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 AFP/APP Geneva: An avalanche at the top Swiss ski resort of Zermatt on Monday killed three people and injured one, police said, as authorities warned of the risk of more disasters amid heavy winds and snowfall. Video images on social…

Xinhua/APP Brussels: Extreme weather conditions involving heavy snowfall and freezing rain hit many countries across Europe on Thursday, causing flight cancellations and delays and disrupting road traffic. In Belgium, departures from…

News Desk Peshawar: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Wednesday issued an alert of flash floods in Upper and Lower Chitral, Kohistan, Upper and Lower Dir, and Swat due to the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF).…

News Desk Islamabad: Shehroze Kashif, a 20-year-old mountaineer from Pakistan who set a new world record by climbing K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, has now departed for Nepal with the goal of climbing all 14 peaks above…

News Desk Islamabad: At least 12 people have been killed and 50 dwellings destroyed by several avalanches in the northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan over the previous four days, said a local official on Friday. The mountainous…

APP Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was briefed on Friday that the country witnessed a 300 per cent increase in glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) incidents and rising sea level threatening the existence of…