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Thais navigate flooded homes and ancient temples by boat
Ayutthaya, Thailand (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 For three months, Thai retiree Somkid Kijniyom has been sleeping in a small boat surviving on dry food handouts in the waist-high floodwaters that have filled his home. Relentless rains have plunged Thailand's Ayutthaya province, home to a UNESCO-listed ancient city, into what residents say is its worst flooding in years. Murky waters have turned residential areas into vast, dangerous canals, reaching depths of up to three metres (10 feet) and creeping up the ancient capital's iconic temple ruin ... read more |
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Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano eruptsTokyo (AFP) Nov 16, 2025 A volcano in southern Japan erupted early Sunday sending a plume of ash and smoke into the sky and prompting a warning over ashfall. ... more 
Deadly impact of climate change on India's floods; Philippines vows arrests over bogus flood projectsMumbai, India (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Climate change is making monsoon rains in India's financial capital Mumbai deadlier, mostly for poor people, according to a report released Wednesday by the University of Chicago. ... more 
Philippines digs out from Typhoon Fung-wong as death toll climbsTuguegarao City, Philippines (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 Rescuers using backhoes and chainsaws began digging the Philippines out from the devastation of Typhoon Fung-wong on Tuesday, as floodwaters receded in hundreds of villages and the storm's death toll climbed to 25. ... more 
Typhoon Fung-wong leaves flooded Philippine towns in its wakeTuguegarao City, Philippines (AFP) Nov 10, 2025 Entire villages lay submerged and scores of towns remained without electricity on Monday as Typhoon Fung-wong left the Philippines after killing at least two people and displacing more than a million. ... more |
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Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winterKhulm, Afghanistan (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes in Afghanistan into rubble are now wondering where they can they find shelter from pouring rain and the coming winter cold. ... more 
Vietnam flood death toll hits 40 as Typhoon Kalmaegi looms; Indonesia floods kill 15Hanoi (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 The death toll from a week of flooding and record rains in central Vietnam rose to 40 on Tuesday, authorities said, as another powerful storm threatened the battered region. ... more 
Afghanistan quake kills 20, injures over 300: health ministryMazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan (AFP) Nov 3, 2025 A strong earthquake killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling. ... more 
Spain regional leader resigns, a year after deadly floodsValencia, Spain (AFP) Nov 3, 2025 The heavily criticised leader of Spain's Valencia region announced his resignation on Monday after a year of pressure over his handling of 2024 floods, the country's deadliest in decades. ... more
50 dead as Caribbean digs out from Hurricane MelissaKingston, Jamaica (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 Jamaican officials announced plans Saturday to set up multiple field hospitals as it recovers from Hurricane Melissa, with the death toll numbering at least 50 across the Caribbean - and expected to rise. ... more |
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Thousands evacuated as typhoon bears down on Philippines
Manila (AFP) Nov 3, 2025 Thousands were evacuated in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday, ahead of a typhoon due to make landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms. Typhoon Kalmaegi is on a collision course with Leyte island, bringing 120-kilometre (75-mile) per hour winds and gusts of up to 150 kph, according to the national weather service. "Evacuations are ongoing in Palo and Tanauan," said Leyte disaster official Roel Montesa, naming two of the towns hardest hit by storm surges in ... read more 
Record Vietnam floods kill 10, turn streets into canalsHoi An, Vietnam (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 Major flooding that killed 10 people in central Vietnam this week also turned streets in Hoi An into canals on Thursday after a major river reached a 60-year high, authorities said. ... more |
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Caribbean reels from 'unprecedented' hurricane destructionSantiago De Cuba, Cuba (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 Hurricane Melissa was moving towards Bermuda on Thursday after ripping a path of destruction through the Caribbean that left at least 20 people dead in Haiti, and parts of Jamaica and Cuba in ruins. ... more 
Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely: studyWashington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, was made four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis said Wednesday. ... more 
Caribbean reels from 'unprecedented' hurricane destructionSantiago De Cuba, Cuba (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 Hurricane Melissa bore down on the Bahamas Wednesday after cutting a path of destruction through the Caribbean, leaving 30 people dead or missing in Haiti and parts of Jamaica and Cuba in ruins. ... more
Vietnam rains kill 7 and flood 100,000 homes; Spainish flood survivors abuse region leader at state memorialHanoi (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 Flooding triggered by record heavy rains in central Vietnam this week killed at least seven people and inundated more than 100,000 homes, the environment ministry said on Wednesday. ... more
Downgraded Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba; Cyclone Montha slams into IndiaCuba (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 A downgraded Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early on Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction across Jamaica, which authorities have designated a "disaster area." ... more |
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