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Deadly floods sweep Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia as combined toll tops 300
Pidie, Indonesia, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia climbed past 400 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got underway in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed swaths of the three countries this week and left thousands stranded, many on rooftops awaiting rescue. Rescuers in Indonesia were struggling to reach the worst-affected areas of Sumatra island, where more than 270 people were still missing. Flooding and landslides in I ... read more |
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Thailand floods kill 13, leaving people stranded and roads submergedBangkok (AFP) Nov 25, 2025 Residents of southern Thailand waded through waist-deep floods on Tuesday, with a main tourist town left inundated by days of heavy rain, stranding people in homes and hotels, and killing at least 13 in the region. ... more 
Vietnam flooding kills at least 90Hanoi (AFP) Nov 23, 2025 Heavy rain, severe flooding and landslides in Vietnam have killed at least 90 people in the last week, authorities said Sunday, leaving others stranded on rooftops and mountain roadways blocked. ... more 
Northern Australia cleans up after cycloneSydney (AFP) Nov 23, 2025 Residents of Australia's Northern Territory were clearing streets on Sunday after a damaging tropical cyclone that brought intense winds overnight, tearing up trees and traffic lights and cutting power. ... more 
Santorini earthquake swarm in 2025 linked to deep magma intrusions under Aegean SeaLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 21, 2025 An international team, including a University College London researcher, identified magma intrusion as the source of a major seismic event beneath the Greek island of Santorini early in 2025. Over 2 ... more |
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Seismic data can identify aircraft by typeFairbanks AK (SPX) Nov 19, 2025 Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft flying far overhead, research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists shows. ... more 
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 
Thais navigate flooded homes and ancient temples by boatAyutthaya, 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. ... 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 |
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Typhoon Fung-wong leaves flooded Philippine towns in its wake
Tuguegarao 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. Fung-wong, with a footprint that spanned nearly the entire archipelago, slammed into the eastern seaboard as a "super typhoon" on Sunday evening, uprooting trees and swamping towns in its path. It landed days after Typhoon Kalmaegi swept through the islands of the central Philippines, killing at le ... read more
3 survive 40 hours lost at sea after typhoon; 2nd storm leaves 5 dead in Philippine Hanoi (AFP) Nov 10, 2025 Three men swept far from Vietnam's coast by Typhoon Kalmaegi have been plucked safely from the surf after drifting helplessly for more than 40 hours, a rescuer and the wife of one of the survivors said on Monday. ... more |
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Japan observes tiny tsunami following 6.7 magnitude quakeTokyo (AFP) Nov 9, 2025 Japan said Sunday evening tiny tsunami waves hit its northern Pacific coast after an offshore 6.7-magnitude earthquake. ... more 
EU launches LAND project to transform landscapes for sustainable Earth livingBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 07, 2025 Professors Jun Borras, Esteve Corbera, Ian Scoones and Anna Tsing, who lecture and conduct research at universities in the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and Denmark, have been awarded an euro 8.33 mil ... more 
Operation Cloudburst: Dutch train for 'water bomb' floodsIjsselstein, Netherlands (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 A twin-prop Chinook helicopter shatters the calm of the Dutch countryside, hovering just metres from a canal before dumping four huge sandbags into the water: welcome to Operation Cloudburst. ... more 
Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi ravages Vietnam, PhilippinesVietnam (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines where the death toll rose to 188. ... more 
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 |
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