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Shanghai hit by biggest typhoon in 75 years
16 Sep 2024 - 5:16PM
Vietnam counts the US$1.6 billion cost of Super Typhoon Yagi’s destruction
16 Sep 2024 - 12:03PM
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Nearly 300 inmates escape Nigerian prison after walls collapse in floods
16 Sep 2024 - 9:07AM
Death toll rises as Storm Boris lashes central and eastern Europe
8 people have died as swathes of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia hit by high winds and floods.
16 Sep 2024 - 2:22AM
Myanmar’s death toll from Typhoon Yagi rises to 113, many others missing
The typhoon earlier hit Vietnam, northern Thailand and Laos, killing scores of people and causing major damage.
15 Sep 2024 - 11:57PM
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Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods
Myanmar’s military rulers have appealed for help as heavy rains and floods force hundreds of thousands from their homes.
14 Sep 2024 - 12:00PM
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Vietnam death toll rises to 199 as as Typhoon Yagi brings flash floods, landslides
The death toll spiked earlier in the week as a flash flood swept away the entire hamlet of Lang Nu in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai province.
12 Sep 2024 - 5:46PM
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Typhoon Yagi: floods sweep away village in Vietnam as death toll passes 150
Laos, Thailand and Myanmar have also been hit by floods in the aftermath of the region’s worst storm in decades, with more deaths reported.
11 Sep 2024 - 8:18PM
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‘Enjoy the taste’: peaches from Fukushima, once feared, now sold at Harrods
The fruit is now available at the luxury London department store, in a Japanese push to address safety concerns amid a global campaign to restore trust.
11 Sep 2024 - 6:00AM
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‘Water is rising too fast’: Hanoi on alert as Typhoon Yagi death toll reaches 127
Typhoon Yagi, which made landfall on Saturday, has caused widespread damage, including the collapse of a bridge.
11 Sep 2024 - 12:00AM
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Super Typhoon Yagi: officials, military in Southern China push to fix services
Guangdong and Hainan provinces work to clean up and sanitise streets and help farmers, fishers and factories get back to work.
9 Sep 2024 - 3:42PM
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Typhoon Yagi aftermath: cars fall into river after bridge collapses in Vietnam
Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian nation in decades when it made landfall over the weekend.
10 Sep 2024 - 12:36PM
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Deadly floods hit Morocco after ‘a year’s worth of rain in 2 days’
Usually arid areas in southern Morocco and Algeria have been drenched in floods caused by massive rainfall since Friday, officials said.
9 Sep 2024 - 11:17AM
Super Typhoon Yagi: over 410,000 people relocated as storm hits southern China
Yagi predicted to move northwest, crossing Haikou, Chengmai and Lingao before moving into the ocean by Saturday morning.
6 Sep 2024 - 7:44PM
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Could Singapore suffer sinkholes like Kuala Lumpur?
Experts weigh in on the risks of sinkholes in Malaysia and Singapore, highlighting crucial differences in the ground beneath people’s feet.
3 Sep 2024 - 11:35AM
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Floods in Yemen kill at least 33 people, damage more than 200 homes
Heavy rains that began on Tuesday also unleashed rockslides in Al-Mahwit province. Yemen’s Red Crescent said 38 people are still missing.
30 Aug 2024 - 10:25AM
Japan’s Kyushu island hit by most powerful storm of the year
29 Aug 2024 - 3:09PM
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Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Shanshan drenches Japan, knocks out power
Japan’s most powerful storm this year slammed into Kyushu, damaging buildings, injuring dozens and disrupting transport.
2 Sep 2024 - 4:41PM
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Malaysia to conduct ‘integrity audit’ after second sinkhole appears
The audit will take place after the search has concluded for an Indian tourist who fell into a sinkhole six days ago.
28 Aug 2024 - 10:46PM
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China says Mekong dam did not discharge water downstream amid Thailand floods
The Jinghong dam has previously been blamed for changes in water levels, but Bangkok embassy says no water was discharged last week.
28 Aug 2024 - 9:50PM
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Typhoon Shanshan barrels towards Japan, forcing Toyota to shut down production
Typhoon Shanshan, prompting evacuations and halting Toyota production. The storm brings violent winds, heavy rain, and landslides.
28 Aug 2024 - 6:37PM
Japan’s police to deploy AI-powered drones in disaster-hit areas
The drones can cover large areas affected by a natural disaster and identify individuals acting suspiciously.
27 Aug 2024 - 3:05PM
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‘Something behind the debris’: Kuala Lumpur sinkhole rescuers blast blockages
High-powered water jets are being used to clear obstructions as the search continues in Malaysia for an Indian tourist swallowed by a sinkhole.
27 Aug 2024 - 2:15PM
At least 30 dead, many missing after dam bursts in eastern Sudan
Surging waters have burst through a dam and wiped out at least 20 villages, devastating a region already reeling from months of civil war.
27 Aug 2024 - 12:20PM
Blame game erupts in Malaysia as Kuala Lumpur sinkhole search draws a blank
The victim, a 48-year-old Indian tourist, vanished without a trace on Friday. Hopes of finding her alive are dimming by the hour.
26 Aug 2024 - 7:00PM
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Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing
A group of 23 foreign tourists were on an organised tour of the glacier Breidamerkurjokull with a guide when the cave collapsed on Sunday.
27 Aug 2024 - 4:08AM
Hurricane Hone sweeps past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears
Hone triggered memories still fresh of last year’s deadly fires on Maui which were fuelled by hurricane-force winds, and left 22 people dead.
26 Aug 2024 - 12:32AM
Waves of uncertainty: radioactive ripple effect clouds Fukushima’s comeback
As Fukushima towns painstakingly rebuild, the toxic legacy of 2011’s nuclear disaster casts doubt on their hard-won revival.
25 Aug 2024 - 6:00PM
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