Category: Asia

Massive Wave of Giant Jellyfish attack Japan

Japanese marine experts have given warning that the country's northern coastline is under threat from a plague of Giant

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BANGLADESH: Hundreds of thousands stranded by fierce floods

DHAKA, 25 August 2009 (IRIN) - Heavy monsoon rains, which arrived much later than normal this year, have stranded

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Tigris and Euphrates drying up. Violence predicted

Video : Tigris and Euphrates are drying up.

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Indian drought threatens rice, sugar output

In vast parched swathes of rural India, farmers are eyeing with despair their bone-dry fields as they face the

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Toxic Brown Cloud covers Asia and Pacific

Video: Toxic brown cloud covers Asia and Pacific

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China drought leaves 5 million short of water

BEIJING -- A drought in China's north has left nearly 5 million people short of drinking water and damaged

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Typhoon Morakot killed 650: Taiwan

The death toll from Typhoon Morakot was raised to at least 650 on Sunday after the worst weather disaster

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Mekong Delta may be inundated by rising sea

More than a third of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, where nearly half of the country's rice is grown,

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China could see emissions peak in 2030: govt panel

China could see its greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2030 if it sets "quantitative" reduction targets and invests heavily

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Pakistan floods kill 30, affect 75,000: UN, officials

Flash floods have killed 30 people and affected 75,000 others in northwest Pakistan, where authorities are already grappling with

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