Glaciers throughout the region have thinned by approximately half a metre each year since 2000, Immerzeel says. The glacier close to the collapsed slope retreated more than 300 metres between 2010 and
More than 130 people have died and over 2,000 are reported missing after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia, triggering a nationwide emergency and a major search-and-rescue operation across affected communities. The
More
Beijing is preparing for an intense spell of rainfall expected to deliver more than one-third of the Chinese capital’s average annual precipitation within 24 hours, as moisture from Typhoon Dolphin converges with
More
Typhoon Bavi has triggered widespread emergency preparations across East Asia, with authorities in China, Taiwan and Japan taking precautionary measures as the powerful storm moved toward the region’s coast, bringing warnings of
More
Residents across eastern China are preparing for the arrival of Super Typhoon Bavi, a storm spanning nearly 940,000 square kilometres that has prompted supply stockpiling, travel concerns and emergency preparations as authorities
More
On 24 June 2026, a set of back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela, just months after the United States bombed the capital city and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and National Assembly member Cilia Flores. The year
More
The United States military has established a significant relief operation in Venezuela following two major earthquakes last week, deploying more than 900 personnel inside the country and hundreds more at regional bases
More
When the first tremor struck on the holiday afternoon of June 24, Marisol Rojo was standing inside a friend’s apartment in Caracas’s Chacao municipality, unaware that within seconds the building around her
More
Desperate residents and rescue teams continued searching for survivors across Venezuela on Friday as the death toll from twin earthquakes climbed above 900, with foreign assistance only beginning to reach some of
More
Sri Lanka continues to struggle with the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, with more than 3,000 people—3,146 from 1,075 families—still residing in 32 official safety centres as of 28 February. The vast majority
More
Cyclone Chido, the most powerful storm to strike Mayotte in nearly a century, has left catastrophic destruction in its wake, with thousands feared dead on the French Indian Ocean island. The storm
More
Note from Our Editorial Desk The weather and flood forecast for Sri Lanka, as of 12:30 on 27 November 2024, highlights the presence of a cyclonic system that is currently a deep
More
In this global news dispatches, our news syndicators report on critical events shaping various regions of the world. From Congress’s failure to allocate relief funds ahead of a devastating hurricane to escalating
More