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August 23, 2024 3:08 PM

Floods, landslides in Tripura displace tens of thousands

Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety on Friday in Tripura after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides, forcing more than 65,000 people from their homes, authorities said. Army personnel manned rescue craft as cars and buses were stran...

August 22, 2024 5:58 PM

Bangladesh floods maroon nearly three million people, kill two

Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials from the country's disaster management ministry said on Thursday. Re...

August 22, 2024 12:00 PM

Floods in Bangladesh not caused by Indian dam release, MEA says

Indian officials have refuted claims that the release of water from an upstream dam in Tripura is responsible for the current flooding in eastern Bangladesh. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Indian government clarified that the Dumbur dam on t...

August 22, 2024 12:18 PM

Tripura floods: “Top priority rescue, relief operations,” says CM Manik Saha

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Thursday that rescue and relief operations are the top priority as the state grapples with severe flooding caused by unprecedented rainfall over the past three days. "I have never seen this kind of rain in T...

August 21, 2024 8:18 PM

Bangladesh unrest brings uncertainty to climate agenda

After mass protests ousted Bangladesh's long-time leader, environmental activists are calling on the interim government to place climate change on its agenda even as it faces the urgent task of restoring normalcy after weeks of tumult. Nobel Laureat...

August 19, 2024 5:10 PM

Four Dead, Six Rescued as Landslide Buries House in Western Nepal’s Bajhang District

Four people were killed when their house got buried in a landslide that occurred in Bajhang district in West Nepal. The bodies buried in the landslide were retrieved in the morning with the help of a team of locals and police. Six others buried in th...

August 17, 2024 3:46 PM

Hurricane Ernesto hits Bermuda as a weakened but still dangerous storm

Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on Bermuda early on Saturday and was expected to batter the British island territory with powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and potentially deadly flooding. Ernesto was carrying top sustained winds of 85 mph...

August 16, 2024 8:32 PM

World Court to hold hearings in case that may define countries’ climate obligations

The International Court of Justice said on Friday it would hold public hearings starting Dec. 2 in an advisory opinion case that may become a reference point in defining countries' legal obligations to fight climate change. The ICJ, known as the Wor...

August 15, 2024 4:25 PM

Extreme weather drives travelers to cooler destinations this summer

Florida resident Kathy Pafunda is reading books and perusing maps to plan a Norway getaway next summer, following visits over the last two years to cool-weather destinations Alaska, Utah, Minnesota and Iceland. "We like to escape during the summer m...

August 15, 2024 4:18 PM

Northeastern Taiwan rattled by 5.7 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's northeastern county of Yilan on Thursday, the island's central weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake had a depth o...

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