#naturaldisaster

Xinhua/APP Manila: The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported that a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Wednesday morning. The earthquakeoccurred…

AFP/APP Padang, Indonesia: The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems…

AFP/APP Colombo: Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 123 people across Sri Lanka, with another 130 still missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said on Saturday. DMC Director General Sampath…

AFP/APP Rio Bonito Do Iguacu: A tornado killed at least six people and injured around 750 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authorities said Saturday. The twister struck Friday evening, flipping cars like toys and…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The Swat River didn't kill those 11 people on June 28 - the system did. At 3:17 AM, as floodwaters smashed through an illegally constructed hotel in Bahrain, three children sleeping on the ground floor never…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), under the leadership of Chairman Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik, marked National Resilience Day with a full-day event at the National Emergencies Operation…

AFP/APP Bangladesh: At least 13 people have died and 4.5 million have been affected by severe flooding across Bangladesh, according to the disaster management and relief ministry. The floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains, have…

APP Islamabad:Director of Planning and Coordination at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Balochistan Naveed Ahmad Sheikh assured on Thursday that his team is closely monitoring the monsoon rain situation 24/7 hours and…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  London: My visit to the lake Banjosa and Tolipir in Rawalakot was very much inspired by the recently published travelog “Come! see my Kashmir” (!دیکھ میرا کشمیر) by my friend Yaqub Nizami. When the opportunity came, I…

AFP/APP Port Moresby:A massive landslide struck remote villages in Papua New Guinea's highlands Friday, with many homes buried and scores of residents feared dead. The disaster hit an isolated part of Enga province at around 3:00 am…