People filling water in plastic cans from a water supply tanker at Chanakyapuri, Delhi on June 12, 2024. Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India’s capital Delhi is facing a severe water crisis as the country undergoes its “longest spell” of recorded heatwave. According to India’s Meteorological Department, temperatures in some parts of … Read more
Sandbags placed near the waterfront in a residential area during a No. 8 storm signal raised for Super Typhoon Saola in Hong Kong, China, on Sept. 1, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hong Kong will no longer shut down its stock market during severe weather conditions, according to a Bloomberg report citing people … Read more
As a bed and breakfast owner in Taiwan’s Hualien County, Chen Rei-jia was used to the minor tremors that sometimes disturbed her work. But this time, something felt different. “The shaking grew stronger and lasted longer, and as rescue vehicles arrived, I became frightened,” she said. “We heard rocks falling everywhere and saw smoke and … Read more
NEW DELHI, INDIA – MAY 29: Residents of JJ Cluster Vivekanand Colony at Chanakyapuri fill up water from a tanker in the morning on May 29, 2024 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images A record heat wave has engulfed India’s capital … Read more
Already saturated, NSW is bracing for significant and widespread rain which could lead to flash flooding on the state’s east coast. The Bureau of Meteorology says the heaviest falls will hit the Illawarra, Hunter, Central Coast and Greater Sydney from Saturday evening into Sunday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: NSW braces for more wet weather. Wollongong … Read more
Cars drive in a flooded street following heavy rains in Dubai on April 17, 2024. Giuseppe Cacace | Afp | Getty Images Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of Damac Properties, one of the United Arab Emirate’s largest private real estate developers, sought to downplay the severity of flooding in the country earlier this month, saying there were … Read more
Sarote Pruksachat | Moment | Getty Images Asia was the most disaster-hit region in the world last year as extreme weather and climate threats intensified amid global warming, according to the World Meteorological Organization, the UN’s weather agency. “Many countries in the region experienced their hottest year on record in 2023, along with a barrage … Read more
Taiwan’s quake-hit eastern county of Hualien has been rattled by more than 200 aftershocks, but only minor damage has been reported and no casualties. Largely rural and sparsely populated Hualien was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on April 3 that killed at least 17 people, and there have been more than 1000 aftershocks since. … Read more
NASA released photos of parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi before and after the United Arab Emirates was hit by record rainfall last week that caused dangerous floods and paralyzed much of the country. The images, taken by NASA Earth Observatory on Friday using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, show large patches of … Read more
Athens and the south of Greece appeared to be coloured in orange and red after dust from the Sahara engulfed the area on Tuesday evening. Strong winds had carried the dust across hundreds of miles from Africa. The dust is expected to clear throughout Wednesday, when winds are set to ease, local media reported. The … Read more
