3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (600+ words) Kathmandu, Nepal — Nepal held a national day of mourning on Monday for victims of devastating glacial floods, as families of missing hydropower workers feared trapped in tunnels prayed rescuers might yet find them alive. The August 26 glacial and mountain collapse…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (739+ words) Pontianak, Indonesia — Toiling around the clock, haggard Indonesian firefighters on Borneo island cannot keep up with the blazes devouring landscapes and shrouding communities in a cloying haze. They are fighting a perilous battle with limited weapons against fires blamed in…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (513+ words) Jakarta, Indonesia - Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago for weeks battles to contain fires that have burned large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra. The hazardous smoke has led to an increase in respiratory problems, forced…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (637+ words) Geneva, Switzerland — El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the "danger zone of extreme weather". The naturally-occurring weather phenomenon…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (581+ words) Nuwakot—Nepali families were holding symbolic funeral ceremonies to "liberate the souls" of loved ones missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes in the Himalayan region a week ago. Emergency teams have recovered more than 1,000 bodies,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (356+ words) Kathmandu—Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said last week's deadly Himalayan flood was "not an ordinary" event but driven by climate change, as he demanded international action. The huge wave of freezing water and debris, sparked by a glacial collapse…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (756+ words) Dak Lak, Vietnam – Vietnam's Central Highlands produces around one sixth of the world's coffee, but farmers are switching their traditional crop for durian to cash in on surging Chinese demand for the pungent "king of fruits". "You can live okay…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (602+ words) PHNOM PENH—The Kampong Thom Province’s Ou Damdek Community Protected Area (CPA) has undergone forest restoration across 54 hectares, with 40,000 tree seedlings planted to restore areas damaged by natural and human activities, such as wildfires and farm encroachment. Around 300 officials and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (744+ words) Bidur, Nepal — China and Nepal warned of fresh flooding risks, complicating rescuers' search Friday for more than 1,400 people missing after a deadly deluge and landslides swept away entire villages along their remote Himalayan border. Emergency teams have recovered 392 bodies after…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (409+ words) Civil society groups have urged the government to ensure the money reaches vulnerable communities rather than only large projects. Prime Minister Hun Manet signed off on the group on Aug. 14. It will be chaired by the National Bank of Cambodia…...