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.” […]
TEHRAN (AA) – At least five people were killed and nine others were injured as flash floods wreaked havoc in parts of northern and western Tehran, Iran’s capital, early Thursday. Many people are also reported missing. According to emergency officials, the worst affected area is the mountainous Imamzadeh Davood locality in northwest Tehra...
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 […]
TEHRAN (AA) – At least 20 people were killed and three others went missing in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Iran’s southern Fars province, state media said on Saturday. Khalil Abdollahi, head of the province’s crisis management department, said heavy rains near Soltan Shahbaz village in the city of Estahban led to the [&hel...
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...
ANKARA (AA) – Despite some positive developments towards reducing carbon emissions, global efforts need to be accelerated, as progress has been too limited and slow, according to the president of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP26. In an email interview with Anadolu Agency, Alok Sharma stressed that ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Raging wildfires continue to devour thousands of hectares of mountain forests in northern Morocco. In a statement, the Ministry of Agriculture said 9,200 hectares of forests have been destroyed by the flames since last week. The statement was issued following a visit by Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Moham...
