Light to moderate rain likely in KP: Met

PESHAWAR, Feb 24 (APP): Regional Meteorological Center Peshawar has forecast light to moderate rain-thunderstorms and snowfall over the hills in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next 24 hours.   According to a morning report of the meteorological center light to moderate rain-thunderstorm and snowfall is expected […]

Cyclone Emnati lashes Madagascar

Antananarivo, Feb 23 (AFP/APP):Cyclone Emnati overnight lashed the island nation of Madagascar, still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month, local authorities said Wednesday. The cyclone “made landfall around 2300 GMT just north of the southeastern district of Manakara,” Faly Aritiana Fabien, […]

Four dead as Storm Eunice batters Europe

London, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): Storm Eunice killed four people in Europe on Friday, pummelling Britain with record-breaking winds and forcing millions to take shelter as it disrupted flights, trains and ferries across Western Europe. London was eerily empty after the British capital was placed under […]

Madagascar town leveled after cyclone: aid workers

Mananjary, Madagascar, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):The coastal Madagascar town of Mananjary was largely destroyed after Tropical Cyclone Batsirai, aid workers said Saturday, as more relief supplies arrived by plane. The storm left 120 people dead, mainly on the east coast of the Indian Ocean island nation, […]

Cold, dry weather expected in most parts of country

ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (Online): Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad three degree centigrade, Lahore ten, Karachi fourteen, Peshawar six, Quetta minus-one, Gilgit four, Murree […]

Madagascar cyclone toll rises to 92 amid calls for aid

Antananarivo, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 92 in Madagascar, authorities said Wednesday, as humanitarian organisations ramped up aid efforts with more than 110,000 people in need of emergency assistance. The National Office for Risk and Disaster Management […]

Nine dead as hundred avalanches roll over Austria

Vienna, Feb 6 (AFP/APP): Nine people died in three days of more than 100 avalanches rolling across Austria, authorities said Sunday. Most of the avalanches hit the western Tyrol region and Friday alone saw five fatalities, rescue services said. Police said that incident had claimed […]

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