Cyclone Remal slams into Bangladesh coast as hundreds of thousands evacuate | Weather News

Cyclone Remal slams into Bangladesh coast as hundreds of thousands evacuate | Weather News

At least 800,000 people evacuate their homes in low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh as intense cyclone makes landfall. Cyclone Remal has smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh as authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, officials said. The storm started crossing the coast in the southern…

Twelve injured as Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin hits turbulence | Aviation News

Twelve injured as Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin hits turbulence | Aviation News

Dublin airport authorities say six passengers and six crew members were injured after flight hit turbulence over Turkey. At least a dozen people have sustained injuries after a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin was hit by turbulence while flying over Turkey, Dublin airport authorities have said. At least…

India’s river islanders return home in between floods | Climate Crisis News

India’s river islanders return home in between floods | Climate Crisis News

Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on the Brahmaputra River. The island, like 2,000 others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability as human-caused climate change makes…

Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation? | Environment News

Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation? | Environment News

Santa Cruz Cabralia, Bahia, Brazil – With a loud whir, the drone takes flight. Minutes later, the humming sound gives way to a distinctive rattling as the machine, hovering about 20 metres above the ground, begins unloading its precious cargo and a cocktail of seeds rains down onto the land…

Evacuation orders issued as wildfire grows near Canada’s Alberta oil patch | Environment News

Evacuation orders issued as wildfire grows near Canada’s Alberta oil patch | Environment News

Authorities say firefighters are facing a ‘challenging day’ as a huge blaze nears Fort McMurray in the Alberta tar sands. Authorities in the Canadian province of Alberta have issued evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, as a growing wildfire nears the community at the heart of Canada’s tar sands…

Brazil flooding death toll hits 100 as government pledges aid | Floods News

Brazil flooding death toll hits 100 as government pledges aid | Floods News

Crews race to rescue survivors as floodwaters displace 160,000 people across southern state of Rio Grade do Sul. The death toll from tremendous flooding in southern Brazil has reached 100, the local civil defence agency said, as emergency crews continued to search for dozens of missing people. Nearly 400 municipalities…

‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands | Floods News

‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands | Floods News

Rescuers are rushing to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 90 people have been killed and more than 130 others are missing. The state capital of Porto Alegre has been virtually cut off by the flooding, with the…

Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years | Climate News

Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years | Climate News

At least 144 people died due to the heavy rainfall in April. Pakistan has experienced its “wettest April since 1961”, receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country’s weather agency has said. April rainfall was recorded at 59.3mm (2.3 inches), “excessively above” the normal…