BEIJING, China, 7 August 2012 (ENS) – China is facing its third typhoon in a single week, as Haikui strengthened from a tropical storm on Sunday into a typhoon on Monday afternoon. “Within seven days our nation may be hit successively by three typhoons, the first time such circumstances have arisen since records have been […]
ANJU, North Korea – More heavy rain pounded North Korea on Monday, submerging buildings, cutting off power, flooding rice paddies, and forcing people and their livestock to climb onto rooftops for safety. The rain follows downpours earlier this month that killed nearly 90 people and left more than 60,000 homeless, officials said. The floods come […]
By Nita Bhalla, Reuters23 Jul 2012 KANZALWAN, India-Pakistan Line of Control (AlertNet) – As the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian labourers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the world’s most heavily militarised borders into […]
By David Fogarty and Clare Baldwin, with additional reporting by Khettiya Jittapong and Orathai Sriring in BANGKOK, Tian Chen in HONG KONG, Andjarsari Paramaditha in JAKARTA, Chang-Ran Kim, Yoko Kubota and Taiga Uranaka in TOKYO, Kevin Lim in SINGAPORE and Norihiko Shirouzu in BEIJING; Editing by Michael Flaherty and Alex Richardson22 July 2012 BANGKOK/HONG KONG […]
Reporting by Ben Blanchard; editing by Andrew Roche22 July 2012 (Reuters) – The Chinese capital’s heaviest rainstorm in six decades killed at least 37 people, flooded streets and stranded 80,000 people at the main airport, state media and the government said on Sunday. The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the […]
By Iona Craig, Special for USA TODAY21 July 2012 MARALI, Yemen – In this village under the sweltering summer heat of Yemen’s Red Sea coastal region, six women and a small boy huddle on the floor around a plate of watery tomato sauce mixed with fish remnants. Judging by his size, the boy looks about […]
[cf. Photo gallery: Satellite images of the ghost cities of China, 2011] By Ian Williams, NBC News13 July 2012 SHANGHAI, China – It can take two or three hours to drive from bustling Shanghai to the sleepy streets of Thames Town, a new housing development built in the style of an English village complete with […]
ITANAGAR, 14 July 2012 (TNN) – A fresh wave of floods has threatened several districts of Arunachal Pradesh with reports of disruption in surface communication pouring in from various parts of the state. According to the latest report, the rising water level of Kadang Korong River is creating havoc at Mebo sub-division in East Siang […]
14 July 2012 (BBC) – About 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes to avoid floods caused by torrential rainfall in south-west Japan, officials say. Flooding and landslides on the southern island of Kyushu have left at least 20 people dead in the past three days. TV footage showed muddy waters sweeping through […]
By Jim Andrews, AccuWeather.com13 July 2012 At least fifteen people have been killed by flooding and landslides as unprecedented rainfall continues to pound southwestern Japan. A further 11 people were missing in parts of the region, according to Fox News. About 48,000 people were ordered to flee the city of Kumamoto. Blackouts hit thousands of […]
