Science & Environment
Thousands displaced after typhoon Megi hits Philippines
Philippine authorities on Wednesday struggled to distribute aid to tens of thousands of displaced people sheltering in evacuation centres after typhoon Megi ...Chile announces unprecedented water rationing plan as drought enters 13th year
As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile on Monday announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital ...Thousands of Australians flee homes as floods inundate towns
Heavy rains deluged Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time ...Philippines on alert as volcano near capital spews more plumes
A small but restive volcano near the Philippine capital Manila ejected two more plumes on Sunday, indicating continued eruption and prompting authorities ...No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 – data
Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data ...Earthquake jolts Japan’s northeast coast, cuts power in Tokyo
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted Japan’s northeast coast on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo where ...Seven dead as Cyclone Gombe hits Mozambique
At least seven people died as Tropical Cyclone Gombe made early morning landfall in Mozambique on Friday packing wind speeds exceeding 200 ...Thousands of Australians return to ‘uninhabitable’ homes as floods recede
Thousands of Australians returned to their homes on Thursday after torrential rains eased and floodwaters receded as authorities ramped up clean-up efforts ...Quake rattles Indonesia’s Sumatra island killing at least 2 people
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck inland near the western coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, killing at least two people and ...Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been captured by Russian forces, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said on ...














