yuandong, an official with the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). Since mid-June