Climate & Environment

BEIJING,Aug 4 (Xinhua/APP): Risks of geological disasters remain high in Beijing’s mountainous suburbs as weather authorities forecast thunderstorms in the Chinese capital on Friday and Saturday. The Beijing meteorological service has issued a yellow alert, the second lowest alert level, for heavy rain, strong gales, […]

Seoul, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): South Korea’s presidential office on Friday called an emergency cabinet meeting and ordered the deployment of air-conditioned buses and freezer trucks after hundreds of scouts at a massive jamboree suffered heat-related illnesses. The Korean peninsula is currently in the midst of […]

Islamabad, Aug 3 (Online): Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal has urged the International Development partners to prioritize support for climate disaster-hit countries like Pakistan. The Minister urged the international development partners during an Islamic Relief National Conference on Floods […]

Athens, July 28 (AFP/APP): The fight against deadly wildfires raging in Greece for more than a week is improving, the fire service said on Friday, warning it remained on alert as fierce winds were forecast that could rekindle blazes. “For now we have no spreading […]

Varirata National Park, Papua New Guinea, July 28 (AFP/APP): France’s President Emmanuel Macron stripped off his suit jacket Friday to wander the wild forests of Papua New Guinea on a green-tinted charm offensive in the South Pacific. Macron is telling Pacific leaders that France understands […]

Rhodes, Greece, July 26 (AFP/APP): Greece ordered evacuations on Wednesday for areas near two central cities after new blazes broke out during a punishing heatwave and as deadly fires hit the Mediterranean. Thousands of people have evacuated in the region this week as fires also […]

ISLAMABAD July 26 (Online): Greece was expecting scorching heat on Wednesday as crews scrambled to douse deadly wildfires that have also struck nations around the Mediterranean. Thousands of people have evacuated as Greek authorities struggle against flames on three major fronts, including the tourist islands […]

Paris, July 25 (AFP/APP): The Mediterranean Sea reached its highest temperature on record Monday during an exceptional heatwave, Spanish researchers told AFP on Tuesday. “We attained a new record… in the daily median sea surface temperature of the Mediterranean: 28.71C,” Spain’s Institute of Marine Sciences […]