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January was the fifth-warmest month on record globally, says Copernicus Climate Change Service
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (241+ words) SOUTH-EAST ASIA (dpa):Despite recent cold weather across much of the Northern Hemisphere, last month was the fifth-warmest January on record globally, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average temperature reached 12.95 degrees Celsius, 0.51 degrees above the 1991-2020 average....
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 74; search for missing people now has moved into two weeks
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (282+ words) Jakarta, Feb 6, 2026 (AFP) - The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia has climbed to 74, authorities said Friday, extending the search for missing people and bodies nearly two weeks since it began. Heavy rain triggered the landslide that tore through a…...
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 49, agency says
1+ week, 3+ day ago (142+ words) JAKARTA, Jan "31 (Reuters) - The death toll from "a landslide a week ago "in Indonesia's West Java province has risen to 49, the country's main rescue agency "Basarnas said on Saturday, "with 15 still "missing. Twenty-three soldiers were also killed while "conducting border…...
Nvidia unveils AI models for faster, cheaper weather forecasts
2+ week, 1+ day ago (281+ words) Tuesday, 27 Jan 2026 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan "26 (Reuters) - Nvidia on Monday released three open-source artificial intelligence models aimed at "helping create better weather forecasts, faster. The models, which the AI chip firm "announced at the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting in Houston,…...
Death toll from landslide in Indonesia's West Java rises to 17
2+ week, 2+ day ago (247+ words) Monday, 26 Jan 2026 Indonesian rescue members stand near damaged houses after a landslide hit Pasirlangu village, West Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, January 24, 2026. REUTERS/Yusep Maulana JAKARTA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - "The death toll from a landslide that hit "Indonesia's West Java province…...
Building back better? Sri Lankans face challenges in recovery from floods, landslides
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1651+ words) Car repairman R.A.R Premadasa, 78, lost his three-storey house to the landslide at Pelgahatenna village in Badulla district in Sri Lanka. - ST: AZIM AZMAN BADULLA, Sri Lanka: Lush green terraces still line the hillsides of picturesque Badulla, a highland region in…...
Roxas City, Philippines under state of calamity due to massive flooding
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (209+ words) Sunday, 19 Oct 2025 ILOILO CITY, (Philippines): (Bernama-PNA) The local government of Roxas City in Capiz, Philippines declared a state of calamity on Sunday (Oct 19) due to incessant rains and heavy flooding brought by Tropical Storm Ramil, The Philippine News Agency (PNA)…...
Thousands flee Philippine coast as storm makes landfall
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (257+ words) MANILA:Thousands of residents fled their homes along the Pacific seaboard of the Philippines on Saturday as Tropical Storm Fengshen made landfall, triggering warnings of coastal flooding. The storm barrelled into the municipality of Gubat at the southeastern tip of…...
Dengkil landslide: Foreign worker killed, another injured
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (166+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangladeshi contract worker was killed while another was injured after being buried in a landslide at a project site near Cybersouth, Dengkil, on Tuesday (Oct 14). Read full story Dengkil landslide: Foreign worker killed, another injured Tuesday, 14 Oct…...
Evacuations in Philippines, Taiwan as super typhoon nears
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (358+ words) MANILA: The Philippines and Taiwan ordered evacuations Sunday (Sept 21) ahead of possible flooding and landslides as Super Typhoon Ragasa approached, gaining strength on its way to an eventual collision with southern China. The storm was undergoing "rapid intensification" and expected…...