floods

Xinhua/APP Nairobi:  Kenya on Wednesday established a command centre for flood emergency response and communication to document and report all flood disaster information from across the country as the number of people killed by raging…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: China's national observatory on Friday renewed a blue alert for gales as strong winds of varying degrees are to lash parts of the country. From 8 a.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, gales will hit some areas in Gansu…

AFP/APP Nairobi: Tens of thousands of people across Kenya have been affected by heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides that have also disrupted cargo operations at the strategic Port of Mombasa, officials said. The Horn of Africa…

Sana Akhtar Quetta: In the last few years, climate change’s effects have become more evident in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The average temperature has risen, as measurements show, and the weather has become more erratic. Heavy…

News Desk Quetta: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has initiated a series of multi-hazard mock drills and exercises to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of Balochistan’s disaster management agencies to…

News Desk Karachi/Bahawalpur: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday predicts dry weather for most parts of the Sindh province during the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, the local Met Office has forecast dry weather for…

News Desk United Nations: Floods and storms accounted for a staggering 40.9 million (or 95 percent) of the recorded child displacements between 2016 and 2021, revealed United Nations findings. The 2022 unprecedented floods in Pakistan…

APP Peshawar: “The groundwater of my village became heavier and unhealthy after the 2022 devastating flood, leaving me with no other option but to bring two gallon of clean drinking water from the Tehsil Municipal Administration’s (TMA)…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Middle class forms the economy but in Pakistan, this class is diminishing due to inflation and unchecked price hikes. A report says that the middle class was at 45 per cent in General Pervez Musharraf’s…

News Desk Islamabad: Sidra Bukhari: “As another monsoon season adds to the anxiety of those still not recovered from the floods of the last year. We are fearful of what nature may have stored for us. The havoc caused by the previous…