Natural disasters

A view shows a partially submerged school and madrasa premises amid severe flooding in the Fazilpur area of Feni, Bangladesh, August 26, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
Environment

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

This year is the hottest in history, with record-breaking temperatures in the atmosphere and oceans fueling extreme weather worldwide

UNFPA in collaboration with UNDRR hosted a strategic dialogue on inclusive humanitarian preparedness, early warning, risk reduction and response programme in Dhaka today. Photos: Courtesy
Bangladesh

People with disabilities are higher risks of exploitation, violence, and abuse during disasters: Experts

Representational image of women in rural areas. File photo
Bangladesh

Urgent action needed to protect women during disasters: Speakers

Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris after a landslide hit Zhenxiong County, in Zhaotong, Yunnan province, China January 22, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS
China

China tightens law on handling disasters including information flows

Uthal Pathal: On the frontier of Cyclone Remal
Splash

Uthal Pathal: On the frontier of Cyclone Remal

Floodwaters at Lake Placid in Cairns, Australia after former Tropical Cyclone Jasper made landfall earlier this month, Dec 18, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS
World+Biz

8 dead, 1 missing in Australia after severe thunderstorms

People walk amidst the wreckage, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
Africa

Libya's flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpses

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes New Zealand's Auckland Islands
World+Biz

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes New Zealand's Auckland Islands

Natural disasters displace 12.5m in South Asia in 2022: report
South Asia

Natural disasters displace 12.5m in South Asia in 2022: report

An American flag flies amongst rubble left in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, US, 11 October 2018. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Multibillion-dollar natural disasters are the new normal

Photo: TBS
Environment

113 actions to be implemented to deal with disasters: Minister

FILE PHOTO: Remains of destroyed houses are seen almost one month after Hurricane Ian landfall in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
World+Biz

Hurricanes and floods bring $120 billion in insurance losses in 2022

Photo: PID
Bangladesh

PM vows to face all natural and manmade disasters