Cyclonic storm Burevi has shown a slight change in its current path heading towards Sri Lanka, the Meteorology Department said.
Read moreParts of Australia, including Sydney, sweltered through the hottest November night on record with temperatures likely to stay high on Sunday, prompting authorities to issue a total fire ban.
Read moreA severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, uprooting trees and power lines but there were no immediate reports of loss of life or extensive damage to property.
Read moreOn 21 July 2016 the temperature in Mitribah, north-west Kuwait, reached 53.9C (129F). This was, at the time, the third-highest reading reliably recorded on Earth, and the hottest ever for the whole of Asia.
Read moreThe minimum temperature dropped to 7.5 degree Celsius on Friday morning, the lowest in 10 years for the month of November in Delhi.
Read moreManila, November 1 - A super typhoon slammed into the Philippines early on Sunday (Nov 1), affecting some 30 million and killing at least four as it brought hurricane-force winds and dumped heavy rains across the main island of Luzon. Typhoon Goni, locally known as Rolly, made landfall at around 5am in Catanduanes province in Bicol, some 500km south-east of...
Read moreManila, October 31 (Reuters) - Philippine officials on Saturday ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm that is the world’s strongest this year approaches the Southeast Asian nation. Typhoon Goni, with 215 kph (133 miles) sustained winds and gusts of up to 265 kph (164 mph), will...
Read moreAugust 27 (AFP) - Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched Wednesday for survivors of flash floods that killed more than 100 people and destroyed hundreds of houses near Kabul, officials said. Troops pulled dozens of victims from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Charikar, capital of Parwan province, after torrential overnight rains fuelled fierce floods that swept through the city. Officials...
Read moreAchham, August 21 (The Kathmandu Post) - At least 14 people were killed and 16 others went missing in floods and landslides in various districts of Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces in the last 24 hours. Achham, a hill district in Sudurpaschim Province, has been hit hardest as gushing floodwaters from Kailash Khola entered several settlements in Ramroshan Rural Municipality causing...
Read moreAugust 21, Multan (AP) - Relentless monsoon rains lashed Pakistan’s most populous province overnight and on Thursday, killing 24 people and injuring 18, emergency services said. Most of the deaths were caused by collapsing roofs and walls, according to the emergency services spokesman Muhammad Asghar. Many homes in rural Pakistan are made of sun-baked mud and straw or flimsy cinder...
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