36 Killed Due To Lightning, Heavy Rain In India’s Bihar

NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (NNN-PTI) – Lightnings and heavy rains have caused a total of 36 deaths in India’s eastern state of Bihar, in the past 24 hours, the state-run broadcaster, All India Radio reported, yesterday. Heavy rains and thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning strikes, lashed the state in the past…

Disasters Displaced Over 225 Million In Asia-Pacific In Decade Due To Climate Change: ADB Report

MANILA, Sept 20 (NNN-PNA) – Disasters, triggered by natural hazards, displaced an estimated 225.3 million people in Asia and the Pacific, from 2010 to 2021, accounting for more than three-quarters of the global number, according to a joint report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Internal Displacement Monitoring…

Feature: Egyptian Volunteers Mark World Clean-up Day By Removing Nile River Plastic Waste

by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, Sept 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A group of volunteers took a boat on the Nile, equipped with life jackets, rubber gloves and fishing nets with long handles, to pick up floating bottles and other plastic waste, in an awareness campaign to mark World Clean-up Day. Around 60…

UN Security Council Called For Donations For Yemen Oil Tanker Rescue

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 13 (NNN-YPA) – Members of the Security Council, yesterday, made an unusual plea, to help avoid a “catastrophic ecological, maritime, and humanitarian risk, posed by the Safer tanker” off Yemen. In a press statement, the council members reiterated their deep concern about the threat posed by the…

At Least Four Dead After Strong Earthquake Hit PNG

SYDNEY, Sept 12 (NNN-AAP) – There have been at least four people killed and several others seriously injured, after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea (PNG), yesterday. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ regional branch in the Asia-Pacific, citing a situation report from the UN…

Egypt Among Most Affected Countries By Climate Change: Minister

CAIRO, Sept 12 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Suweilam, said yesterday that, Egypt is one of the world’s most affected countries by climate change, Ahram Online news website reported. The Egyptian minister made the remarks, during the opening session of an environmental and development forum…

7.6-Magnitude Quake Hit Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY (Papua New Guinea), Sept 11 (NNN-PIN) – A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit off eastern Papua New Guinea today, with locals reporting damage to buildings near the coastal town of Madang and further inland. The US Geological Survey, which reported the quake, issued a tsunami warning but subsequently said the…

6.2-Magnitude Quake Struck Off Eastern Indonesia, No Potential For Tsunami

JAKARTA, Sept 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – A earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2, jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua this morning, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake is classified as the mainshock, after a series of foreshocks with magnitudes of…

Nine Killed In Lightning Strike In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Sept 9 (NNN-BSS) – At least nine people were killed yesterday, by a massive lightning strike in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district, 134 km north-west of the national capital, Dhaka, a local police official said. Md Noor Alam Siddiqui, additional police chief of the Sirajganj district, said, “Nine people, including five…

More Wildfires In California Prompted More Evacuations

LOS ANGELES, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A wildfire sparked Tuesday, displayed “extreme” fire behaviour Wednesday, prompting mandatory evacuations, including in Foresthill, a town of about 1,500 people, and sending up a large smoke plume visible from many counties in Northern California. As of Wednesday, at local time 4:03 p.m. (0003…
Load More