Fulool, Afghanistan — AFP Survivors of flash floods in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province are still searching for their missing people, days after torrents of water ripped through villages, killing hundreds. Heavy rains sparked flash flooding in multiple Afghan provinces on Friday, killing more than 300 people in Baghlan alone...
Tanah Datar, Indonesia – AFP The death toll from flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 43 with 15 more missing, officials said Monday. Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia’s most active volcanos into two districts […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 14 people were killed when heavy floods and landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, with a population of about 20,000, according to state media. Torrential rain caused flooding which reached up to three meters (10 feet) in height in some areas, Antara News said, citing the National Agency for Disaster Man...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — AFP Bangladesh’s weather bureau has said that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heatwave. Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. The pun...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — AFP Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered to pray for rain in the middle of an extreme heatwave that prompted authorities to shut down schools around the country. Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. Bangladesh’s weather burea...
Dakar, Senegal – – AFP The deadly heatwave that hit Africa’s Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave from April 1 until Apri...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Bangladesh government has closed schools for seven days as scorching heat waves sweep across the South Asian country. The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Primary and Mass Education in separate notifications announced the decision, saying that primary and secondary schools, colleges, madrasas (Islamic schools)...
– ISLAMABAD (AA) – Nearly 100 people were killed and dozens of others injured in rain-triggered incidents during the last one week after heavy rains and floods hit the northwestern and southwestern parts of Pakistan. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), heavy rains caused flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhw...
Muscat, Oman – AFP Flooding in Oman has killed at least 14 people, many of them schoolchildren, authorities said following the discovery of the bodies of a woman and child on Monday. The Gulf sultanate’s official news agency initially reported on Sunday nine schoolchildren and three adults had “lost their lives after their ve...
Jakarta, Indonesia – AFP At least nine Indonesians were reported missing overnight and more than 200 were evacuated after a landslide and flooding hit their village on Java island, an official said Monday. Cibenda village in West Java Province became inundated just before midnight on Sunday. “Nine people were reported missing in th...
