Tag: Flood

Damage due to floods in UK could spike due to climate change: Research

Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change, new research said.

March 7, 2023

Death toll from Brazil landslides increases to 65

The death toll after last week's heavy rains that triggered deadly floods and landslides along the coast of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state has increased to 65, local authorities said.

February 27, 2023

32 killed in Floods in Philippines

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tallied 23 deaths in southern Philippines, six in Bicol region on the main Luzon island, and three in central Philippines, reports Xinhua news agency.

December 29, 2022

Philippines death toll from Christmas flood, rain rises to 26

The calamity not only wreaked havoc in the country but also pushed more than 45,000 people into evacuation centres for shelter.

December 29, 2022

Worst Thai flood in years inflicts damage to crops, puts tourism revival at risk

An estimated 1.2 million rai (160,000 hectares) of agricultural land was hit by flooding with almost 82,000 houses damaged across 510 districts in 72 provinces, according to official data.

October 5, 2022

Imran Khan believes fresh election only solution to end instability in Pakistan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said that a fresh election is the only way to end the instability in the country, local media reported.

September 10, 2022

UN General Secretary says Pakistan needs massive financial support for rehabilitation and recovery from floods

The remarks of the UN Secretary-General came after he attended a briefing at the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Dawn reported.

September 10, 2022

Divided in a national emergency

Under the terms of the IMF deal all provincial governments were required to generate a fiscal surplus, which they had committed to do, in writing.

September 6, 2022

To aid or not to aid flood-hit Pakistan

The Pakistan government, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as also army chief General Bajwa have independently appealed for aid.

September 6, 2022

Flood protection calls for a comprehensive approach

Should we build embankments so close to rivers that they do not have the space needed to deposit silt and replenish ponds or recharge groundwater?

September 1, 2022

As Pakistan drowns in despair

This year’s still unfolding disaster is a warning about what lies ahead, as the Himalayan glaciers melt and extreme weather events become the norm.

September 1, 2022

Pakistan should not be left at mercy of climate change: PM Shahbaz Sharif

Kabul River is still at a very high flood level at Nowshera as the water has crossed 300,000 cusecs and this is why residents in some areas have not been allowed to come back to their homes," she said in a statement cited by The Express Tribune.

August 31, 2022

Pakistan’s greatest ever natural disaster

Couple that with the expected mass migration to urban centres and you can easily see what the near future will hold.

August 30, 2022

Over 5.7 million people affected with flood in Pakistan

The rescue, relief and rehabilitation in the country continue. According to The News International, the catastrophe has killed around 719,558 livestock.

August 29, 2022

End game of civilisations?

At the heart of the ideological divide is the question whether sovereignty is absolute in an inter-connected and inter-dependent world.

August 28, 2022

Catastrophic floods continue to ravage Pakistan

As millions of Pakistan people ravaged by extreme rain-induced flooding awaited relief on Friday, Quetta and Swat came under the spotlight.

August 26, 2022

Four of a family rescued from flooded rivulet in Ladakh

Troops of the Ladakh-based Fire & Fury Corps of the Indian Army saved the family trapped in a car surrounded by gushing water of a nullah near Rezang La War Memorial.

August 14, 2022