Hot, dry weather prevailed in Balochistan

QUETTA, Jun 06 (APP): The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in most parts of Balochistan during the next 24 hours. According to the Met Office, the minimum temperature in Quetta was recorded at 14.5 degrees centigrade and 7.1 degrees centigrade in Ziarat […]

Fear of landslides haunts Brazil survivors

Recife, Brazil, June 2 (AFP/APP): While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep: they fear landslides like the ones that claimed 120 lives in recent days. “We have children; we have all our things […]

Beijing ramps up flood control preparations

BEIJING, Jun 1 (XINHUA/APP): Beijing has intensified its flood control efforts as the city entered this year’s flood season Wednesday, authorities told a press conference. From June to August, the precipitation in Beijing is forecast to be 450 mm to 530 mm, 20 to 40 […]

Brazil storm death toll rises to 100

Recife, Brazil, May 31 (AFP/APP):Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 100 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tuesday as emergency workers searched for bodies and survivors. The force of the landslides ripped apart houses in neighborhoods including Jardim Monteverde, […]

Hot, dry weather forecast for Balochistan

QUETTA, May 24 (APP): The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in most parts of Balochistan during the next 24 hours. According to the Met Office, the minimum temperature in Quetta was recorded at 14.5 degrees centigrade and 5.0 degrees centigrade in Ziarat […]

Hot, partly cloudy weather likely in KP

PESHAWAR, May 21 (APP): The Regional Meteorological Center, Peshawar on Saturday forecast hot and partly cloudy weather in most parts of the province for the next 24 hours. However, it said rain-thunderstorm with dust storm and gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Abbottabad, […]