6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (294+ words) CISARUA, Indonesia: The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 17 on Monday (Jan 26), a disaster official said, as rescue operations entered a third day. The landslide, triggered by heavy rain, crashed into a village in Java's West Bandung…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (247+ words) CISARUA, Indonesia: The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 17 on Monday (Jan 26), a disaster official said, as rescue operations entered a third day. The landslide, triggered by heavy rain, crashed into a village in Java's West Bandung…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (852+ words) PADANG, Indonesia: The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday (Dec 1) as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (512+ words) MANILA: Residents sought refuge on rooftops and cars floated through flooded streets on Tuesday (Nov 4) as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines, leaving at least two people dead. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the powerful storm, which made…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (349+ words) MANILA: Thousands were evacuated in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday (Nov 3), ahead of a typhoon due to make landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms. Typhoon Kalmaegi is on a collision course with…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (191+ words) MANILA: Thousands of residents of the Philippines left their homes along the Pacific coast on Saturday (Oct 18) as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of Tropical Storm Fengshen's landfall.The storm was forecast to hit Catanduanes, an impoverished island…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (641+ words) Environment organisation Greenpeace estimates around US$17.6 billion in funds may have been bilked from climate-related projects in the Philippines since 2023. PLARIDEL, the Philippines: The dike meant to protect the Philippine town cost taxpayers nearly US$2 million, but when a minister…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (486+ words) DEHRADUN, India: A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India's Himalayan region on Tuesday (Aug 5), killing at least four people with around 100 others missing,including 11 soldiers. The roaring waters tore down a narrow mountain…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (438+ words) Schools and government offices in Manila and the surrounding provinces were closed after a night of heavy rain. MANILA:Heavy flooding inundated the Philippines' capital on Tuesday (Jul 22), forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and schools and government…...