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Floods affect over 600,000 in India's Assam, death toll rises to 18
China Daily· 4 days agoThe ongoing floods in India's northeastern state of Assam have affected over 600,000 people and killed 18, officials said Tuesday. The floods have hit 10 districts -- Hojai ...
UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate
Las Vegas Sun· 6 days agoA top United Nations official says even though climate change makes disasters such as cyclones,...
Cyclone Remal hits Sri Lanka, affects thousands and kills over 30 people
World Socialist Web Site· 2 days agoThe havoc follows Cyclone Remal, which began in the Bay of Bengal in mid-May, hitting Bangladesh and...
Indian heatwave kills dozens over summer, media says nearly 25,000 fall ill
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -India's unusually severe heatwave this summer is suspected to have...
Deadly heat and deluges ravage S. Asia
China Daily· 4 days agoNearly 25,000 people have suffered suspected heatstroke and 56 died amid scorching heat across India between March and May, local media reported citing government data. May ...
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoPeople attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, to mark the Tiananmen crackdown. This photo gallery highlights some of the most...
Sri Lanka monsoon floods kill 14, schools shut | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 6 days agoOthers were buried alive in mudslides, including an 11-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man, the...
Mexico City is just the beginning. Here are 11 other cities at risk of running out of water.
Business Insider· 3 days agoWhat makes a city most at risk of a water shortage isn't how much water it has access to. It's how...
UN chief says world is on ‘highway to climate hell’ as planet endures 12 straight months of...
CNN.com· 3 days agoThe secretary general also called on all countries to ban fossil fuel advertising, as new data...
Salt in the womb: How rising seas erode reproductive health
National Catholic Reporter· 4 days agoA water spigot sticks out of the concrete next to the drying laundry, and the turn of a white...
