Talks aimed at ending Sudan’s shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland although the absence of the military dampened hopes for imminent steps to alleviate the country’s humanitarian …
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store …
Government offices were shut and classes suspended, while more than 70 domestic and international flights were cancelled because of the weather. At least 12 people have died from floods and …
Following a cloudburst, several areas of Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar city have been inundated, causing significant damage to residents’ property. Reports indicated that numerous houses and vehicles have been damaged due …
Nepal’s mountainous terrain, precarious slopes, and seismic vulnerabilities converge to make it a global hotspot for landslides, resulting in one of the world’s highest per capita death tolls from these …
Flash floods, mudslides and falling trees have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka as the island nation is battered by monsoon storms, the country’s disaster centre said on …
Arshad Malik, Afghanistan director of the humanitarian non-governmental organisation Save the Children, has said that “lives and livelihoods have been washed away” and “children have lost everything”. According to the …
Historic flooding in southern Brazil may take a month to subside with more than half a million people out of their homes and warned not to return. “I have never …
At least 34 people have died and 16 more were missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit western Indonesia, a local disaster official said Sunday. …
Northern Baghlan province was one of the hardest hit, with more than 300 people killed there alone, and thousands of houses destroyed or damaged, according to WFP. “On current information: …