Tag: Flooding

Residents have elevated the floors of their homes by adding soil and then installing wooden decks to keep themselves dry as the floods become more severe

South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season, and days of torrential rain have caused widespread flooding and landslides

Government pledges to rebuild flood-ravaged swathes of Pakistan to help them battle future extreme weather have largely failed to materialize

Local reports and social media posts showed images of flooded roads, submerged cars, waterlogged homes and rows of shops closed

The combination of development in the catchment and wetter storms caused by climate change have exacerbated flooding in Manila

More than 355,400 people fled their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae pounded swathes of the archipelago nation late last week

Pakistan ranks as the eighth most vulnerable country when it comes to climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index.

Six million people have been affected by the disaster in Pakistan and more than 1,500 deaths have been officially recorded

As losses from climate-fueled disasters rise, investment in cutting risks makes financial sense - and can solve multiple problems at once

Pakistan is responsible for less than 1% of global GHG emissions, but is 8th on a list of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather