Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP): Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts compounding locals’ misery. Temperatures in the South Asian nation’s capital of Dhaka have surged to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the poor bearin...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Ali, 24, willingly relocated to the remote Bangladeshi island of Bhasan Char from the mainland refugee camp nearly one-and-a-half years back. Inspired by the lucrative offer of better living conditions and livelihood facilities, Ali, along with his pregnant wife, migrated to the concrete infrastructure developed by Bang...
Herat, Afghanistan (AFP): Six people have been killed and dozens of homes washed away in central Afghanistan after heavy rains were funnelled down mountain valleys causing devastating floods, a local official said Wednesday. Research describes Afghanistan as highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which scientists say is making ext...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): More than a million Somalis have been displaced within their own country in just over four months through a “toxic” mix of drought, conflict and floods, humanitarian agencies said Wednesday. Around 433,000 people were forced from their homes between January 1 and May 10 as a grinding insurgency raged and clash...
DOHA, Qatar (AA): The Qatari energy minister has said the only thing that “will save humanity and Europe this year is a warm winter.” “If the economy starts churning back up in 2024, and you have just a regular winter, I think the worst is yet to come,” Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said during the Qatar […]
Tando Allahyar, Pakistan (AFP): At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging the way in fortifying Pakistan’s rural communities living on the frontline of climate change. Lari, Pakistan’s first woman architect, has ditched a lifetime of multi-million dollar projects in the megacity of Karachi to develop pioneering flood-proof...
SANAA, Yemen (AA): At least 31 Yemenis have been killed by heavy rains and flooding in the war-torn country, the United Nations said on Wednesday. “From 11 April, evidence of the intensification of short-duration rainfall events was widespread, which led to intensified flash flooding that caused huge damage to spate irrigation infrastructures ...
Sittwe, Myanmar (AFP): Residents of Myanmar’s cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state capital queued for rice and drinking water on Wednesday as the United Nations negotiated with the internationally isolated junta for access to hard-hit areas. Cyclone Mocha tore through Myanmar and Bangladesh on Sunday, bringing lashing rain and winds of 195 kilo...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The US is providing $250,000 to assist emergency relief efforts for Rohingya refugees and locals in the areas of Bangladesh most affected by Cyclone Mocha, the American embassy in Dhaka said Wednesday. “The people of the United States stand with the people of Bangladesh and the Rohingya refugees affected by the cyclone,...
GENEVA (AA): Around 1 million Rohingya living in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district have been severely affected by Cyclone Mocha and may be further challenged by the approaching monsoon season before recovering, according to an International Organization for Migration (IOM) official. “So on one ha...
