KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands of panicked citizens have left a densely-populated district in southern Pakistan, following a fresh spell of floods, adding to the growing number of displaced people, officials and local media have reported. The Dadu district of southern Sindh province has been surrounded by floodwaters, leaving only one pass...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan said on Friday that the recent destructive flood caused more than $30 billion in damage and that the country will need international assistance to rebuild its infrastructure. Major-General Zafar Iqbal, the coordinator of the National Flood Response and Coordination Center (NFRCC), told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif an...
ANKARA (AA) – The rise of extreme heat and forest fires will likely worsen air quality and put human health in danger over the course of this century, according to a report released on Wednesday. The link between air pollution and climate change will bring an additional “climate penalty” for hundreds of millions of people [&h...
Madyan, Pakistan (AFP): Misery is mounting for millions trapped by the worst floods in Pakistan’s history, which have have submerged a third of Pakistan and claimed at least 1,300 lives. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has called it “a monsoon on steroids” as he launched an international appeal on August 30 for $160 mil...
Paris, France (AFP): Rich carbon polluters should feel “moral pressure” to help fund climate-vulnerable nations wracked by weather extremes such as Pakistan, where monstrous flooding has caused devastation, diplomats and observers have said. Torrential monsoon rains have killed more than a thousand, left a third of Pakistan under w...
Bali, Indonesia (AFP): The Group of 20 chair Indonesia has warned environment officials from the world’s leading economies that they must act together to combat a warming planet or risk plunging it into “uncharted territory”. The call came at a one-day meeting on the resort island of Bali, at the end of a month in […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll from massive floods caused by unprecedented monsoon rains in Pakistan has risen to 1,138. The most deaths were reported from southern Sindh province, with 402 fatalities, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). At least 258 people have died in the northwestern Kyber Pakhtunk...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan government has declared a national emergency and called in the army to assist the civil administration in relief and rescue operations as the death toll from rain-related incidents approached 1000. The decision was made in a three-hour meeting late Thursday night after authorities said floods affected more than 30 mil...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan authorities said on Wednesday that forest fires that broke out in three provinces had been brought under control. A firefighter in the northern province of Ifrane told Anadolu Agency that rescue teams managed to extinguish the fires that erupted on Monday in Jabal Askar in the province before they spread [&...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan government has sought the international community’s help to cope with the destruction caused by floods in the country. The magnitude of the abnormal rains and flooding has prompted cash-strapped Pakistan to launch a global appeal to raise funds to meet the needs of the growing number of affected people. ...
