Government decides on weather compensation
Cabinet on Wednesday decided to compensate primary residences damaged during the weekends’ torrential rains in Famagusta and Larnaca districts. The exact amount will be decided...
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Western Australia in grip of ‘devastating’ flood emergency, Australia PM says
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday his government was ready to provide whatever support was needed to residents of Western Australia state as...
A child’s death highlights threat posed to young by Pakistan’s floods
In the hours before her six-year-old son died in her lap, Badar Bibi recalled how she rushed from a field clinic set up to treat...
From Pakistan to Texas, big rains after extreme heat deliver double punch
By Gloria Dickie and David Stanway While Pakistanis count the cost of one of the country’s worst recorded floods, heavy rain is hitting southwestern China...
Power cuts, traffic snarls as India’s tech hub endures second day of floods
Many parts of India’s tech hub of Bengaluru were under water for a second day on Tuesday as more rain fell in an unusually wet...
Floods, other water-related disasters could cost global economy $5.6 trillion by 2050 -report
By Gloria Dickie Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world’s largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to the global...
Pakistan foreign minister says help needed after ‘overwhelming’ floods
Pakistan needs financial help to deal with “overwhelming” floods, its foreign minister said, adding that he hoped financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund...
Millions stranded as floods ravage parts of Bangladesh, India, more rain forecast
Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding nearly 6 million people and killing at least 19 people in Bangladesh, authorities said...
South Africa’s floods a ‘teachable moment’ for climate adaptation
By Kim Harrisberg As downpours swamped South Africa’s third-largest city last week, residents lucky enough to still have internet access and power shared harrowing videos...
South Africa braces for more flooding as rains restart in east
Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South Africa this week began pounding the east coast again on Saturday, threatening...
