DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The death toll from floods has jumped to 57 in southeastern Bangladesh while a large number of people remain missing as the swollen rivers started receding after causing massive damage, officials have said. The Education Ministry, in a notification on Friday night, rescheduled the Higher Secondary School Certificate (H...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – Temperatures in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, which averaged between 45 and 48 degrees Celsius in July, rose to 50 degrees Celsius on Saturday afternoon. The Met Department said that temperatures will remain elevated until Monday. To make matters worse, citizens are dealing with frequent power cuts. Only three to five hour...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The death toll from monsoon rains and subsequent flooding in southeast Bangladesh has risen to 48, with some people still missing, while authorities have said that floodwaters have begun to recede. According to official sources, the floods had affected at least 1.2 million people in four southeastern districts, Cox̵...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) joined the army and civil administration as rescue operations in Bangladesh’s southeastern districts continued for the second day, with approximately 700,000 people still stranded in floodwaters and in desperate need of shelter, drinking water and food. So far, the authorities hav...
GENEVA (AA): Climate change is not a distant future threat but is already affecting daily weather patterns and forcing people to migrate, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. Omar Baddour, the head of the WMO’s Climate Monitoring Division, told the media in a written statement: “Climate change interconnects directly or indirec...
ANKARA (AA): Flash floods triggered by massive rains killed another nine people in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 40 in the past week, an official said. Seven more people were also injured due to rains and flash floods that swept large swaths in the country’s eastern Parwan province. The floods completely [&he...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): Wildfires raging across Algeria during a blistering heatwave have killed more than 30 people and forced mass evacuations, the government said on Monday. As temperatures hit 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) in parts of the North African country, 97 blazes were recorded across 16 provinces, fanned by strong winds, said...
Yazd, Iran (AFP): Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran’s desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth. The wind catchers, called badgirs in Persian, are just one of the engineering marvels inhabitants have developed in this ancient city in central ...
LONDON (AA): After this June was declared the warmest on the over-170-year record, 2023 is likely to set a new high annual temperature average, according to new research. “Globally, June 2023 was the warmest June since directly measured instrumental records began in 1850, breaking the record previously set in June 2022,” according ...
GENEVA (AA): As millions in the Northern Hemisphere grapple with record-breaking temperatures, the UN has issued a warning that increasingly severe heat waves could be on the way. “We are seeing continuing growth in the frequency, duration and intensity of heat waves,” said John Nairn, a senior extreme heat advisor of the World Met...
