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...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Fifteen people have died from drowning and collapsed houses caused by heavy rains in Niger, officials said Thursday. “The statistics of the Directorate General of Protection show that 2,237 households, or 18,921 people were victims of bad weather and fifteen people lost their lives as of 19 July 2022,”...
MADRID (AA) – Excess temperatures brought on by the heatwave that continues to wash over Spain and Portugal have killed at least 322 people. High temperatures in the first three days of the heatwave in Spain, which officially began on Sunday, killed 84 people, according to figures from the Carlos III Health Institute released on [&hellip...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Army and paramilitary troops were called in to join the relief and rescue operations after fresh rain spells and flash floods inundated most parts of Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Monday. Another five people lost their lives in rain-related accidents in Karachi, home to 20 million people, as widespread...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Torrential monsoon rains and flash floods killed at least 29 people and injured several others in southwestern and northern Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials and local media said on Wednesday. Southwestern Balochistan province and northern Gilgit-Baltistan region were the worst hit where massive downpours and ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Eight people were killed and more than 50 went missing after a massive landslide hit the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The landslide hit the Tupul railway construction camp in the Noney district on June 29 at midnight. “We have recovered eight bodies and rescued 18 people, while over 50 are […]
Wuchkai, Afghanistan – (AFP) A ruined village in eastern Afghanistan, just 10 kilometres (six miles) from the epicentre of this week’s deadly earthquake, is struggling back to life as aid trickles into the isolated region. Wuchkai, three hours away from the nearest town of any substance, can only be reached by a narrow, rutted dirt...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The European Commission has released €2 million ($2.11 million) for emergency relief assistance to those affected by the current floods in Bangladesh and India. The support will benefit the affected and displaced people in the worst-hit regions of the two neighboring countries and be channeled through the EU’s hu...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 73 with five people killed in the last 24 hours, officials said Friday. The disaster in parts of the country is deteriorating due to the onrush from upstream in India. Forty-nine fatalities were reported from drowning while the rest died in flood-related […]
