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Strong winds and rain leave 18 dead in Karachi
12+ hour, 13+ min ago (143+ words) Heavy rain and strong winds left at least 18 people dead in the country's financial capital Karachi, city authorities and rescue services said. Thirteen people died when a wall collapsed on Wednesday, while five people, including two women, were killed elsewhere…...
Spain and Portugal on high alert as storms cause more damage
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (438+ words) MADRID, Feb "12 (Reuters) - Swathes of Spain and Portugal were on high alert on Thursday as heavy rain and "strong winds battered the Iberian peninsula, felling trees, disrupting transport and forcing the closure of "schools in some areas. One person was…...
January was the fifth-warmest month on record globally, says Copernicus Climate Change Service
1+ mon, 1+ week 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
1+ mon, 1+ week 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+ mon, 2+ week 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
1+ mon, 3+ week 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
1+ mon, 3+ week 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
2+ mon, 3+ 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
5+ mon, 4+ hour 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
5+ mon, 1+ day 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…...