MANILA, Jul 25 (NNN-PNA) – Reported deaths from heavy rains, massive flooding, and landslides, triggered by south-west monsoon, enhanced by typhoon Gaemi, climbed to 21, police said today. In a preliminary report, police said, seven people died in the Philippine capital region, Manila, three in Cavite province, five in Batangas…

MANILA, Jul 24 (NNN-PNA) – The Metro Manila Council has officially declared a state of calamity, in the National Capital Region today, as rains from the enhanced south-west monsoon brought by Typhoon Gaemi caused flooding in various parts of the Philippine capital. The widespread flooding, seven feet deep in some…

MANILA, Jul 24 (NNN-PNA) – Four people, including a six-month pregnant woman, were buried in a landslide, triggered by days of rains in Batangas province, in the south of Manila, early todayday, police and a local official said. Police said, the landslide occurred before 6.00 a.m. today, in Agoncillo town.…

JAKARTA, Jul 24 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia’s eastern Highland Papua province this morning, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The inland earthquake struck at 07:22 a.m. Jakarta time (0022 GMT), with the epicentre located 96 kilometres north-east of the Mamberamo Tengah regency, at a…

PHNOM PENH, Jul 23 (NNN-AKP) – The search for a missing military helicopter, with two people on board, in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, had entered its 10th day, a spokesperson said. The chopper had lost contact with the air force headquarters, while flying over the densely forested Cardamom Mountain range, in…

JAKARTA, Jul 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s North Sumatra province last night, but did not trigger any large waves, according to the country’s meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency. The tremors struck at 19:05 Jakarta time (1205 GMT) with the epicentre situated at 153…

TOKYO, Jul 21 (NNN-NHK) – Record-breaking heat is expected to hit Japan today, with over 200 locations across Japan forecasted to experience extreme temperatures. Scorching temperatures were recorded from Kanto to Okinawa yesterday, which also marked the beginning of summer vacation for children across the country. The highest temperatures reached,…

NEW DELHI, Jul 21 (NNN-PTI) – A woman was killed and three others injured yesterday, after a portion of a building collapsed, in Mumbai city. According to officials, several people are feared trapped under the debris. The front portion of the four-story building collapsed, near Grant Road railway station, in…