floods

News Desk  Lahore: Coordinator to the Federal Tax Ombudsman, Saif Ur Rehman, has warned that Pakistan’s rapidly growing population, coupled with intensifying climate change impacts, poses a grave threat to the country’s economic…

AFP/APP Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday in Vietnam's already storm-battered central belt, where thousands have been evacuated from areas in the path of one of the world’s deadliest cyclones this year. Kalmaegi cut a…

AFP/APP Liloan, Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 140 people and left another 127 missing after unleashing devastating floods across the central Philippines, official figures showed Thursday, as the storm continued its…

News Desk  Islamabad: A group of Pakistani farmers affected by the devastating 2022 floods has initiated legal action against two of Germany’s largest industrial companies — energy firm RWE and cement producer Heidelberg — seeking €1…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In a field baked under the October sun, an elderly farmer guides a pair of oxen across the soil — a sight unchanged for centuries. The cracked earth rises in thin clouds as the wooden plough carves through…

AFP/APP Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa, already a powerful Category 4 storm, gathered strength Sunday as it took aim at Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean. Forecasters warned of catastrophic flooding and urged residents to seek shelter…

Dr Saeed Ahmad Ali Lahore: Pakistan’s growing fish farming industry—long seen as a promising contributor to food security and rural livelihoods—is now facing one of its most serious setbacks in years. The recent floods that swept across…

APP Islamabad: As Pakistan grapples with the aftermath of yet another devastating flood season, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal painted a complex picture of loss and resilience — a…

AFP/APP United Nations: Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest population — about 900 million people — are directly exposed to climate hazards intensified by global warming, bearing what the United Nations has described as a “double…

Jehangir Khan Tareen Islamabad: Floods, among the most common and devastating natural disasters, bring destruction that extends far beyond the visible wreckage of homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods. One of their most immediate and…