Tag: climate change

'Everything is destroyed': Pakistan flood survivors plead for aid

SUKKUR: A huge relief operation was under way on Monday (Aug 29) and international aid began trickling in as Pakistan struggled to deal with monsoon flooding that has affected more ...

JIUJIANG: Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country's central Jiangxi province ...

MINGORA: Thousands of people living near flood-swollen rivers in Pakistan's north were ordered to evacuate Saturday (Aug 27) as the death toll from devastating monsoon rains neared 1,000 with no ...

A blistering heatwave has engulfed China in the country's hottest summer on record, subsuming half its land in drought. The world's second-largest economy has experienced more than 70 days of ...

FROM HEATWAVE TO FLOOD Earlier this year much of the nation was in the grip of a heatwave, with temperatures hitting 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh province. The city ...

SHANGHAI: Extreme heat in China played havoc with crops and power supplies on Wednesday (Aug 24) despite lower temperatures in some regions, with authorities across the Yangtze river basin scrambling ...

SHANGHAI: Shanghai will switch off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront for two days from Monday (Aug 22) as a nationwide heatwave sends power demands soaring, city authorities said. ...

SHIMLA, India: At least 15 people were killed in India after heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides near the Himalayan foothills, authorities said on Saturday (Aug 20). Flooding and ...

The question many have asked in the aftermath is how a country with such advanced technology, boasting cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing and a burgeoning space programme, could fail to manage fundamental ...