KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Rescue crews in Afghanistan searched Tuesday for survivors and bodies among the rubble of houses destroyed by devastating flash floods that authorities say have killed nearly two dozen people and left more than 100 people missing. The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority said Tuesday that 23 people had died, 80 had…
HONG KONG, July 13 (Reuters) – Severe flooding in China’s northern Hebei province and northeastern Liaoning province submerged roads and swept away cars, while people swam, paddle-boarded and wake surfed along neighbourhood streets, videos on social media showed. Water levels rose to more than two metres on roads in Kuancheng, a county in Hebei, according to…
Typhoon Bavi made landfall in Zhejiang province in eastern China late Saturday, bringing strong winds after nearly 2 million people took shelter. There was no immediate word on damage or casualties. The typhoon, which first roared ashore in Yuhuan city, brought winds up to 144 kilometres an hour, Chinese state media Xinhua reported. Zhejiang provincial…
About 130,000 people have been evacuated from the Guangxi region while thousands of rescuers have been deployed. By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and AP Published On 9 Jul 20269 Jul 2026 Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak has killed 39 people in southern China, most of them after a dam breach inundated the city of Nanning….
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak. Most of the deaths were related to the breach of a dam in the city of Nanning in Guangxi region, which claimed 26 lives, said Ding Wei, the city’s vice mayor, at a news briefing….
BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rains have left five people dead in northern China while a tropical storm toppled trees and submerged cars in the nation’s south, state media reported Sunday. Two villagers died in a mountain flash flood Saturday evening in the eastern part of China’s Inner Mongolia region, the official Xinhua News Agency said….
April 9 (Reuters) – Three Russian ministers arrived in the Caucasus region of Dagestan on Thursday to oversee the emergency response to floods that have killed six people, left communities under water, and prompted the evacuation of thousands, Interfax news agency said. The Russian government said Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov toured stricken areas and was…
KABUL, Afghanisan (AP) — Widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across Afghanistan have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days, the country’s Disaster Management Authority said Saturday. More rain has been forecast for the coming days throughout Afghanistan, and the authority warned the public…
Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it breaks apart entirely, it could push up global sea levels by two feet over the course of several decades, affecting tens of millions worldwide, according to a New York…
The death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for across the region. A bridge damaged by flash floods is seen in Bener Meriah district, Aceh province in Indonesia…