Environment

6.1-Magnitude Quake Hit Central Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, Sept 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked off Central Sulawesi province in Indonesia yesterday, but did not trigger…

Palestine To Send Rescuers To Morocco To Help With Earthquake Relief

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine is preparing to send rescue teams to Morocco, to help with relief efforts, following…

Lebanon Ready To Help Morocco After Deadly Quake: PM

BEIRUT, Sept 10 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon is ready to assist Morocco in the ongoing relief operations, following the powerful 6.8-magnitude…

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…