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Flood toll rises to 29 in Thailand; Spanish royals to attend memorial service for flood victims
Dec 04, 2024 (AFP)
More heavy rain is forecast in the area, where over 155,000 households have already been affected by flooding, according to the Thai government's public relatio...
Death toll in Thailand flooding jumps to 25
Dec 03, 2024 (AFP)
Flooding since November 22 has affected more than 660,000 homes in the kingdom's south, the country's disaster agency said on its Facebook page. Suwas Bin-Uma, ...
Cyclone Fengal toll rises to 20 in South Asia
Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)
Fengal made landfall in India's Tamil Nadu state on Saturday, bringing the highest 24-hour rainfall seen in 30 years to nearby Puducherry, before weakening to a...
Schools shut as heavy storm approaches India coast
Nov 30, 2024 (AFP)
Cyclonic storm Fengal is forecast to make landfall in Tamil Nadu state with sustained winds of 70-80 kilometres an hour (43-50 mph) in the afternoon, India's we...
Floods kill 8, tens of thousands evacuate in Malaysia, Thailand
Nov 30, 2024 (AFP)
The number surpassed the 118,000 displaced during one of the country's worst floodings in 2014, and disaster officials feared it could rise further as there was...
Rallies mark one month since Spain's catastrophic floods
Nov 29, 2024 (AFP)
Outrage swept the country after the October 29 catastrophe wrecked homes and businesses leaving thousands of cars piled up in muddy streets in the eastern Valen...
One dead, 1000s displaced as floods hit Thailand; Sri Lanka storm claims 6 - heads to India
Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)
The floods killed one student in Narathiwat province and have displaced more than 2,700 people, Wasan Chaitaweewong, the head of the local department of disaste...
Spain govt defends flood response and offers new aid
Nov 27, 2024 (AFP)
The European country is still reeling from the October 29 floods which killed at least 230 people according to the latest official toll, washing away roads and ...
16 dead, seven missing in Indonesia flood: disaster agency
Nov 25, 2024 (AFP)
The military and rescue officials have been deployed to the four affected areas in North Sumatra province. "In total, 16 people died and seven more people are m...
Philippines typhoon death toll rises to 12
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
Man-yi submerged villages and smashed flimsy buildings in the archipelago nation over the weekend, packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 185 kilometres (115 ...
Lava covers parking lot at famed Iceland geothermal spa
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
A black and orange tongue of lava could be seen covering the area that used to provide parking for 350 cars as well as space for coaches. A service building use...
Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
The city in the war-torn country's east is still reeling from the flooding that destroyed historic buildings, including Libya's oldest theatre where the festiva...
Icelandic village evacuated after new volcanic eruption
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) reported an eruption of the Sundhnukagigar volcanic fissure outside the village of Grindavik on the Reykjanes Peninsul...
2024's record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study
Nov 20, 2024 (AFP)
The study, published by the research institute Climate Central, found that all eleven hurricanes in 2024 intensified by nine to 28 miles per hour (14-45 kph) du...
Burst dike leaves Filipino farmers under water
Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)
Man-yi was a super typhoon when it slammed into the Philippines over the weekend -- the sixth major storm to hit the archipelago nation in the past month. Pascu...
Tropical storm Sara kills four in Honduras and Nicaragua
Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)
Sara weakened to a tropical depression as it passed through Belize on Sunday and was dissipating while moving over the western Yucatan Peninsula, according to t...
Philippines cleans up after sixth major storm in weeks
Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)
The national weather service had warned of a "potentially catastrophic" impact from Man-yi, which was a super typhoon when it hit over the weekend, but Presiden...
Super Typhoon Man-yi fells trees, power lines in the Philippines
Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)
Man-yi was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (115 miles per hour) after making landfall on lightly populated Catanduanes island l...
Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines' most populous island
Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)
Man-yi was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (115 miles per hour) after making its first landfall late Saturday on lightly popula...
Typhoon Man-yi weakens as it crosses Philippines' main island
Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)
Man-yi was still a super typhoon when it made its second landfall on Luzon, with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres (115 miles) per hour, but was downgra...
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