Environment/Science
Environment/Science
Yangon: Over 18,000 people have been relocated to shelters in southern Myanmar's Kayin State due to rising river levels surpassing the danger mark, the state-run television channel MRTV has reported. more
Heatwaves, high temperatures threatening young lives in South Asia, warns UNICEF

Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high temperature compared to only one in three globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, urgi ...

China records heaviest rainfall in 140 years

Beijing: Beijing has recorded its heaviest rainfall over the past few days since records began 140 years ago.

Northern hemisphere summer marked by heatwaves and wildfires: WMO

New York: A summer of extreme weather in the northern hemisphere is causing major damage to people’s health and the environment, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported ...

Hottest July ever signals ‘era of global boiling has arrived’ says UN chief

New York: As wildfires raged across Southern Europe and North Africa, top UN climate scientists said on Thursday that it was “virtually certain” that July 2023 will be the war ...

Warming trend in Asia set to cause more disruption: UN weather agency

New York: Climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which is warming faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report published on Thu ...

Heatwave threat impacts half of all children in Europe and Central Asia

New York: Half of all children in Europe and Central Asia, 92 million, are exposed to high heatwave frequency, or double the global average, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on ...

Intense heat continues to disrupt life in several areas of Japan

Tokyo:  Japan's weather agency said scorching heat continues to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high ...

Mediterranean wildfires leave 40 dead

Over 40 people have died so far in Algeria, Italy and Greece and thousands of others were evacuated as Mediterranean wildfires continued to pose a threat for villages and holiday resorts ...

High-stakes UN operation underway in Yemen to avert catastrophic oil spill

New York: The UN on Tuesday began siphoning one million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen, a crucial step in the race against time to prevent a po ...