extreme weather

News Desk LONDON: International climate scientists have confirmed that the developing El Niño weather phenomenon has officially surpassed all previous historical records, intensifying significantly weeks before its anticipated seasonal…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Meteorological experts and international climate agencies have issued urgent warnings that a record-breaking super El Niño weather pattern is rapidly developing, threatening to trigger severe and erratic extreme…

AFP Uttar Pradesh: Deadly pre-monsoon storms sweeping across northern India have exposed the growing human cost of extreme weather, after the death toll in Uttar Pradesh climbed past 110 amid violent winds, lightning strikes and…

News Desk Karachi: A spell of intense rain and strong winds has once again exposed Karachi’s vulnerability to extreme weather, leaving at least four people dead, several injured, and large parts of the city paralysed by waterlogging and…

Shazia MehboobIslamabad: In South Asia, summers are no longer just hot, they are relentless. Across Pakistan, Afghanistan,  Bangladesh, and India, rising temperatures and prolonged heatwaves are rapidly becoming the new normal. For…

APPPeshawar: As fresh snow blankets the high peaks of northern Pakistan, a quiet revival is unfolding across some of the country’s most iconic tourist landscapes. From the valleys of Chitral and Swat to the towering ranges of…

AFP/APPParis, France: Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path?Annual climate reports released last week show the…

News DeskIslamabad: National Highway Authority (NHA) has formed a 24-hour emergency cell for monsoon rains and is actively working with local administrations and rescue teams to clear roads obstructed by rain, said NHA Member…

AFP/APPBrazil: Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides in what has become the region's largest-ever climate catastrophe, with at least 78 dead and 115,000 forced from their…

AFP/APPBeijing: China on Tuesday issued its highest-level red rainstorm warning for parts of Guangdong, a local weather agency said, as the southern province was battered by downpours.The megacity of Shenzhen was among the areas…