Natural disaster
Natural disaster'Proud' Tongans determined to rebuild battered homeland after eruption
Tongans said they were determined to rebuild their battered homeland in the wake of last week's devastating eruption and tsunami as a massive clean up continued Saturday in the Pacific kingdom
UNDP study
Women suffer more from climate-induced damages
According to a recent study of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), these disasters cause more damages to women like Sufia Begum than men
Tourists question blizzard tragedy in scenic Pakistan town
As unprecedented snowfall thawed at a popular Pakistan mountain resort on Sunday, rescued tourists were found reckoning with the deaths of 22 fellow travellers in a frozen traffic jam
Natural disasters can bring couples closer: Study
The research team had already surveyed 231 newly married couples about their relationship satisfaction shortly before Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast in August 2017
Death toll passes 200 after Philippines typhoon
The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 200 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food
Floods in Malaysia displace more than 30,000 people
More than 30,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Malaysia on Sunday as the country battles some of its worst flooding in years
Race to find survivors as US tornadoes kill dozens
US emergency workers searched Sunday for survivors of ferocious tornadoes that killed dozens of people across several states and left towns in ruins, but the governor of hard-hit Kentucky warned that ...
Powerful tornadoes kill over 80 in five US states
More than half a million homes in several states were left without power, according to PowerOutage.com
14 years since dreadful day of cyclone Sidr
It was 15 November 2007 when severe cyclone Sidr hit the coastal districts of Bangladesh at a speed of 260 kilometres per hour. The wind speed increased to 305 kilometres an hour. Tidal surge as high ...
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