In response to the rising temperatures across Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a series of recommendations to safeguard public health. The WHO advises people to wear sun hats and sunglasses, spend several hours daily in cool environments, and avoid leaving children unattended in parked vehicles. Current weather reports indicate that temperatures in More
More than 50 people have been killed in landslides induced by heavy rains in India’s southern state of Kerala on Tuesday, media reports say. Officials in Wayanad district, where the landslides occurred, confirmed the death toll to The Hindu. Scores of people are said to be trapped in the affected hilly areas. The BBC quoted More
The Park Fire burned more than 350,000 acres (141,640 hectares) in northern California of the United State, Reuters reported on Sunday. Thousands of firefighters were battling a rapidly growing wildfire in northern California on Saturday after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span, Reuters said. “The Park Fire had burned more More
The United Nations has stressed the need for additional funding to support people impacted by floods and protect families living in makeshift shelters. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, told a press conference that Afghanistan was highly vulnerable to climate change. He said: “We along with our partners are coordinating with the de facto authorities in Afghanistan More
Three dozen people, including five members of a family, have lost their lives in heavy rains and storms in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. More than 230 others were wounded on Monday when fierce storms and torrential rains battered Jalalabad, the provincial capital, and several other districts. Information and Culture Director Sediqullah Quraishi confirmed the casualties, More
Unleashed by heavy rains, flash floods destroyed crops on hundreds of acres of land in Daimardad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday night, the Disaster Preparedness Department said on Sunday. Faizullah Jalali, head of the department, said the flash floods roared through residential homes shrtly after 10:30pm last night, but fortunately caused no More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a bold and decisive action is required against climate change. On his X, Guterres wrote: “So far this year, heatwaves have claimed hundreds of lives around the world.” “We cannot accept a future where the rich are protected in air-conditioned bubbles, while the rest of humanity is lashed by lethal More
At least 21 people have been killed, 19 others wounded, and 840 houses damaged due to flash floods in seven provinces of the country in the last two days, says the State Ministry for Natural Disasters Management. Mullah Jan Saiq, a spokesman for this ministry, said in a video clip that flash floods swept through More
At least 10 members of a family have been killed in rain-induced floods in eastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Sunday. Provincial Disaster Management Director Maulvi Mohammad Akram Akbari said flash floods killed the 10 individuals in Morchak village in the provincial capital Faizabad. So far, the body of only one of the victims has More
Besides human and financial losses in different parts of the country, the floods have also increased risk of collapsing of the historic Jam Minaret in western Ghor province, an official said Thursday. Provincial Information and Culture director Maulvi Abdul Hai Zaeem said the devastating floods in the country caused human and financial losses and harmed More
