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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. A staff member operates a digger to repair a damaged road in Nantai Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, August 2, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. A villager cleans up silt in Liudaogou Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 1, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. Staff members from the State Grid Corporation of China carry a wire to repair power supply facilities in Nantai Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, August 2, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. Staff members operate a digger to clean up rocks in Zhujiagou Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 1, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. Villagers clean their home in Liudaogou Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 1, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. A staff member conducts disinfection operations in Nantai Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, August 2, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. A drone photo shows staff members from the State Grid Corporation of China repairing power supply facilities in Nantai Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, August 2, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods Aftermath in Northern China - Xinglong

At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm.Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cutting off more than 130 rural villages and leading to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes. Villagers receive supplies in Nantai Village in Liudaohe Town, Xinglong County of north China's Hebei Province, August 2, 2025. Affected by heavy rainfall, some roads and houses were damaged in several villages in Liudaohe Town. In recent days, local authorities have organized efforts to carry out relief operations to restore roads, power supply and communication facilities, along with environmental disinfection measures. Photo by Wang Xiao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Severe Weather Brings Heavy Rain, Causing Flash Flooding in Iowa 2

Severe weather swept through Iowa on Friday, July 11, bringing the threat of tornadoes and flash flooding to the area. At Iowa Speedway in Newton, the IndyCar practice session was suspended due to a tornado warning. This video shows flooded roads in Davenport.

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Tunisia: ‘Soumoud’ Land Convoy Aims to ‘Break the Siege’ of Gaza 2

In Tunisia, hundreds of activists launched a land convoy on Monday, June 9, named the "Soumoud", meaning "steadfastness" in Arabic, heading towards Gaza, bringing aid in a bid to break Israel's siege on the Palestinian territory. The convoy plans to traverse Tunisia, Libya and Egypt before reaching Rafah. This video shows the convoy receiving a welcome upon its arrival in M'saken.

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Tunisia: ‘Soumoud’ Land Convoy Aims to ‘Break the Siege’ of Gaza 3

In Tunisia, hundreds of activists launched a land convoy on Monday, June 9, named the "Soumoud", meaning "steadfastness" in Arabic, heading towards Gaza, bringing aid in a bid to break Israel's siege on the Palestinian territory. The convoy plans to traverse Tunisia, Libya and Egypt before reaching Rafah. This video, filmed in M'saken, shows a bus carrying Algerians who traveled to join the Soumoud Convoy initiative.

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Tunisia: ‘Soumoud’ Land Convoy Aims to ‘Break the Siege’ of Gaza

In Tunisia, hundreds of activists launched a land convoy on Monday, June 9, named the "Soumoud", meaning "steadfastness" in Arabic, heading towards Gaza, bringing aid in a bid to break Israel's siege on the Palestinian territory. The convoy plans to traverse Tunisia, Libya and Egypt before reaching Rafah. This video shows the convoy receiving a huge welcome upon its arrival in Gabès.

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(FOCUS)CHINA-HUNAN-TYPHOON GAEMI-RESTORATION (CN)

(240731) -- ZIXING, July 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member of a power supply company connects a generator to household power lines at Baixiao Village of Zhoumensi Town, Zixing City, central China's Hunan Province, July 29, 2024. Heavy rainfall has affected 1.15 million people in central China's Hunan Province since Friday, leading to direct economic losses of around 6.13 billion yuan (about 859.75 million U.S. dollars), local authorities said Wednesday. Heavy rainstorms from Typhoon Gaemi forced the evacuation of 95,000 people in the province, with 49,800 requiring emergency relief, according to preliminary statistics from the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters. (Photo by Cao Huabin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

Children leave after fetching water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Raises Health Risks - Khan Younis

People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Children leave after fetching water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot su

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-WATER SHORTAGE

(240703) -- GAZA, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 2, 2024. Nine months into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, war-torn Gaza is facing increasingly severe water shortages exacerbated by the dry summer, dwindling supplies, and devastated infrastructure. About 67 percent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on the social media platform X in June. Water production from groundwater wells, which historically accounted for 80 percent of Gaza's water supply, has recently dropped from 35,000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day, shrinking by over 50 percent of pre-war groundwater production capacity, according to UN statistics in June. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Acute water shortage deepens Gazans' suffering amid hot summer

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Death toll rises to 10 in Bangladesh as Cyclone Remal weakens

STORY: Death toll rises to 10 in Bangladesh as Cyclone Remal weakens SHOOTING TIME: May 27, 2024 DATELINE: May 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY/WEATHER SHOTLIST: 1. various of people fishing 2. various of affected areas 3. various of a local temporary shelter STORYLINE: At least 10 people were killed as Cyclone Remal slammed Bangladesh's coastlines and weakened to a tropical depression, said the country's State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibur Rahman on Monday. "We've come to know that 10 people were killed in six coastal districts due to the cyclonic storm," the official told a press conference in capital Dhaka. Millions of people in 19 Bangladeshi districts have been affected by the powerful storm, he said, adding a total of 148,533 houses were fully or partially damaged. According to him, a mass evacuation of nearly one million people, hours before the cyclone made landfall on Sunday night, prevented a greater loss of life. Power supply was not res

