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Floods affect over 600,000 in India's Assam, death toll rises to 18
China Daily· 3 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 ...
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
US News & World Report· 5 days agoBHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -India's unusually severe heatwave this summer is suspected to have killed more than 100 people and made tens of thousands ...
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
San Francisco Chronicle· 18 hours agoPeople attend a candlelight vigil at Democracy Square in Taipei, Taiwan, to mark the Tiananmen crackdown. This photo gallery highlights some of the most...
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,...
Sri Lanka monsoon floods kill 14, schools shut
Fox Bangor· 5 days agoOthers were buried alive in mudslides, including an 11-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. Nine other people...
Mexico City is just the beginning. Here are 11 other cities at risk of running out of water.
Business Insider· 2 days agoWhat makes a city most at risk of a water shortage isn't how much water it has access to. It's how...
Climate Disaster Deaths Dropping
Anacortes American· 7 days agoFILE - Residents rest in a gymnasium converted into a makeshift shelter for people whose homes were flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul...
Deadly heat and deluges ravage S. Asia
China Daily· 3 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 ...
UN chief says world is on ‘highway to climate hell’ as planet endures 12 straight months of...
CNN.com· 2 days agoThe secretary general also called on all countries to ban fossil fuel advertising, as new data...
