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Renewed fighting, floods and challenges to aid access are worsening the humanitarian crisis, hunger monitor says. More than 7.55 million people in South Sudan will face malnutrition during next year’s April-to-July lean season, when food supplies are usually lower, according to a global hunger monitor. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a United Nations-backed…
NewsFeed Cars and shipping containers were washed away by floods caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines, where thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. Published On 4 Nov 20254 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link
Published On 4 Nov 20254 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Residents have sought refuge on rooftops, and cars have floated through flooded streets as Typhoon Kalmaegi has battered the central Philippines, killing at least two people. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the powerful storm, which made landfall…
Published On 16 Oct 202516 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The stench of decay extends miles beyond Poza Rica in one of the regions most devastated by last week’s torrential rains that inundated central and eastern Mexico. By Wednesday, the official death toll had reached 66, with the number…
Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Torrential rain battered several Mexican states over several days last week, turning streets into rivers, sweeping away roads and bridges and triggering landslides. Rescuers scrambled on Monday to reach people cut off by the devastating flooding, with 64 people…
Heavy rains continue to disrupt rescue operations in the Himalayan nation as authorities struggle to respond to the crisis. Landslides and flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, have killed at least 47 people, blocked roads and washed away bridges in Nepal. Thirty-five people were killed in separate landslides in the Ilam district in the east…
A heavy duty pump that has been set up along Inner Ring Road in Anna Nagar zone. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Even as the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and various civic agencies have started installing heavy duty pumps in flood-prone areas, residents have complained about a delay in taking up projects to ensure their…
After taking multiple economic hits in his household, Gurvinder Singh, a 47-year-old farmer in Gurdaspur, in India’s Punjab state, took a million-rupee loan ($11,000) from a private lender to marry off his eldest daughter. He saved a portion of that and used it to sow 3 acres (1.2 hectares) of paddy. He placed his bet…
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A distraught Javid Ahmad Bhat fears he may lose the entire year’s earnings from the apples he grows. Two trucks bearing his apples worth more than $10,000 are among rows of stranded carriers that stretch for miles along a key highway connecting his city, Baramullah, in Indian-administered Kashmir to the remainder…
Islamabad, Pakistan – For the second time in three years, catastrophic monsoon floods have carved a path of destruction across Pakistan’s north and central regions, particularly in its Punjab province, submerging villages, drowning farmland, displacing millions and killing hundreds. This year, India – Pakistan’s archrival and a nuclear-armed neighbour – is also reeling. Its northern…
