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January 21, 2026 10:31 AM

Looming water supply ‘bankruptcy’ puts billions at risk, UN report warns

The world is facing irreversible water "bankruptcy", with billions of people struggling to cope with the consequences of decades of overuse as well as shrinking supplies from lakes, rivers, glaciers and wetlands, U.N. researchers said on Tuesday. Ne...

January 20, 2026 11:02 PM

At least four dead as floods sweep across Tunisia

At least four people were killed on Tuesday as floods swept across Tunisia amid the worst torrential rain for over 70 years in some regions, and there were fears the death toll could rise, authorities said. The cloudbursts inundated streets, submerg...

January 20, 2026 6:32 PM

Russia’s Far East buried in snow, transport disrupted in China and Japan

Russia's Far East was buried under metres of snow by its heaviest snowfall in 60 years on Tuesday as a winter blast swept across Asia, dusting Shanghai white and grounding flights in Japan's northwest. The cold snap disrupted transport across the re...

January 20, 2026 3:51 PM

Wave of low temperature brings rare snowfall to Shanghai

A wave of low temperature sweeping southern China brought rare snowfall to Shanghai on Tuesday, delighting residents of the financial hub as authorities warned that the frigid weather could last for at least three days. The city, on China's east coa...

January 20, 2026 12:36 PM

Northeast monsoon withdraws from Tamil Nadu; dry weather to persist

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday announced that the northeast monsoon has withdrawn from Tamil Nadu, marking the formal end of the season that brings winter rainfall to the region. With the withdrawal of the monsoon, the impact o...

January 19, 2026 10:59 PM

Record snow fall in Russian far east sows fun, frustration and massive drifts

The biggest snow fall in 60 years on Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula created vast drifts several metres tall that blocked building entrances and buried cars, according to Reuters visuals and weather monitoring stations. In some areas more t...

January 19, 2026 10:37 PM

Mozambique floods force thousands to flee as rising waters cut off communities

Severe floods from heavy rains have forced thousands to flee homes in Mozambique and left some stranded on roofs as surging waters swamp settlements, aid workers and witnesses said on Monday. The floods have directly impacted more than 620,000 peopl...

January 20, 2026 3:04 PM

Chile wildfires kill 19 amid extreme heat; scores evacuated

Wildfires in Chile have killed at least 19 people, authorities said on Monday, as the government carried out mass evacuations and fought over 30 blazes exacerbated by intense heat and high winds. While weather conditions overnight helped control som...

January 19, 2026 1:16 PM

Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ biodiversity vital for environmental, economic security: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh said on Monday that the biodiversity of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is critical to India’s environmental sustainability and economic security, describing the a...

January 18, 2026 5:04 PM

New map reveals hidden landscape under Antarctica’s ice sheet

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains while discerning for the first time tens of thousa...

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