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July 3, 2025 2:24 PM

Wildfire on Greek island of Crete scorches forest, forces evacuation of over 1,000

Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on Crete island, which burnt swathes of forest and olive groves and forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people, officials said, underscoring the region's vulnerability to destructive wildfires. At le...

July 3, 2025 2:01 PM

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes southwestern Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit a remote island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The earthquake's epicentre was off the coast of the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima prefecture nearly 1,2...

July 3, 2025 12:21 PM

SDRF rescues 40 devotees stranded due to landslide in Uttarakhand’s Sonprayag

Amid relentless rainfall and worsening weather conditions in Uttarakhand, around 40 devotees returning from Kedarnath Dham were rescued by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Thursday after being stranded near the Sonprayag landslide zone. T...

July 3, 2025 11:18 AM

China’s north and west on alert after sweeping rains trigger deadly floods

China's north and west braced for flash floods and landslides on Thursday as annual 'Plum Rains' left a trail of destruction and prompted the mobilisation of thousands of rescue workers to pull people from floodwaters. Red alerts were issued tracing...

July 2, 2025 3:20 PM

Extremely heavy rainfall likely at several places in Rajasthan, Maharashtra: IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted active monsoon conditions will continue over several parts of northwest, central, and east India for the next six to seven days, with widespread rainfall expected across multiple region...

July 2, 2025 10:32 AM

EU to add international CO2 credits to next climate goal

The European Commission will on Wednesday propose an EU climate target for 2040 that for the first time will allow countries to use carbon credits from developing nations to meet a limited share of their emissions goal, a draft of the proposal showed...

July 1, 2025 4:31 PM

France shuts schools as heatwave grips Europe, sea off Spain at record high temperatures

More than a thousand schools were closed in France on Tuesday and the top floor of the Eiffel Tower was shut to tourists as a severe heatwave continued to grip Europe, triggering health alerts across the region. The Mediterranean Sea was up...

July 1, 2025 3:06 PM

Active monsoon to persist across north, central, and east India; heavy rainfall forecast in multiple states

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that active monsoon conditions are likely to continue across many parts of northwest, central, and east India over the next six to seven days. The forecast indicates widespread rainfall activi...

July 1, 2025 2:34 PM

Multiple cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi; Shimla-Sunni-Karsog highway blocked after heavy rain

Multiple cloudbursts and torrential rain continued across Himachal Pradesh on Monday, resulting in flash floods. One of the worst-hit routes is the Shimla-Sunni-Karsog highway, which has been completely blocked near Devidhar, about 35 kilometres from...

July 1, 2025 1:59 PM

Rajasthan records 128% excess rainfall than normal in June

Rajasthan has recorded 128 per cent more rainfall than normal during June in the ongoing monsoon season, the weather department officials said on Tuesday. According to the Meteorological Department, heavy showers have filled ponds and dams across th...

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