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Cyclone Ditwah Aftermaths in Sri Lanka

People transfer goods in floodwater after heavy rains on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 29, 2025. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a State of Public Emergency effective on Friday, as the country confronts one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cyclone Ditwah Aftermaths in Sri Lanka

People evacuate by boat in floodwater after heavy rains on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 29, 2025. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a State of Public Emergency effective on Friday, as the country confronts one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cyclone Ditwah Aftermaths in Sri Lanka

People transfer goods in floodwater after heavy rains on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 29, 2025. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a State of Public Emergency effective on Friday, as the country confronts one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cyclone Ditwah Aftermaths in Sri Lanka -

People evacuate by wading through floodwater after heavy rains on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 29, 2025. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a State of Public Emergency effective on Friday, as the country confronts one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cyclone Ditwah Aftermaths in Sri Lanka -

People evacuate by wading through floodwater after heavy rains on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 29, 2025. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a State of Public Emergency effective on Friday, as the country confronts one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cyclone Ditwah Aftermaths in Sri Lanka -

People evacuate by boat in floodwater after heavy rains on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 29, 2025. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a State of Public Emergency effective on Friday, as the country confronts one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Death Toll From Landslides Rises To 166 - India

Rescuers evacuate a woman after multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kerala state, India, July 31, 2024. On Tuesday multiple landslides hit Kerala state's Wayanad district causing severe losses of life and property. So far 165 people have been declared dead in the landslides. The death toll from a series of landslides in Kerala has risen to 166 and almost 200 people are still missing as the southern Indian state reels from one of its worst disasters in years. Hundreds of homes were swept away and crushed by two huge consecutive landslides in the hilly district of Wayanad in the middle of the night on Tuesday. Photo by UNI/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Death Toll From Landslides Rises To 166 - India

Rescuers evacuate children after multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kerala state, India, July 31, 2024. On Tuesday multiple landslides hit Kerala state's Wayanad district causing severe losses of life and property. So far 165 people have been declared dead in the landslides. The death toll from a series of landslides in Kerala has risen to 166 and almost 200 people are still missing as the southern Indian state reels from one of its worst disasters in years. Hundreds of homes were swept away and crushed by two huge consecutive landslides in the hilly district of Wayanad in the middle of the night on Tuesday. Photo by UNI/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Death Toll From Landslides Rises To 166 - India

Rescuers evacuate people after multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kerala state, India, July 31, 2024. On Tuesday multiple landslides hit Kerala state's Wayanad district causing severe losses of life and property. So far 165 people have been declared dead in the landslides. The death toll from a series of landslides in Kerala has risen to 166 and almost 200 people are still missing as the southern Indian state reels from one of its worst disasters in years. Hundreds of homes were swept away and crushed by two huge consecutive landslides in the hilly district of Wayanad in the middle of the night on Tuesday. Photo by UNI/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Death Toll From Landslides Rises To 166 - India

Rescuers evacuate people after multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kerala state, India, July 31, 2024. On Tuesday multiple landslides hit Kerala state's Wayanad district causing severe losses of life and property. So far 165 people have been declared dead in the landslides. The death toll from a series of landslides in Kerala has risen to 166 and almost 200 people are still missing as the southern Indian state reels from one of its worst disasters in years. Hundreds of homes were swept away and crushed by two huge consecutive landslides in the hilly district of Wayanad in the middle of the night on Tuesday. Photo by UNI/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thousands flee homes as floods strike off Indonesia's Central Java

STORY: Thousands flee homes as floods strike off Indonesia's Central Java SHOOTING TIME: March 18, 2024 DATELINE: March 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Wulan River 2. various of Semarang, capital of Central Java STORYLINE: Thousands of people have fled their homes in the Indonesian province of Central Java as floods devastated the region over the weekend, the local disaster mitigation agency reported on Monday. The worst affected area is the Demak regency with more than 22,000 people reportedly taking temporary shelter due to the floodwater. According to the Demak Disaster Mitigation Agency, 89 villages in 11 subdistricts were inundated with depths ranging from 30 to over 80 centimeters. Flooding worsened in Demak after a dam on the Wulan River collapsed and cut off a section of the provincial highway connecting Demak and its neighboring regency Kudus. Disasters like floods and landslides often occur in Indonesia during the rainy se

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WORLD-CLIMATE CHANGE-CHALLENGE

(231202) -- BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on Aug. 8, 2023 shows smoke clouds of wildfires near downtown Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, the United States. Authorities announced that the fires claimed 98 lives, making it one of the worst natural disasters in Hawaii's history and the deadliest U.S. wildfires in over a century. Heatwaves, torrential rains, floods, droughts and other natural disasters occurred one after another around the world in recent years. While impressed by the mighty power and vulnerability of nature, we genuinely feel that when it comes to tackling climate change, countries around the world are like passengers aboard the same ship. (Photo by Alex Freeman/Xinhua)

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Monks chant sutra for ferry accident victims

JINDO, South Korea - Buddhist monks recite a sutra at a port in Jindo, South Korea, on May 15, 2014, for the victims of the sinking of a ferry, the MV Sewol, in one of the country's worst maritime disasters.

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Japan decides to use state fund for decontaminating Fukushima

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks in a meeting of the government's taskforce on nuclear disasters at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2016. Japan decided the same day to use state funds to decontaminate areas worst hit by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns, marking a shift from its position of making the operator of the crisis-hit power plant cover the costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo