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135 million early deaths since 1980 linked to air pollution, with spikes during climate events

The main killer is the PM2.5 pollutant – microparticles that come from haze, burning from power plants, and wildfires – that gets lodged deep in the lungs and enters the…

  • Published: June 11, 20247:40 am
  • Author Shabana Begum and Elise Wong
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Monsoon enters Nepal, three days ahead of schedule

Disaster management body estimates that 1.81 million people and 412,000 households are at risk this year.

  • Published: June 11, 20247:35 am
  • Author Arjun Poudel
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Prolonged heavy rain kills 3, causes damage in Vietnam’s northern provinces

In the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang, a father and his three-year-old son, were swept away by floods.

  • Published: June 11, 20247:30 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Inner Mongolia forges green power

Last year, the region supplied 306 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to outside the region, equivalent to the annual output of three Three Gorges Dam.

  • Published: June 10, 20247:40 am
  • Author Zhang Yi, Zhu Xingxin, and Yuan Hui
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Vietnam’s northern provinces, cities proactively respond to heavy rains

The national steering committee requested provinces and cities to closely monitor warning and forecast bulletins and regularly notify and guide authorities and residents at all…

  • Published: June 10, 20247:35 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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New landslide forecasting system helping researchers save lives in Nepal

The University of Melbourne researchers are helping villagers in Nepal predict when treacherous landslides will overwhelm their homes.

  • Published: June 7, 20247:20 am
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Lhasa sees success in greening strategy

Launched in 2022, the project aims to afforest over 137,333 hectares of barren mountains by 2030, mainly covering 35 townships in nine counties and districts in the cities of…

  • Published: June 7, 20247:15 am
  • Author Palden Nyima and Daqiong
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Initiatives to reduce air-con energy usage to be trialled at South Beach Tower: BCA

Air-conditioning can account for about half of total energy usage in such buildings, and the authority is supporting research and innovation solutions that enhance the efficiency…

  • Published: June 7, 20247:10 am
  • Author Isabelle Liew
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Torrential rainfall and severe thunderstorms flood Hanoi

Vietnam is located in the Asian thunderstorm zone, one of the three major thunderstorm zones in the world, with intense thunderstorm activity.

  • Published: June 6, 20247:45 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Lahar hits central Philippine town after Mt. Kanlaon blast

The Department of Social Welfare and Development has already extended more than P758,000 worth of humanitarian aid and created gender-sensitive spaces for thousands displaced by…

  • Published: June 6, 20247:44 am
  • Author Carla Gomez

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