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StormPhilippine surfing paradise wiped out by typhoon
Resort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas holiday after Covid-19 restrictions finally eased. Then Super Typhoon Rai wiped them ...
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
How Bangladesh’s poor are paying the costs of climate damage
The US, the EU and other developed countries have so far resisted efforts to create a separate pot of funding to help poor countries deal with surging “loss and damage” from climate impacts
Climate Change
Bangladesh’s shanty towns for climate refugees
At the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow, Bangladesh will again highlight the challenges it is facing due to the extreme weather events, and call for international help to help adapt
For Bangladesh’s climate migrants, pandemic job cuts fuel ‘multiple crises’
Bangladesh is one of the world’s largest exporters of labour, with nearly 700,000 people getting jobs abroad annually prior to the pandemic
Warning signal 2 issued as cyclone Gulab set to landfall
The maritime ports of the country have been advised to hoist distant warning signal number two as cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’ over Northwest Bay and adjoining West-Central Bay moved westwards and now lies ...
Maritime ports asked to warn vessels of depression over Bay
The depression is likely to intensify further and move in a west/northwesterly direction, said a bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological office
Seemingly unrelated crises share common roots, researchers say
Many everyday individual choices, like eating a chicken sandwich for lunch, have direct links to threats ranging from forest and species loss to climate change
Signal 3 for the maritime ports
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has formed over the northwest Bay
Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana as Category 3 storm
Ahead of Ida's arrival, showers and strong wind swept New Orleans' deserted streets throughout the morning, buffeting boarded-up windows at businesses and homes surrounded by sandbags
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