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Rescue workers are still racing against time to look for victims who have been filled after two earthquakes in northwest China today, when the death toll has risen to 89.
Heavy rains on many parts of China have caused floods to sweep many bridges and houses, killing dozens and missing.
Each year more than two million people die worldwide as a direct result of human-induced air pollution, in which Southeast Asia is the most serious area.
Both Singapore and Malaysia are facing the worst dust crisis in years. The dust still continues to spread to some areas of Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on June 26.
An Indian police official said on June 18 that at least 65 people died, 60,000 pilgrims were trapped in northern India because of flooding and landslides caused by the m…
Flood waters continued to rise in eastern Germany, forcing local officials to evacuate many families and a hospital, while Hungary increased protection against the risk…
The National Committee on China Disaster Control on June 8 said prolonged heavy rains in some of the eastern and southern provinces of the country in the past few days h…
The Indian Disaster Management Agency (DMM) announced on May 29 that up to 524 people have died in the country due to the heat from April 1 to May 28.
Heavy rains hit Central Europe on June 2, killing three people and at least eight people missing, causing flooding, landslides, traffic interruptions and forcing hundred…
Sri Lankan authorities on May 15 said the Mahasen cyclone caused serious damage when at least 7 people were killed, about 864 houses were damaged including 98 houses wer…
Reuters reported that at least six people were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes swept across the northern part of central Texas (USA).
Mayon, located in Albay Province, is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines. It erupted abruptly when about 20 people were climbing to its top.
At least 152 people were killed and 3,000 injured in the quake nearly 7 on the Richter scale in Sichuan province, China on the morning of April 20, five years after a de…
Chinese media reported that authorities found 203 bodies and about 11,500 people were injured by the earthquake in Sichuan province on April 20.
China has 1.2 million deaths due to air pollution in 2010, accounting for 40% of all deaths due to this cause globally.