Asia worst-hit by weather extremes in 2023, says WMO

[ad_1] Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in its “State of the Climate in Asia 2023” report. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported...

China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south

[ad_1] China is facing increasingly extreme weather events as climate change takes its toll.China has evacuated more than 100,000 people as heavy rain continues to lash the southern province of Guangdong. Authorities raised the highest level of alarm on Tuesday...

Photos: Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China’s Guangdong

[ad_1] The Chinese government has issued its highest-level rainstorm warning and evacuated more than 100,000 people as rain continues to lash the south of the country. Beijing raised the alert on Tuesday as ongoing storms threatened to worsen already massive...

Flooding in Dubai after a year’s worth of rain falls in hours

[ad_1] NewsFeedDubai in the United Arab Emirates was hit by flooding that submerged roads and vehicles and caused flights to be diverted after a reported 158mm of rain fell in 24 hours, equivalent to the typical yearly average.Published On 17...

Mass evacuations as floods in Russia’s Kurgan region set to peak

[ad_1] Kurgan and Tyumen regions of Russia, and parts of Kazakhstan, are threatened by some of the worst flooding in history.Authorities in Russia are warning people to evacuate affected areas as Russia’s Kurgan and Tyumen regions and swaths of northern...

At least 33 killed in Afghanistan as heavy rains set off flash floods

[ad_1] Most casualties have been from roof collapses, while some 600 houses have been damaged or destroyed, authorities say.At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, according to the government’s...

Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000

[ad_1] Water levels on rivers in Russia and Kazakhstan continue to rise and flood whole villages and cities, with more than 100,000 people evacuated and the Kremlin warning a “very, very tense” situation was expected to worsen. Fast-melting snow and...

Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 110,000 people as record floods set to worsen

[ad_1] Kremlin says weather forecast is ‘unfavourable’ with western Siberia expecting peak flooding in three to five days. More than 110,000 people have been forced to evacuate in Russia and Kazakhstan after fast-melting snow swelled the Ural River, Europe’s third-longest,...

Cities in Russia’s Urals, west Siberia brace for worst floods in decades

[ad_1] More than 10,400 homes across Russia are flooded, with the Urals, Siberia, the Volga and central regions the worst hit.Swiftly melting snow triggered the worst recorded flooding in Russia’s Ural Mountains, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes...

Federal emergency declared in Russia’s flood-hit Orenburg region

[ad_1] The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural river, force thousands of people to evacuate. Floodwaters are rising in two cities in Russia’s Ural Mountains after Europe’s third longest river burst through a dam, flooding at least...
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