Disaster declared as drought pushes South Korea’s Gangneung to brink
The drought in Gangneung has been coined a “flash drought” by experts, caused by scarce rainfall and record-breaking heat waves that quickly evaporated the little amounts of…
War, then water: Pakistan’s border villagers face back-to-back evacuations
Across flood-hit Kasur, families say they are exhausted by repeated displacements within months.
Oil spill puts hundreds of hectares of farmland in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi at risk
Officials estimate that at least 50 hectares of rice fields in the province have been damaged and hundreds of hectares more may be impacted without prompt remediation.
‘One litre is too much’: More than 50 factories in Cambodia punished for water pollution
The measures were taken after it was determined that the companies had discharged untreated wastewater, harming the environment and affecting the livelihoods of local communities.
1.5m affected as Pakistan’s Punjab reels from ‘worst flood in decades’
Torrential monsoon rain and India’s release of excess water from its dams swelled the three rivers that flow into the province, forcing authorities to breach riverbanks in some…
Can a giant seawall save Indonesia’s disappearing coast?
Indonesia wants to build an $80-billion, 700-kilometer seawall along Java's coast to tackle land loss as climate change lifts sea levels and groundwater extraction prompts land to…
Heavy rains hit Himalayas, spread havoc in India and Pakistan
The landslide killed 33 people near the Hindu mountain shrine of Vaishno Devi on a pilgrim route in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Flash floods hit several provinces as Typhoon Kajiki lashes Laos
The Meteorology and Hydrology Department warned that Typhoon Kajiki would batter Laos, unleashing heavy rain and powerful wind gusts.
Posters of litterbugs put up in Singapore’s Chinatown as authorities strive to keep neighbourhoods clean
Singapore's National Environment Agency said community engagement will be combined with traditional enforcement actions and technologies, such as the surveillance system, which…
Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surge
Three transboundary rivers in the east of the country have swollen to exceptionally high levels as a result of heavy rains across the border in India.