60 people dead after M6.9 quake hits off Philippines’ Cebu Island
MANILA - The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit off Cebu Island in the central Philippines has reached 60, with over 140 others injured, government officials said Wednesday.
At least 12 dead as record rain floods India’s Kolkata
Nine people died in Kolkata, with most of the deaths due to electrocution while two people drowned
Officials said conditions will normalize by Wednesday evening while urging...
Flash floods in Indonesia leave at least 15 dead and 10 missing
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 15 people who died in flash flooding in two Indonesian provinces, while authorities said Wednesday 10 others were missing.
Torrential...
Pakistan’s Punjab faces the biggest floods in its history, affecting 2 million people
On Sunday, the senior minister for the province, Maryam Aurangzeb, said the flood affected two million people
Local authorities are using educational institutions and security facilities as...
Over 150 people are still missing after devastating flooding in northwest Pakistan
Pakistan has seen higher-than-normal monsoon rains since June 26 that have killed at least 645 people across the country, with 400 deaths in the northwest
More than 300 people killed due to heavy rain, floods in Pakistan
Majority of the deaths were recorded in mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where the rains triggered landslides and flash floods
Seven killed when government helicopter crashed due to bad...
Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods were worsened by global warming, study finds
Pakistan’s government has reported at least 300 deaths and 1,600 damaged houses due to the floods, heavy rain and other weather since June 26
Pakistan witnessed its...
Flash floods kill three in Vietnam, nine missing
Heavy rain of up to 30 centimeters triggered the floods in the provinces of Son La, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang and especially Dien Bien
Vietnam is now...
8.7-magnitude earthquake in Russia’s Far East sets off tsunami warnings in Japan, Alaska and...
The quake's epicentre was initially reported some 85 miles (136 kilometres) east of Petropavlovsk in the country's Kamchatka peninsula, at a depth of 12 miles (19 kilometres), USGS said
Heavy rains in South Korea leave 17 dead and 11 others missing
SEOUL, South Korea — Torrential rains that slammed South Korea for five days have left 17 people dead and 11 others missing, the government said Sunday.
One person was killed...