Heavy rains paralyse Delhi; schools shut, mother-son drown in drain
The city’s already struggling infrastructure buckled under the weight of the heavy rain, with police urging residents to avoid submerged areas.
24 dead in rain-related incidents across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: disaster management
According to a Provincial Disaster Management Authority weather warning, a new series of monsoon showers is due to start in the province and continue intermittently until August 6.
Kerala landslides: death toll rises to 237; hundreds missing; rescue operations continue
Rescue workers from the Army, Navy, and NDRF are searching under collapsed roofs and debris for victims and possible survivors of the landslides.
‘Climate change crashed the Olympics’: Paris heat wave a result of human-caused warming, says study
“If the atmosphere wasn’t overloaded with emissions from burning fossil fuel, Paris would have been about 3 deg C cooler and much safer for sport," said Dr Friederike Otto,…
Vietnam’s northern provinces ravaged by heavy rains, six people killed, one missing
The provinces have also experienced extensive damage to infrastructure, with 82 houses reported to be destroyed or damaged and a further 18 requiring urgent evacuation.
Indonesian state weather agency warns of potential forest fires, anomalous rain
The warning came as almost all southern parts of Indonesia are in the height of the dry season.
India’s Kerala devastated by massive landslides, death toll rises to 119, hundreds trapped
The district of Wayanad has been devastated by three landslides within a span of 4 hours. The first landslide occurred in Mundakkai town around 1 am on Tuesday during heavy rain,…
North Korea says thousands of homes hit by flooding
More than 4,000 homes in North Korea’s city of Sinuiju and Uiju County near the border with China have been flooded due to heavy rainfall, state media KCNA said on July 31.
Jakarta’s fishers battle rising pollution as government turns blind eye
The Cilincing fishing community in North Jakarta is battling to save their livelihoods against an increasing tide of waste that is polluting the waters and killing fish in Jakarta…
Landslides in India’s Kerala kill 19, main bridge collapses
Relief efforts are ongoing, and two helicopters of the Indian Air Force have been mobilised, the Kerala chief minister's office said in a statement.