At least 75 killed, more than 100 others missing in Brazil floods

[ad_1] More than 88,000 people are displaced as floods hit Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state.Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103...

Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years

[ad_1] At least 144 people died due to the heavy rainfall in April.Pakistan has experienced its “wettest April since 1961”, receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country’s weather agency has said. April rainfall...

‘It’s going to be worse’: Brazil braces for more pain amid record flooding

[ad_1] The death toll has climbed to 56 in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, with tens of thousands displaced.Overpowering floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains are continuing to sweep southern Brazil, killing at least 56 people and...

‘Don’t be afraid for the marshes’: The battle to save Iraq’s waterways

[ad_1] Abu Abbas knew more about the Iraqi Marshes than most, having lived there his entire life. So when the Iraqi government of former dictator Saddam Hussein drained the wetlands of southern Iraq in the early 1990s, Abu Abbas witnessed...

Why has the flooding in Kenya been so devastating?

[ad_1] Torrential rains have caused devastating floods in Kenya, where more than 200 people have died, thousands have been displaced and nearly 2,000 schools have been destroyed. All remaining schools have been shut down until further notice. Rains have been...

Kenya, Tanzania brace for Cyclone Hidaya as flood death toll rises

[ad_1] Kenya and Tanzania have been bracing for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains and floods that have devastated East Africa, killing nearly 400 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes. Cyclone Hidaya is inching closer...

Photos: Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’

[ad_1] The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 29, with at least 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defence agency. The authorities in Rio Grande do Sul have...

Beyond the Oil Age

[ad_1] The dark side of ‘green energy’ : The real cost of cobalt mining in the DRC and how it impacts the nation’s environment.From smartphones to aircraft engines to the batteries of electric cars, cobalt is a critical component of...

Editorial: Hotspot of disasters

[ad_1] <!-- --> No other region experiences more climate disasters than Asia, which has warmed faster than the global average since 1960 Published Date - 30 April 2024, 11:54 PM Year after year, the climate crisis...

Bangladesh reopens schools even as heatwave alert extended by three days

[ad_1] Average maximum temperatures in Dhaka over the past week have been 4-5 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average.Millions of students have returned to their schools across Bangladesh despite a heatwave that prompted a nationwide classroom shutdown last weekend....
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