Disaster
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37Pakistan school roof collapse kills 28 as rescuers search rubble
At least 28 people died when the roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday. Among the victims were...
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50Floodwaters inundate Bangkok as 700,000 residents affected
Floodwaters inundated parts of Thailand’s capital on Monday, forcing residents to wade through flooded streets as some seven hundred thousand people were...
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151Two infants die in fire at Telangana government hospital, 25 shifted to safety
Two infants died in a fire that broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of the government-run Rajiv Gandhi Institute of...
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77Six killed in flash flood in Kerala’s Chokkad, local official says
Several people were washed away in a flash flood in Kerala’s Malappuram district on Sunday, local officials said, adding that six people...
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61More than 100 displaced by flooding in Malaysia’s Janda Baik
On Sunday evening, heavy rain caused water levels to rise rapidly in the Kampung Janda Baik area of Bentong, Malaysia, displacing more...
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91Climate change likely played role in Nepal-Tibet flood, study finds
According to a new scientific study, climate change likely contributed to the glacier collapse that caused catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet...
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70Landslides damage homes, force 35 families to flee in Sikkim
Landslides have damaged houses and evacuated 35 families from the Singlitam-Rimbi area of West Sikkim, authorities shifted residents from unsafe localities to...
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138Sikkim says all eight residents stranded in Nepal return home safely
All eight of the residents of India’s Sikkim state stranded in Nepal after devastating floods in late August have returned home safely,...
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715.3-magnitude earthquake hits flood-ravaged Nepal
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Nepal on Tuesday night, days after floods and landslides killed over 1,300 people and left thousands missing,...
