Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a flooded area in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka's Central Province, November 27, 2025. Sri Lanka is confronting one of its most severe weather disasters in recent years, as days of heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have killed 31 people, left 14 missing, and displaced thousands across the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, extreme weather has affected 17 districts, impacting 1,158 families and 4,008 individuals. The DMC said 10 people have been injured, three homes have been completely destroyed, and 381 houses partially damaged. At least 131 people have been relocated to temporary safe centers. Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows an excavator working at the site of a landslide in Badulla District, Sri Lanka's Uva Province, November 27, 2025. Sri Lanka is confronting one of its most severe weather disasters in recent years, as days of heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have killed 31 people, left 14 missing, and displaced thousands across the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, extreme weather has affected 17 districts, impacting 1,158 families and 4,008 individuals. The DMC said 10 people have been injured, three homes have been completely destroyed, and 381 houses partially damaged. At least 131 people have been relocated to temporary safe centers. Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the site of a landslide in Kandy District, Sri Lanka's Central Province, November 27, 2025. Sri Lanka is confronting one of its most severe weather disasters in recent years, as days of heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have killed 31 people, left 14 missing, and displaced thousands across the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, extreme weather has affected 17 districts, impacting 1,158 families and 4,008 individuals. The DMC said 10 people have been injured, three homes have been completely destroyed, and 381 houses partially damaged. At least 131 people have been relocated to temporary safe centers. Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows buildings destroyed in a landslide in Kandy District, Sri Lanka's Central Province, November 27, 2025. Sri Lanka is confronting one of its most severe weather disasters in recent years, as days of heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have killed 31 people, left 14 missing, and displaced thousands across the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, extreme weather has affected 17 districts, impacting 1,158 families and 4,008 individuals. The DMC said 10 people have been injured, three homes have been completely destroyed, and 381 houses partially damaged. At least 131 people have been relocated to temporary safe centers. Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescue personnel working at the site of a landslide in Badulla District, Sri Lanka's Uva Province, November 27, 2025. Sri Lanka is confronting one of its most severe weather disasters in recent years, as days of heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have killed 31 people, left 14 missing, and displaced thousands across the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, extreme weather has affected 17 districts, impacting 1,158 families and 4,008 individuals. The DMC said 10 people have been injured, three homes have been completely destroyed, and 381 houses partially damaged. At least 131 people have been relocated to temporary safe centers. Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a flooded road in Badulla District, Sri Lanka's Uva Province, November 27, 2025. Sri Lanka is confronting one of its most severe weather disasters in recent years, as days of heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have killed 31 people, left 14 missing, and displaced thousands across the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, extreme weather has affected 17 districts, impacting 1,158 families and 4,008 individuals. The DMC said 10 people have been injured, three homes have been completely destroyed, and 381 houses partially damaged. At least 131 people have been relocated to temporary safe centers. Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

Flooding and Landslides Kill 31 Across Sri Lanka

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a police officer wading through floodwater in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka's Central Province, November 27, 2025. Sri Lanka is confronting one of its most severe weather disasters in recent years, as days of heavy rainfall and multiple landslides have killed 31 people, left 14 missing, and displaced thousands across the island, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, extreme weather has affected 17 districts, impacting 1,158 families and 4,008 individuals. The DMC said 10 people have been injured, three homes have been completely destroyed, and 381 houses partially damaged. At least 131 people have been relocated to temporary safe centers. Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Spanish Navy warship visits Yokosuka

Spanish Navy warship visits Yokosuka

Spanish Navy destroyer Mendez Nunez visits the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on July 24, 2025, for replenishing and so soldiers can rest, marking the first port call to Japan by a Spanish naval warship, excluding training ships, in 131 years.

China's Inner Mongolia reports progress in sand control

STORY: China's Inner Mongolia reports progress in sand control DATELINE: July 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of sand control in Inner Mongolia STORYLINE: North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has made substantial progress in sand control over the past 10 years, according to a seminar held on Friday. During the 10-year period, Inner Mongolia has planted 131 million mu (about 8.7 million hectares) of trees, grown 318 million mu of grass, and treated 138 million mu of desertified and sandy land, said Wang Zhaosheng, director of the regional forestry and grassland bureau. The region's forest coverage and grassland vegetation coverage have reached 20.79 percent and 45 percent, respectively. Wang said that the autonomous region has integrated the prevention and control of desertification with industrial development and improvements to people's livelihoods. It has also developed industries including new energy and desert ecotourism. Home