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Egypt sends 200,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza: minister

STORY: Egypt sends 200,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza: minister SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of trucks carrying humanitarian aid 2. various of humanitarian goods STORYLINE: Egypt has sent nearly 200,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity Nivine El-Kabbag said on Friday. The minister made the remarks while partaking in the "Run for Gaza" marathon in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, which attracted 10,000 participants to raise donations for the Palestinians in Gaza. El-Kabbag commended the role of the Egyptian Red Crescent for arranging the logistic services, expanding the supply chains, and storing aid received from nearly 37 countries. "About 200,000 tons of aid, constituting 60 percent of the total amount of relief supplies provided for Gaza, came from Egypt either by land, sea or air," the minister added. Is

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Efforts in full swing to ensure supplies for residents in China's quake-hit Gansu

STORY: Efforts in full swing to ensure supplies for residents in China's quake-hit Gansu SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: JISHISHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the earthquake struck areas 2. various of relief efforts 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIE XUEZHI, Local police officer 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHENG WENLONG, Staff member with local electricity supply company 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DENG KUAN, Staff member with a trade company 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZANG NAIJUN, Staff member with local highway maintenance center STORYLINE: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck areas in northwest China's Gansu and Qinghai provinces at 11:59 p.m. Monday, leaving 148 people dead as of Friday, and toppling many buildings. Relief efforts are in full swing to ensure the essential supplies at the temporary relocation sites in the quake-hit regions in Gansu. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIE XUEZHI, Local police officer "We are mainly responsible for the traff

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231224) -- BEIJING, Dec. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People dine at a restaurant in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A customer selects vegetables at a supermarket in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member arranges medicines at a pharmacy in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People line at a restaurant providing free beef noodles in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows a main road in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A customer gets his hair cut at a hair salon in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A shop owner opens the door in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People dine at a restaurant in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A customer picks food at a night market in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A supermarket owner arranges fruits in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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(FOCUS) CHINA-GANSU-EARTHQUAKE-MARKET-RESTORATION (CN)

(231223) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man buys medicines at a pharmacy in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2023. After a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Gansu Province late Monday, all-out rescue and relief work has been underway to restore the daily life and production of local people. The supply of daily necessities has resumed gradually and the local market has regained its order. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-RELIEF (CN)

(231221) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Fang Xiaoping, staff member of State Grid, stands outside the tent at a temporary settlement (top) and Fang Xiaoping helps to provide power supply in a tent in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 21, 2023. Orderly relief efforts continue in quake-hit Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-GANSU-LINXIA-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

(231219) -- LINXIA, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker repairs power supply facilities at a temporary relocation site in Dahe Village of Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Salar Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The Chinese government on Tuesday allocated 200 million yuan (about 28.18 million U.S. dollars) of funds to support disaster relief efforts in the earthquake-hit Gansu and Qinghai provinces. Of the total, 150 million yuan will be used to support Gansu, while 50 million yuan will go to Qinghai, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Finance. Disaster relief supplies, including tents, quilts and overcoats, have also been allocated to the two provinces. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-GANSU-LINXIA-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

(231219) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers repair power supply facilities outside a hospital in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala Autonomous County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted an ethnic county in northwest China's Gansu Province midnight Monday has killed 111 people in Gansu and neighboring Qinghai Province, according to local earthquake relief headquarters. The provincial fire and rescue department has sent 580 rescuers aided with 88 fire engines, 12 search and rescue dogs, more than 10,000 sets of equipment to the disaster area. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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Nepal to supply relief materials to quake-hit areas

STORY: Nepal to supply relief materials to quake-hit areas SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:34 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of quake-hit areas STORYLINE: The Nepali government decided on Sunday to distribute food and other relief materials to areas hit by a strong earthquake. A cabinet meeting also decided to provide free treatment to the injured. The distribution of relief materials, including food and tents, will start from Sunday, and the government will bear all the cost of the treatment, said Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet. "The government will leave no stone unturned for the support," he told the media. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Jajarkot and Rukum West districts in western Nepal on Friday night, leaving 157 dead and 170 others injured so far, according to Nepal Police. There was a discussion about providing 300,000 Nepali rupees (about 2,250 U.S. dollars) to each family losing lives in the quake, but no de

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Jordanian king, Palestinian president warn of humanitarian crisis in Gaza

STORY: Jordanian king, Palestinian president warn of humanitarian crisis in Gaza DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:20 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting in Amman STORYLINE: King Abdullah II of Jordan and visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday stressed the need to de-escalate the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, warning of the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to a statement by Jordan's Royal Hashemite Court. During their meeting in Jordan's capital Amman on Thursday, the two sides emphasized the importance of urgently opening humanitarian corridors to deliver medical and relief supplies and ensuring water and electricity supply to the Gaza Strip. Both leaders expressed concern about the worsening humanitarian crisis, increased violence, and their potential consequences for the entire region. They underscored the importance of close coordination among Arab nations to prevent further deterioration of the situation