Environment

Heavy Rainfall Forecast For Tokyo Area, North-East Japan

TOKYO, Sept 9 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency said today that, high moisture levels are causing atmospheric instability over the…

Myanmar Designates More Protected Forest Areas

YANGON, Sept 8 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has designated 45,493 more acres of reserved forest and protected public forest areas of…

Sri Lanka Issues Landslide Warnings Due To Heavy Rains

COLOMBO, Sept 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organisation, yesterday, issued landslide early warnings for five districts, following…

Storm Hit Arkansas, Leaving Thousands Without Power

HOUSTON, Sept 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Storm battered parts of the U.S. state of Arkansas, with heavy rains and hail yesterday…

Typhoon Yun-Yeung Approaches East Japan

TOKYO, Sept 7 (NNN-NHK) – Tropical Storm Yun-yeung, formed over the seas south of Japan, is likely to hit eastern…

Three Dead As Storm “Daniel” Hit Greece

ATHENS, Sept 7 (NNN-AMNA) – Three people died and three others went missing, as a storm hit Greece, it was…

UK Upgrades Heat-Health Alert To Amber

LONDON, Sept 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Kingdom (UK) upgraded the heat-health warning from yellow to amber on Tuesday, for…

Iran, China Have “Good Capacities” For Environmental Cooperation: Iranian VP

TEHRAN, Sept 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran and China have “good capacities” for environmental cooperation, especially in combating dust and sand…

Thousands Of Festival Attendees In Nevada Struggle To Leave After Being Trapped In Mud Due To Torrential Rain

LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Thousands of people were struggling to leave a remote desert in western U.S. state…

Storms In Spain Leaves One Dead, One Missing

MADRID, Sept 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – One person has been confirmed dead and another one is missing, after extreme weather and…