SANAA, Yemen (AA) – At least 77 Yemenis have been killed by heavy rains and flooding in the war-torn country, the United Nations has said. “35,000 families, most of them IDPs (internally displaced people), were affected by heavy rains and flooding between 28 July and 10 August,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian [&hellip...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – An unprecedented monsoon spell which has caused widespread devastation across Pakistan is also adding to already escalating food inflation, aside from exacerbating fears of food insecurity in the country. With food inflation already going through the roof at 30%, the ongoing monsoon spells have destroyed huge amounts o...
Ouled Essi Masseoud, Morocco (AFP): Morocco has been hit with a drought. No longer having access to potable running water, the villagers of Ouled Essi Masseoud rely solely on sporadic supplies in public fountains and from private wells. The situation is critical, given the village’s position in the agricultural province of Settat, near t...
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.” […]
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 […]
