KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 25 people have been killed in rain-related accidents in the last two days as a fresh spell of monsoon rains and flash floods inundated large swathes of Pakistan, triggering landslides and washing away houses, roads, and bridges, officials and local media reported on Saturday. Some 25 people have lost [&h...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The death toll in devastating flash floods that have wreaked havoc across Iran in the past few days has reached 56, according to officials, with a weather alert still in place. Mehdi Valipour, the head of emergency operations at Iran’s Red Crescent Society, told reporters on Saturday that the floods triggered [&...
TEHRAN (AA) – The number of casualties from floods caused by heavy rains in villages around Iran’s capital Tehran has risen to 18, officials said Friday. Hasan Nami, head of the National Crisis Center, said: “One person died due to the flood in the village of Veskare, east of Tehran, and 14 vehicles were submerged.” […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, is struggling to develop climate adaptation capacity to address the rush of climate-driven internal migration, especially along the coastal belt, as the globe marks World Nature Conservation Day this Thursday. Overall, the number of Bangladeshis dis...
Karachi, Pakistan – (AFP): The monsoon, which usually lasts from June to September, is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian subcontinent, but also brings a wave of destruction each year. This year’s monsoon is being felt hardest in cities, where poor infrastructure and services lead to cl...
Lake Dukan, Iraq – (AFP): Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow. The large artificial lake was created in the 1950s following construction of the Dukan dam, to supply irrigation and drinking […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s mangrove cover has seen rapid expansion along the Arabian Sea over the past two decades due to coordinated efforts by government agencies and environmental organizations. Speaking on the eve of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, which is celebrated on July 26 ev...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Mohammad Yunus Gazi, once a farmer in a remote area of Bangladesh’s southwestern coastal district of Satkhira, now collects honey from Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, in the Bay of Bengal. Gazi became a beekeeper more than a decade ago as climate change-induced salinity has destroyed the region&#...
KARACHI, PAKISTAN – (AA): Heavy rains along with flash floods and windstorms have claimed 298 lives across Pakistan since June 1. Torrential downpours struck almost the entire country, including Pakistan administered (Azad) Kashmir, triggering landslides and flashfloods, and washing away bridges, houses, and animals. Almost 9,000 homes h...
GENEVA (AA) – Described as “unprecedented, frightening, and apocalyptic,” the ongoing heat wave in Europe has claimed more than 1,700 lives in Portugal and Spain alone, the regional chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The situation points again to the “desperate need for pan-European action to effectively tackle climat...
