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Category: Asia
Pakistan floods destroy crops and could cost billions
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Flood recovery costs for Pakistan's vital agriculture sector and farmers could be in the billions of
Chernobyl Forests are on fire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Fires have scorched forests contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a Russian forestry official
China landslide deaths 1,117
ZHOUQU, China – Heavy rains lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding
Magnitude 6 Quake hits Vanuatu: No damage
CANBERRA, Australia – The U.S Geological Survey says a magnitude 6 earthquake has shaken Vanuatu — a day after
South Korea: Typhoon Dianmu kills five
SEOUL (AFP) – Torrential rain brought by the approach of Typhoon Dianmu has left five people dead and grounded
Climate threatens Asian rice production
Even modest rises in global temperatures will drive down rice production in Asia, the world's biggest grower of the
Vanatu: 7.5 Quake, small tsunami
CANBERRA (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rattled the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, causing a small
18 miners trapped in flooded shaft in China
BEIJING (AFP) – Rescuers in northeast China were racing Tuesday to reach 18 miners trapped underground after torrential rain
Pakistan: Victims exceed tsunami, Haiti
ISLAMABAD – The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million — more than
Moscow deaths double amid heatwave, forest fire smog to 700 people a day
MOSCOW -- Deaths in Moscow have doubled and are now averaging 700 people a day amid a sweltering heat