Mongolia’s Khar-Us Lake Added To UNESCO World Network Of Biosphere Reserves

ULAN BATOR, Jul 17 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s Khar-Us Lake National Park, has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO, local media reported today, citing UNESCO. The decision was made during the 36th session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme, held…

Heavy Rain Watch Issued Across S. Korea’s Metropolitan Area

SEOUL, Jul 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – A heavy rain watch was issued across South Korea’s metropolitan area, which was battered by downpours overnight, the interior ministry said, today. Heavy rain watches and warnings were issued in the capital Seoul, the western port city of Incheon, and many parts of their surrounding…

4.2-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Near Tokyo

TOKYO, Jul 17 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, yesterday struck Japan’s prefecture of Ibaraki, just north-east of Tokyo, the local weather agency, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), said. The temblor occurred at 10:19 p.m. local time (1319 GMT), measuring 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale…

Cambodia Restoring Angkor Wat Ground Floor’s Southern Central Stairs, Naga Balustrade

PHNOM PENH, Jul 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s APSARA National Authority (ANA) archaeologists, have been restoring the southern central stairs and Naga balustrade, on the ground floor of the famed Angkor Wat, said an ANA’s news release, yesterday. Built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II, Angkor Wat is a…

Death Toll Rises To 40 From Rainstorms, Flash Floods In East Afghanistan

KABUL, Jul 17 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from rainstorms and flooding in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, has risen to 40, and the number of injured has reached 347, the country’s Ministry of Public Health reported, yesterday. Health workers were dispatched to the affected areas for treating the injured, said…

Flood Death Toll Climbs To Eight In Philippines’ Bangsamoro

MANILA, Jul 16 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll caused by massive flooding hitting Bangsamoro, in the southern Philippines, has climbed to eight, as the area continues to grapple with torrential rains, a local official said, yesterday. Benjamin Alip, municipal disaster officer in Pagalungan of Maguindanao del Sur province, in Bangsamoro…

Bangladesh Flood Situation Improves With Water Levels Receding

DHAKA, Jul 16 (NNN-BSS) – The overall flood situation in parts of Bangladesh, including north-eastern Sylhet region, has improved with water levels in many rivers receding. According to a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), the major Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers are in a falling trend, which may continue…

Two Dead, Three Missing After Mud-Flows In Southern Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Jul 16 (NNN-KNA) – Two people were killed and three went missing, after mud-flows caused by heavy rains flooded a market and several villages in northern Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan, according to local media reports. The Ak-Buura River overflowed in Osh city, flooding the central market, sweeping away goods and…

Pakistan’s Karachi Might Face Elevated Temperature

ISLAMABAD, Jul 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), forecast yesterday that, the country’s southern port city of Karachi, might face an increase in temperature, during the next two days. The PMD said in a statement that, the city’s heat intensity is likely to surge with hot and humid conditions…

35 Dead, 250 Injured In East Afghanistan Flash Floods

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jul 16 (NNN-ANA) – At least 35 people were killed and 250 others were injured, as rainstorms and flash floods swept through east Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, yesterday afternoon, a local official said. The disaster, according to Nangarhar’s provincial director for information and culture, Qurishi Badlon, affected the provincial…
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