In the aftermath of a record-breaking wildfire that destroyed 150,000 acres of forest, destroyed over 14,000 homes and killed at least 85 people in Northern California, President Trump said: “Nobody would have ever thought this could happen.” But in truth,…
Gulrez Shah Azhar Santa Monica – The record-setting heat that blanketed the planet this summer was a sticky reminder that as global temperatures increase, people on the margins of society – the sick, the elderly, and the poor – will…
Dhaka, 15 October 2018 – In response to the collapse of the Padma River embankment in the central Bangladeshi district of Shariatpur, the European Union is providing EUR 80 000 (BDT 7.84 million) in humanitarian aid funding to address the…
Panama City, Oct 13 (AP/UNB) — The Internal Revenue Service says victims of Hurricane Michael will get a grace period before having to file some tax returns and payments. The IRS said Friday it’s offering the relief in parts of…
Hurricane Michael left “unimaginable destruction” as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state’s governor, Rick Scott says. “So many lives have been changed forever,” he said. “So many families have lost everything.” The worst hit areas of Florida’s…
Gopalpur, Oct 12 (AP/UNB) — Severe cyclone Titli damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles in eastern India, where nine people were killed and about 300,000 forced to move to higher ground.
Panama City, Oct 12 (AP/UNB) — The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews struggling to enter stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds…
Dhaka, Oct 11 – The severe cyclonic storm ‘Titli’ hit India’s Odisha-Andhra coast at Gopalpur with a hurricane wind speed of 126 Kph around 6:15 am (local time) on Thursday.
Petobo, Oct 9 (AP/UNB) — When the violent shaking from a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake finally stopped, Selvi Susanti stood up and realized something strange was happening. First, she saw the ground suddenly begin to sink. Then the pavement split…
by Vinod Thomas Singapore – Hurricane Florence, which smashed into the southea stern United States last week, is the latest in a string of extreme weather events that have raised expectations for disaster preparedness.
Palu, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — A French rescue team said Thursday it has detected a possible sign of life under the rubble of a hotel in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island nearly a week after it was hit by a powerful earthquake…
Palu, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) — Aid was trickling into areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that struck a central Indonesian island, with one neighbourhood’s residents clapping, cheering and high-fiving in their excitement Wednesday at seeing a stopped truck laden…
Male- Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support the Maldives authorities in their efforts to build resilience against future natural disasters.
Dhaka – A mild earthquake shook Chittagong and adjacent districts in the country’s southern region on early Monday morning, Unb news agency reported.
Some 30,000 residents of Padmapukur union in Shyamnagar upazila have been spending sleepless nights as the embankment along the Kholpetua River stands threatened due to the riverbank erosion. Locals said the union, basically an island, is one of the worst…
Dhaka – Onrush of water from the upstream and incessant rainfall over the last couple of days has flooded more than 63 chars (shoals emerged from the riverbed) in Lalmonirhat district, leaving about one lakh people marooned, unb news agency…
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says the death toll from the flooding across the country has risen to four while 24 people have been injured. He didn’t give any more details about the additional death, which brings the total death…
The River Seine in Paris is at its highest level for more than 30 years, with floods forcing closed parts of the metro systems and major landmarks. The Louvre and Orsay museums were shut while staff moved artworks to safety…
French officials say that the Seine River is still rising in Paris as France’s unseasonable spate of rainfall begins to taper off. Traffic in the capital was snarled as flooding choked roads and several Paris railway stations were shut. The…
Torrential downpours have lashed parts of northern Europe in recent days, leaving four dead in Germany, breaching the banks of the Seine in Paris and flooding rural roads and villages. In Paris, the French Open tennis tournament was hit for…
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said the government has taken various measures to face risks of possible disasters, especially earthquake. “The government has taken various initiatives to train up members of Fire Service and Civil Defence aiming…
Flood map of Barguna, Bangladesh Cyclone Roanu has claimed over 100 lives in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and has left tens of thousands in need of aid. Officials are looking to the sky for information on flooded areas to analyse…
Dhaka – Cyclone ‘Roanu’ on Saturday caused huge damages to crops and livestock in three upazilas — Anwara, Banshkhali and Sandwip — in the Southeastern distric of Chittagong, unb news agency reported. According to a preliminary estimate of the district…
The cyclone storm ‘Roanu’ moved northeastwards further and crossed Barisal-Chittagong coast near Chittagong at about 5pm on Saturday and weakened into a land depression by giving precipitation, according to a Met Office bulletin. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – At least 25 people, including 12 in Chittagong, were killed and over a 100 others injured as cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ battered the country’s coastal districts before it weakened into a land depression on Saturday. Of the dead, three…
Dhaka – Light to moderate and heavy downpour accompanied with gusty winds have forced people across Bangladesh to indoors as pheripheral winds of cyclone Roanu hit the coastal areas Bangladesh on Saturday morning. The Dhaka Met Office forecast the cyclone…
The cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ over West-central Bay and adjoining area moved slightly north-northeastward further over the same area (near lat 16.40 n & long 82.60e). It was centred at 06:00am about 1205 kms Southwest of Chittagong port, 1180 kms Southwest…
Elangapitiya Village (AP/UNB) — Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit by massive landslides in central Sri Lanka, with hundreds of families reported missing. y…
Dhaka – More than a billion people are set to be exposed to coastal flooding by 2060 through a combination of sea level rise, storm surges and extreme weather, according to a new report of British charity group Christian Aid.…
Dhaka – With the death of over a dozen people in lightning on Friday the death toll in the naural disaster rose to 60 on thelast couple of days, according to reports coming from the districts.