Indonesia – AFP At least 11 people are dead and 19 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s central island of Sulawesi, an official said Monday. Unlicensed mines are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago, where abandoned sites attract locals who hunt for lef...
Houston, United States – AFP Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday in the southern US state of Texas, where some residents were evacuated over warnings of flooding and power outages. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl hit the town of Matagorda with wind speeds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour. “Life-threatening s...
Severe rainfall and consequent floods have unleashed havoc across eastern India, killing over 50 people and displacing millions. Assam and Nagaland provinces are among the worst-hit states, where incessant rains have triggered floods and landslides. In Assam alone, recent floods have caused eight more fatalities, bringing this year’s tol...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Butte County north of Sacramento due to a wildfire which started Tuesday. It continues to rage, burning over 3,500 acres with no containment. The blaze, fueled by near-record heat across the state, has prompted mass evacuations in Oroville, affecting more than 20,000 reside...
Washington, United States – AFP Most of the United States will experience hotter than normal weather throughout the summer, from July to September, a US government agency has predicted. “What we’re predicting is generally that much of the US, excepting a few places, are forecast to be above normal,” Johnna Infanti, a me...
Seven Rohingya people living in camps in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district have been killed in landslides. Heavy rains have been continuing across the country for the last several days. As many as 1.2 million forcibly displaced Burmese nationals have been living in these camps since 2017 after fleeing a military genocide in ...
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – AFP Torrential rains in Bangladesh have triggered landslides burying alive at least nine people and forcing thousands to flee to higher ground, police and government officials in the low-lying nation said Wednesday. Schools have been turned into shelters for those abandoning their homes to rising river wat...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A heat wave currently roasting the southeastern US is expected to spread into the country’s Midwest and northeast, potentially affecting nearly 250 million people, the National Weather Service (NWS) said on Saturday. According to the NWS, temperatures will remain at 32 degrees Celsius (90F) or higher for at least a week, ...
Skardu, Pakistan – AFP In the mountainous valleys of Pakistan, 18-hour daily power cuts have meant local teacher Aniqa Bano uses her fridge as a cupboard for storing books and kitchen utensils. Load shedding is typical across much of fuel-short Pakistan, but few areas consistently suffer the same prolonged outages as Skardu city. A surge...
Kolkata, India — AFP A powerful cyclone that smashed into low-lying Bangladesh and India killed at least 65 people, including in torrential rain storms in its wake, state government officials and media have reported. Cyclone Remal, which made landfall on Sunday evening with fierce gales and crashing waves, moved slowly inland causing flo...
