Sri Lanka cyclone caused $4.1bn damage: World Bank Published 23 Dec, 2025 12:00am The total damage estimated by the World Bank is equivalent to about 4 percent of Sri Lanka's GDP
Indonesia flood death toll passes 1,000 as authorities ramp up aid Published 14 Dec, 2025 02:49am ACEH TAMIANG, (Indonesia): Devastating floods and landslides have killed 1,006 people in Indonesia, rescuers said...
Death toll from Indonesia floods and landslides passes 700 Published 02 Dec, 2025 05:56pm JAKARTA: The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rose to 708 on Tuesday,...
Heavy rains trigger floods, landslides killing scores in India’s Darjeeling, Nepal Published 06 Oct, 2025 07:14pm Floods and landslides unleashed by unrelenting rain in India’s eastern hill region of Darjeeling and neighbouring...
Heavy rains trigger floods, landslides killing 18 in India’s Darjeeling Published 06 Oct, 2025 12:19pm Floods and landslides unleashed by unrelenting rain in India’s eastern hill region of Darjeeling killed at least 18...
Landslides and floods kill 63 in Nepal, India Published 06 Oct, 2025 05:55am KATHMANDU: Land-slides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighbouring India have killed more than...
Heavy rains and landslides in NAs: Minister for restoration of roads, relief efforts Published 16 Aug, 2025 07:55am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan has instructed the federal secretary Communications...
Heavy rain, landslides kill more than 30 in northern China Published 29 Jul, 2025 06:08pm MIYUN: Heavy rain killed more than 30 people and forced authorities to evacuate tens of thousands as swaths of...
Heavy rains likely to cause floods, landslides Published 24 Jul, 2025 06:19am KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday warned of widespread rain-wind and thundershowers...
Mud and rock bury Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing Published 29 May, 2025 07:50am GENEVA: A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock...
Violent storms trigger floods, landslides killing 10 Published 29 May, 2025 05:55am MUZAFFARABAD: At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods...
Landslides in Indonesia’s Sumatra kill at least 27, rescuers search for missing Published 28 Nov, 2024 12:05pm JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers are searching for passengers trapped in a minibus buried in mud after flash floods and...
170 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains Updated 29 Sep, 2024 09:43pm KATHMANDU: Residents of Nepal’s flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage...
Parts of Hanoi remain flooded as landslides hit northern Vietnam Published 12 Sep, 2024 10:38am HANOI: Several Hanoi districts remained flooded on Thursday with the weather agency forecasting little change in...
Dozens dead after Typhoon Yagi hammers Vietnam Published 10 Sep, 2024 08:03am HANOI/HAIPHONG: Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, left dozens dead in northern Vietnam and...
Powerful Typhoon Shanshan slams into southern Japan Published 29 Aug, 2024 09:09pm OITA: One of Japan’s strongest typhoons in decades dumped torrential rain across southern regions on Thursday, with...
Landslide caused by heavy rain kills five on Thai holiday island Published 23 Aug, 2024 01:29pm BANGKOK: A landslide caused by heavy rain on the popular Thai resort island of Phuket has killed five people, police...
178 killed in flooding and landslides in Pakistan Published 14 Aug, 2024 06:40am NEW DELHI: Torrential storms lashing South Asia have killed hundreds of people since June, official data showed...
Death toll from landslide at Uganda garbage dump rises to 13 Published 11 Aug, 2024 03:19pm KAMPALA: The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 13, police...
India PM vows support after deadly landslide Published 10 Aug, 2024 06:37pm MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the site of landslides that killed more than 200...
At least two dead after landslides in southwest China Published 03 Aug, 2024 11:21am BEIJING: Landslides in southwest China on Saturday destroyed homes and caused a highway bridge to collapse, killing...
Landslides kill 12 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, 18 missing Published 08 Jul, 2024 10:40am JAKARTA: At least 12 people died and 18 are missing after a torrential rain caused a landslide in an illegal gold...
Nepal landslides kill nine, including 3 children Published 29 Jun, 2024 12:28pm KATHMANDU: At least nine people, including three children, were killed after heavy monsoon rains in west Nepal...
Landslides, lightning and floods kill 14 in Nepal Published 27 Jun, 2024 02:46pm KATHMANDU: Torrential monsoon storms in Nepal have triggered landslides, lightning and flooding killing at least 14...
Six feared dead in landslides in China’s Fujian province Published 22 Jun, 2024 10:13am SHANGHAI: Six people have been found with no signs of life after going missing a week ago during landslides caused...
Landslides kill nine as Bangladesh lashed by rain Published 19 Jun, 2024 01:45pm COX’S BAZAR: Torrential rains in Bangladesh have triggered landslides burying alive at least nine people and forcing...
Landslides kill 18 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, two missing Published 15 Apr, 2024 08:29am JAKARTA: Landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts,...
At least 15 killed in Indonesia landslide: disaster agency Published 14 Apr, 2024 04:27pm JAKARTA: At least 15 people have been found dead after a landslide in central Indonesia, local authorities said on...
Taiwan earthquake rescuers face threat of landslides, rockfalls as death toll at 12 Updated 05 Apr, 2024 09:50pm HUALIEN: Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in their search on Friday for a...
Entirely predictable Published 17 Mar, 2024 02:49am Annual weather disasters have clearly become routine. So, once again this year, like recent years, rains have and ...