Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a category two storm as it approaches the US but officials still warn of a “disaster at the doorstep”. Florence’s winds may have dropped to 110mph (175km/h) but its slow-moving nature could mean it…
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Chile landslide destroys village, kills at least five
A landslide caused by torrential rain has killed at least five people in southern Chile and has destroyed dozens of houses. Fifteen people are missing in the remote village of Villa Santa Lucía in the country’s lake region, popular with…
Maritime ports asked to hoist local cautionary signal no 3
Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no three as the low pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining area moved slightly northward and now lies over West Bengal…
Wildfires continue to rage in Russia’s Far East
Wildfires have destroyed 437 hectares of firs and pine trees in five areas in Russia’s Far East over the past 24 hours, local forestry department reported Tuesday. Magadan area suffered the most, with 423 hectares of taiga caught in raging…
3rd fire in Chandpai of Sundarbans in 3 weeks
Another fire broke out at Abdullah Shila in Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Sharankhola upazila on Monday morning, endangering its ecosystem.
Rescuers rush to trapped residents as Japan quakes kill 41
Army troops and other rescuers rushed Saturday to try to reach scores of trapped residents after a pair of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan killed at least 41 people, injured about 1,500 and left hundreds of thousands without electricity or…
US warns of Mosul dam collapse in northern Iraq
The US embassy in Baghdad has warned the risk of the Mosul Dam collapsing is “serious and unprecedented” and has urged people to be ready to evacuate. Maintenance work was disrupted after the dam was briefly seized by militants from…
When New York under massive blizzard
The massive blizzard that walloped New York on Saturday came up one-tenth of an inch short of history. The storm dumped a whopping 26.8 inches of snow on the city, just short of the record set in 2006 and the…
Demolish tilted building at Mohammadpur in a week: Rajuk
The authorities have given the owners of a tilted building at Mohammadpur in Dhaka seven days to demolish it. The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), the capital development authority, gave the order on Monday. It declared the four-storied building at Tajmahal…
Strong quake kills 5 in NE India, one in Bangladesh, injures over 100
A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck north-eastern India on Monday, killing five people in India, one in Bangladesh, and damaging buildings and infrastructure, according to a report from India. The quake hit at 4:35 am (2305 GMT Sunday) about 29 kilometres west…
El Nino weather ‘could be as bad as 1998’, says Nasa
The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record. That El Nino played havoc with world weather systems and was…
Texas tornadoes: ‘Eleven killed’ in Dallas suburbs
Dhaka – Eleven people are reported to have been killed in Texas after new tornadoes, raising the death toll to 26 in a week of storms in several US states. Local media said five people in cars were probably blown…
91 still missing as landslide buries buildings in China
Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Seven people were pulled from the rubble with minor injuries but 91 people are still missing, according to Shenzhen…
4 rescued over 100 missing in Indonesia passenger boat sinking
Makassar, Dec 20 — At least four survivors were pulled from choppy waters in central Indonesia on Sunday as high waves and bad weather hampered attempts to reach a sinking passenger boat with more than 120 people aboard, officials said.…
Myanmar landslide: 90 dead at Kachin jade mine
A landslide at a jade mine has killed at least 90 people in northern Myanmar, witnesses say. The victims were buried when a vast heap of waste material, discarded by the mining companies, collapsed in Kachin state, Burmese media reported.…
Nearly 100 killed in India Tamil Naidu rain-induced flood
New Delhi – Incessant rains continued to disrupt normal life in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu on Monday, with the death toll rising to 95. Many areas in Chennai have been inundated, road traffic has been severely hit and schools…
Quake death toll 275 in Afghanistan, Pakistan, injured 2000
Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday. At least 275 people are known to have died, and up to 2,000 were injured. Rescue…
Sustainable tech must to reduce risk of natural disasters: Experts
Experts yesterday emphasized for ensuring sustainable technology, identification of vulnerable infrastructures and its remedy to reduce causalities from the risk of natural disasters.
People displaced by climate induced disaster have right to survive: Mahmood ali
Dhaka – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said climate change induced disaster displaced people have the right to survive and all need to look at the displaced persons’ ‘choice’ and ‘ability’ to move elsewhere.
Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft. A ceremony, attended by PM Shinzo Abe, was held at Hiroshima’s memorial park before thousands of lanterns…
India floods kill more than 100
Heavy monsoon rains in India have killed more than 100 people in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in relief camps, India’s home ministry has said. A cyclone struck the state of West…
Another 4 killed in Bandarban landslide: Abuse of hills should end
The death of anther four persons in landslide in Bandarban has brought into focus a cucial question as to whether our hills are safe, or something has gone wrong disturbing their safety. In the last few decades the hills have…
Cyclone-induced tidal water inundates Bagerhat coastal village
Tidal water inundated Dumuria village in Chitalmari upazila as an embankment on the Chitalmari River developed breach on Friday, rendering 200 families homeless. Nizam Uddin Sheikh, chairman of Chitalmari union parishad, said about 40-foot portion of the embankment on the…
Cyclone crosses Ctg, causes heavy rainfall in Bangladesh, WB, Orissa
The coast crossing cyclonic storm “Komen” crossed Chittagong coast near Sandwip at 06am today (Friday) and now lies over Noakhali and adjoining land area as a land depression. Maritime ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar have been advised to lower…
Landslides in Nepal bury villages, killing at least 7 people
Authorities say landslides in a mountain area of Nepal have buried two villages, killing at least seven people with several more believed to be buried. The Home Ministry said Thursday that another 13 people were hurt in the landslides triggered…
Cyclonic storm ‘Komen’ in Bay: Danger Signal 7
Danger signal No 7 in 7 dists, 2 ports; danger signal 5 in 8 dists, 2 ports The deep depression over the Northeast Bay and adjoining Bangladesh coast moved slightly north-northeastwards over the same area and intensified into a cyclonic…
DCCs in a fix to fight capital’s chronic water logging
Dhaka City Corporations (North and South) yet take any action to remove water logging in the densely populated capital Dhaka. Recently, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Haque visited several water logging areas and expressed his disappointment at the…
Rain-induced landslide in hill districts: Death toll rises to 11
Landslides and flashfloods, triggered by torrential monsoon rains, left 11 people dead in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts on Friday. In Cox’s Bazar, two people — Futu, 18 of Juyaria Nala area and Amir Hossian, 45, of Kaoyar Kup area–…
With monsoon onset land slides down Bandarban hills: 2 killed
Two siblings were killed and their parents injured in a landslide, caused by incessant rainfall for the last four days, at Banarupa Para in Bandarban municipality area early Friday. The deceased were identified as Alif, 12, son of Abdur Razzak…
Quake-hit Nepal families desperate to get on with their lives
By Naresh Newar Nepal, May 5 (IPS) – Just over a week after a dreadful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal, displaced families are gradually – but cautiously – resuming their normal lives, though most are still badly shaken by the…