Severe tropical storm Jangmi swept across Japan on Wednesday, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds and widespread disruption to transportation, businesses and public services, while leaving nearly 60,000 households without electricity. Read More: Nearly 600,000 advised to evacuate as storm Krosa makes landfall According to Japan’s Meteorological Agency, the centre of the storm was located about 150 kilometres […]
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Heavy snow in Japan claims 30 lives as Aomori battles record accumulation
TOKYO — Unusually heavy snowfall in Japan has claimed at least 30 lives over the past two weeks, officials said Tuesday, including a 91-year-old woman found buried under a three-metre pile of snow outside her home. The central government has deployed troops to assist residents in Aomori, the hardest-hit region, where some remote areas still […]
Kohat landslide kills four, two still trapped under debris
KOHAT: At least four people were killed and two others remain trapped after a landslide hit Qamar village in Gambat tehsil of Kohat on Tuesday. Read More: Landslide in coalmine claims two lives Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the scene following reports of the incident. Officials said the teams retrieved four bodies trapped under boulders after […]
Typhoon Fung-wong kills 2, cuts off towns in northern Philippines
ISABELA – Typhoon Fung-wong battered northern Philippines overnight, claiming at least two lives and leaving several towns isolated as residents assessed the aftermath on Monday morning. More than one million people had been evacuated before the storm made landfall in the eastern town of Dinalungan in Aurora province on Sunday night. The typhoon, locally called […]
PRCS, NDRMF sign agreement to tackle natural disasters
The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) on Wednesday signed the historic’ Vulnerability to Resilience Agreement’ under which preparations will be made at the community level to deal with any future natural disasters, in addition to launching social welfare projects in various districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir […]