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5,300 people remain displaced after last year’s Mt. Lewotobi eruptions in Indonesia

The central government is currently building around 2,700 permanent homes for residents affected by the Lewotobi Laki-Laki eruptions, with plans to complete construction by April.

  • Published: February 20, 20259:28 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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Wildfires rage across northern Thailand, Phetchabun worst hit

401 hotspots have been detected across 17 provinces.

  • Published: February 14, 20259:49 am
  • Author The Nation
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Massive flooding strikes Indonesia’s South Sulawesi

This comes after days of downpours which caused three rivers to overflow, with the local branch of the national weather agency forecasting more rain in the province's northern…

  • Published: February 13, 20259:43 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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Extreme weather study says Philippines 10th hardest hit

Leading the list was Dominica, followed by China, Honduras, Myanmar, Italy, India, Greece, Spain and Vanuatu, according to the 2025 Climate Risk Index (CRI) presented by…

  • Published: February 13, 20259:42 am
  • Author Gillian Villanueva
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Residents still affected 2 weeks after sinkhole in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture

The prefecture is asking nearby households to evacuate, fearing more cave-ins, and about 1.2 million people living in 12 municipalities in the prefecture to continue reducing…

  • Published: February 12, 20252:08 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Ministry investigates mass fish deaths at Indonesia’s Jatiluhur dam

Authorities have suggested that the mass fish die-off was likely caused by extreme weather conditions and a natural phenomenon known as upwelling.

  • Published: February 12, 20259:22 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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Wildfire continues to rage in Timang forest in Nepal’s Manang

Difficulties in controlling the blaze have been exacerbated by strong winds, making the fire spread faster.

  • Published: February 11, 20259:25 am
  • Author Aash Gurung
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Rescue operations intensify in Sichuan as 28 reported missing after landslide

The landslide, which occurred at around 11:50 am in Jinping village of Junlian county in Yibin, buried 10 residential houses and one production facility.

  • Published: February 10, 20258:10 am
  • Author Huang Zhiling and Peng Chao
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Efforts fail to douse fires raging in three Nepali mountain districts

Wildlife and settlements are also under threat.

  • Published: February 6, 20259:34 am
  • Author Kedar Shiwakoti, Anish Tiwari, and Aash Gurung
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Almost one-third of protected forest in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear destroyed by fire

Sot Samnang, director of the park, shared that the fires were set by a small number of people living in the surrounding areas. He explained that, as is usual during the dry…

  • Published: February 5, 20259:32 am
  • Author Phak Seangly

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