Floods, landslides hit Rohingya camps hard: UNHCR

More than 12,000 Rohingya refugees have been affected, while an estimated 2,500 shelters have been damaged or destroyed by heavy downpours, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has said.
29 July 2021

Maritime ports asked to hoist cautionary signal 3

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signage to alert vessels of a possible squall.
29 July 2021

Low pressure over Bay turns into well-marked low; maritime ports asked to hoist signal 3

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as a low pressure over the North Bay turned into a well-marked low.
28 July 2021

6, including five siblings, dead in Cox’s Bazar landslides

Six people including five minor siblings were killed in landslides triggered by rains in Teknaf and Maheshkhali upazilas of Cox’s Bazar early today.
28 July 2021

Low over the Bay triggers caution at ports

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has been formed over the north Bay and adjoining areas.
27 July 2021

Jamuna erosion intensifies with receding water level

The Jamuna has become furious in Tangail with receding water level devouring several hundred of dwelling houses, roads, markets, weaving factories, poultry farms and different other structures as well as vast tracks of croplands for the last two weeks.
27 July 2021

6 Rohingyas dead in Cox’s Bazar landslide

Six Rohingya refugees, including a child, died in landslides in two camps at Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.
27 July 2021

Low pressure over Bay: Maritime ports asked to hoist cautionary signal 3

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary number three as a low-pressure area has been formed over the North Bay and adjoining areas.
27 July 2021

Torrential rains kill over 160 in India, dozens trapped in landslides

Rescue teams in India were digging through thick sludge and debris on Monday to find over 60 people trapped in landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains that have so far claimed more than 160 lives four days.
26 July 2021

Extreme weather renews focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts

As scientists gather online to finalize a long-awaited update on global climate research, recent extreme weather events across the globe highlight the need for more research on how it will play out, especially locally.
26 July 2021

Typhoon In-fa hits China’s east coast, canceling flights

Typhoon In-fa hit China’s east coast south of Shanghai on Sunday after people living near the sea were evacuated, airline flights and trains were canceled and the public was ordered to stay indoors.
25 July 2021

Philippines evacuates thousands as monsoon rains flood Manila, provinces

Philippine authorities moved thousands of residents in the capital, Manila, out of low-lying communities on Saturday as heavy monsoon rains, compounded by a tropical storm, flooded the city and nearby provinces.
24 July 2021

At least 67 dead in India as rains trigger floods, landslides

At least 67 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities said on Friday, after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages.
23 July 2021

German Cabinet approves some $472 million in first flood aid

Germany’s Cabinet approved a roughly 400 million-euro ($472 million) package of immediate aid for victims of last week’s floods and vowed to get started quickly on rebuilding the devastated areas — a task whose cost isn’t yet clear but is expected to run well into the billions.
21 July 2021

Germans question handling of floods as hopes of finding survivors fade

A relief official said rescue crews were unlikely to find any more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, and a new poll showed many Germans felt policymakers had not enough to protect them.
21 July 2021

At least 25 dead in Chinese province’s heaviest rains in 1,000 years

At least 25 people have died in China’s flood-stricken central province of Henan, a dozen of them in a subway line in its capital that was drenched by what weather officials called the heaviest rains for 1,000 years.
21 July 2021

Floods lay bare Europe’s ‘gigantic task’ in averting future climate damage

The catastrophic floods that swept northwest Europe last week were a stark warning that stronger dams, dykes and drainage systems are as urgent as long-term climate change prevention, as once-rare weather events become more common.
20 July 2021

Heavy rains cripple Indian cities; at least 35 killed

India's capital New Delhi and the main financial centre of Mumbai were drenched with heavy rain on Monday, a day after at least 35 people were killed across the country in landslides and house collapses triggered by downpours.
19 July 2021

Swelling Jamuna devours fresh areas in Sirajganj

At least 20 homesteads, one mosque and several other small establishments were rubbed away in a sudden erosion in the Jamuna at Pachil Shorifer More point in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila on Wednesday.
18 July 2021

‘It’s terrifying’: Merkel shaken as flood deaths rise to 188 in Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the flooding that has devastated parts of Europe as “terrifying” on Sunday after the death toll across the region rose to 188 and a district of Bavaria was battered by the extreme weather.
18 July 2021