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October 28, 2025 4:04 PM

Kakinada Port on highest alert as Cyclone Montha nears Andhra coast

The Kakinada Port in Andhra Pradesh was placed under the highest alert on Tuesday as Cyclone Montha approached the state’s coastline. The Cyclone Warning Centre in Visakhapatnam upgraded the warning at Kakinada to Great Danger Signal No. 10, indic...

October 28, 2025 2:35 PM

Vietnam’s top tourist sites Hue, Hoi An suffer heavy flooding

Heavy rains over the past days have caused serious flooding in central Vietnam, especially in top tourism destinations Hue and Hoi An, the government said in a report on Tuesday. Rainfall in several parts of the UNESCO-listed former imperial capital...

October 28, 2025 1:10 PM

Cyclone Montha may affect over 1,400 villages, 44 towns in Andhra Pradesh

Heavy rain and strong winds battered parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh on Monday as Cyclone Montha inched closer to the state’s shoreline. According to the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA), the cyclone is likely to impact ...

October 28, 2025 12:27 PM

Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island. As of 2 p.m. (1...

October 28, 2025 11:15 AM

Billionaire Bill Gates calls for climate strategy pivot ahead of COP30

Billionaire investor and philanthropist Bill Gates called on world leaders on Tuesday to adapt to extreme weather and focus on improving health outcomes rather than temperature reduction targets ahead of the COP30 climate talks in Brazil. COP30 will...

October 28, 2025 11:50 AM

Cyclone Montha intensifies into severe storm; heavy rains lash Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Odisha

Cyclonic Storm Montha has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is expected to make landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, likely near Kakinada on Tuesday evening or night, the India Meteorological Dep...

October 27, 2025 8:05 PM

Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30

Climate change is one of the toughest opponents facing any athlete, warns Brazilian soccer player Tamires Dias, one of around 40 elite sportsmen and women involved in the launch of a new global campaign that will feature at next month's COP30 summit ...

October 27, 2025 3:57 PM

Cyclone ‘Montha’ to hit Andhra coast near Kakinada on Oct 28 as severe storm; heavy rains predicted across several states

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Monday, advised residents in the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to remain alert and take necessary precautions, as Cyclone Montha is expected to bring strong winds, rough sea conditions, a...

October 27, 2025 12:41 PM

Schools shut, coastal districts on alert as Cyclone Montha nears Kakinada

Cyclone Montha in the Bay of Bengal is racing towards the Andhra Pradesh coast and is likely to intensify into a severe cyclone before making landfall near Kakinada on Tuesday night, officials of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority...

October 26, 2025 1:38 PM

Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

Tropical Storm Melissa has become a hurricane and is expected to strengthen into at least Category 4 intensity, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The rapidly intensifying storm is expected to wreak havoc across the Caribbean with ...

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