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September 24, 2025 12:52 PM

Light to moderate rain forecast for West Bengal till Saturday

The Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast mostly cloudy skies with light to moderate rain across West Bengal till Saturday, accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds at some places. While Kolkata is likely to experience continuous rain ...

September 24, 2025 9:46 AM

Super Typhoon Ragasa kills 14 in eastern Taiwan, with 129 missing

Fourteen people have died in Taiwan's popular tourist hub in the eastern county of Hualien, with 129 missing after a barrier lake in the mountains overflowed to deluge a town during a typhoon, the fire department said on Wednesday. Taiwan has been l...

September 23, 2025 1:27 PM

Hong Kong shuts down ahead of world’s biggest typhoon this year

Hong Kong shut down ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, with authorities urging people to stay at home, while most passenger flights were due to be suspended until Thursday. People piled in...

September 22, 2025 5:41 PM

Switzerland’s Gries Glacier melting at an alarming pace

Switzerland's 5.4 km-long Gries Glacier, a focal point for research, is retreating at an alarming pace as climate change accelerates an unprecedented ice melt across the country, the Swiss glacier monitoring service said. "This is a dying glacier," ...

September 22, 2025 9:56 AM

Hong Kong airport to shut for 36 hours due to Typhoon Ragasa

Hong Kong International Airport will suspend all passenger flights for 36 hours from Tuesday evening, Qantas Airways said, as the Asian financial hub prepares for one of its strongest super typhoons in years. Hong Kong's Airport will be closed from ...

September 20, 2025 2:50 PM

Brazil will be first to invest in global forest fund

Brazil will become the first country to announce an investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a multilateral funding mechanism it has proposed to support conservation of endangered forests globally, three people with knowledge of the plans...

Last updated on: 13th June 2026

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