A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one man who was crushed by a falling post, and causing rock falls and damaging buildings, authorities said.

Tidal surge has marooned nearly five thousand families of 100 villages under six upazilas of Patuakhali.

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has formed over the northwest Bay and adjoining areas of Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called upon major carbon emitting countries to rehabilitate "climate migrants" -- displaced from their homes and jobs due to climate change.

The flood situation has improved in the northern region of the country as the water level in the rivers started receding there, but districts surrounding Dhaka reported the opposite.

After 20 days of continuous rise, the Jamuna river’s water level has begun to drop.

Farmers of Aman rice in Patuakhali have been scrambling to find Aman seeds after nearly one-third of Aman seedbeds were damaged during six days of incessant showers in the last week of July in the district.

Erosion by rivers and floodwater have taken a serious turn in at least six districts, rendering several hundred families homeless.

More than 1,000 houses in Manikganj district have been lost due to erosion as water in Padma, Jamuna and other rivers continue to rise.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged major powers to "show responsibility" and play a leading role in improving global environmental governance and addressing such challenges as climate change.

People in the remote shoals of the Jamuna are suffering immensely for want of drinking water and food.

Thick smoke billowed above Brazil's Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched earth like dead matchsticks, burnt and black.

At least 20,000 people living in different shoals of Teesta River and surrounding low lying areas in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of Nilphamari were marooned as water level in the river started to increase from this morning.

The water level of Brahmaputra River was flowing 50 cm above danger level at Chilmari point of Kurigram this morning which has further deteriorated the overall flooding in Kurigram.

Flood-hit people will continue to suffer a few more days as the floods in low lying areas of 11 districts will not wane until second week of September, said the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (ffwc).

Two Rohingyas died in a lightning strike in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia early today. Three others were injured in the incident.

The flood situation in Kurigram and Sirajganj has deteriorated as Brahmaputra and Jamuna’s water levels are flowing above the danger level this morning.

Flash flooding killed at least 26 people in the Northeast as remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed torrential rains that swept away cars, submerged New York City subway lines and grounded airline flights, officials said on Thursday.

Around 30 percent of the country’s area is set to be inundated as the water level of the Jamuna and Padma is forecast to continue rising over the next three days.

Residents of Jalalpur village in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila have been passing days in constant fear over the last couple of months since the mighty Jamuna river took a serious turn at the start of this monsoon and continued devouring most of the homesteads and vast croplands at the village.