Tag: disasters
An amazing reservoir
"In this ordinary language is an invitation to listen to messages from nature"
Climate-induced disasters aggravate Filipino farmers’ sorry state
Hopes for a good and bountiful harvest faded as the golden grains of rice float on floodwater
Typhoon Noru tears across Vietnam
More than 300,000 people in Vietnam hunkered down in shelters overnight
Bangladesh pilgrim boat tragedy death toll hits 61
The small vessel capsized in a river on its way to a popular temple as onlookers screamed from the shore
Super typhoon barrels toward Philippines
Super Typhoon Noru was packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 195 kilometers an hour after an unprecedented "explosive intensification"
Typhoon Muifa lashes eastern China, forcing 1.6 million from their homes
Muifa is the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Shanghai — home to more than 25 million people — since record-keeping began in 1949
‘Start my life from zero’: Poor Pakistanis face heavy cost of...
Floods have ruined crops and homes across Pakistan, leaving many of the country's poor struggling to restart their lives
Rescuers search for survivors after dozens killed in China quake
At least 66 people were killed, state media reported, with more than 200 still cut off from rescuers in a remote scenic area
Pakistani cardinal says poor paying price of unprecedented destruction caused by...
“As always, it is the poor who pay the price,” said Cardinal Joseph Coutts, archbishop emeritus of Karachi
Catholic bishops in Pakistan call for help amid devastating floods
“Considering the extent of the flood emergency, it is urgent to show solidarity with the flood victims and people in need”
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