Award-Winning Nepalese Farmers Grow Bananas to Avert Floods
KATHMANDU, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nepali farmer Bhoj Raj Paudel had just left home to visit his parents when a hill above it collapsed, destroying his ranch and…
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Roof Gardens and Recycling: Indian Cities Find Ways to Go Green
CHENNAI, India, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Efforts to bolster Indian cities against climate change and make them greener must include citizens who are being hit hard by rising…
Philippines – 11 Dead After Floods and Landslides in Visayas and Mindanao
Heavy rain in the Philippines since 12 January has caused flooding and landslides in Eastern Visayas and Davao Region. Authorities say that at least 11 people have died and around…
Malaysia – Floods Worsen Leaving 2 Dead and 12,000 Evacuated
Malaysia’s annual northeast monsoon brought further heavy rain over the last 2 days, worsening the flood situation that hit the 3 states of Pahang, Johor and Terengganu at the start…
Malaysia – 3,000 Evacuated as Flooding Hits Pahang, Johor and Terengganu
Over 3,000 people have been forced to leave their homes after floods in several states in Peninsular Malaysia. The flooding was caused by heavy rain that began on 01 January,…
Philippines – EU Provides Humanitarian Aid to Victims of Typhoon Tembin
The European Union is allocating €570,000 in humanitarian funding to deliver emergency relief assistance to families affected by powerful Tropical Storm Tembin, which wreaked havoc across large parts of the…
Philippines – Tropical Storm Tembin Causes Devastation
On 22 December tropical storm Tembin (known locally as “Vinta”) hit Mindanao island in the Philippines. The storm affected more than 715,000 people across 23 provinces, in particular the provinces…
Malaysia – Floods in Sarawak Leave 1 Dead, 100s Displaced
Heavy rain from 18 December has caused widespread flooding in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. Flooding has also affected areas of Sabah state where at least 10 houses were…
NASA Calculated Philippines Rainfall From Tropical Storm Kai-Tak
Tropical Storm Kai-Tak moved through the central and southern Philippines over several days and weakened to a remnant low pressure area in the South China Sea. As it moved over…
Oman and UAE – Deadly Floods Hit After Torrential Rain
Heavy rain from 16 December caused has flooding in parts of Oman and United Arab Emirates. At least 3 people have died in Oman. Oman Oman Meteorology reported that Liwa…
Philippines – Dozens Killed or Missing as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak Causes Floods and Landslides
At least 27 people have died and over 20 are still missing in the Philippines after Tropical Storm Kai-Tak (known locally as Urduja) swept through central areas of the country.…
In Jakarta, Flood-Hit Slum Residents Aim for a Higher, Drier Future
JAKARTA, Dec 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Whenever floods hit her one-room shack in northern Jakarta, Irma Susanti hangs her most precious furniture – a bed and a table –…
Bangladesh – Coastal Flooding Forecasts Save Lives
Bangladesh is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world due to its unique geographical location, topography and exposure to tropical cyclones. With 50% of the land less than…
Extreme Cyclones in Arabian Sea Result of Global Warming and Will Increase in Frequency – Study
Researchers from Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report in the journal Nature Climate Change that extreme cyclones that formed in the Arabian Sea for the…
NASA Sees Ockhi’s Rain Reach India’s Western coast
NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM Core Observatory satellite passed over western India on December 5, 2017 at (12:21 a.m. EST) 0521 UTC and found that the remnants of…
NASA Gets a Final Look at Tropical Cyclone Ockhi’s Rainfall
Tropical Cyclone Ockhi is quickly weakening in the Arabian Sea and is expected to dissipate on Dec. 6 when it makes landfall in northwestern India. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission…
