2025 • Dec 03
Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal
Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms
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2025 • Dec 01
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia flood toll nears 1,000
Separate weather systems brought torrential rainfall to Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia
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2025 • Nov 30
Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods
Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami Authorities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand are racing to cl...
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2025 • Nov 28
Flash flooding in Sumatra kills 69 as rescue crews search rivers for survivors
Monsoon rains cause devastation on Indonesian island, sparking landslides and flash floodingFlash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s...
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2025 • Nov 21
Weather tracker: US storms linked to ‘atmospheric river’ phenomenon
California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experienced heavy early season snowfallEvacuation warnings were issued last week in California as
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2025 • Nov 10
Weather tracker: Typhoon Fung-Wong becomes second in a week to hit the Philippines
Destructive winds and rainfall hit archipelago, while a cold spell in Florida prompts fears of falling iguanasTyphoon Fung-Wong, locally known as Uwan, is the second in a week to affect the ...
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2025 • Nov 09
More than 900,000 evacuated in the Philippines as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon
Fung-wong was preparing to hit the Philippines just days after the country was battered by typhoon Kalmaegi which killed 204 peopleMore than 900,000 people have been evacuated from eastern a...
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2025 • Nov 06
Philippines declares state of emergency after typhoon Kalmaegi death toll passes 100
The deaths were mostly from drowning in flash floods, with 127 people still missing, many in the hard-hit central province of CebuPhilippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has declared a stat...
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2025 • Nov 05
Typhoon Kalmaegi: death toll rises to 66 as widespread flooding hits central Philippines
Among the 66 fatalities were six military personnel whose helicopter crashed on the island of Mindanao during a humanitarian missionTyphoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 ...
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2025 • Oct 31
Weather tracker: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean
Category 5 storm is most powerful to strike Jamaica and has caused death and destruction in Cuba and HaitiHurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc across parts of the Caribbean in recent days, af...
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2025 • Oct 30
Hurricane Melissa heads to Bermuda as relief efforts intensify in Jamaica
Kingston airport reopens to flights carrying aid, with some towns in Jamaica underwater and power lines down in south-westJamaica has ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in iso...
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2025 • Oct 29
Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after turning Jamaica into ‘disaster area’
Most intense tropical cyclone to hit Jamaica in nearly two centuries leaves trail of devastation in its wake
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