ADB approves $500m loan for sustainable infrastructure in India
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved on Wednesday a $500 million loan to promote environmentally sustainable…
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Thai industrial confidence hits 3-month high in Oct. ’24
Thailand's industrial confidence index rose to 89.1 in October 2024, marking a three-month high.
Japan-World Bank partnership shields Bangladesh from floods
Bangladesh, with GFDRR Japan-World Bank support, is creating innovative infrastructure solutions to enhance…
Floods likely to push Brazil’s inflation upward in May
Brazil's consumer inflation is expected to increase significantly in May due to recent floods in the south…
Egypt’s power sector sees 88.4% drop in impact from natural hazards
The economic losses resulting from floods, heavy rains, and dust storms in the electricity sector amounted to 6.5…
Egypt builds 8 groundwater stations in S. Sudan
Egypt has initiated the construction of eight groundwater drinking water stations in South Sudan, the Egyptian…
2023 global climate alarm: countries pledge net zero at COP28
In 2023, record-breaking temperatures and shocking natural disasters like floods, droughts, and storms marked many…
Europe’s climate defences fail to prevent Greek disasters
Greece has witnessed the worst floods ever in September, which destroyed the rich region, washed away farms, roads…
Egyptian mosques to hold absentee funeral prayer for Morocco, Libya
Mosques in Egypt will hold absentee funeral prayers on Friday, September 15th, for the victims of the natural…
2M killed from extreme weather over past half-century – WMO
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) announced on Monday a report outlined shocking damages caused by…
Flood threat causes California’s Yosemite Valley closure
The Valley of Yosemite park won’t be open to visitors this weekend in response to forecasts of floods, announced on…
Torrential rains kill dozens in Brazil
Heavy rain hit the coastal areas of Brazil’s south east on Sunday, causing floods and landslides with at least 40…
Florence drenches North Carolina, dozens of homes damaged
Deadly storm Florence on Sunday drenched North Carolina with more downpours, cutting off the coastal city of…
Florence plows into Carolinas inland, leaving five dead, states flooded
Florence plowed on Friday into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland, knocking down trees, gorging rivers,…
2 killed in California’s biggest weather bomb storm
One of California's strongest storms in years- dubbed a "bombogenesis" or "weather bomb"- has hit the state,…
Sudanese floods haven’t affected Lake Nasser crossing: official
The floods and heavy rain currently hitting Sudan have not affected navigation between the country and Egypt on…
British-era bridge in Indian collapses, 20 people missing
More than 20 people aboard two buses and other vehicles are feared missing after a colonial-era bridge in western…
Floods kill 22 people in India, 170,000 homeless
Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 22 people in India and forced more than 170,000 from…
Pakistan floods kill 28, including worshippers at mosque
Flash floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 28 people in northern Pakistan, officials said on Sunday,…
France floods ease as Seine recedes
The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris began to recede on Saturday after reaching its highest level in three…
U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops
U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation…
Britain sends in more troops as historic city floods
British Prime Minister David Cameron was expected to visit flood-stricken parts of northern England on Monday, as…
Egypt’s Arab Contractors signs Uganda’s $2.7mn project
Egypt’s leading construction firm, Arab Contractors has signed a new contract to implement a new project in Kasese…
Floods nearly halt life in Qatar
Qatar was hit by more than a year's worth of rain in a matter of hours on Wednesday, almost bringing the country…
Residents of Beheira suffer amid lack of swift measures
On an unpaved road in the middle of El-Sayeda village in Egypt's northern Delta governorate of Beheira, a tuk tuk…
PM cites authorities’ ‘negligence’ over Alexandria floods
Egyptian Prime Minster Sherif Ismail acknowledged on Tuesday that there had been “negligence” from the authorities…
Sisi summons full cabinet for urgent meeting Monday morning
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has summoned cabinet for an urgent cabinet meeting on Monday morning, the…
Texas deluged by rain in Patricia’s wake, Houston braces for floods
Heavy rains fueled by the meeting of two strong storm systems, one the remnants of Hurricane Patricia, pounded…
Death toll from floods in southeast US climbs to 16
The death toll from record floods that swamped swaths of the southeastern United States has climbed to 16,…
16 Schools Evacuated In Egypt’s Aswan Due To Floods
Sixteen schools in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan were evacuated on Sunday due to flooding, according to…
Typhoon Leaves 74 Missing In China As Thailand, Vietnam Brace For Floods
Seventy-four Chinese fishermen were missing on Monday after a typhoon sunk three fishing boats in the South China…
Chaos As Floods Submerge Mexico’s Acapulco, Death Toll Rises
Mexico's famous beach resort of Acapulco was in chaos on Tuesday as hotels rationed food for thousands of stranded…
Egypt Floods Gaza Tunnels To Cut Palestinian Lifeline
Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign…
Insurer RSA’s Profit Down On Floods, Quakes
RSA, Britain's biggest commercial insurer, said its first-half profit fell by almost a quarter after heavy flooding…
State of Emergency Declared In Fiji
Flood-ravaged Fiji declared a state of emergency on Sunday and warned tourists to stay away for the time being, as…
Austarlia’s floods force thousands from homes
Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after record-high…