Environment

Japan Issues Emergency Warnings For Kagoshima As Typhoon Nears

TOKYO, Aug 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency, today, issues emergency warnings for storms and high waves in Kagoshima prefecture,…

Casualties Rose To 19 With Seven Injured As Flash Floods Struck Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – Nineteen people have been confirmed dead, and seven others were injured, after flash floods and…

Schools Shut Amid Heavy Rains In India’s Gujarat State

NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (NNN-PTI) – All junior schools across India’s western state of Gujarat will remain shut today, amid…

New Zealand Addresses Energy Security, Affordability

WELLINGTON, Aug 26 (NNN-RNZ) – The New Zealand government has moved to address the serious risk to energy security and…

Philippines Grapples With Leptospirosis, Dengue Surge: President

MANILA, Aug 24 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, yesterday said, his country has been experiencing a surge in…

UN Warns Delayed Humanitarian Pause In Gaza Could Fuel Polio Outbreak Among Palestinian Children

GAZA, Aug 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Delaying a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip, increases the risk of polio spreading among…

Landslides Claimed 10 Lives In India’s Tripura State

NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (NNN-PTI) – At least 10 persons died, in landslides in India’s north-eastern state of Tripura, a…

S. Korea’s Capital City Records Longest Tropical Nights

SEOUL, Aug 23 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s capital, Seoul, recorded its longest tropical nights this year, with the capital city’s…

Typhoon No. 10 Heads Northwest Towards Japan’s Kyushu, Tokai Regions

TOKYO, Aug 23 (NNN-NHK) – Typhoon No. 10 has formed, near the Mariana islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is…

Flash Floods Killed 10 In Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 22 (NNN-ANA) – Ten people have been killed, due to flash floods across Afghanistan recently, an official from…