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Death toll from Asia floods tops 1,600 as military forces help survivors

Death toll from Asia floods tops 1,600 as military forces help survivors

The death toll from flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,600 on Dec. 1, as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed the military to help survivors.
Why the East Sea is seeing its busiest storm season in 30 years

Why the East Sea is seeing its busiest storm season in 30 years

Which Asian country produces the most renewable energy in the world?

Which Asian country produces the most renewable energy in the world?

When mud remains

When mud remains

Along my journey with UNICEF, I have met countless children and families whose lives have been torn apart by disasters.
November 23, 2025 | 06:33 pm PT
41 dead, more than 52,000 homes submerged as historic flooding batters central Vietnam

41 dead, more than 52,000 homes submerged as historic flooding batters central Vietnam

Severe flooding this week has left 41 people dead and 9 others missing in central Vietnam, with Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa provinces suffering the highest casualties, authorities said Thursday.
November 20, 2025 | 06:35 am PT
How decades of growth are making Ho Chi Minh City sink faster than ever

How decades of growth are making Ho Chi Minh City sink faster than ever

Beneath the skyscrapers and new roads, Ho Chi Minh City is sinking faster than almost any other city in the world, a quiet crisis driven by groundwater loss and relentless urbanization.
November 4, 2025 | 02:00 am PT
Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Kalmaegi nears the Philippines

Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Kalmaegi nears the Philippines

Thousands were evacuated in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday, ahead of a typhoon due to make landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms.
November 3, 2025 | 04:55 am PT
Phu Quoc streets vanish underwater after heaviest rain in 25 years floods tourist island

Phu Quoc streets vanish underwater after heaviest rain in 25 years floods tourist island

Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island was drenched by more than 120 mm of rain in just four hours on Wednesday night, its heaviest downpour in 25 years.
October 30, 2025 | 01:10 am PT
14 dead, 8 missing as floods devastate central Vietnam, submerging over 128,000 homes

14 dead, 8 missing as floods devastate central Vietnam, submerging over 128,000 homes

Flooding since Oct. 26 has killed at least 14 people in central Vietnam, leaving eight missing and submerging more than 128,000 homes in 90 communes.
October 30, 2025 | 12:05 am PT
World's second-heaviest 24-hour rainfall recorded in Hue as floods devastate central Vietnam

World's second-heaviest 24-hour rainfall recorded in Hue as floods devastate central Vietnam

Rainfall at Bach Ma peak in Hue has reached a staggering 1,739 millimeters in 24 hours, the highest ever recorded in Vietnam and the second-largest daily total in the world, behind only a 1966 record in the Indian Ocean.
October 29, 2025 | 12:01 am PT
Science-driven approach recommended to tackle urban flooding

Science-driven approach recommended to tackle urban flooding

Experts have called for a comprehensive approach, grounded in science and technology and involving intersectoral, intergovernmental, and interregional collaboration, to tackle flooding in major Vietnamese cities.
October 16, 2025 | 03:42 pm PT
Why air conditioning is slipping out of reach for many Americans

Why air conditioning is slipping out of reach for many Americans

Skyrocketing electricity prices mean millions of Americans perforce sweat through heat waves without air conditioning.
September 4, 2025 | 06:59 pm PT
Over 7,000 people trapped as floods hit central Vietnam after Typhoon Kajiki

Over 7,000 people trapped as floods hit central Vietnam after Typhoon Kajiki

Floodwaters from the Ma River surged into Thanh Hoa Province on Wednesday, swamping neighborhoods outside the dike and forcing more than 7,000 residents to evacuate or shelter on rooftops as Typhoon Kajiki’s remnants unleashed torrential rain in the central region.
August 27, 2025 | 01:07 am PT
Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc

Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc

The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures last month, but many regions were still devastated by extreme weather amplified by global warming, the European climate monitoring service said Thursday.
August 6, 2025 | 07:48 pm PT
17 heat records broken in Japan

17 heat records broken in Japan

Seventeen heat records were broken in Japan on Aug. 4, the weather agency said, after the country sweltered through its hottest ever June and July.
August 4, 2025 | 06:33 pm PT
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